System for providing life log service and method of providing the service

• US 10,185,719 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2015
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yang, Ji-won, Kim, Du-seok, Park, Hyun-cheol, Oh, Seung-chur, Cho, Ho-sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US14/686,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 455457, 4554561, 4554321, 4554351
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for providing a life log service and a method of providing the life log service. The computing device for providing the life log service includes: a display which displays a map in a first display area and which displays like content in a second display area; and a processor including a content generator which generates the life content of a user based on a current position of the computing device, and a controller, which, in response to the generated live content, updates the second display area in real time to display the generated life content and updates the map in the first display area to display a path synchronized with the generated life content.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a display for displaying a map on a first display area; and

a processor configured to;

in response to a program for providing a life log service being executed, display the map on the first display area,

generate life content of a user based on at least one of movement of the user corresponding to a position obtained by the computing device and a user activity according to a user input to the computing device,

in response to the life content being generated, display the generated life content in time series on a second display area of the display, and

change the map display on the first display area to a map synchronized with the generated life content.

2. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input interface for receiving an input from the user,

wherein, in response to receiving an input for selecting a marker displayed on the map on the first display area via the user input interface, the processor is further configured to activate the selected marker and control the display to display on the second display area, the life content corresponding to the selected marker as activated, and

wherein, in response to receiving an input for selecting one item of life content on the second display area via the user input interface, the processor is further configured to control the display to focus on a path synchronized with the selected life content, as a single path view.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the map displays one of a full path view based on registered life content and a single path view based on life content being activated, and

wherein the full path view and the single path view are provided in one of a path view and a path-and-marker view on the map on the first display area.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to generate theme content by selecting at least one item of the life content displayed on the second display area and post the generated theme content to a server.

5. The computing device of claim 4, further comprising:

a user input interface for receiving an input from the user,

wherein, the processor is further configured to switch between a page providing the life content and a page providing the theme content in response to receiving an input indicating movement on a page displayed on the display via the user input interface.

6. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to search for at least one theme content from among the theme content posted to the server based on one of a current position of the computing device or another position and based on a search filter set by the user, and provide found theme content to the display.

7. The computing device of claim 2, wherein

the life content comprises information about at least one of a user activity item and a user movement item, and

the marker comprises information about at least one of the user activity item and the user movement item,

the display displays date information on a third display area, and

the map on the first display area, the life content on the second display area, and the date information on the third display area, are synchronized with each other based on the date information.

8. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input interface for receiving an input from the user,

wherein, in response to receiving a search request based on a user activity item for searching the life content, the processor is further configured to search for at least one life content that has the user activity item, and provide the found at least one life content to the display.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to share the life content and the map comprising a path corresponding to the life content, with another computing device requesting to join.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display further displays a third display area which has a total travelled distance based on registered life content and an individual travelled distance according to each movement type of the user,

wherein the processor is further configured to control the computing device such that the total travelled distance and the individual travelled distance according to each movement type of the user are displayed on the third display area.

11. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the log of user events comprises a plurality of categories including a sports category, an eating and drinking category, an entertainment category, and a work category, and

wherein, in response to receiving information about the user activity according to the user input, the processor determines a category of the user activity from among the plurality of categories, based on information about the user activity and updates the log of user events in the determined category to include the user activity with a corresponding time and date and a location on the map.

12. A method of providing a life log service by a computing device, the method comprising:

in response to a program for providing a life log service being executed, displaying, by the computing device, a map on a first display area displayed on a display of a computing device;

generating, by the computing device, life content of a user based on at least one of movement of the user corresponding to a position obtained by the computing device and a user activity according to a user input to the computing device; and

in response to the life content being generated, displaying, by the computing device, the generated life content in time series on a second display area of the display and changing the map displayed on

the first display area to a map synchronized with the generated life content.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

in response to receiving, via a user input interface of the computing device, input

for selecting a marker on the first display area, activating, by the computing device, the life content corresponding to the selected marker and displaying the life contents corresponding to the selected marker in an activated state on the second display area; and

in response to receiving another input indicating a selection of one piece of the life content on the second display area, focusing, by the computing device, on a path corresponding to the selected life content, as a single path view.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

in response to receiving, via a user input interface of the computing device, input

indicating a full path view, focusing, by the computing device, the full path view on a map based on registered life content displayed on the second display area;

in response to receiving, via the user input interface, another input indicating a single path view, focusing, by the computing device, on a path corresponding to a life content that is activated on the second display area; and

switching, by the computing device, between a path view and a path-and-marker view in the full path view and the single path view according to the input.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, via a user input interface of the computing device, an input for selecting at least one life content from the second display area;

generating, by the computing device, theme content based on at least one life content selected by the input; and

posting, via a communication interface of the computing device, the theme content to a server.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

in response to receiving an input indicating movement on a page displayed on the display, switching, by the computing device, between a page providing the life content and a page providing the theme content.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

searching, by the computing device, for at least one theme content from among the theme content posted to the server based on a search filter set by the user and based on a current position of the computing device or another position, and outputting found theme content.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the life content comprises information about at least one of a user activity item and a user movement item,

the marker comprises information about at least one of the user activity item and the user movement item, and

displaying on the display a third display area in which date information is displayed such that the map on the first display area, the life content on the second display area, and the date information on the third display area are synchronized with each other based on the date information.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

in response to receiving, via the user input interface, a search request

based on at least one user activity item, searching, by the computing device, for at least one life content that has the at least one user activity item; and

controlling, by the computing device, the display of the computing device to display found life content.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising sharing the life content and the map comprising a path corresponding to the life content, with another computing device requesting to join.

21. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the life log service method of claim 12.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a user movement item from an Internet of Things (IoT) device;

generating a life content of the user based on the received user movement item;

displaying the generated life content based on the received user movement item with other existing life content displayed on the second display area; and

changing the map on the first display area to a map to focus on a path formed by the received user movement item.

23. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

capturing data by the computing device; and

generating a life content based on the position of the computing device, the time, the captured data, and a category selected from a plurality of categories by the user,

wherein each of the plurality of categories defines a type of human activity.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the selected category comprises a plurality of sub-categories further defining specific human activities.

25. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

in response to receiving information about the user activity according to the user input, determining a category of the user activity from among a plurality of categories related to life events of the user, based on information about the user activity and updating the log of user events in the determined category to include the user activity with a corresponding time, date, and a location on the map.