Electronic device and method for providing data

• US 10,275,494 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Hyeongrak, Kang, Jeonggwan, Kim, Jongjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Leroux, Etienne P
• Application Number:
  US15/231,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/184 implemented as replicated file system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

An electronic device, in which two or more users are registered, and a method thereof are provided. The method includes receiving an input, identifying an identifier of at least one user, from among the two or more registered users, corresponding to the received input, acquiring data associated with the identifier through at least one sensor functionally connected to the electronic device, and storing the identifier as at least part of the acquired data.

Claims

1. A method of an electronic device in which two or more users are registered, the method comprising:

receiving an input;

storing a user change time if the input is changed and if a user corresponding to the input is changed;

identifying at least one identifier of the user corresponding to the input and identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input, from among the two or more registered users;

acquiring data associated with the at least one identifier through at least one sensor functionally connected to the electronic device;

comparing the user change time with a data acquisition time of the acquired data;

if the user change time is later than the data acquisition time, storing the identifier of the user corresponding to the input as at least part of the acquired data; and

if the user change time is earlier than the data acquisition time, storing the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input as at least part of the acquired data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the data to at least one application associated with the at least one identifier;

comparing an identifier stored as at least part of the data with the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input; and

displaying data in which the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input is stored.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing user information about the two or more registered users in the electronic device,

wherein the user information comprises information, including biometric information, which is unique to each user.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the identifier comprises the user information, and

wherein the identifier is created when the user information is stored, is entered as a character string by the user, or is unique information of an external electronic device which is pairing or communicating with the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the data associated with the identifier includes ignoring data acquired through the at least one sensor if the input fails to correspond to at least one of the two or more registered users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquired data includes at least one of:

raw data measured from the at least one sensor;

primary processed data obtained by interpreting the raw data;

or

secondary processed data obtained by reinterpreting the primary processed data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the identifier further includes storing information about a previous user and a next user between the acquired data arranged on a time axis, when the user corresponding to the input is changed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the identifier includes:

dividing the acquired data according to a particular criterion among a data measured time, a data size, and a data type; and

storing the identifier to the divided data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the identifier includes:

calculating statistical data, by using at least part of the acquired data, if an acquired time of the acquired data meets a specific condition; and

storing the identifier as at least part of the statistical data.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a sensor unit comprising at least one sensor and configured to obtain data associated with a user'"'"'s activity through the at least one sensor;

a memory; and

a processor electrically connected to the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive an input,

store a user change time if the input is changed and if a user corresponding to the input is changed,

identify at least one identifier of the user corresponding to the input and identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input, from among two or more registered users,

acquire data associated with the at least one identifier through the at least one sensor functionally connected to the electronic device,

compare the user change time with a data acquisition time of the acquired data,

if the user change time is later than the data acquisition time, store the identifier of the user corresponding to the input as at least part of the acquired data, and

if the user change time is earlier than the data acquisition time, store the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input as at least part of the acquired data.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit the data to at least one application associated with the at least one identifier,

compare an identifier stored as at least part of the data with an identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input by controlling the at least one application, and

display data in which the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input is stored.

12. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the processor is further configured to store user information about the two or more registered users in the electronic device, and

wherein the user information comprises information, including biometric information, which is unique to each user.

13. The electronic device of claim 12,

wherein the identifier comprises the user information, and

wherein the identifier is created when the user information is stored, is entered as a character string by the user, or is unique information of an external electronic device which is pairing or communicating with the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the acquired data includes at least one of:

raw data measured from the at least one sensor;

primary processed data obtained by interpreting the raw data;

or

secondary processed data obtained by reinterpreting the primary processed data.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to store information about a previous user and a next user between the acquired data arranged on a time axis, when the user corresponding to the input is changed.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate statistical data by using at least part of the acquired data if an acquired time of the acquired data meets a specific condition, and

store the identifier as at least part of the statistical data.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon instructions comprising a program for executing a method of an electronic device in which two or more users are registered, the method comprising:

receiving an input;

storing a user change time if the input is changed and if a user corresponding to the input is changed;

identifying at least one identifier of the user corresponding to the input and identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input, from among the two or more registered users;

acquiring data associated with the at least one identifier through at least one sensor functionally connected to the electronic device;

comparing the user change time with a data acquisition time of the acquired data;

if the user change time is later than the data acquisition time, storing the identifier of the user corresponding to the input as at least part of the acquired data; and

if the user change time is earlier than the data acquisition time, storing the identifier of the changed user corresponding to the changed input as at least part of the acquired data.