Method and apparatus for automatic system cleaning, and storage medium

• US 9,529,711 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Fu, Qikang
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao, Phuong Thao
• Application Number:
  US14/063,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20140089355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: 707/813
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0253 Garbage collection, i.e. reclamation of unreferenced memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatic system cleaning, and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining a triggering occasion and a triggering condition which are selected by a user; determining whether the triggering occasion and the triggering condition are satisfied; and if yes, cleaning a system according to a preset running manner and a preset running policy. Through combination of system cleaning functions and scheduled task functions, and expansion of existing triggering conditions of a tasks scheduler, a user can self-define a triggering occasion, a triggering condition, a running manner and a running policy of system cleaning. When the triggering occasion and the triggering condition designated by the user are satisfied, system cleaning is automatically performed according to the selected running manner and policy, thereby improving the system performance and the system cleaning efficiency, and protecting the computer security and the individual privacy.

Claims

1. A method for automatic system cleaning, comprising:

providing, by a system, a plurality of triggering occasions, a plurality of triggering conditions, a plurality of running manners, and a plurality of running policies,

wherein the plurality of triggering occasions comprises at time when the system is started, at time after the system starting is completed, in several time intervals after the system starting is completed, before power-off, at a designated time point or period of time, and in a designated running time interval,

wherein the plurality of triggering conditions comprises whether the system is idle and whether a cleaning point condition is satisfied,

wherein the plurality of running manners comprises a foreground running and a background running, and

wherein the plurality of running policies comprises a centralized cleaning policy, a stepwise cleaning policy and a policy recommended by the system by default;

setting, by a user selection, a preset triggering occasion from the plurality of triggering occasions, a preset triggering condition from the plurality of triggering conditions, a preset running manner from the plurality of running manners, and a preset running policy from the plurality of running policies;

obtaining, by the system, the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition;

determining whether the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition are satisfied; and

when the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition are satisfied, cleaning the system according to the preset running manner and the preset running policy.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein whether the system is idle is determined by:

scanning the system at a fixed time interval; and

determining that the system is idle when the system conforms to one or more of conditions in a predetermined time length, wherein the conditions comprise that;

no mouse operation occurs, no keyboard operation occurs, the CPU occupancy rate is stable and tends to be smooth or is lower than a predetermined percentage, the memory occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage, and the system IO occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein whether the cleaning point condition is satisfied is determined by:

scanning the system at a fixed time interval; and

performing the following determination according to the scanning result;

for a trash cleaning point, if a number of trash files in a predetermined path satisfies a designated number, or a size of the trash files in the predetermined path satisfies a designated value, triggering cleaning;

or if designated software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a trace cleaning point, if a number of use traces reaches a predetermined number, triggering cleaning;

or if predetermined software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a disk fragment cleaning point, if the occupancy rate of a number of fragments and a fragment space at a designated drive for a magnetic disk reaches a predetermined value, triggering disk cleaning.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of cleaning the system according to the preset running manner and the preset running policy comprises:

in the foreground running or the background running manner, completing a cleaning task all at once, or completing a cleaning point every other predetermined period of time, or cleaning the system according to a preset default policy.

5. An apparatus for automatic system cleaning, comprising a processor and a memory storing computer executable code, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to:

provide a plurality of triggering occasions, a plurality of triggering conditions, a plurality of running manners, and a plurality of running policies,

wherein the plurality of triggering occasions comprises at time when the system is started, at time after the system starting is completed, in several time intervals after the system starting is completed, before power-off, at a designated time point or period of time, and in a designated running time interval,

wherein the plurality of triggering conditions comprises whether the system is idle and whether a cleaning point condition is satisfied,

wherein the plurality of running manners comprises a foreground running and a background running, and

wherein the plurality of running policies comprises a centralized cleaning policy, a stepwise cleaning policy and a policy recommended by the system by default;

set a preset triggering occasion selected by a user from the plurality of triggering occasions, a preset triggering condition selected by the user from the plurality of triggering conditions, a preset running manner selected by the user from the plurality of running manners, and a preset running policy selected by the user from the plurality of running policies;

obtain the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition;

determine whether the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition are satisfied; and

clean, when the preset triggering occasion arrives and the preset triggering condition is satisfied, the system according to the preset running manner and the preset running policy.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is further configured to:

scan the system at a fixed time interval; and

determine, when the system conforms to one or more of conditions in a predetermined time length, that the system is idle, wherein the conditions comprise that;

no mouse operation occurs, no keyboard operation occurs, the CPU occupancy rate is stable and tends to be smooth or is lower than a predetermined percentage, the memory occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage, and the system IO occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is further configured to scan the system at a fixed time interval;

and perform the following determination according to the scanning result;

for a trash cleaning point, if a number of trash files in a predetermined path satisfies a designated number, or a size of the trash files in the predetermined path satisfies a designated value, triggering cleaning;

or if designated software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a trace cleaning point, if a number of use traces reaches a predetermined number, triggering cleaning;

or if predetermined software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a disk fragment cleaning point, if the occupancy rate of a number of fragments and a fragment space at a designated drive for a magnetic disk reaches a predetermined value, triggering disk cleaning.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is further configured to, in the foreground running or the background running manner, complete a cleaning task all at once, or complete a cleaning point every other predetermined period of time, or clean the system according to a preset default policy.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that enable a computer to run, which, when executed by one or more processors of the computer, cause the computer to perform a method for automatic system cleaning, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of triggering occasions, a plurality of triggering conditions, a plurality of running manners, and a plurality of running policies,

wherein the plurality of triggering occasions comprises at time when the computer is started, at time after the computer starting is completed, in several time intervals after the computer starting is completed, before power-off, at a designated time point or period of time, and in a designated running time interval,

wherein the plurality of triggering conditions comprises whether the computer is idle and whether a cleaning point condition is satisfied,

wherein the plurality of running manners comprises a foreground running and a background running, and

wherein the plurality of running policies comprises a centralized cleaning policy, a stepwise cleaning policy and a policy recommended by the computer by default;

setting, by a user selection, a preset triggering occasion from the plurality of triggering occasions, a preset triggering condition from the plurality of triggering conditions, a preset running manner from the plurality of running manners, and a preset running policy from the plurality of running policies;

obtaining the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition;

determining whether the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition are satisfied; and

when the preset triggering occasion and the preset triggering condition are satisfied, cleaning the computer according to the preset running manner and the preset running policy.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein whether the computer is idle is determined by:

scanning the computer at a fixed time interval; and

determining that the computer is idle when the computer conforms to one or more of conditions in a predetermined time length, wherein the conditions comprise that;

no mouse operation occurs, no keyboard operation occurs, the CPU occupancy rate is stable and tends to be smooth or is lower than a predetermined percentage, the memory occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage, and the computer TO occupancy rate is lower than a predetermined percentage.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein whether the cleaning point condition is satisfied is determined by:

scanning the computer at a fixed time interval; and

performing the following determination according to the scanning result;

for a trash cleaning point, if a number of trash files in a predetermined path satisfies a designated number, or a size of the trash files in the predetermined path satisfies a designated value, triggering cleaning;

or if designated software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a trace cleaning point, if a number of use traces reaches a predetermined number, triggering cleaning;

or if predetermined software is exited, triggering cleaning; and

/or

for a disk fragment cleaning point, if the occupancy rate of a number of fragments and a fragment space at a designated drive for a magnetic disk reaches a predetermined value, triggering disk cleaning.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the step of cleaning the computer according to the preset running manner and the preset running policy comprises:

in the foreground running or the background running manner, completing a cleaning task all at once, or completing a cleaning point every other predetermined period of time, or cleaning the computer according to a preset default policy.