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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5022 (2013.01); G06F 9/485 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device dynamically managing background processes according to a memory status so as to efficiently use the memory in a user device supporting a multitasking operating system. The method includes determining reference information for adjustment of the number of background processes; identifying a memory status based on the reference information; and adjusting the number of the background processes in correspondence to the memory status.