JP2005275707A - Information processor, control method for information processor, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten starting time of an application program in an information processor. <P>SOLUTION: Information at an execution time is stored every time the application program is executed, an identifier of the application program is stored in units of time and units of other active applications, the application program is placed in a starting state when a condition of a high use probability is satisfied, and execution of the application program is promptly started when there is a start request of the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program.

  The information processing apparatus starts and ends various application programs according to input signals received from the user through the user interface. The application program is normally stored in an external storage device such as a hard disk device having a relatively large storage capacity, read out to a main storage device such as a semiconductor storage device at the time of startup, and started to be executed by a processor.

As a method for shortening the activation time of the application program, a technique has been developed in which a frequently used application program is stored in a main storage device before receiving an activation instruction input from a user.
JP-A-6-35856

By the way, in this case, the application program preloaded into the memory is determined only by the past number of times of use, but the application program that the user instructs the information processing device to start is not necessarily the application program that has been frequently used in the past. Not exclusively.
Therefore, there is a need for a technique for increasing the probability that preloaded application programs include application programs that are instructed to be activated by the user.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides an information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a first storage device, a processor that executes a program stored in the first storage device, and a second storage device that stores a plurality of the programs. Each time the program is executed, the identifier of the executed program, information indicating the time when the execution of the program is started, and the information processing device The second storage device by associating information indicating the time from the start of provision until the execution of the program is started and the identifier of the other program executed by the processor during the execution of the program The program execution result information storage unit stored in the second storage device and the identifier of each program stored in the second storage device are associated with the program. Based on the information indicating the time when the execution of is started, it is classified into one of a plurality of first groups divided according to the time, and the information processing apparatus starts providing the information processing function Execution of the program associated with the identifier of each program stored in the second storage device for the program whose time until execution of the program is less than a determination value is started Categorized into any of a plurality of second groups divided according to the time based on the information indicating the recorded time, and the identifiers of the other programs stored in the second storage device, respectively Based on the identifier of the program being executed by the processor when the execution of the associated other program is started, the identifier of each program is Or at least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time, At least one of the programs specified by the identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor A preload control unit that reads out from the second storage device and stores in the first storage device at least one of the programs specified by the identifier of the program classified into a group The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus.

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the column of the best mode for carrying out the invention and the drawings.

  An information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program can be provided.

=== Mobile terminal ===
First, mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The portable terminal 100 according to the present embodiment is one form of the information processing apparatus 200, and is mounted on a portable information processing apparatus 200 such as a handheld computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), an automobile, a ship, an airplane, or the like. An information processing apparatus 200 such as a navigation apparatus (hereinafter also referred to as an in-vehicle terminal), or an information processing apparatus 200 such as a home server used for air conditioning or lighting control in a house or a building can be used. Other mobile phones can also be included.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment includes a processing device (processor) 110, an internal storage device (first storage device) 120, an external communication device 130, a timer device 140, an input device 150, An output device 160, a position information acquisition device (position information output device) 170, and an external storage device (second storage device) 180 are configured.

  The processing device 110 is responsible for overall control of the portable terminal 100 and executes various programs stored in the internal storage device 120. Thereby, the function as the portable terminal 100 is realized. The processing device 110 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example. The internal storage device 120 can be a semiconductor memory, for example.

  In addition, a plurality of programs are stored in the external storage device 180, and an AP execution management program 800 and application programs (hereinafter also referred to as APs) 810 composed of codes for performing various operations according to the present embodiment are stored. The The external storage device 180 also includes an AP execution result information table 900, a priority AP information table 910, a user schedule information table 940, an AP activation state storage data 700, an executing AP management table 920, a preloading AP management table 930, and the like. Various tables and data are stored. Details will be described later. The external storage device 180 can be a hard disk device, for example. A semiconductor memory can also be used.

  The processing device 110 reads out these programs and tables stored in the external storage device 180 and stores them in the internal storage device 120 (hereinafter also referred to as loading). Then, these programs stored in the internal storage device 120 are executed. Then, by executing the AP execution management program 800 by the processing device 110, a program execution result information storage unit, a program classification control unit, and a preload control unit are realized.

  The input device 150 is used for data input to the mobile terminal 100 by a user or the like, and functions as a user interface. As the input device 150, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like can be used. The output device 160 is a device for outputting information to the outside, and functions as a user interface. As the output device 160, for example, a display or an audio output device can be used. The timer device 140 is a device having a clock function and a time measurement function. In response to a request from the processing device 110, information indicating the current time is output, or information indicating an elapsed time from a certain time is output.

  The external communication device 130 is a device for performing communication. For example, the external communication device 130 communicates with the information processing device 200 through a LAN (Local Area Network) 400. Thereby, for example, the AP execution management program 800 and the application program 810 described above can be received from the information processing apparatus 200 via the LAN 400 and stored in the external storage device 180. In addition, information indicating the current time can be received from the information processing apparatus 200 via the LAN 400.

  The position information acquisition device 170 is a device that outputs information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the position information acquisition device 170 receives a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal transmitted from an artificial satellite and receives information indicating the latitude of the mobile terminal 100 and longitude. It can be set as the GPS receiver which outputs the information which shows. The GPS receiver can also output information indicating the altitude of the mobile terminal 100. In this case, since the altitude of the mobile terminal 100 is also known, it is possible to specify the number of floors where the mobile terminal 100 exists in a high-rise building by combining with the information indicating latitude and longitude. The other location information acquisition device 170 can receive radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone communication antenna, determine the location of the mobile terminal 100, and output information indicating the location of the mobile terminal 100.

=== LAN ===
The LAN 400 can be a public communication network such as the Internet, or can be a private communication network. For example, a telephone communication network can be used.

=== Information Processing Device ===
The information processing apparatus 200 includes the mobile terminal 100 and can be, for example, a workstation, a server, a mainframe computer, a personal computer, or the like that is not normally carried and used. The information processing apparatus 200 executes various programs in the same manner as the mobile terminal 100. As a result, the information processing apparatus 200 provides various information processing functions. The provision of the information processing function is started by supplying power to the information processing apparatus 200 and executing various programs by a CPU included in the information processing apparatus 200 described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing apparatus 200 according to this embodiment.
The information processing apparatus 200 includes a CPU (processor) 210, a memory (first storage device) 220, a port 230, a recording medium reading device 240, an input device 250, an output device 260, and a storage device (second storage device) 280. Prepare. Of course, the position information acquisition device 170 and the timer device 140 may be provided.

  The CPU 210 controls the entire information processing apparatus 200, and provides various information processing services by executing the control program 220A and the application program 220B stored in the memory 220. The information processing service to be provided may be, for example, an automatic deposit / deposit service at a bank or an airline seat reservation service. In addition, CPU 210 executes control program 220 </ b> A configured from codes for performing various operations according to the present embodiment, stored in memory 220. When the control program 220A is executed by the CPU 210, a program execution result information storage unit, a program classification control unit, and a preload control unit are realized.

  The recording medium reading device 240 is a device for reading a program and data recorded on the recording medium 270. The read program and data are stored in the memory 220 and the storage device 280. Therefore, for example, the control program 220A recorded on the recording medium 270 can be read from the recording medium 270 using the recording medium reader 240 and stored in the memory 220 or the storage device 280. As the recording medium 270, a flexible disk, a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like can be used. The recording medium reading device 240 may be built in the information processing device 200 or may be externally attached. The storage device 280 can be, for example, a hard disk device or a semiconductor storage device. The control program 220A may be stored in the storage device 280. The input device 250 is used for data input to the information processing apparatus 200 by a user, an operator, or the like, and functions as a user interface. For example, a keyboard or a mouse can be used as the input device 250. The output device 260 is a device for outputting information to the outside, and functions as a user interface. For example, a display or a printer can be used as the output device 260. The port 230 is a device for performing communication. For example, communication with the mobile terminal 100 can be performed through the LAN 400. Further, for example, the control program 220 </ b> A and the application program 220 </ b> B may be received from another information processing apparatus 200 that is communicably connected via the LAN 230 via the port 230 and stored in the memory 220 or the storage device 280. In addition, the control program 220A and the application program 220B stored in the memory 220 and the storage device 280 may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 via the LAN 400 and stored in the external storage device 180 and the internal storage device 120 of the mobile terminal 100. it can. In this case, the control program 220A in the information processing apparatus 200 may be the AP execution management program 800 in the mobile terminal 100.

=== AP execution management program ===
Next, the AP execution management program 800 will be described with reference to FIG. The AP execution management program 800 includes an AP execution result information collection program 801, a priority AP update program 802, a pre-start AP update program 803, an AP load program 804, and an AP start program 805. The AP execution management program 800 is loaded into the internal storage device 120 when the portable terminal 100 is activated, and manages the execution of the application program 810 that is being activated. The execution management of the application program 810 is performed using the executing AP management table 920 and the preloading AP management table 930. Details will be described later.

=== AP execution result information collection program ===
The AP execution result information collection program 801 indicates profile information when the application program 810 is executed every time the application program 810 is executed, for example, an identifier of the executed application program 810, and a time when the execution of the application program 810 is started. Information, information indicating a time from when the portable terminal 100 starts providing an information processing function until execution of the application program 810 is started, and executed by the processing device 110 when the execution of the application program 810 is started The identifier of the other application program 810 that was being used, the information indicating the position of the portable terminal 100 when the execution of the application program 810 was started, and the execution of the application program 810 was started Information indicating the action content of the user at the time is stored in the external storage device 180 as the AP execution result information table 900 in association with each other.

  The portable terminal 100 is often used continuously by a single user. In the case of the in-vehicle terminal 100, it is often used by one person or a limited number of users. In these cases, since the number of users is limited to a small number, it is considered that the application program 810 to be used can be predicted by storing the profile information of the application program 810 to be used.

  On the other hand, the in-vehicle terminal 100 used for business use may be used by a plurality of people. However, since the in-vehicle terminal 100 is used for the same purpose of business execution, the application program 810 of each user is used. Profile information can be expected to be similar. For this reason, it is considered that by using the profile information of the application program 810 used for each business, it is possible to predict the application program 810 used in the execution of the business with high probability.

  The profile information of the used application program 810 includes not only the number of times of use but also the elapsed time from when the portable terminal 100 is turned on (after the portable terminal 100 is in a use start state) until the application program 810 is executed. , Usage order of the application program 810, user schedule information when the application program 810 is executed, application program 810 executed when the application program 810 is executed, date and time (day of the week) and place when the application program 810 is executed be able to. From various status information during execution of these application programs 810, by loading the application program 810 from the external storage device 180 to the internal storage device 120 (hereinafter also referred to as preload) before executing the application program 810, When the application program 810 is executed, the probability that the application program 810 is already stored in the internal storage device 120 can be increased, and the activation time of many application programs 810 can be shortened.

=== AP execution result information table ===
Next, the AP execution result information table 900 is shown in FIG.
The AP execution result information table 900 is a collection of execution result information (profile information) for each application program 810. For each application program 810, a program ID (application program identifier) 901 and one or more AP executions are executed. Data corresponding to the table of the information 902 is included as many as the number of executed application programs 810. AP execution information 902 is generated each time one application program 810 is executed once.

  The AP execution information 902 is actual start time information 903 that is information indicating the time at which the execution of the application program 810 is started. When the system is started, that is, when the mobile terminal 100 starts providing an information processing function, the AP execution information 902 Information 904 immediately after terminal activation, which is the elapsed time until the execution is started, usage time information 905 from the start of execution of the application program 810 to the end thereof, user position information at the start of execution of the application program 810, that is, a mobile terminal Information 906 indicating the position of 100, user schedule information at the start of execution of the application program 810, that is, information 907 indicating the user's action content, and execution from the start to the end of execution of the application program 810 Configured to include information 908 such as information of other application programs.

  Here, information indicating the time at which the execution of the application program 810 is started, the elapsed time from the start of the system to the start of execution of the application program 810, the time from the start of execution of the application program 810 to the end thereof. The usage time can be obtained by using the timer device 140. The user position information at the start of execution of the application program 810 can be obtained by using the position information acquisition device 170. The user schedule information at the start of execution of the application program 810 can be obtained by referring to the user schedule information table 940.

=== User's schedule information table ===
A user schedule information table 940 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the user schedule information table 940 stores a user's action schedule for each date together with its start time and end time. In the example shown in FIG. 8, it is shown that a meeting is scheduled from 9:00 to 11:00 on February 1 and is scheduled to go to business from 11:00 to 15:00.
The AP execution information 902 is stored for a predetermined period, for example, 10 days. The AP execution information 902 that has passed the predetermined period can be deleted from the AP execution result information table 900 when, for example, a priority AP update program 802 described later updates the priority AP information table 910.

=== Priority AP update program ===
The priority AP update program 802 generates a priority AP information table 910 based on the AP execution result information table 900, and updates the priority AP information table 910 at a specified frequency (for example, once a day at a specified time). To do. The priority AP information table 910 is shown in FIG.

=== Priority AP Information Table ===
The priority AP information table 910 includes a real time table 911, a terminal immediately after startup table 912, a user position related table 913, a user schedule related table 914, and an AP related table 915.

  The priority AP information table 910 is generated by generating the real time table 911, the terminal startup table 912, the user position related table 913, the user schedule related table 914, and the AP related table 915.

  For example, paying attention to the start actual time information 903 in the AP execution information 902, the application program 810 started between 10:00 and 11:00 of the actual time and the number of activations are counted, and the application is started during this time period. The application programs 810 can be sorted in descending order. A predetermined number of application programs 810 from the top are listed as 10 in the real time table 911 in the priority AP information table 910 as a high priority application program 810 that is likely to be activated between 10:00 and 11:00 in real time. Set as data for 1:00 to 11:00. This makes it possible to preload an application program 810 that is likely to be executed according to the time zone.

  In addition, the terminal activation table 912 is generated based on the terminal activation information 904 and the actual start time information 903. This makes it possible to preload an application program 810 that is likely to be executed immediately after the user starts using the mobile terminal 100 in accordance with the time zone when the user starts using the mobile terminal 100.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of user activity bases, when the number of activations of each application program 810 for each base exceeds a prescribed ratio with respect to the number of base visits based on the user position information 906, the application program 810 Can be stored in the user position related table 913 as the priority application program 810 of the base. For example, in the case where the program P is executed nine times during the visit to the site P1 (the usage rate is 78%), for example, when the prescribed ratio is 70%, the program B is designated as the priority application program of the site P1. 810. This makes it possible to preload an application program 810 that is likely to be executed according to the current user position.

  Similarly, based on the user schedule information 907, when the activation rate of the application program 810 for each user schedule classified into several categories according to the event or the user status exceeds a prescribed rate, the application program 810 is displayed. The priority application program 810 of the category can be stored in the user schedule related table 914. This makes it possible to preload an application program 810 that is likely to be executed according to the current user's schedule.

  Similarly, when another application program 810 that is activated while the application program 810 is being executed exceeds the specified ratio, the other application program 810 is also attached to the other use AP information 908. It can be stored in the AP related table 915 as a priority application program 810 for the application program 810. For example, if the application program B 810 is executed 16 times while the application program A 810 is executed 18 times, the activation ratio is 89%, and in most cases (9 times in 10 times during the execution of the application program A 810) ) The application program B810 is activated. Therefore, when the application program A810 is executed, if the application program B810 is preloaded, the activation time of the application program B810 can be shortened. That is, it is possible to preload an application program 810 that is highly likely to be executed in accordance with the application program 810 that is currently being executed.

  As described above, the priority AP information table 910 is generated by generating the real time table 911, the terminal immediately after startup table 912, the user position related table 913, the user schedule related table 914, and the AP related table 915. Is done.

  The real-time table 911 is generated by dividing the identifiers of the application programs 810 stored in the external storage device 180 according to time based on the start real-time information 903 associated with the identifiers. This is done by categorizing into one of the groups. Each first group includes, for example, each application classified into each column divided by “8-”, “9-”, “10-”, etc. in the “real time” column of the real time table 911 shown in FIG. It consists of an identifier for the program 810. Here, for example, the application program 810 categorized in the column “8-” indicates that the application program 810 is executed by the processing apparatus 110 between 8:00 and 9:00. Note that the application programs 810 classified in each first group are classified into “1”, “2”, and “3” columns in the “priority AP” column in descending order of execution frequency.

  The table 912 immediately after the terminal activation is generated for the application program 810 in which the time from the start of the provision of the information processing function by the portable terminal 100 to the start of the execution of the application program 810 is less than the determination value. By classifying the identifier of each application program 810 stored in the device 180 into one of a plurality of second groups that are classified according to time, based on the actual start time information 903 associated with the identifier. Done. Whether or not the time from when the portable terminal 100 starts providing the information processing function until the execution of the application program 810 is less than the determination value is information 904 immediately after the terminal activation in the AP execution result information table 900. Can be determined by whether or not is smaller than the determination value. For example, the determination value may be 10 minutes. Each second group is classified into, for example, each column classified by “8-”, “9-”, “10-”, etc. in the “real time” column of the table 912 immediately after terminal activation shown in FIG. It consists of an identifier for each application program 810. Here, for example, the application program 810 categorized in the column “8-” indicates that the application program 810 is executed by the processing apparatus 110 between 8:00 and 9:00. Note that the application programs 810 classified into each second group are classified into “1” and “2” columns in the “priority AP” column in descending order of execution frequency.

  The AP-related table 915 is generated by dividing the identifier of each application program 810 stored in the used AP information 908 according to the identifier of each application program 810 based on the program ID 901 associated therewith. This is done by categorizing into a third group. Each third group includes, for example, an identifier of each application program 810 classified into each column divided by “A”, “B”, “C”, etc. in the “AP” column of the AP-related table 915 shown in FIG. Consists of. Here, for example, the application program 810 classified in the column “A” indicates that the application program 810 is executed while the application program A 810 is being executed. Note that the application programs 810 classified in the “100%” column in the “priority AP” column are application programs 810 that are executed with a probability of 100% while the application program 810 in the “AP” column is being executed. Indicates that there is. Similarly, application programs 810 classified in the “80%” column of the “priority AP” column are executed with a probability of 80% or more while the application program 810 of the “AP” column is being executed. Indicates that

  The user position related table 913 is generated according to the position of the mobile terminal 100 based on the user position information 906 associated with the identifier of each application program 810 stored in the external storage device 180. It is performed by classifying into any of a plurality of fourth groups. Each fourth group includes, for example, each application program 810 categorized into each column divided by “P1”, “P2”, “P3”, etc. in the “location” column of the user position related table 913 shown in FIG. Consists of an identifier. Here, for example, the application program 810 classified in the column “P1” indicates that the application program 810 is executed while the mobile terminal 100 is present at the base P1. The application programs 810 classified in each fourth group are classified into “1” and “2” columns in the “priority AP” column in descending order of execution frequency. The “location” field may be “company location”, “home location”, “business location”, “school location”, or the like.

  The user schedule related table 914 is generated by dividing the identifier of each application program 810 stored in the external storage device 180 according to the action content based on the user schedule information 907 associated with each identifier. This is done by categorizing into any of the fifth group. Each fifth group is classified into each application program 810 categorized into, for example, “Conference”, “Moving”, “Sales”, etc. in the “Schedule” column of the user schedule related table 914 shown in FIG. It consists of identifiers. Here, for example, the application program 810 classified in the “conference” column indicates that the user is an application program 810 executed during the conference. The application programs 810 classified in each fifth group are classified into “1” and “2” columns in the “priority AP” column in descending order of execution frequency.

  In this embodiment, the time, user position, user schedule, and related application program 810 information are collected as status data when the application program 810 is executed, and a table for selecting a priority application program 810 is created for each item. Although shown, an effect can be obtained even with a table generated with data collected for only some of these items depending on the execution environment and usage conditions.

=== Pre-start AP update program ===
The advance activation AP update program 803 preloads the application program 810 based on the priority AP information table 910. The application program 810 that has been in the preload state until then cancels the preload state unless it is the next preload target. For example, when the time becomes 9:00, the preload of the application programs A, B, and F (810) that have been in the preload state is canceled by referring to the real time table 911, and the application programs E, A, and C are released. Preload (810). However, since the application program A 810 is a preload target in both states, it remains in the preload state.

=== AP management table during preloading ===
The preloaded application program 810 is managed using the preloading AP management table 930. A preloading AP management table 930 is shown in FIG. The number of application programs 810 to be preloaded can be determined in advance, or can be directly increased or decreased according to the resource usage status of the internal storage device 120.

  The pre-loading AP management table 930 includes a “program ID” field, a “load area address” field, an “execution flag” field, a “priority order” field, a “used table” field, a “schedule” field, and an “AP” field. , “Base” column is provided.

  In the “program ID” column, an identifier of the application program 810 being preloaded is described. In the “load area address” column, an address in the internal storage device 120 in which the preloaded application program 810 is stored is described. In the “execution flag” column, “ON” or “OFF” is described. When the application program 810 is being executed, “ON” is described. When the application program 810 is not being executed, “OFF” is described. At the end of execution of the application program 810, if the application program 810 is described in the preloading AP management table 930, the application program 810 is returned to the preload state and the execution flag is set to “OFF”. In the “priority order” column, the priority order assigned to the preloaded application program 810 is described. When one of the preloading application programs 810 needs to be released for an application program 810 to be preloaded later, the preloading of the application program 810 having a lower priority is released. Details will be described later. In the “used table” column, the application program 810 being preloaded includes any of the real-time table 911, the terminal startup table 912, the user position related table 913, the user schedule related table 914, and the AP related table 915. It is described whether it was preloaded based on In the “schedule” column, when the preloaded application program 810 is preloaded based on the user schedule related table 914, it is described which schedule is preloaded. In the “AP” column, when an application program 810 being preloaded is preloaded based on the AP association table 915, which application program 810 is preloaded based on. In the “location” column, when the preloaded application program 810 is preloaded based on the user position related table 913, it is described which location is preloaded.

=== AP loading program ===
The AP load program 804 loads the application program 810 from the external storage device 180 to the internal storage device 120.

=== AP start program ===
The AP start program 805 starts execution of the loaded application program 810.
The application program 810 being executed is managed using the executing AP management table 920. A running AP management table 920 is shown in FIG.

=== Executing AP management table ===
The executing AP management table 920 includes a “program ID” column and an “execution state data” column. The “execution status data” column includes a “start time” column, a “user position” column, a “user schedule” column, an “execution at start-up AP” column, and a “use time” column.

  In the “program ID” column, an identifier of the application program 810 being executed is described. In the “start time” column, the time when the application program 810 is started to be executed is described. In the “user position” column, information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 100 when the execution of the application program 810 is described. In the “user schedule” column, information indicating a user schedule when the application program 810 is started to be executed is described. The “execution at start-up AP” column describes an identifier of the application program 810 that is being executed when the application program 810 is started to be executed. In the “Usage time” column, the time from the start of execution of the application program 810 to the end of execution is described. Therefore, the “Usage time” column is described when the execution of the application program 810 is completed.

=== Flow of processing ===
Next, the flow of processing according to the present embodiment will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, FIG. 9 shows a process flowchart of the AP execution management program 800 that executes the entire process of the mobile terminal 100.
First, the mobile terminal 100 stores the system activation time (S1000). This is because there is an application program 810 that preferentially puts the mobile terminal 100 in a preloaded state for a certain period of time after activation. If there is an execution request of the application program 810 from the user, the process proceeds to “Y” (S1001), and the application program 810 is executed in a separate process (S1002). Details of the execution processing of the application program will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the process proceeds to “N” in S1001, the process proceeds to S1003, and when a preload trigger is generated, a preload AP update process is performed (S1004). The preload trigger is, for example, that the time has elapsed or that the user's base has changed. The preload AP update process is a process for putting the application program 810 that is a preload target by a preload trigger into a preload state. The preload AP update process is executed in a separate process. Details of the processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

  If the process proceeds to “N” in S1003, the process proceeds to S1005, and it is determined whether or not a trigger for updating the priority AP information table 910 has occurred (S1005). When a trigger for updating the priority AP information table 910 occurs, the process proceeds to S1006, and the priority AP information update flag is turned ON. The trigger for updating the priority AP information table 910 can be a predetermined time such as 3 pm every Friday, for example. Or it can also be made to make it a trigger that the frequency | count of starting of the portable terminal 100 reaches | attains predetermined number of times. When a trigger for updating the priority AP information table 910 occurs, the priority AP information table 910 is updated in S1009 described later.

  Subsequently, in S1007, it is determined whether or not there is a request for termination of the portable terminal 100. If there is no termination request for the portable terminal 100, the process returns to S1001. If there is an end request for the portable terminal 100, the process proceeds to S1008. If the priority AP information update flag is “ON”, the priority AP information table 910 is updated (S1009), and the execution of the AP execution management program 800 is terminated. If the priority AP information update flag is “OFF”, the execution of the AP execution management program 800 is terminated as it is.

Next, processing called from the AP execution management program 800 described above will be sequentially described. First, a flowchart of the AP execution process shown in S1002 is shown in FIG.
First, the data of the application program 810 to be executed is added to the executing AP management table 920 (S2000). In the execution state data, information indicating the time at the start of execution, position information, schedule information, and an identifier of another application program 810 being executed are recorded. Subsequently, with reference to the preloading AP management table 930, if the application program 810 to be executed is not preloaded, the process proceeds to S2002, and the application program 810 is loaded from the external storage device 180 to the internal storage device 120. On the other hand, if the application program 810 to be executed is already preloaded, the process proceeds to S2003, and the execution flag column of the preloading AP management table 930 is set to “ON” (S2003). Here, when the usage frequency of a table is taken, the counter of the table of the usage frequency by table is incremented by one. Then, the application program 810 is executed (S2004).

  When the execution of the application program 810 is completed, the end-time data of the executed application program 810, that is, information indicating the usage time of the application program 810 is added to the executing AP management table 920 (S2005).

  If the application program 810 is the application program 810 described in the preloading AP management table 930 (S2006), the process proceeds to S2007. When it is necessary to initialize the load state of the application program 810, initialization is performed (S2007), and the execution flag of the pre-loading AP management table 930 is set to “OFF” (S2009). Initializing the load state of the application program 810 means returning the load state of the application program 810 to the state before execution. For example, various management tables generated to execute the application program 810 are returned to the state before the application program 810 is executed.

  On the other hand, if the application program 810 is an application program 810 not listed in the preloading AP management table 930 (S2006), the resources of the internal storage device 120 used by the application program 810 are released. Then, the data of the application program 810 is deleted from the internal storage device 120 (S2008).

  Subsequently, AP execution information 902 is generated from the description of the execution status data in the ongoing AP management table 920 (S2010). Then, the data regarding the application program 810 is deleted from the executing AP management table 920 (S2011).

  Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts of the preload AP update process (S1004) for updating the application program 810 that performs preload when a preload trigger occurs.

  Here, processing is branched at S3000, S3002, S3004, S3006, and S3008 according to the preload trigger, and processing at S3001, S3003, S3005, S3007, and S3009 is performed, respectively.

  First, when the preload trigger is immediately after the terminal is activated (S3000), the process proceeds to S3001, and the priority AP update process is performed. Then, the application program 810 is preloaded based on the terminal startup table 912 (S3001). Although details will be described later, priority AP update processing is performed with priority = 1 at this time.

  Next, when the preload trigger is the trigger condition end (S3002), the process proceeds to S3003. The end of the trigger condition refers to the end of “in meeting” when, for example, the user's schedule changes from “in meeting” to “moving”. In this case, the “priority” of the application program 810 preloaded with “in meeting” as a trigger in the preloading AP management table 930 is set to 6 (S3003).

  Next, when the preload trigger is a schedule (S3004), the process proceeds to S3005, and priority AP update processing is performed. Then, the application program 810 is preloaded based on the user schedule related table 914 (S3005). Although details will be described later, priority AP update processing is performed with priority = 2.

  Next, when the preload trigger is time (S3006), the process proceeds to S3007, and priority AP update processing is performed. Based on the real time table 911, the application program 810 is preloaded (S3007). Although details will be described later, priority AP update processing is performed with priority = 3.

  Next, when the preload trigger is another AP (S3008), the process proceeds to S3009 to perform a priority AP update process. Then, the application program 810 is preloaded based on the AP related table 915 (S3009). Although details will be described later, priority AP update processing is performed at priority = 4.

  Next, when the preload trigger is a base (S3010), the process proceeds to S3011 to perform priority AP update processing. Based on the user position related table 913, the application program 810 is preloaded (S3011). Although details will be described later, the priority AP update process is performed with priority = 5.

Next, the priority AP update process will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the processing apparatus 110 acquires the maximum number (M) of application programs 810 that can be preloaded (S4000). The maximum number of application programs 810 that can be preloaded can be determined in advance, or can be determined according to the resource usage status of the internal storage device 120.
Next, with reference to the preloading AP management table 930, the number (n) of application programs already preloaded is acquired (S4001).
If there are no more application programs that need to be preloaded due to the occurrence of the preload trigger, the process proceeds to “N” in S4002. On the other hand, if there is still an application program 810 to be preloaded, the process proceeds to “Y”.

  If the application program 810 to be preloaded is already preloaded and is described in the preloading AP management table 930, the process proceeds to “Y” in S4002. Then, returning to S4002, the next application program 810 is preloaded. Here, the preloading of the application program 810 can be performed in order from the one described in “1” of the “priority AP” column of each table of the priority AP information table 910. By doing in this way, it becomes possible to preload the application program 810 executed more frequently. This makes it possible to preload an application program 810 that has a higher probability of being used.

  On the other hand, if the application program 810 to be preloaded is not yet preloaded and is not described in the preloading AP management table 930, the process proceeds to “N” in S4002.

  In S4004, the maximum number (M) of application programs 810 that can be preloaded is compared with the number (n) of application programs that have already been preloaded. If the application program 810 can still be preloaded, it is set to “Y”. move on. Then, information on the application program 810 to be preloaded is added to the preloading AP management table 930 (S4006). At this time, “OFF” is described in the “execution flag” column, and a priority value corresponding to the preload trigger is described in the “priority order” column.

  On the other hand, if the application program 810 cannot be preloaded any more as a result of the determination in S4004, the process proceeds to “N”. In step S4005, it is determined which of the application programs 810 that are already being preloaded is to be stopped from being preloaded. The application program 810 that stops preloading is an application to be preloaded in the preloading AP management table 930 in which the “execution flag” column is “OFF”, and the number in the “priority” column corresponds to the preload trigger. A value larger than the priority number of the program 810 is selected.

  Note that the application program 810 whose preload is to be stopped may be stored in the external storage device 180 as the AP activation state storage data 700, for example. The AP activation state storage data 700 is data that remains in a state in which the application program 810 is loaded into the internal storage device 120 and can be executed by the processing device 110. In this way, when the activation request for the application program 810 is received from the user, the AP activation state storage data 700 is read as it is from the external storage device 180 and stored in the internal storage device 120, whereby the application program 810 is stored. It is possible to shorten the startup time. As a result, it is possible to increase the probability that the activation time of the application program 810 requested by the user is shortened.

  Then, after updating the preloading AP management table 930 in S4006, the application program is preloaded (S4007). Then, returning to S4002, the next application program 810 is preloaded.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the preload of the application program 810 is performed by at least one of the application programs 810 specified by the identifier of the application program 810 classified into the first group according to the current time, At least one of the application programs 810 identified by the identifier of the application program 810 classified into the second group according to the time of the second, or the third according to the identifier of the application program 810 currently being executed by the processing device 110 At least one of the application programs 810 specified by the identifier of the application program 810 classified into a group, or a fourth group corresponding to the current position of the mobile terminal 100 The application program 810 identified by the identifier of the application program 810 classified into the fifth group according to the current action content of the user and at least one of the application programs 810 identified by the identifier of the identified application program 810 At least one of the above is read out from the external storage device 180 and stored in the internal storage device 120.

  In addition, the preload of the application program 810 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the application program 810 identified by the identifier of the application program 810 more classified into the first group according to the current time, and according to the current time. An application program 810 identified by an identifier of an application program 810 more classified into the second group, and a third group according to an identifier of the application program 810 currently being executed by the processing device 110 Application programs 810 identified by the identifiers of the application programs 810 and application programs more classified into a fourth group corresponding to the current position of the mobile terminal 100 The application program 810 specified by the identifier of the program 810 and the application program 810 specified by the identifier of the application program 810 more classified into the fifth group according to the current action content of the user are given priority respectively. The data is read from the external storage device 180 and stored in the internal storage device 120.

  Furthermore, the preloading of the application program 810 in the present embodiment is performed by assigning priorities associated with the first group, the second group, the third group, the fourth group, and the fifth group. Based on the information shown, the application program 810 specified by the identifier of the application program 810 classified into a higher priority group is prioritized and read from the external storage device 180 and stored in the internal storage device 120. I have to.

  By doing so, it is possible to increase the probability that the application program 810 is already stored in the internal storage device 120 when the application program 810 is executed, and it is possible to shorten the startup time of many application programs 810. Become. In addition, by preloading the application program 810 executed more frequently, it becomes possible to preload the application program 810 having a higher probability of being used.

  Next, priority AP information update processing for updating the priority AP information table 910 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, this processing can be performed periodically, for example, from 3 pm every Friday. The priority AP information table 910 is updated based on the contents of the AP execution result information table 900.

  First, the mobile terminal 100 turns off the priority AP information update flag (S5000). And the portable terminal 100 performs each process shown to S5001 thru | or S5005, The start real time information 903 described in AP execution result information table 900, information 904 immediately after terminal starting, usage time information 905, user position The priority AP information table 910 is created based on the contents of the information 906, the user schedule information 907, and the other AP information 908 used.

  First, when the mobile terminal 100 completes the creation of the priority AP information table 910 by executing the processes shown in S5001 to S5005, the process proceeds to “N” in S5001. If the creation of the priority AP information table 910 is not completed, the process proceeds to “Y”.

  Next, in S5002, it is determined whether or not there is information for the target table. If there is information, the process proceeds to S5003 and the counter of the corresponding element of the application program 810 is incremented by one. For example, this process corresponds to a process for obtaining the number of application programs 810 executed between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock from the contents described in the start real time information 903, for example, when creating the real time table 911. This is obtained every time, such as the number of application programs 810 executed between 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock, and the number of application programs 810 executed between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock, and each number is stored in a counter. Keep it.

  In S5004 and S5005, the identifier of the application program 810 is described in the priority AP information table 910 from the larger counter value for each element based on the counter values. In the case of creating the real-time table 911 described above, for example, among the application programs 810 executed between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock, “1” in the “priority AP” column, in descending order of the counter value, The identifiers of the application programs 810 are described in the order of “2” and “3”. The same processing is sequentially performed every time such as an application program 810 executed between 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock and an application program 810 executed between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock. When the creation of the real time table 911 is completed, the process returns to S5001, and the creation of the next table, for example, the table 902 immediately after the terminal is started, is started. Finally, when the creation of all tables, that is, the real time table 911, the terminal startup table 912, the user position related table 913, the user schedule related table 914, and the AP related table 915 is completed, the process proceeds to “N” in S5001, The process ends. Through the above processing, the priority AP information table 910 can be updated.

  The mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment has been described above. However, according to the mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment, the application program 810 actually starts operating after the user requests the application program 810 to be executed. In the portable terminal 100 or the like for which response performance is required, the application program 810 that is frequently used for each situation is selected as the priority application program 810 in the situation on the condition that the application program 810 is used based on the past usage record. The priority application program 810 is activated when the usage condition is satisfied, and the activation process is omitted when the user requests activation of the application program 810. By starting the program 810 can allow the reduction of startup time A application program 810.

  If the storage capacity of the external storage device 180 is sufficient, the startup status data of the priority application program 810 that has been leaked from the previous startup (preload) is stored in the external storage device 180, and when the startup request is received from the user. By reading the activation state data as it is and storing it in the internal storage device 120, the activation time of the application program 810 can be shortened. As a result, it is possible to increase the probability that the activation time of the application program 810 requested by the user is shortened.

  Further, the present embodiment is not limited to the portable terminal 100, and can be widely used as the information processing apparatus 200.

  Although the best mode for carrying out the invention has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of AP execution management program which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows AP execution performance information table which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the priority AP information table which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the executing AP management table which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows AP management table in preload which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the schedule information table of the user which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of AP execution management program which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of AP execution processing which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the preload AP update process which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the priority AP update process which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the priority AP information update process which concerns on this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Portable terminal 110 Processing apparatus 120 Internal storage apparatus 130 External communication apparatus 140 Timer apparatus 150 Input apparatus 160 Output apparatus 170 Location information acquisition apparatus 180 External storage apparatus 200 Information processing apparatus 210 CPU 220 Memory 220A Control program 220B Application program 230 Port 240 Recording Medium reading device 250 Input device 260 Output device 270 Recording medium 280 Storage device 400 Network 700 AP activation state storage data 800 AP execution management program 801 AP execution result information collection program 802 Priority AP update program 803 Pre-start AP update program 804 AP load program 805 AP start program 810 Application program 900 AP execution result information table 901 Program ID
902 AP execution information 903 Start actual time information 904 Information immediately after terminal activation 905 Usage time information 906 User position information 907 User schedule information 908 Other AP information used 910 Priority AP information table 911 Real time table 912 Terminal activation table 913 User position related table 914 User schedule related table 915 AP related table 920 In-execution AP management table 930 Pre-loading AP management table 940 User schedule information table

Claims (18)

A first storage device;
A processor for executing a program stored in the first storage device;
A second storage device storing a plurality of the programs;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
Each time the program is executed,
An identifier of the executed program,
Information indicating the time at which execution of the program was started,
Information indicating a time from when the information processing apparatus starts providing an information processing function to when the execution of the program is started, and an identifier of another program executed by the processor during the execution of the program ,
And a program execution result information storage unit that stores them in the second storage device in association with each other,
The identifiers of the respective programs stored in the second storage device are a plurality of first items that are classified according to the time based on information indicating the time at which the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Classified into one of the groups
Each program stored in the second storage device for the program in which the time from when the information processing device starts providing the information processing function to when the execution of the program is started is less than a determination value Are classified into one of a plurality of second groups divided according to time based on information indicating the time at which execution of the program associated with each of the identifiers is started,
The identifier of the other program stored in the second storage device is based on the identifier of the program that is being executed by the processor when the execution of the other program associated with the second program is started. , A program classification control unit that classifies into a plurality of third groups that are classified according to the identifier of each program;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by the identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into a group;
A preload control unit that reads out from the second storage device and stores it in the first storage device;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus includes a position information output device that outputs information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus,
The program execution result information storage unit is
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program,
The program classification control unit
Based on the information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program associated with the identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is started, the information processing device Categorized into one of a plurality of fourth groups divided according to the position of
The preload controller is
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fourth group according to the current position of the information processing apparatus;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the information is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. In the second storage device, information indicating the action content of the user of the information processing device is stored in association with information indicating the time,
The program execution result information storage unit is
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the user's action content when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program;
The program classification control unit
The identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is set according to the action content based on information indicating the action content of the user when the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Categorized into any of a plurality of fifth groups,
The preload controller is
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fifth group according to the current action content of the user;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the information is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. The second storage device stores information indicating the priority associated with each of the first group, the second group, and the third group,
The preload control unit preferentially reads out the program specified by the identifier of the program classified into the higher priority group from the second storage device, and stores it in the first storage device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The preload controller is
The program identified by the identifier of the program more classified into the first group according to the current time;
The program specified by the identifier of the program more classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third group according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor The program identified by the identifier of the program more categorized,
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the information processing apparatuses is preferentially read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. A position information output device that outputs information indicating the position of the information processing device,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information processing apparatus is a GPS receiver that receives a GPS signal transmitted from an artificial satellite and outputs information indicating latitude and longitude of the information processing apparatus. A first storage device;
A processor for executing a program stored in the first storage device;
A second storage device storing a plurality of the programs;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising:
Each time the program is executed,
An identifier of the executed program,
Information indicating the time at which execution of the program was started,
Information indicating a time from when the information processing apparatus starts providing an information processing function to when the execution of the program is started, and an identifier of another program executed by the processor during the execution of the program ,
Are stored in the second storage device in association with each other,
The identifiers of the respective programs stored in the second storage device are a plurality of first items that are classified according to the time based on information indicating the time at which the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Classified into one of the groups
Each program stored in the second storage device for the program in which the time from when the information processing device starts providing the information processing function to when the execution of the program is started is less than a determination value Are classified into one of a plurality of second groups divided according to time based on information indicating the time at which execution of the program associated with each of the identifiers is started,
The identifier of the other program stored in the second storage device is based on the identifier of the program that is being executed by the processor when the execution of the other program associated with the second program is started. Categorizing into a plurality of third groups divided according to the identifier of each program,
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by the identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into a group;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: reading out from the second storage device and storing the at least one of them in the first storage device. The information processing apparatus includes a position information output device that outputs information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus,
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program,
Based on the information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program associated with the identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is started, the information processing device Categorized into one of a plurality of fourth groups divided according to the position of
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fourth group according to the current position of the information processing apparatus;
The information processing apparatus control method according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the information is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. In the second storage device, information indicating the action content of the user of the information processing device is stored in association with information indicating the time,
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the user's action content when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program;
The identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is set according to the action content based on information indicating the action content of the user when the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Categorized into any of a plurality of fifth groups,
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fifth group according to the current action content of the user;
The information processing apparatus control method according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the information is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. The second storage device stores information indicating the priority associated with each of the first group, the second group, and the third group,
The program specified by the identifier of the program classified into the higher priority group is preferentially read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. The control method of the information processing apparatus according to claim 7. The program identified by the identifier of the program more classified into the first group according to the current time;
The program specified by the identifier of the program more classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third group according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor The program identified by the identifier of the program more categorized,
The information processing apparatus control method according to claim 7, wherein each is read out from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device with priority. A position information output device that outputs information indicating the position of the information processing device,
9. The information processing apparatus control according to claim 8, wherein the information processing apparatus is a GPS receiver that receives a GPS signal transmitted from an artificial satellite and outputs information indicating latitude and longitude of the information processing apparatus. Method. A first storage device;
A processor for executing a program stored in the first storage device;
A second storage device storing a plurality of the programs;
In an information processing device equipped with
Each time the program is executed,
An identifier of the executed program,
Information indicating the time at which execution of the program was started,
Information indicating a time from when the information processing apparatus starts providing an information processing function to when execution of the program is started, and an identifier of another program executed by the processor during the execution of the program,
Are associated and stored in the second storage device,
The identifiers of the respective programs stored in the second storage device are a plurality of first items that are classified according to the time based on information indicating the time at which the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Classified into one of the groups
For each program stored in the second storage device, the time from when the information processing apparatus starts providing the information processing function to when the execution of the program is started is less than a determination value. The identifier is classified into one of a plurality of second groups divided according to time based on information indicating the time when execution of the program associated with each is started,
The identifier of the other program stored in the second storage device is based on the identifier of the program that is being executed by the processor when the execution of the other program associated with the second program is started. Categorizing into a plurality of third groups divided according to the identifier of each program,
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by the identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into a group;
A program for reading at least one of the above from the second storage device and storing it in the first storage device. The information processing apparatus includes a position information output device that outputs information indicating a position of the information processing apparatus,
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program,
Based on the information indicating the position of the information processing device when the execution of the program associated with the identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is started, the information processing device Categorized into one of a plurality of fourth groups divided according to the position of
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fourth group according to the current position of the information processing apparatus;
The program according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the programs is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. In the second storage device, information indicating the action content of the user of the information processing device is stored in association with information indicating the time,
Each time the program is executed,
Information indicating the action content of the user when the execution of the program is started is stored in the second storage device in association with the identifier of the executed program,
The identifier of each program stored in the second storage device is set according to the action content based on information indicating the action content of the user when the execution of the program associated with the identifier is started. Categorized into one of a plurality of fifth groups,
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program classified into the first group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the second group according to the current time;
At least one of the programs identified by an identifier of the program categorized into the third group according to an identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor; and
At least one of the programs specified by an identifier of the program classified into the fifth group according to the current action content of the user;
The program according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the programs is read from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device. The second storage device stores information indicating the priority associated with each of the first group, the second group, and the third group,
The program for preferentially reading out the program specified by the identifier of the program classified into the higher priority group from the second storage device and storing the program in the first storage device. 13. The program according to 13. The program identified by the identifier of the program more classified into the first group according to the current time;
The program specified by the identifier of the program more classified into the second group according to the current time, and the third group according to the identifier of the program currently being executed by the processor The program identified by the identifier of the program more categorized,
14. The program according to claim 13, wherein each of the programs is read out from the second storage device and stored in the first storage device with priority. A position information output device that outputs information indicating the position of the information processing device,
15. The program according to claim 14, wherein the program is a GPS receiver that receives a GPS signal transmitted from an artificial satellite and outputs information indicating latitude and longitude of the information processing apparatus.

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