Electronic device and half-suspend controlling method applied therein
AssigneeChiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorCHENG-HAN WU
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a display and a processor. The display displays a present application program in a first brightness. When the electronic device in normal-use status receives no user input for a predetermined idle time period, the processor determines whether the present application program is in a half-suspend list. If yes, the processor controls the electronic device to enter a half-suspend status and keep the present application program running, but controls the display to display the present application program in a second brightness, which is less bright than the first brightness. A half-suspend controlling method of the electronic device is also provided.
Claims20
An electronic device capable of running several application programs, the electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of electronic elements activated when the electronic device is in a normal-use status;
- a display configured to display a present application program in a first brightness;
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- a processor configured to establish a half-suspend list, the half-suspend list comprising at least one application program;
- wherein when the electronic device in the normal-use status receives no user input for a predetermined idle time period, the processor determines whether the present application program is in the half-suspend list;
- wherein if the present application program is in the half-suspend list, the processor controls the electronic device to enter a half-suspend status and keep running the present application program, and the display displays the present application program in a second brightness;
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- wherein the second brightness is less bright than the first brightness, and the electronic elements are partially kept activated in the half-suspend status.
A half-suspend controlling method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- running a plurality of application programs in a normal-use status, and displaying, by a display, a present application program in a first brightness;
- establishing a half-suspend list comprising at least one application program;
- determining whether a time period during which the electronic device in the normal-use status receives no user input exceeds a predetermined idle time period;
- determining whether the present application program is in the half-suspend list when the time period exceeds the predetermined idle time period;
- controlling the electronic device to enter a sleep status when the present application program is not in the half-suspend list;
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- when the present application program is in the half-suspend list, controlling the electronic device to enter a half-suspend status and keep running the present application program, and displaying, by the display, the present application program in a second brightness, wherein the second brightness is less bright than the first brightness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.