Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device

• US 10,148,778 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hae-Jun, Kim, Deok-Ho, Yang, Tae-Yeun, Yu, Seung-Hak, Rho, Ji-Hyun, Jung, Ha-Yoon, Jung, Ho-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Christopher M
• Application Number:
  US15/399,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface configured to receive a message, at least one processor configured to determine a notification scheme for outputting the message based on status information about the electronic device and obtain a summary message by converting the message according to the notification scheme, and an output module for outputting the summary message.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to;

identify a notification scheme for outputting a message received by the transceiver based on a message type of the message and status information about the electronic device,

obtain a summary message by converting the message according to the notification scheme, and

control to output the summary message according to the notification scheme.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain sender information of the message, and

identify the notification scheme based on the sender information and the status information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

identify the message type of the message, and

wherein the identifying of the message type comprises analyzing the message with a natural language analyzer.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain importance information from the message, and

convert the message according to the importance information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the notification scheme comprises one of a summary by item, an icon of a card used, a summary in colloquial style, or an icon of a sender of the message.

6. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein a display is configured to output the summary message,

wherein the status information includes display status information related to the display, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify a length of the summary message based on the display status information, and

convert the message to the summary message according to the identified length.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the status information includes user status information related to a user of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

output the summary message by audio based on the user status information, and

output the summary message by audio based on the user status information or an operation mode of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 8,

wherein the operation mode includes a drive mode, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to output, when the operation mode of the electronic device is the drive mode, the summary message by audio.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the notification scheme determines whether to ignore the summary message, output the summary message by audio, stop other tasks, display the summary message on a display of the electronic device, or display the summary message on a display of an external device connected to the electronic device.

11. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a message;

identifying a notification scheme for outputting the message based on a message type of the message and status information about the electronic device;

obtaining a summary message by converting the message according to the notification scheme; and

outputting the summary message according to the notification scheme.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising obtaining sender information of the message,

wherein the identifying of the notification scheme comprises identifying the notification scheme based on the sender information and the status information.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising identifying the message type of the message,

wherein the identifying of the notification scheme comprises identifying the notification scheme based on the message type and the status information, and

wherein the identifying of the message type comprises analyzing the message with a natural language analyzer.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

obtaining importance information from the message; and

converting the message according to the importance information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the notification scheme comprises one of a summary by item, an icon of a card used, a summary in colloquial style, or an icon of a sender of the message.

16. The method of claim 11,

wherein the summary message is output on a display,

wherein the status information includes display status information related to the display, and

wherein the obtaining of the summary message comprises:

identifying a length of the summary message based on the display status information, and

converting the message to the summary message according to the identified length.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the status information includes user status information about a user of the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the outputting of the summary message includes outputting the summary message by audio based on the user status information.

19. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to;

obtain status information about the electronic device,

convert, if the electronic device is in a first status and a message type of a message is a first type, the message received by the transceiver to a first summary message and output the first summary message, and

convert, if the electronic device is in a second status and the message type of the message is a second type, the message received by the transceiver to a second summary message and output the second summary message.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer, the program including executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, control the electronic device to perform:

receiving a message;

identifying a notification scheme for outputting the message based on a message type of the message and status information about the electronic device;

obtaining a summary message by converting the message according to the notification scheme; and

outputting the summary message according to the notification scheme.