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Terms Definition
Active Time Time spent on mobile phone doing deliberate activities. Example calling, playing games, listening to music etc.
Communication All activities related to voice calls, messaging ,being connected through Bluetooth or WLAN etc.
Entertainment All activities related to playing games or using multimedia features.
Browsing Internet activities for surfing or downloading.
Phone Management All activities related to phone navigation or phone security features
Other Application All other activities such as using office packages (like word, spreadsheet, slide presentations etc.) phone features or utility features.
Communication Features
Call Time spent on mobile phone on voice calls. Example Incoming call, outgoing call, video call etc.
Chat Time spent on mobile phone on chatting. Example messengers.
Connectivity Time spent on mobile phone on being connected through Bluetooth, USB, WLAN etc.
Emails Time spent on mobile phone on accessing e-mails. Example Outlook. (Mail accounts accessed via browser classified under surfing).
Messaging Time spent on mobile phone on accessing messages. Example SMS, MMS etc.
Voice Mail Time spent on mobile phone on voice mail activities.
Other Communication Time spent on mobile phone on other types of communication. Example applications which combine multiple communication platforms.
Entertainment Features
Games Time spent on mobile phone playing different types of games. Example puzzle, arcade, action, racing etc.
Multimedia Time spent on mobile phone on entertainment activities. Example media player, camera usage, radio etc.
Entertainment All activities related to playing games or using multimedia features.
Browsing Features
Download Time spent on downloading files. Example games, profiles, software, applications etc.
Surfing Time spent surfing web pages. Example accessing web mails, social networking, searching information etc.
Phone Management Definition
Phone Navigation Time spent on mobile phone on phone management activities. Example Application manager, phone book, task manager, Explorer etc.
Security Time spent on mobile phone on security activities. Example access code for mobile, anti- virus application etc.
Other Application Definition
Call Application Time spent on mobile phone on enhanced call activities. Example call block, call filter, call divert, call cheater etc.
Office Packages Time spent on mobile phone on business activities. Example spreadsheets, documents, presentation, word etc.
Phone Features Features to enhance phone usage experience like call editor, push to talk, settings etc.
Utility Features Extra features which can be done on other devices such as compass, alarm, torch, time management etc.
Others
Share of Mins Share of time spent on that application as a percentage of total active time
Reach No. of unique users who ever used that application
Usage per user per day Avg. time spent on the application among users of that application