Patent attributes
A method includes: receiving, in a standby state, application entry information entered by a user; obtaining, according to the application entry information, an identifier of an application program that needs to be run; waking an operating system and keeping, still in a dormant state, a dormant application program in application programs except the application program that needs to be run; and running, by using the operating system and according to the identifier of the application program that needs to be run, the application program that needs to be run. An apparatus includes: a receiving module, an obtaining module, a wake-up module, and a running module. In the present invention, only the application program that needs to be run is run, while the dormant application program in the application programs except the application program that needs to be run is still kept in the dormant state.
