Method and system for scanning files of a device by using cloud computing

Abstract

A method and system for scanning redundant files of a mobile terminal by using cloud computing are provided. The method comprises: scanning, by a client on the mobile terminal, a file system on a local mobile terminal to generate a list of file information; submitting, by the client on the mobile terminal, to a server side the list of file information; comparing, by the server side, the list of file information received by the server side with an associated list of file information in a server side database and returning the comparison result; comparing, by the client, the comparison result returned by the server side with the application list of the mobile terminal; performing, by the client, a cleanup operation based on the comparison result of the client. The effects of the present invention comprise enabling the timely and effective cleanup of the redundant files on the mobile terminal, releasing more storage space, and leaving no redundant file in the mobile terminal storage space, while at the same time enabling the greatest extent of prevention of misidentification and accidental deletion of the redundant files, thus enabling a user to utilize and maintain storage space resources of the mobile terminals more efficiently, and facilitating the use by the user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.