Apparatus and method for managing application program

An apparatus for managing an application program, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• control the memory to store a common neural network utilized by a first application program installed on the apparatus to process first data of the first application program and utilized by a second application program installed on the apparatus to process second data of the second application program;
• based on execution of the first application program:
• utilize a first mapping information to process the first data of the first application program linked to the common neural network for performing feature extraction on the first data of the first application program, and a first layer of a first neural network for classifying the first data based on the feature extraction, and
• obtain a first execution result of the first application program processing the first data based on the common neural network and the first layer, and
• based on execution of the second application program:
• utilize a second mapping information to process the second data of the second application program linked to the common neural network for performing feature extraction on the second data of the second application program, and a second layer of a second neural network for classifying the second data based on the feature extraction, and
• obtain a second execution result of the second application program processing the second data based on the common neural network and the second layer,
• wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
• generate the first mapping information indicating that the first application program is linked to the common neural network and the second mapping information indicating that the second application program is linked to the common neural network, and
• load the common neural network based on the first mapping information or the second mapping information when the first application program or the second application program is executed.