公开(公告)号：US20190187974A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16226259

申请日：2018-12-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher S. LINN ,  Eric S. BROWN ,  Eric O. CARLSON ,  Cindy M. BARRETT ,  Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN ,  Donald M. FIRLIK ,  Cameron S. BIRSE ,  Timothee GEOGHEGAN

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  G06F8/61

CPC classification number: G06F8/65 ,  G06F8/62

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.

公开(公告)号：US20220244941A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17660365

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher S. LINN ,  Eric S. BROWN ,  Eric O. CARLSON ,  Cindy M. BARRETT ,  Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN ,  Donald M. FIRLIK ,  Cameron S. BIRSE ,  Timothee GEOGHEGAN

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  G06F8/61

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.