Information processing apparatus and application controlling method

An application control method executed by an information processing apparatus the application control method comprising:

• storing transition information and time information into the memory, the transition information indicates a first application entered active state after a second application entered inactive state, the time information indicates a first time point when the first application entered the active state and a second time point when the second application entered the inactive state;
• storing another transition information and another time information into a memory, the other transition information indicates a third application entered the active state after the second application entered the inactive state, the other time information indicates a third time point when the third application entered the active state and a fourth time point when the second application entered the inactive state;
• after the second application enters active state, identifying the first application and the third application that entered the active state after previously inactivation of the second application, based on the transition information and the other transition information;
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• suggesting, by a processor, a target application that is likely to be used after the second application enters inactive state, among the first application and the third application, based on a first time period from the second time point to the first time point and a second time period from the third time point to the fourth time point, referring to the time information and the other time information.