System for providing application list and method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018232113-A1
Application number	US-201615751303-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 9, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 16, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a method, performed by an electronic apparatus, of displaying an application list, the method including: requesting a server for an application list including an identification value of at least one application downloadable by the electronic apparatus; receiving, from the server, the application list including a graphic interface indicating a power consumption grade of the at least one application; and displaying the application list.

First claim

1 . A method, performed by an electronic apparatus, of displaying an application list, the method comprising:
requesting a server for an application list comprising an identification value of at least one application downloadable by the electronic apparatus; receiving, from the server, the application list comprising a graphic interface indicating a power consumption grade of the at least one application; and displaying the application list.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requesting the server for the application list comprises providing, to the server, device information of the electronic apparatus.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the power consumption grade of the at least one application is determined based on power consumption of the at least one application, the power consumption obtained by the server from another at least one electronic apparatus based on the device information,
wherein the power consumption of the at least one application is total power consumption determined based on power consumption consumed per component included in the other at least one electronic apparatus to execute the at least one application.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the power consumption of the at least one application is determined based on at least one of power consumed by a central processing unit (CPU), power consumed by a graphic processing unit (GPU), power consumed by a memory, and power consumed during a network communication process of the other at least one electronic apparatus to execute the at least one application.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the other at least one electronic apparatus has a same product name as the electronic apparatus.

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the requesting the server for the application list further comprises providing, to the server, information about an application estimated usage time,
wherein the power consumption grade of the at least one application is determined based on power consumption of the at least one application for the application estimated usage time.

7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the requesting the server for the application list further comprises providing user information of the electronic apparatus,
wherein the user information comprises at least one of an age, a gender, and an occupation of a user.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a user of the other at least one electronic apparatus has same or similar user information as the user of the electronic apparatus.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic interface comprises at least one of an image, text, and animation distinguished based on the power consumption grade of the at least one application.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic interface determines at least one of a color, brightness, chroma, and size of an object indicating the identification value of the at least one application in the application list, based on the power consumption grade of the at least one application.

11 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to request a server for an application list comprising an identification value of at least one application downloadable by the electronic apparatus, and receive, from the server, the application list comprising a graphic interface indicating a power consumption grade of the at least one application; and a controller configured to control the application list to be displayed on a screen.

12 . The electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit, to the server, a product name of the electronic apparatus,
wherein the power consumption grade of the at least one application is determined based on power consumption of the at least one application obtained by the server from another at least one electronic apparatus based on the product name, wherein the power consumption of the at least one application is total power consumption determined based on power consumed per component included in the other at least one electronic apparatus to execute the at least one application.

13 . The electronic apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the other at least one electronic apparatus has a same product name as the electronic apparatus.

14 . The electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the graphic interface comprises at least one of an image, text, and animation distinguished based on the power consumption grade of the at least one application, and
the controller is further configured to determine at least one of a color, brightness, chroma, and a size of an object indicating the identification value of the at least one application in the application list based on the power consumption grade of the at least one application.

15 . A non-transitory computer-recording medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ham Myung-Joo
• Lim Geun-Sik
• Jin dong-yun

Classifications

• G06F9/4893

  taking into account power or heat criteria (power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title

• G06F9/44

  Arrangements for executing specific programs · CPC title

• G06F1/32

  Means for saving power · CPC title