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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Tae-kwang Um, Suwon-si, KR;
Du-seok Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-cheol Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Ho-sik Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheol-ju Hwang, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.