METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONSUMPTION INFORMATION FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing consumption information for respective ones of a plurality of software applications that are offered to consumers, such as from an application store or a social networking site. One method includes causing a plurality of software applications to be offered to consumers and causing consumption information for respective ones of the plurality of software applications to be retrieved. The consumption information may include information regarding at least one energy-related parameter. The method may also cause generation of a graphical representation of the consumption information for the respective software applications. Another method includes receiving consumption information from a plurality of users for respective ones of a plurality of software applications, determining aggregated consumption information relating to use of the respective software applications by the plurality of users and causing the aggregated consumption information for the respective software applications to be provided.