Method for resource allocation and terminal device

TECHNICAL FIELD

0001This disclosure relates to the technical field of terminal devices, and particularly to a method for resource allocation, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

BACKGROUND

0002With the rapid development of technologies relating to terminal devices, an increasing number of applications are installed in mobile phones of users, such as reading applications, payment applications, game applications, music applications, and the like. People's daily life is closely linked with the mobile phones. <patcit id="pcit0001" dnum="US2012159090A1"><text>US 2012/159090 A1</text></patcit> recites versions of a multimedia computer system architecture are described which satisfy quality of service (QoS) guarantees for multimedia applications such as game applications while allowing platform resources, hardware resources in particular, to scale up or down over time. Computing resources of the computer system are partitioned into a platform partition and an application partition, each including its own central processing unit (CPU) and, optionally, graphics processing unit (GPU). To enhance scalability of resources up or down, the platform partition includes one or more hardware resources which are only accessible by the multimedia application via a software interface. Additionally, outside the partitions may be other resources shared by the partitions or which provide general purpose computing resources. <patcit id="pcit0002" dnum="EP2874063A2"><text>EP 2874063 A2</text></patcit> recites a method and apparatus for allocating resources in a touch-based electronic device. The method includes recognizing an interaction pattern of a touch signal if the touch signal of a user interaction for multitasking via a touch screen of the electronic device is received; determining a level of a resource based on the recognized interaction pattern; and allocating at least one resource of the electronic device in accordance with the level. The apparatus includes a pattern recognition unit configured to, if a touch signal corresponding to user interaction for multitasking is sensed via a touch screen, recognize an interaction pattern based on the touch signal; a resource determination unit configured to determine a level of a resource based on the interaction pattern; and a resource allocation unit configured to allocate at least one resource of the electronic device based on the level of the resource determined in the resource determination unit.

SUMMARY

0003The invention is defined by the independent claims. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for resource allocation, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to reduce power consumption of a running process of a target application.

0004According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, a method for resource allocation is provided according to claim 1.

0005According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, a terminal device is provided according to claim 7.

0006According to a third aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

0007The following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. <ul id="ul0001" list-style="none" compact="compact"><li><figref idref="f0001">FIG. 1A</figref> is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a smart phone.</li><li><figref idref="f0001">FIG. 1B</figref> is a schematic diagram illustrating a system architecture of an Android^® system.</li><li><figref idref="f0002">FIG. 2</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to the present disclosure.</li><li><figref idref="f0003">FIG. 3</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to the present disclosure.</li><li><figref idref="f0004">FIG. 4</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.</li><li><figref idref="f0005">FIG. 5</figref> is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.</li><li><figref idref="f0005">FIG. 6</figref> is a block diagram illustrating functional units of a device for resource allocation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.</li><li><figref idref="f0006">FIG. 7</figref> is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a smart phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.</li></ul>

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

0008In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand solutions of the present disclosure, technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some rather than all embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

0009The terms "first", "second", and the like used in the specification, the claims, and the accompany drawings of the present disclosure are used to distinguish different objects rather than describe a particular order. The terms "include", "comprise", and "have" as well as variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus including a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, on the contrary, it can optionally include other steps or units that are not listed; alternatively, other steps or units inherent to the process, method, product, or device can be included either.

0010The term "embodiment" or "implementation" referred to herein means that a particular feature, structure, or feature described in conjunction with the embodiment may be contained in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The phrase appearing in various places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor does it refer to an independent or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive with other embodiments. It is expressly and implicitly understood by those skilled in the art that an embodiment described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

0011The terminal device involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include various handheld devices, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, computing devices that have wireless communication functions or other processing devices connected to the wireless scenario, as well as various forms of user equipments (UE), mobile stations (MS), terminal devices, and the like. For the convenience of description, the above-mentioned devices are collectively referred to as a terminal device. An operating system related to the embodiments of the disclosure is a software system that manages hardware resources uniformly and provides a user with a service interface.

0012As illustrated in <figref idref="f0001">FIG. 1A</figref>, a terminal device such as a smart phone generally has a program space for running programs. The program space includes a user space and an operating system space (that is, a place to install the operating system). One or more applications, which are third-party applications installed on the terminal device, can run in the user space. An operating system of the terminal device runs in the operating system space. Examples of the operating system include but are not limited to an Android^® system, a mobile operating system iOS^® developed by Apple^®, etc. As illustrated in <figref idref="f0001">FIG. 1B</figref>, the following describes the Android system runs on the terminal device as an example. In the case of Android system, the user space includes an application layer of the Android system and the operating system space includes an application framework layer, Libraries and Android RunTime layer, and Linux Kernel layer of the Android system. The application layer includes various applications directly interacting with a user, or service programs written in the Java language and running in the background, for example, programs for implementing common basic functions on smart phones, such as short messaging service (SMS), telephone dialing, picture viewers, calendars, games, maps, world wide web (Web) browsers, etc., as well as other applications developed by developers. The application framework layer provides a series of libraries required in developing Android applications, which can be used to reuse components as well as personalize extensions through inheritance. The Libraries and Android RunTime layer can support the application framework and provide services for various components in the Android system. The Libraries and Android RunTime layer is consist of Libraries and Android RunTime. The Android RunTime includes a core library and a Dalvik virtual machine. The Linux kernel layer is configured to implement core functions such as hardware device driving, process and memory management, network protocol stacks, power management, wireless communication, and the like.

0013In general design, a target application runs in the user space. When the target application needs to perform operations such as sending data, reading disk data, and the like, standard interface functions provided by the operating system such as "write" and "send" should be invoked. That is, a central processing unit (CPU) invokes codes of the operating system space to achieve request operations of the user. The operating system of the terminal device generally improves allocation of system resources (such as increasing a clock rate of the CPU, etc.) as a whole to accelerate the target application.

0014In view of the above, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for resource allocation of the target application of the terminal device. With regard to the method, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies an internal running scenario of the target application running in a foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires a plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjust the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0015The following describes the embodiments of the disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

0016<figref idref="f0002">FIG. 2</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to the present disclosure. The method is applicable to a terminal device with an operating system and at least one application running in the terminal device. As illustrated in <figref idref="f0002">FIG. 2</figref>, the method begins with operations at block 201.

0017At block 201, the operating system identifies an internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of the terminal device.

0018The target application includes but is not limited to a system application(s) and a third-party application(s) installed on the terminal device. Taking a game application as an example of the target application, the internal running scenario can include a team battle scenario, a mall scenario, and the like. Each internal running scenario can be subdivided into a plurality of sub-scenarios according to a running sequence or a status of a game character, such as a waiting-for-resurrection sub-scenario in the team battle scenario, a sub-scenario of a team battle screen waiting to be loaded, a sub-scenario of waiting to return to a city, and the like. Resource allocation strategies of these sub-scenarios can be adjusted differently according to actual needs of the user, so as to adjust system resources more accurately.

0019The team battle scenario in the game application can refer to a collective confrontation of several players in groups (such as in gangs, in teams, and the like).

0020The mall scenario in the game application can refer to a scenario where game characters can buy tools, skills, clothes, and the like.

0021At block 202, the operating system acquires a plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario.

0022Each kind of system resources corresponds to a plurality of resource adjustment strategies. For example, CPU resources can correspond to low-power-consumption adjustment strategy, a dynamic-frequency-hopping adjustment strategy, a high-performance adjustment strategy, and the like.

0023The resource adjustment strategies are configured to adjust the system resources. The system resources include at least one of the following: memory resources, CPU resources, graphic processing unit (GPU) resources, display resources, network resources, and disk read/write (input/output) resources.

0024At block 203, the operating system acquires status information of the internal running scenario.

0025The status information includes at least one of: an operation parameter(s) and a status of a game character.

0026The operation parameter can include but is not limited to frequency, length, or times of a touch operation. The present disclosure is not particularly limited.

0027The status of the game character can include but is not limited to resurrection, stillness, exercise, and the like. The present disclosure is not particularly limited.

0028At block 204, the operating system adjusts usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information.

0029At block 205, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies the internal running scenario of the target application running in the foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires the status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjust the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0030In the present invention, the status information includes an operation parameter of an operation interface of the internal running scenario. The operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information as follows. The operating system determines a parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs. The operating system determines reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs, according to a preset correspondence between preset parameter ranges and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies. The operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0031The operation parameter includes at least one of: touch times, touch frequency, and touch duration. For example, the system resources include brightness of a display screen, and the resource adjustment strategies include a total of five adjustment strategies, such as adjusting according to an application request, adjusting according to user-setting information, adjusting according to the power of a mobile phone, adjusting according to the temperature of the mobile phone, and adjusting according to ambient light. For example, an initial order of priorities is: adjusting according to an application request> adjusting according to user-setting information> adjusting according to the power of the mobile phone > adjusting according to the temperature of the mobile phone > adjusting according to ambient light. The order of priorities of the resource adjustment strategies corresponding to a first parameter range ([5-20]) to which preset touch frequency belongs is: adjusting according to an application request> adjusting according to user-setting information> adjusting according to power of the mobile phone > adjusting according to temperature of the mobile phone> adjusting according to ambient light. The order of priorities of the resource adjustment strategies corresponding to a second parameter range ([0-4]) is: adjusting according to power of the mobile phone > adjusting according to an application request> adjusting according to user-setting information> adjusting according to temperature of the mobile phone > adjusting according to ambient light. If the operating system detects that the touch frequency in a first time period is 8 times/second, which corresponds to the first parameter range, the order of priorities will remain unchanged. Continue to use a strategy of adjusting according to an application request. If the operating system detects that the touch frequency in a second time period is 2 times/second, which corresponds to the second parameter range, the order of priorities will be adjusted to: adjusting according to power of the mobile phone > adjusting according to an application request > adjusting according to user-setting information > adjusting according to temperature of the mobile phone > adjusting according to ambient light. If the power is low at this time, the brightness of the display screen can be reduced, which makes it possible to reduce power consumption.

0032According to the disclosure, the operating system acquires the operation parameter of the operation interface of the internal running scenario of the target application, in order to adjust in time and correspondingly the preference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the operation parameter and adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the preference usage priorities, so as to avoid high power consumption caused by adjustment operation by using a single strategy of a priority continuously. In this way, intelligence of resource adjustment in a running process of the target application can be improved, power consumption can be reduced, and power-consumption-optimization performance can be improved.

0033As an implementation, the status information is configured to indicate a status of a game character of a game account owner. The operating system can adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information as follows. The operating system determines a current status of the game character of the game account owner. Then the operating system determines reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the current status of the game character of the owner game account, according to a preset correspondence between statuses of the game character and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies. The operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0034The terminal device can store in advance the correspondence between preset statuses of the game character and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies. The correspondence is not limited herein, for example, it can be user-defined, set by a game developer in advance, or obtained by counting and analyzing historical usage data according to a preset machine learning algorithm by the operating system. As an implementation, the correspondence can include a corresponding relationship between a waiting-for-resurrection status and a first resource adjustment strategy, a corresponding relationship between a stillness status (e.g, the game character can be determined as at a stillness status when it stays at the same position for more than 5 seconds) and a second resource adjustment strategy, a corresponding relationship between a continuous-release-skill status and a third resource adjustment strategy, and the like.

0035According to this embodiment of the disclosure, the operating system can acquire the status information of the game character of the game account owner of the internal running scenario of the target application, based on the status information acquired, it is possible to correspondingly adjust in time the preference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies, and conduct system resource adjustment with the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, so as to avoid high power consumption caused by continuously using a single resource adjustment strategy of a fixed priority. In this way, intelligence of resource adjustment in a running process of the target application can be improved, power consumption can be reduced, and power-consumption-optimization performance can be improved.

0036As an implementation, the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted includes an application level adjustment strategy.

0037The application level adjustment strategy includes a strategy for adjusting the preset system resources to-be-adjusted according to application status information of the application. The application status information includes the status information of the internal running scenario.

0038According to the embodiment of the disclosure, generally, the application level adjustment strategy tends to focus on performance prioritization.

0039As an implementation, the preset system resources to-be-adjusted include at least one of: brightness of the display screen, computing resources (computing resources of CPU and GPU), memory resources, and network resources.

0040Consistent with the embodiments illustrated in <figref idref="f0002">FIG. 2</figref>, <figref idref="f0003">FIG. 3</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to the present disclosure. The method is applicable to a terminal device with an operating system and at least one application running in the terminal device. As illustrated in <figref idref="f0003">FIG. 3</figref>, the method begins with operations at block 301.

0041A block 301, the operating system identifies an internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of the terminal device.

0042A block 302, the operating system acquires a plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario.

0043A block 303, the operating system acquires status information of the internal running scenario, where the status information includes an operation parameter.

0044A block 304, the operating system determines a parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs.

0045A block 305, the operating system determines reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs, according to a preset correspondence between preset parameter ranges and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0046A block 306, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0047A block 307, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority.

0048According to the disclosure, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies the internal running scenario of the target application running in the foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires the status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjusts the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0049In addition, the operating system acquires the operation parameter of the operation interface of the internal running scenario of the target application, in order to adjust in time and correspondingly the preference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the operation parameter and adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the preference usage priorities, so as to avoid high power consumption caused by adjustment operation by using a single strategy of a priority continuously. In this way, intelligence of resource adjustment in a running process of the target application can be improved, power consumption can be reduced, and power-consumption-optimization performance can be improved.

0050Consistent with the embodiments illustrated in <figref idref="f0002">FIG. 2</figref>, <figref idref="f0004">FIG. 4</figref> is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for resource allocation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applicable to a terminal device with an operating system and at least one application running in the terminal device. As illustrated in <figref idref="f0004">FIG. 4</figref>, the method begins with operations at block 401.

0051A block 401, the operating system identifies an internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of the terminal device.

0052A block 402, the operating system acquires an application level adjustment strategy in the internal running scenario, where the application level adjustment strategy includes a strategy for adjusting the preset system resources to-be-adjusted according to application status information of the application and the application status information includes the status information of the internal running scenario.

0053A block 403, the operating system acquires status information of the internal running scenario, where the status information is configured to indicate a status of a game character of a game account owner.

0054A block 404, the operating system determines a current status of the game character of the game account owner.

0055A block 405, the operating system determines reference usage priorities of the application level adjustment strategy corresponding to the current status of the game character of the owner game account according to a preset correspondence between statuses of the game character and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0056A block 406, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0057A block 407, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority.

0058According to the disclosure, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies the internal running scenario of the target application running in the foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires the status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjusts the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0059In addition, the operating system can acquire the status information of the game character of the game account owner of the internal running scenario of the target application, based on the status information acquired, it is possible to correspondingly adjust in time the preference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies and conduct preset system resource adjustment with the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, so as to avoid high power consumption caused by adjustment operation by continuously using a single resource adjustment strategy of a fixed priority. In this way, intelligence of resource adjustment in a running process of the target application can be improved, power consumption can be reduced, and power-consumption-optimization performance can be improved.

0060In addition, generally, the application level adjustment strategy tends to focus on performance prioritization.

0061Consistent with the embodiments illustrated in <figref idref="f0002 f0003 f0004">FIG. 2 to FIG. 4</figref>, <figref idref="f0005">FIG. 5</figref> is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. At least one application and an operating system run in the terminal device. As illustrated in <figref idref="f0005">FIG. 5</figref>, the terminal device includes a processor 501, a computer readable storage 502 such as a memory, and a communication interface 503. The memory is configured to store one or more programs which are different from the foregoing at least one applications. The one or more programs are configured to be executed by the processor 501 and include instructions operable to execute the following operations.

0062An internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of the terminal device is identified. A plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario is acquired. Status information of the internal running scenario is acquired. Usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information are adjusted. The preset system resources to-be-adjusted is adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority.

0063According to the disclosure, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies the internal running scenario of the target application running in the foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires the status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjusts the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0064In the present invention, the status information includes an operation parameter of an operation interface of the internal running scenario. In terms of adjusting the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information, the instructions of the programs are operable to execute the following.

0065A parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs is determined. Reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the parameter range are determined, according to a preset correspondence between preset parameter ranges and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies. The usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies are adjusted according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0066As an implementation, the status information is configured to indicate a status of a game character of a game account owner. In terms of adjusting the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information, the instructions of the programs are operable to execute the following.

0067A current status of the game character of the game account owner is determined. Reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the current status of the game character of the owner game account are determined according to a preset correspondence between statuses of the game character and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies. The usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies are adjusted according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies

0068As an implementation, the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted at least includes an application level adjustment strategy. The application level adjustment strategy includes a strategy for adjusting the preset system resources to-be-adjusted according to application status information of the application and the application status information includes the status information of the internal running scenario.

0069As an implementation, the preset system resources to-be-adjusted include at least one of: brightness of a display screen, computing resources (computing resources of CPU and GPU), memory resources, and network resources.

0070The foregoing solution of the embodiments of the disclosure is mainly described from the viewpoint of execution process of the method. It can be understood that, in order to implement the above functions, the terminal device includes hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to the respective functions. Those skilled in the art should readily recognize that, in combination with the example units and scheme steps described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present disclosure can be implemented in hardware or a combination of the hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented by way of the hardware or hardware driven by the computer software depends on the particular application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered as beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

0071According to the embodiments of the disclosure, functional units may be divided for the terminal device in accordance with the foregoing method examples. For example, each functional unit may be divided according to each function, and two or more functions may be integrated in one processing unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units. It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic, and is merely a logical function division, and there may be other division manners in actual implementation.

0072<figref idref="f0005">FIG. 6</figref> is a block diagram illustrating possible functional units of a device for resource allocation involved in the above embodiments. The device 600 includes an identifying unit 601, an acquiring unit 602, an adjusting unit 603, and an adjusting unit 604.

0073The identifying unit 601 is configured to identify an internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of a terminal device.

0074The acquiring unit 602 is configured to acquire a plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario.

0075The acquiring unit 602 is further configured to acquire status information of the internal running scenario.

0076The adjusting unit 603 is configured to adjust usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information.

0077The adjusting unit 604 is configured to adjust the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority.

0078According to the disclosure, the operating system of the terminal device first identifies the internal running scenario of the target application running in the foreground of the terminal device. The operating system then acquires the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario. The operating system acquires the status information of the internal running scenario. Thereafter, the operating system adjusts the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information. At last, the operating system adjusts the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority. The operating system adjusts dynamically the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information of the internal running scenario and adjusts the preset system resources by using the resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority, which makes it possible to adjust resource allocation of the same internal running scenario differently and reduce power consumption of a running process of the target application.

0079In the present invention, the status information includes an operation parameter of the internal running scenario, and the adjusting unit 603 configured to adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information is further configured to: determine a parameter range to which the operation parameter belongs; determine reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the parameter range, according to a preset correspondence between preset parameter ranges and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies; adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0080As an implementation, the status information is configured to indicate a status of a game character of a game account owner, and the adjusting unit 603 configured to adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information is further configured to: determine a current status of the game character of the game account owner; determine reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies corresponding to the current status of the game character of the owner according to a preset correspondence between statuses of the game character and usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies; adjust the usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the determined reference usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies.

0081As an implementation, the plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with the preset system resources to-be-adjusted at least includes an application level adjustment strategy. The application level adjustment strategy includes a strategy for adjusting the preset system resources to-be-adjusted according to application status information of the application and the application status information includes the status information of the internal running scenario.

0082As an implementation, the preset system resources to-be-adjusted include at least one of: brightness of a display screen, computing resources (computing resources of CPU and GPU), memory resources, and network resources.

0083In this embodiment, the device for resource allocation is presented in the form of units. The "units" herein may refer to an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a processor and a memory that can execute one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and/or other components that can achieve the above-described functions. In an implementation, the above-identified units are implemented by the processor of the electronic device illustrated in <figref idref="f0005">FIG. 5</figref>.

0084<figref idref="f0006">FIG. 7</figref> is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a smart phone 700 applicable to the above methods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The smart phone 700 includes a housing 710, a touch screen 720, a main board 730, a battery 740, and a sub-board 750. The main board 730 is provided with a front camera 731, a processor 732, a memory 733, a power management chip 734, and the like. The sub-board 750 is provided with a vibrator 751, an integrated audio cavity 752, a VOOC flash charging interface 753, and a fingerprint recognition module 754.

0085The smart phone 700 is configured to identify an internal running scenario of a target application running in a foreground of a terminal device, to acquire a plurality of resource adjustment strategies associated with preset system resources to-be-adjusted in the internal running scenario, to acquire status information of the internal running scenario, to adjust usage priorities of the plurality of resource adjustment strategies according to the status information, and to adjust the preset system resources to-be-adjusted by selecting a resource adjustment strategy with the highest priority.

0086The processor 732 is the control center of the smart phone and is configured to connect various parts of the whole smart phone through various interfaces and lines, run or execute software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 733, and invoke data stored in the memory 733 to perform various functions of the mobile phone and process data, thereby monitoring the mobile phone as a whole. In at least one implementation, the processor 732 may include one or more processing units. For example, the processor 732 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, where the application processor is configured to handle the operating system, the user interface, the application, and so on, and the modem processor is mainly configured to process wireless communication. It will be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 732. The processor 732 may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components, or any combination thereof. Various exemplary logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the disclosure may be achieved or implemented. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, for example, a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of the DSP and the microprocessor, and the like.

0087The memory 733 is configured to store software programs and modules, and the processor 732 is configured to execute various function applications and data processing of the mobile phone by running the software programs and the modules stored in the memory 733. The memory 733 mainly includes a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, applications required for at least one function, and so on. The data storage area may store data created according to use of the smart phone, and so on. In addition, the memory 733 may include a high-speed RAM, and may further include a non-transitory memory such as at least one disk storage device, a flash device, or other non-transitory solid storage devices. The memory 733 may be, for example, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically EPROM (EEPROM), a register, a hard disk, a mobile hard disk, a compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM), or any other form of storage medium known in the art.

0088Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a non-transitory computer storage medium. The non-transitory computer storage medium stores computer programs for electronic data interchange which, when executed, are operable with a computer to execute all or part of the operations of any of the methods described in the above-described method embodiments. The computer may include a terminal device.

0089Embodiments of the present disclosure, not covered by the claims, also provide a computer program product. The computer program product includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores computer programs. The computer programs are operable with a computer to perform all or part of the operations of any of the methods described in the above method embodiments. The computer program product may be a software installation package and the computer may include a terminal device.

0090It is to be noted that, for the sake of simplicity, the foregoing method embodiments are described as a series of action combinations, however, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited by the sequence of actions described. According to the present disclosure, certain steps or operations may be performed in other order or simultaneously. Besides, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described in the specification are exemplary and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily essential to the present disclosure.

0091In the foregoing embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For the parts not described in detail in one embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions in other embodiments.

0092In the embodiments of the disclosure, the apparatus disclosed in embodiments provided herein may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device/apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative; for instance, the division of the unit is only a logical function division and there can be other manners of division during actual implementations, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, omitted, or not performed. In addition, coupling or communication connection between each illustrated or discussed component may be direct coupling or communication connection, or may be indirect coupling or communication among devices or units via some interfaces, and may be electrical connection, mechanical connection, or other forms of connection.

0093The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, the components illustrated as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be in the same place or may be distributed to multiple network elements. All or part of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the technical solutions of the embodiments.

0094In addition, the functional units in various embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically present, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or a software function unit.

0095The integrated unit may be stored in a computer readable memory when it is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and is sold or used as a separate product. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure essentially, or the part of the technical solutions that contributes to the related art, or all or part of the technical solutions, may be embodied in the form of a software product which is stored in a memory and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device and so on) to perform all or part of the steps described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The memory includes various medium capable of storing program codes, such as a USB (universal serial bus) flash disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, Disk, compact disc (CD), or the like.

0096It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that all or a part of the various methods of the embodiments described above may be accomplished by means of a program to instruct associated hardware, the program may be stored in a computer readable memory, which may include a flash memory, a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), Disk or compact disc (CD), and so on.