Patent ID: 11915009
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus for obtaining applications, comprising:
a first determining circuit, configured to identify an external device connected to an interface according to states of pins of the interface;
a second determining circuit, configured to identify applications which require to use the external device connected to the interface; and
a display circuit, configured to display at least one of the applications identified;
wherein the second determining circuit is further configured to carry out one or more of the following steps:
determining that the applications which require to use the external storage device are applications to call an online On-The-Go (OTG) function, in response to the external device being an external storage device;
determining that the applications which require to use the earphone are applications to call an earphone function, in response to the external device being an earphone;
determining that the applications which require to use a device supporting a HDMI input are applications to call a HDMI function, in response to the external device being a device using a HDMI function;
determining that the applications which require to use a charging device are N applications with the largest power consumptions, in response to the external device being a charging device; and
determining that the applications which require to use a data transmission device are applications to call a data transmission function, in response to the external device being a data transmission device.