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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Bo-Sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jong-Kyun Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hee-Deog Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hyung-Chul Jung, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 11/328 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); Y02B 60/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and an apparatus are provided for preventing battery power consumption and degradation of system performance due to the system resources being utilized by applications being executed, while providing a multi-tasking function through a plurality of applications. In the method, when a plurality of applications are executed, such execution of the plurality of applications is reported to the user, so as to enable the user to terminate one or more applications, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of battery power.


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