Electronic device for detecting information of person on the other end of call and method thereof

• US 10,075,585 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Seung-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Dung
• Application Number:
  US14/295,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20140357240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 455415, 455418, 455425, 455566-567
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting information of a person on the other end of a call. In a method of operating a first electronic device synchronized with a second electronic device, the method includes receiving a call requested from a third electronic device, detecting information related to the third electronic device, and transmitting data regarding the detected information to the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a first electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a call request from a third electronic device;

in response to receiving the call request, detecting information related to the third electronic device in communication with the first electronic device; and

transmitting, by the first electronic device, the detected information to a second electronic device synchronized wirelessly with the first electronic device, the second electronic device being a wearable device configured to be placed on a specific part of a user'"'"'s body,

wherein the first electronic device displays information related to the call request, and the second electronic device displays, according to a pre-set order, the information received from the first electronic device and each icon corresponding to the information related to the third electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, social network service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the first electronic device, unconfirmed communication content to the second electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the information related to the third electronic device comprises:

determining whether a time range to limit a detection of information within the time range prior to the call request is pre-set; and

in response to determining that the time range to limit the detection of the information within the time range prior to the call request is pre-set, detecting the information related to the third electronic device within the time range prior to the call request.

5. A method of operating a second electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving information related to a third electronic device in communication with a first electronic device from the first electronic device synchronized wirelessly with the second electronic device;

displaying, by the second electronic device, the information and each icon corresponding to the information related to the third electronic device according to a pre-set order;

in response to detecting a first gesture, sequentially selecting one piece of the information displayed according to the pre-set order when the first gesture is detected; and

in response to detecting a second gesture, displaying full content of the selected information by the first gesture among the information related to the third electronic device,

wherein the second electronic device is a wearable device configured to be placed on a specific part of a user'"'"'s body, and

wherein the first gesture is moved in a first direction, and the second gesture is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, social network service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the information according to the pre-set order further comprises:

determining whether an order of priority for displaying the information is set, and

if the order of priority is set, displaying the information related to the third electronic device in descending order of priority according to the set order of priority.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein if the first direction of the first gesture is a clockwise direction, the second direction of the second gesture is counter-clockwise direction, and

wherein if the first direction of the first gesture is an upward direction, the second direction of the second gesture is a downward direction.

9. A first electronic device, comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor configured to;

receive a call request from a third electronic device,

in response to receiving the call request, detect information related to the third electronic device in communication with the first electronic device, and

transmit the detected information to a second electronic device synchronized wirelessly with the first electronic device, the second electronic device being a wearable device configured to be placed on a specific part of a user'"'"'s body,

wherein the first electronic device displays information related to the call request, and the second electronic device displays, according to a pre-set order, the information received from the first electronic device and each icon corresponding to the information related to the third electronic device.

10. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, social network service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

11. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit unconfirmed communication content to the second electronic device.

12. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether a time range to limit a detection of information within the time range prior to the call request is pre-set; and

in response to determining that the time range to limit the detection of the information within the time range prior to the call request is pre-set, detect the information related to the third electronic device within the time range prior to the call request.

13. A second electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display information related to a third electronic device; and

a processor configured to;

receive information related to the third electronic device in communication with a first electronic device from the first electronic device synchronized wirelessly with the second electronic device;

display, by the second electronic device, the information and each icon corresponding to the information related to the third electronic device according to a pre-set order;

in response to detecting a first gesture, sequentially select one piece of the information displayed according to the pre-set order when the first gesture is detected; and

in response to detecting a second gesture, display full content of the selected information by the first gesture among the information related to the third electronic device,

wherein the second electronic device is a wearable device configured to be placed on a specific part of a user'"'"'s body, and

wherein the first gesture is moved in a first direction, and the second gesture is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction.

14. The second electronic device of claim 13, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, social network service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

15. The second electronic device of claim 13, wherein

the processor is configured to:

determine whether an order of priority for displaying the information is set, and

if the order of priority is set, display the information related to the third electronic device in descending order of priority according to the set order of priority.

16. The second electronic device of claim 13, wherein if the first direction of the first gesture is a clockwise direction, the second direction of the second gesture is counter-clockwise direction, and

wherein if the first direction of the first gesture is an upward direction, the second direction of the second gesture is a downward direction.