Apparatus to modify applications of mobile terminal

1. An experience modification apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an execution detector to detect execution of an application;

an execution information manager to update execution information of the application, if the execution of the application is detected by the execution detector;

an execution information comparing unit to compare the updated execution information with a threshold value; and

an event manager to generate a modification event according to the result of the comparison,

wherein the threshold value of the application is based on a relative frequency of use of the application compared to a frequency of use of at least one other application, and

wherein a threshold value for an application having a lower frequency of use is lower than a threshold value for an application having a higher frequency of use.

2. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the event manager generates the modification event if the execution information of the application exceeds the threshold value.

3. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, if the execution information of the application exceeds the threshold value, the event manager adds a score to a previously stored mobile terminal score to update a mobile terminal score and generates the modification event according to the updated mobile terminal score.

4. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the execution information is a number of times that the application has been executed.

5. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the event manager initializes the execution information if the modification event is generated.

6. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the event manager initializes a mobile terminal score if the modification event is generated.

7. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a threshold value is provided for each application of the mobile terminal.

8. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modification event is a level-up event.

9. The experience modification apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the event manager provides applications or services according to a level of the mobile terminal.

10. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modification event is a hidden application providing event.

11. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modification event is a content providing event in which a ringtone, a UI theme, or an emoticon is provided.

12. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modification event is an avatar modifying event.

13. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the event manager generates a different modification event according to the application of the mobile terminal.

14. The experience modification apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the execution information is a length of time for which the application has been executed and the execution information is updated according to the length of time.

15. An experience modification method, comprising:

detecting execution of an application of a mobile terminal;

updating execution information of the application;

determining if the updated execution information is greater than a threshold value; and

generating a modification event if the updated execution information is determined to be greater than the threshold value,

wherein the threshold value of the application is based on a relative frequency of use of the application compared to a frequency of use of at least one other application, and

wherein a threshold value for an application having a lower frequency of use is lower than a threshold value for an application having a higher frequency of use.

16. An experience modification apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an execution detector to detect execution of at least one of a first application and a second application;

an execution information manager to update first execution information of the first application, if the execution of the first application is detected by the execution detector and to update second execution information of the second application, if the execution of the second application is detected by the execution detector;

an execution information comparing unit to compare the updated first execution information with a first threshold value and to compare the updated second execution information with a second threshold value; and

an event manager to add a score to a previously stored mobile terminal score to update a mobile terminal score and to generate a modification event according to the updated mobile terminal score, if the first execution information of the first application exceeds the first threshold value or the second execution information of the second application exceeds the second threshold value,

wherein the first application is executed more frequently than the second application, and

the event manager adds a higher score to the previously stored mobile terminal score if the second execution information of the second application exceeds the second threshold value than if the first execution information of the first application exceeds the first threshold value.

17. An experience modification apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an execution detector to detect execution of an application;

an execution information manager to update execution information of the application, if the execution of the application is detected by the execution detector;

an execution information comparing unit to compare the updated execution information with a threshold value; and

an event manager to generate a modification event according to the result of the comparison,

wherein the execution information of the application is updated according to a relative frequency of use of the application compared to a frequency of use for at least one other application, and

wherein execution information of an application having a lower frequency of use is update with a greater value than execution of an application having a higher frequency of use.