Patent Publication Number: US-10332013-B2

Title: System and method for recommending applications based on historical usage

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/083101, filed on Jul. 28, 2014, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201410073562.9, filed on Feb. 28, 2014, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an application program recommending method and a terminal. 
     BACKGROUND 
     With popularization of terminals, application programs developed for terminals increase. A user may freely download and install various application programs in a terminal. When facing a large quantity of application programs, the user needs to quickly select an interesting application program from these application programs. 
     In the prior art, a use model of an application program is established according to historical information of use of application programs by a user, an application program recommended for the user is determined according to current context information and the established use model of an application program, and then a list is generated and recommended to the user. Then the user selects an interesting application program from the list. 
     However, in the prior art, a large amount of historical information of use of application programs by a user is needed to establish a use model. When a user starts to use an application program, a larger amount of historical information cannot be provided for establishing a use model. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure provides an application program recommending method and a terminal, so that an application program can be accurately recommended to a user when the user starts to use an application program. 
     According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an application program recommending method, including acquiring current context information of a terminal; acquiring an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal; determining a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and determining, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program; and displaying the second application program. 
     In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the recommending mechanism includes at least one of a use rule and a use model; and the determining a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and determining, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information includes, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is less than or equal to a first preset value, determining, according to the use rule, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information; if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than or equal to a second preset value, determining, according to the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information; and if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, determining, according to the use rule and the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, before the determining a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, the method further includes acquiring the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and generating the use rule and the use model according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the generating the use rule and the use model according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program includes extracting a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and generating the use rule and the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the generating the use rule and the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program includes determining, according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program, a priority recommended for the second application program under a preset condition; using the priority recommended for the second application program under the preset condition as the use rule; and generating the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program using a machine training method. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the displaying the second application program, the method further includes acquiring feedback information of the second application program; and updating the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information of the second application program. 
     With reference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the feedback information includes use time and use duration. 
     According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including an acquiring unit configured to acquire current context information of the terminal, and acquire an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal; a determining unit configured to determine a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount, acquired by the acquiring unit, of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determine, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program; and a displaying unit configured to display the second application program determined by the determining unit. 
     With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the recommending mechanism determined by the determining unit includes at least one of a use rule and a use model; and the determining unit is further configured to, if the amount, acquired by the acquiring unit, of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is less than or equal to a first preset value, determine, according to the use rule, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit; if the amount, acquired by the acquiring unit, of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than or equal to a second preset value, determine, according to the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit; and if the amount, acquired by the acquiring unit, of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, determine, according to the use rule and the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the terminal further includes a generating unit, where the acquiring unit is further configured to acquire the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and the generating unit is configured to generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is acquired by the acquiring unit. 
     With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the generating unit is further configured to extract a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the generating unit is further configured to determine, according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program, a priority recommended for the second application program under a preset condition; use the priority recommended for the second application program under the preset condition as the use rule; and generate the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program using a machine training method. 
     With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect or the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect or the fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the terminal further includes an updating unit, where the acquiring unit is further configured to acquire feedback information of the second application program displayed by the displaying unit; and the updating unit is configured to update the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information that is of the second application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit. 
     With reference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the feedback information includes use time and use duration. 
     According to the application program recommending method and the terminal that are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, current context information of the terminal is acquired, and an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program is acquired, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal; then a to-be-used recommending mechanism is determined according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and a second application program corresponding to the current context information is determined according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program; and the second application program is displayed. In this way, accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by a user is improved. Moreover, when historical information of using an application program by the user is insufficient, a to-be-recommended application program can also be accurately determined, which improves user experience. 
    
    
     
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       To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts. 
         FIG. 1  is a flowchart of an first embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 1  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 1 , this embodiment may be executed by a terminal, or may be executed by a server that communicates with the terminal, which is not limited. The method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 101 . Acquire current context information of the terminal. 
     Step S 102 . Acquire an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal. 
     Step S 103 . Determine a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determine, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. 
     Step S 104 . Display the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, the current context information of the terminal is acquired. For example, the current context information may include information acquired by a sensor. The information acquired by the sensor is referred to as sensor information and use information of an application program. The sensor information includes but is not limited to the following information: Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor information, acceleration sensor information, orientation sensor information, time sensor information, and the like. Therefore, the current context information may indicate information about a geographical location in which the terminal currently locates, time information, and whether the terminal is in a moving state or a static state. The current context information may further indicate whether the terminal is in a fast moving state (for example, riding on a vehicle) or in a slow moving state (for example, walking). If a current user is using an application program in the terminal, the current context information may include use information of the application program, for example, an identifier of the application program that is being used, start time of using the application program, current duration of using the application program, and the like. The current context information may further include but is not limited to the following information: call information, short message service (SMS) message information, network connection information, and the like. 
     The current context information of the terminal may be acquired when the terminal is powered on, the current context information of the terminal may be acquired when the user unlocks the terminal, the current context information of the terminal may also be acquired at each preset time node, and the current context information of the terminal may also be acquired according to a preset gesture of a user operation, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     The amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program may be further acquired, where the context information may be sensor information and use information of the first application program when the terminal runs the first application program. When the terminal runs “Sina Weibo”, running time and running duration of “Sina Weibo”, a geographical location in which the terminal locates, acceleration information of the terminal, whether the terminal is in a call, whether the terminal sends an SMS message, and the like may be acquired. If the terminal runs an application program, for example, “Sina Weibo”, for the first time in the morning of January 1, context information generated when the terminal runs “Sina Weibo” at this moment may be acquired, and in this case, the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs an application program is 1. If the terminal runs “Moji Weather” in the afternoon of January 1, context information generated when the terminal runs “Moji Weather” at this moment may be acquired, and in this case, the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs an application program is 2. If the terminal runs “Sina Weibo” in the morning of January 2, context information generated when the terminal runs “Sina Weibo” at this moment may be acquired, and in this case, the amount of context information generated when the terminal runs an application program is 3. If the terminal runs “Moji Weather” in the afternoon of January 2, context information generated when the terminal runs “Moji Weather” at this moment may be acquired, and in this case, the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs an application program is 4, and so on. Therefore, the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program may be acquired. 
     After the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is acquired, the to-be-used recommending mechanism of an application program is determined according to the amount, and then the second application program corresponding to the current context information is determined according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism. For example, when the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is relatively small, it may be determined that the to-be-used recommending mechanism of an application program may be an application program use rule preset by the user. If the current context information indicates that current time is 7:30, and the preset application program use rule may indicate that application programs to be recommended to the user during 7:00 and 8:00 are “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather”, it may be determined that the second application program includes: “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather”. 
     Optionally, the recommending mechanism includes at least one of a use rule and a use model. 
     The determining a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determining, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information includes, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is less than or equal to a first preset value, determining, according to the use rule, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information; if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than or equal to a second preset value, determining, according to the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information; and if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, determining, according to the use rule and the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information. Further, the application program corresponding to the current context information is determined according to the use rule; the application program corresponding to the current context information is determine according to the use model; the application program determined according to the use rule and the application program determined according to the use model are both used as to-be-recommended application programs corresponding to the current context information; or a same application program in application program determined according to the use rule and the application program determined according to the use model is used as the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information. 
     It should be noted that, the first preset value and the second preset value may be determined according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited herein. 
     For example, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is less than or equal to the first preset value, and if the user just starts to use an application program in the terminal, the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information may be determined according to the use rule. If the use rule indicates that the user preferably uses “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather” in a case of the current context information, it is determined that “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather” are currently to be recommended. Therefore, when historical information of using an application program by the user is insufficient to establish a use model, a to-be-recommended application program can also be determined. 
     For example, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, and if the user has used the application program in the terminal for a period of time, the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information may be determined according to the use rule and the use model. If the use rule indicates that the user preferably uses “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather” in a case of the current context information, and if the use model indicates that the user preferably uses “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Headlines Today” in a case of the current context information, it is determined that “Sina Weibo” and “Moji Weather” are currently recommended; or, it is determined that “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, “Headlines Today”, and “Gmail” (a free Internet mail service provided by Google) are currently recommended. Therefore, determining the to-be-recommended application program according to the use rule and the use model can improve accuracy of predicting an application program. 
     For example, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than or equal to the second preset value, and if the user has used an application program in the terminal for a long time, the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information may be determined according to the use model. If the use model indicates that the user preferably uses “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Headlines Today” in a case of the current context information, it is determined that “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Headlines Today” are currently to be recommended. 
     After the foregoing to-be-recommended second application program is determined, the foregoing to-be-recommended second application program may be displayed. For example, an identifier (for example, an icon) of the to-be-recommended application program is displayed on a display screen of the terminal; the foregoing to-be-recommended application program may be displayed in a list manner, or the foregoing to-be-recommended application program may be displayed in an icon (a format of an icon) tiling manner. Therefore, the user may select, from the foregoing displayed to-be-recommended application program, an interesting application program for operations. 
     In the application program recommending method provided in the embodiment of  FIG. 1 , current context information of a terminal is acquired, and an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program is acquired, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal; then a to-be-used recommending mechanism is determined according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and a second application program corresponding to the current context information is determined according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program; and the second application program is displayed. In this way, accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by a user is improved. Moreover, when historical information of using an application program by the user is insufficient, a to-be-recommended application program can also be accurately determined, which improves user experience. 
       FIG. 2  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 2 , this embodiment may be executed by a terminal, or may be executed by a server that communicates with the terminal, which is not limited. The method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 201 . Acquire context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program may be acquired, for example, use information and sensor information, of an application program, generated when the terminal runs the application program may be acquired. If the terminal runs “Sina Weibo”, time, duration, a geographical location, acceleration information, whether the terminal is in a call, whether the terminal sends an SMS message, and the like generated when the terminal runs “Sina Weibo” may be acquired. 
     Acceleration information is used as an example for description: Acceleration information at a moment is acquired, and each piece of acceleration information may be represented as a four-tuples &lt;time, x-axis acceleration, y-axis acceleration, z-axis acceleration&gt;. It should be noted that, there may be multiple representation forms of the acceleration information, which include but are not limited to the foregoing example, and the foregoing example merely lists a tuple-based representation manner. 
     After the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is acquired, a use rule and a use model may be generated according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, which may include S 202  and S 203 . 
     Step S 202 . Extract a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, the context information characteristic value, of the first application program, generated when the terminal runs the first application program may be extracted according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. The context information characteristic value of the first application program may include an identifier (for example, name) of the first application program and a characteristic value. The context information characteristic value of the first application program is as follow: 
     application  1  characteristic  1 : value  1  characteristic  2 : value  2  . . . characteristic n: value n 
     application  2  characteristic  1 : value  1  characteristic  2 : value  2  . . . characteristic n: value n 
     application m characteristic  1 : value  1  characteristic  2 : value  2  . . . characteristic n: value n 
     For example, characteristic: value may be: time: 7:00 to 8:00, or day of a week: Wednesday, or acceleration: a value, or whether the terminal is in a call: yes or no, or whether the terminal sends an SMS message: yes or no. 
     The following uses acceleration information in the acquired context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program as an example to describe how to extract a characteristic value. The acceleration information may be analyzed. Characteristic values such as an acceleration average value, variance, and a Fourier transform sum during a period of time of running the application program by the user are extracted as follows: 
     &lt;x-axis acceleration average value, x-axis acceleration variance, x-axis acceleration maximum value, x-axis acceleration minimum value, x-axis acceleration Fourier transform sum, y-axis acceleration average value, y-axis acceleration variance, y-axis acceleration maximum value, y-axis acceleration minimum value, y-axis acceleration Fourier transform sum, z-axis acceleration average value, z-axis acceleration variance, z-axis acceleration maximum value, z-axis acceleration minimum value, and z-axis acceleration Fourier transform sum&gt;. 
     Step S 203 . Generate a use rule and a use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, the use model may be generated according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program using a machine training and learning method, and further, a generated use model may be stored. For example, a use model library may be established, and a use model generated each time may be stored in the use model library. The machine training method may include a Bayes model, a linear regression model, a decision tree model, an artificial neural network model, or the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, that the machine training method is the Bayes model is used as an example for description: 
     (1) Calculating a prior probability of each application, for example: 
     application  1  probability value  1   
     application  2  probability value  2  . . . 
     application m probability m 
     (2) Calculating a conditional probability corresponding to each characteristic value, for example: 
     characteristic value  1  probability value  1   
     characteristic value  2  probability value  2   
     characteristic value  3  probability value  3  . . . 
     characteristic value n probability value n 
     In this embodiment, the use rule may be generated according to the context information characteristic value of the application program by selecting a rule generating method, and further, a generated use rule may be stored. For example, a use rule library may be established, and a use rule generated each time may be stored in the use rule library. In a feasible implementation manner, a priority recommended for a second application program under a preset condition is determined according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program; the priority recommended for the second application program under the preset condition is used as the use rule; that the preset condition is a time statistical rule is used as an example in the following to describe a use rule generating process: 
     Assuming that a use probability of “Sina Weibo” between 7:00 and 8:00 by the user is 68 percent (%), a use probability of “Moji Weather” between 7:00 and 8:00 by the user is 15%, and a use probability of “Gmail” between 7:00 and 8:00 by the user is 5%, then a recommending priority of the application programs is that “Sina Weibo”&gt;“Moji Weather”&gt;“Gmail”. Therefore, the generated use rule is that the first three application programs recommended to be used between 7:00 and 8:00 are “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Gmail”. 
     Step S 204 . Acquire current context information of the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 204  is similar to a implementation process of S 101  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 1  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. After acquiring the current context information of the terminal, the terminal may determine the second application program corresponding to the current context information. 
     How the terminal determines the second application program corresponding to the current context information may be implemented using S 205  and S 206 . 
     Step S 205 . Acquire an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, the amount of the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired in S 201  may be acquired. A specific implementation process is similar to a specific implementation process of S 102  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 1  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 206 . Determine a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determine, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. 
     In this embodiment, the amount of the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired in S 201  may be acquired. A specific implementation process is similar to a implementation process of S 103  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 1  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     In an alternative implementation manner, the specific implementation process of S 206  may be as follows: After the current context information of the terminal is acquired, the context information characteristic value is extracted according to the current context information; the to-be-used recommending mechanism is determined according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and the second application program corresponding to the context information characteristic value is determined according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. 
     The current context information characteristic value is extracted according to the current context information, where the current context information characteristic value may be, for example, time: 7:00 to 8:00, day of a week: Wednesday, whether the terminal is in a call: yes, or whether the terminal sends an SMS message: no. 
     In this embodiment, if the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired in S 205  is less than or equal to a first preset value, it is determined that the recommending mechanism is the use rule, and then the to-be-recommended second application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined according to the use rule. For example, if context information generated when the user uses an application program is acquired 10 times, it is not suitable to use the use model to determine the to-be-recommended second application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value. 
     If the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired in S 205  is greater than or equal to a second preset value, it is determine that the recommending mechanism is the use rule, and then the to-be-recommended second application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined according to the use model. For example, context information generated when the user uses an application program is acquired 100 times, and then at least one to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined using the use model. 
     If the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired in S 205  is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined according to the use rule and the use model. For example, context information generated when the user uses an application program is acquired 50 times, and then the to-be-recommended second application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value may be determined using the use model and the use rule. The application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined according to the use rule; the application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value is determined according to the use model; the application program determined according to the use rule and the application program determined according to the use model are both used as to-be-recommended application programs corresponding to the current context information characteristic value; or a same application program in the application program determined according to the use rule and the application program determined according to the use model is used as the to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information characteristic value. For example, the application programs that correspond to the current context information characteristic value and are determined according to the use rule are “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Gmail”, the application programs that correspond to the current context information characteristic value and are determined according to the use rule are “Headlines Today”, “Sina Weibo”, and “Moji Weather”. Then finally determined to-be-recommended application programs are “Sina Weibo” and “Moji Weather”; or the finally determined to-be-recommended application programs are “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, “Gmail”, and “Headlines Today”. 
     S 207 . Display the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 207  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 104  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 1  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     In this embodiment, context information generated when a terminal runs a first application program is acquired, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal; a context information characteristic value of the first application program is extracted according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; then a use rule and a use model are generated according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program; then a to-be-used recommending mechanism is determined according to an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and a second application program corresponding to current context information is determined according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. In this way, accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by a user is improved. Moreover, when historical information of using an application program by the user is insufficient to establish a use model, a to-be-recommended application program can be determined according to a use rule, which improves user experience. 
       FIG. 3  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 3 , on a basis of the method embodiment shown in  FIG. 2 , further, the method in this embodiment may further include: 
     Step S 301 . Acquire feedback information of the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, after the foregoing second application program is displayed, the feedback information of the second application program may be further acquired. In a feasible implementation manner, the feedback information of the second application program may include use time and use duration of the second application program, for example, recommended application programs are “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, and “Gmail”. If the user uses “Sina Weibo” according to the recommended application programs, but does not use “Moji Weather” and “Gmail”, the feedback information of the recommended application programs is: 
     “Sina Weibo”: use started from 7:00, for 1 hour. 
     Both “Moji Weather” and “Gmail” are not used, and it may be considered that “Moji Weather” and “Gmail” have no feedback information. 
     Step S 302 . Update the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information of the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, after the feedback information of the second application program is acquired, the use rule and the use model may be updated according to the feedback information of the second application program, which may be updating a context information characteristic value of the second application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the second application program. For example, if it is found that the user often uses the recommended application program within a period of time, and a corresponding time characteristic may be added. Alternatively, the use rule and the use model may be updated according to the context information characteristic value of the second application program. For example, that the user chooses to use a recommended application program is used as a positive example, that the user does not choose to use a recommended application program is used as a negative example, and then the use rule and the use model are updated; or if the user seldom uses a recommended application program, it indicates that the current use rule and use model are not suitable for the user, and the use rule and use model may be adjusted to another use rule and use model, for example, the use rule may be adjusted using a new time statistical rule, and the use model may also be updated by changing a Bayes model to a linear regression model. Alternatively, the acquired current context information may be updated, for example, if a quantity that the user does not choose a previously recommended application program is relatively large, a type of collected current context information or a collecting frequency may be adjusted. 
     In a feasible implementation manner, the use rule and the use model may be adjusted according to the use time and use duration of the second application program. For example, the displayed recommended application programs are respectively “Sina Weibo”, “Moji Weather”, “Gmail”, and “Headlines Today”; feedback information of “Sina Weibo” includes use time 9:00 and use duration 1 hour, feedback information of “Moji Weather” includes use time 9:10 and use duration 5 minutes, feedback information of “Gmail” includes use time 9:15 and use duration 20 minutes, and feedback information of “Headlines Today” includes use time 9:05 and use duration 50 minutes. Therefore, a priority recommended for the second application program under a new preset condition is adjusted according to the feedback information of the second application program under a preset condition of 9:00 to 10:00, and the recommending priority of the second application program under the new preset condition is used as a use rule; or the machine training method is adjusted from the Bayes model to the linear regression model according to the feedback information of the second application program, so as to generate a use model again. 
     In this embodiment, a terminal acquires feedback information of a second application program, and updates a use rule and a use model according to the feedback information of the second application program, which further improves accuracy of predicting an application program. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 4 , in this embodiment, a terminal determines a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to current context information of the terminal. The method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 401 . The terminal acquires context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 401  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 201  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 2  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 402 . The terminal sends, to a server, the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, after acquiring the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, the terminal may send the acquired context information to the server. 
     Step S 403 . The server receives the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is sent by the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, after receiving the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is sent by the terminal, the server may generate a use rule and a use model according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, which may be S 404  and S 405 . 
     Step S 404 . The server extracts a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     Step S 405 . The server generates a use rule and a use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 404  and S 405  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 202  and S 203  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 2  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 406 . The server sends the use rule and the use model to the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, after generating the use rule and the use model, the server may send the generated use rule and use model to the terminal. 
     Step S 407 . The terminal receives the use rule and use model sent by the server. 
     Step S 408 . The terminal acquires current context information of the terminal. 
     Step S 409 . The terminal acquires an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     Step S 410 . The terminal determines a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determines, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. 
     Step S 411 . Display the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 408  to S 411  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 204  to S 207  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 2  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     In this embodiment, a terminal acquires context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, and sends, to a server, the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; the server generates a use model and a use rule according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and sends the use model and the use rule to the terminal; the terminal determines, according to an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, a to-be-used recommending mechanism, and determines, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. User experience is improved; in addition, accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by a user is improved. Moreover, use model and use rule generating is completed at a server end. Because a calculation capability of a server is strong, a more accurate use model and use rule can be generated, which further improves the accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by the user. 
       FIG. 5  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 5 , this embodiment is based on the embodiment shown in  FIG. 4 , and further, the method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 501 . The terminal acquires feedback information of the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 501  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 301  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 3  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 502 . The terminal sends the feedback information of the second application program to the server. 
     Step S 503 . The server receives the feedback information that is of the second application program and is sent by the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, because the use rule and the use model are generated by the server, after acquiring the feedback information of the second application program, the terminal sends the feedback information of the second application program to the server; accordingly, the server receives the feedback information that is of the second application program and is sent by the terminal. 
     Step S 504 . The server updates the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information of the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of performing S 504  by the server is similar to a specific implementation process of S 302  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 3  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 505 . The server sends an updated use rule and use model to the terminal. 
     Step S 506 . The terminal receives the updated use rule and use model sent by the server. 
     In this embodiment, because the second application program is determined by the terminal, after updating the use rule and the use model, the server sends the updated use rule and use model to the terminal; accordingly, the terminal receives the updated use rule and use model sent by the server, and therefore, the terminal may determine a to-be-recommended application program according to the updated use rule and/or use model. 
     In this embodiment, a terminal acquires feedback information of a second application program and sends the feedback information of the second application program to a server, and the server updates a use rule and a use model according to the feedback information of the second application program and sends an updated use rule and use model to the terminal, which further improves accuracy of predicting an application program. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method of the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 6 , in this embodiment, a server determines a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to current context information of a terminal. The method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 601 . The terminal acquires context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal. 
     Step S 602 . The terminal sends, to the server, the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     Step S 603 . The server receives the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is sent by the terminal. 
     Step S 604 . The server extracts a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     Step S 605 . The server generates a use rule and a use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 601  to S 605  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 401  to S 405  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 4  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 606 . The terminal acquires current context information of the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 606  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 408  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 4  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 607 . The terminal sends the current context information to the server. 
     Step S 608 . The server receives the current context information sent by the terminal. 
     In this embodiment, because the use rule and use model are generated by the server and are stored in the server, after acquiring the current context information of the terminal, the terminal sends the current context information to the server, so that the server determines a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information, which specifically includes S 609  and S 610 . 
     Step S 609 . The server acquires an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program. 
     Step S 610 . The server determines a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determines, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 609  and S 610  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 409  and S 410  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 4  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     Step S 611 . The server sends the second application program to the terminal. 
     Step S 612 . The terminal receives the second application program sent by the server. 
     Step S 613 . The terminal displays the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 613  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 411  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 4  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     In this embodiment, a terminal acquires context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, and sends, to a server, the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; the server generates a use model and a use rule according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; then the terminal acquires current context information and sends the current context information to the server; and the server determines a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to an amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, determines, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information, where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program, and sends the second application program to the terminal, which improves user experience. Moreover, use model and use rule generating is completed at a server end and the determining a to-be-recommended application program is also completed at the server end. Because a calculation capability of the server is strong, a more accurate use model and use rule may be generated, and a more accurate to-be-recommended application program may be determined, which further improves accuracy of predicting an application program to be used by a user. 
       FIG. 7  is a flowchart of an embodiment of an application program recommending method according to the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 5 , this embodiment is based on the embodiment shown in  FIG. 6 , and further, the method in this embodiment may include: 
     Step S 701 . The terminal acquires feedback information of the second application program. 
     Step S 702 . The terminal sends the feedback information of the second application program to the server. 
     Step S 703 . The server receives the feedback information that is of the second application program and is sent by the terminal. 
     Step S 704 . The server updates the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information of the second application program. 
     In this embodiment, a specific implementation process of S 701  to S 704  is similar to a specific implementation process of S 601  to S 604  in the method embodiment of  FIG. 6  of the present disclosure. For details, reference may be made to relevant records in the foregoing method embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described herein again. 
     In this embodiment, a terminal acquires feedback information of a recommended application program and sends the feedback information to a server, and the server updates the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information of the recommended application program. In this way, a to-be-recommended application program may be determined according to an updated use rule and use model, which further improves accuracy of predicting an application program. 
       FIG. 8  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure. The terminal is used for implementing the method shown in  FIG. 1 . As shown in  FIG. 8 , a terminal in this embodiment may include an acquiring unit  11 , a determining unit  12 , and a displaying unit  13 . The acquiring unit  11  is configured to acquire current context information of the terminal and acquire an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal. The determining unit  12  is configured to determine a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit  11 , and determine, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit  11 , where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. The displaying unit  13  is configured to display the second application program determined by the determining unit  12 . 
     The terminal in this embodiment may be used to implement a technical solution in the method embodiment shown in  FIG. 1 , and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
       FIG. 9  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure. The terminal is used for implementing the method shown in  FIG. 2 . As shown in  FIG. 9 , a terminal in this embodiment is based on the terminal structure shown in  FIG. 8 . Further, the recommending mechanism determined by the determining unit  12  includes at least one of a use rule and a use model. The determining unit  12  is configured to, if the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit  11  is less than or equal to a first preset value, determine, according to the use rule, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit  11 ; if the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit  11  is greater than or equal to a second preset value, determine, according to the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit  11 ; and if the amount that is of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit  11  is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, determine, according to the use rule and the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the acquiring unit  11 . 
     Further, the terminal in this embodiment may further include a generating unit  14 , where the acquiring unit  11  is further configured to acquire the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and the generating unit  14  is configured to generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is acquired by the acquiring unit  11 . 
     Optionally, the generating unit  14  is further configured to extract a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     Optionally, the generating unit  14  is further configured to determine, according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program, a priority recommended for the second application program under a preset condition; use the priority recommended for the second application program under the preset condition as the use rule; and generate the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program using a machine training method. 
     Optionally, the terminal in this embodiment further includes an updating unit  15 , where the acquiring unit  11  is further configured to acquire feedback information of the second application program displayed by the displaying unit  13 ; and the updating unit  15  is configured to update the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information that is of the second application program and that is acquired by the acquiring unit  11 . 
     Optionally, the feedback information includes use time and use duration. 
     The terminal in this embodiment may be used to implement a technical solution in the method embodiment shown in  FIG. 2  or  FIG. 3 , and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
       FIG. 10  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present disclosure. The terminal is used for implementing the method shown in  FIG. 3 . As shown in  FIG. 10 , a terminal in this embodiment may include an input device  21 , a processor  22 , and an output device  23 . The input device  21  is configured to acquire current context information of the terminal. The processor  22  is configured to acquire an amount of context information generated when the terminal runs a first application program, where the first application program refers to an application program stored in the terminal, determine a to-be-used recommending mechanism according to the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program, and determine, according to the to-be-used recommending mechanism, a second application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the input device  21 , where the second application program refers to a to-be-recommended application program. The output device  23  is configured to display the second application program determined by the processor  22 . 
     Optionally, the recommending mechanism determined by the processor  22  includes at least one of a use rule and a use model. The processor  22  is further configured to, if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is less than or equal to a first preset value, determine, according to the use rule, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the input device  21 ; if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than or equal to a second preset value, determine, according to the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the input device  21 ; and if the amount of the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program is greater than the first preset value and less than the second preset value, determine, according to the use rule and the use model, a to-be-recommended application program corresponding to the current context information acquired by the input device  21 . 
     Optionally, the input device  21  is further configured to acquire the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and the processor  22  is further configured to generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information that is generated when the terminal runs the first application program and is acquired by the input device  21 . 
     Optionally, the processor  22  is further configured to extract a context information characteristic value of the first application program according to the context information generated when the terminal runs the first application program; and generate the use rule and the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program. 
     Optionally, the processor  22  is further configured to determine a priority recommended for the second application program under a preset condition according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program; use the priority recommended for the second application program under the preset condition as the use rule; and generate the use model according to the context information characteristic value of the first application program using a machine training method. 
     Optionally, the input device  21  is further configured to acquire feedback information of the second application program displayed by the output device  23 ; the processor  22  is further configured to update the use rule and the use model according to the feedback information that is of the second application program and that is acquired by the input device  21 . 
     Optionally, the feedback information includes use time and use duration. 
     The terminal in this embodiment may be used to implement a technical solution in the method embodiment shown in any of  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 3 , and implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar and are not described herein again. 
     A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some of the steps of the method embodiments may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program runs, the steps of the method embodiments are performed. The foregoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store program code, a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc. 
     Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not for limiting the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, a person of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they may still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some or all technical characteristics thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.