Electronic device to control an application based on predicted use of the application and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12596337-B2
Application number	US-202318105320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2023
Priority date	Dec 31, 2021
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

An operating method of an electronic device includes receiving a request to control of at least one application that is providable by the electronic device, obtaining second information according to a machine learning model based on first information corresponding to a history of use regarding the at least one application and at least one support element. The machine learning model predicts at least a probability of use of the at least one support element which supports execution of the at least one application based on the first information, and the method executes a function corresponding to the request to control the at least one application to be provided by the electronic device, based on the second information including at least the probability of use of the at least one support element which supports the execution of the at least one application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a request to control a first application; obtaining first information corresponding to a history of use regarding the first application and at least one support element which supports execution of the first application or is used in the execution of the first application; obtaining second information based on an Artificial Intelligence model using the first information, the Artificial Intelligence model receiving the first information as input and outputting the second information including at least a probability of use of the at least one support element; and executing a function corresponding to the request to control the first application, based on the second information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the Artificial Intelligence model is trained to predict the probability of use, based on a plurality of pieces of training data obtained by applying time windows to the first information, which is time-series data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein execution of the function corresponding to the request comprises executing the function based on a result of comparing the probability of use with a preset value as a reference to determine whether the at least one support element is used.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein execution of the function corresponding to the request comprises:
based on the probability of use being less than or equal to a value preset as a reference to determine whether the at least one support element is used, providing a user interface screen to confirm user information registered in the electronic device; and executing the function corresponding to the request, based on a user input received through the user interface screen.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the second information comprises inputting, to the Artificial Intelligence model, at least one piece of content, which is included in the first information and is obtained during a time period before a time point at which the request is received, and obtaining, as the second information, output data output from the Artificial Intelligence model.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying whether to perform automatic control based on the second information; and based on identifying not to perform a function corresponding to the automatic control, executing, in response to the request being received, the function corresponding to the request.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information is obtained based on information about at least one of frequencies of use or time periods of use of the first application and the at least one support element corresponding to the first application, during a time period.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the obtaining of the second information comprises:
inputting, to the Artificial Intelligence model, data included in time windows, which are set on the first information to correspond to a time point at which the request is received; and obtaining, as the second information, output data output from the Artificial Intelligence model in response to the inputting of the data.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the history of use regarding the first application and the at least one support element being newly generated, updating the first information based on the history of use that is newly generated.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising, in response to the first information being updated, training the Artificial Intelligence model based on the first information updated.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one support element comprises at least one or hardware resources and software resources to be used by the electronic device to execute the first application.

12 . An electronic device comprising:
a memory to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
receive a request to control a first application,
obtain first information corresponding to a history of use regarding the first application and at least one support element which supports execution of the first application or is used in the execution of the first application,
obtain second information based on an Artificial Intelligence model using the first information, the Artificial Intelligence model receiving the first information as input and outputting the second information including at least a probability of use of the at least one support element, and
execute a function corresponding to the request to control the first application, based on the second information.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein Artificial Intelligence model is trained to predict the probability of use, based on a plurality of pieces of training data obtained by applying time windows to the first information, which is time-series data.

14 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to execute the function corresponding to the request, based on a result of comparing the probability of use with a value preset as a reference to determine whether the at least one support element is used.

15 . The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a display; and a user interface, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to, based on the probability of use being less than or equal to a value preset as a reference to determine whether at least one support element is used, perform control such that a first user interface screen to confirm user information registered in the electronic device is displayed on the display, and execute the function corresponding to the request, based on a user input received through the user interface.

16 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to input, to the Artificial Intelligence model, at least one piece of content, which is included in the first information and is obtained during a time period before a time point at which the request is received, and obtain, as the second information, output data output from the Artificial Intelligence model.

17 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to identify whether to perform automatic control based on the second information, and based on identifying not to perform a function corresponding to the automatic control, execute, in response to the request being received, the function corresponding to the request.

18 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to obtain, as the first information, information about at least one of frequencies of use or time periods of use of the first application and the at least one support element corresponding to the first application, during a time period.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to input, to the Artificial Intelligence model, data included in time windows, which are set on the first information to correspond to a time point at which the request is received, and obtain, as the second information, output data output from the Artificial Intelligence model in response to the data input.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Youngsang
• Kwak Jaehwan
• Kim Yuna
• Kim Taehyun
• Park Hyuncheol
• Lee Namgwon
• Je Euijin
• Cho Yewon

Classifications

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F9/30021

  Compare instructions, e.g. Greater-Than, Equal-To, MINMAX · CPC title

• G06F9/30

  Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode (for executing microinstructions G06F9/22) · CPC title

• H04N21/44204

  Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31) · CPC title