Electronic device capable of configuring application-dependent task based on operating behavior of application detected during execution of application and related method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9632841-B2
Application number	US-201414290933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2014
Priority date	May 29, 2014
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device has a processing system and a management circuit. The processing system executes an application. The management circuit detects an operating behavior of the application during execution of the application, analyzes the detected operating behavior of the application to generate an application identification result, and configures an application-dependent task according to at least the application identification result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a processing system, arranged to execute an application; and
a management circuit, arranged to detect an operating behavior of the application during execution of the application, analyze the detected operating behavior of the application to generate an application identification result which indicates if the application is a specific application, and configure an application-dependent task according to at least the application identification result, wherein the application-dependent task comprises adjusting operating frequency and operating voltage of a processor of the processing system, and the application-dependent task is a dynamic thermal management (DTM) task;
wherein the management circuit comprises:
an application behavior database, arranged to store operating behaviors of a plurality of specific applications;
a classification unit, arranged to detect the operating behavior of the application, and determine the application identification result by checking if the detected operating behavior of the application is classified as one of the operating behaviors of the specific applications;
a control unit, arranged to determine a task setting at least based on application behavior information of the application and configure the application-dependent task by the task setting when the application identification result indicates that the application is classified as one of the specific application, wherein the task setting is a thermal strategy for the application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the operating behaviors comprises a launch behavior; the detected operating behavior of the application comprises a detected launch behavior; and the classification unit compares the detected launch behavior against launch behaviors of the specific applications.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein each of the operating behaviors further comprises a run-time behavior; the detected operating behavior of the application further comprises at least one detected run-time behavior; and the classification unit further compares each detected run-time behavior against at least a portion of the run-time behaviors of the specific applications.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the classification unit selects at least one specific application from the specific applications by comparing the detected launch behavior against the launch behaviors of the specific applications, and compares each detected run-time behavior against run-time behavior(s) of the at least one specific application only.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the classification unit compares the detected launch behavior against the launch behaviors of the specific applications according to a first predetermined similarity threshold, and compares each detected run-time behavior against one or more run-time behaviors of the at least one specific application according to a second predetermined similarity threshold different from the first predetermined similarity threshold.

6. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein when a similarity between the detected launch behavior and the launch behavior of each specific application is not greater than a predetermined similarity threshold, the classification unit sets the application as a new application without comparing each detected run-time behavior against one or more run-time behaviors of the at least one specific application.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the management circuit further comprises:
a machine-learning unit, arranged to record the operating behavior of the application during execution of the application, and when the application identification result indicates that the application is not classified as one of the specific applications, obtain a trained operating behavior of the application based on the recorded operating behavior of the application and add the trained operating behavior of the application to the application behavior database after completion of the application.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the specific applications is a predetermined application, and the operating behaviors of the specific applications include a pre-built operating behavior of the predetermined application.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the management circuit further comprises:
a machine-learning unit, arranged to generate an operating behavior of at least one of the specific applications.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines the task setting based on the application behavior information and environmental information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further arranged to configure the application-dependent task by a default task setting when the application identification result indicates that the application is not classified as one of the specific applications.

12. A method for configuring an application-dependent task, comprising:
executing an application;
detecting an operating behavior of the application during execution of the application;
analyzing the detected operating behavior of the application to generate an application identification result which indicates if the application is a specific application; and
configuring the application-dependent task according to at least the application identification result;
wherein the application-dependent task comprises adjusting operating frequency and operating voltage of a processor of the processing system, and the application-dependent task is a dynamic thermal management (DTM) task;
wherein the step of analyzing the detected operating behavior of the application comprises:
determining the application identification result by checking if the detected operating behavior of the application is classified as one of operating behaviors of a plurality of specific applications in an application behavior database;
wherein the step of configuring the application-dependent task comprises:
when the application identification result indicates that the application is classified as one of the specific application, determining a task setting at least based on application behavior information of the application, and configuring the application-dependent task by the task setting, wherein the task setting is a thermal strategy for the application.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the operating behaviors comprises a launch behavior; the detected operating behavior of the application comprises a detected launch behavior; and the checking step comprises:
comparing the detected launch behavior against launch behaviors of the specific applications.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the operating behaviors further comprises a run-time behavior; the detected operating behavior of the application further comprises at least one detected run-time behavior; and the checking step further comprises:
comparing each detected run-time behavior against at least a portion of the run-time behaviors of the specific applications.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein at least one specific application is selected from the specific applications by comparing the detected launch behavior against the launch behaviors of the specific applications, and each detected run-time behavior is compared against run-time behavior(s) of the at least one specific application only.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
recording the operating behavior of the application during execution of the application; and
when the a

Assignees

• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Yang Chi-Wei
• Hsu Che-Ming
• Hsieh Wen-Tsan
• Chen Tai-Yu
• Hsu Jih-Ming
• Lee Ming-Hsien

Classifications

• Y02B60/142

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F9/5094 Primary

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

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title

• G06F21/51 Primary

  at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability · CPC title