Terminal and method for controlling the same

• US 10,331,772 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2014
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jungsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ludwig, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/902,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20160170946A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,940 Days
• Field of Search: 715234, 395155, 395156
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A method for controlling an application in a terminal includes receiving a request for executing the application from a user, executing the application, outputting one or more pieces of guide data in a first area of a screen for the executed application based on context data of the terminal and controlling the application according to the user selection.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an application in a terminal, the method comprising:

collecting first context data;

in response to execution of an application, displaying an application configuration screen based on the first context data of the terminal;

controlling the terminal according to a user selection from the application configuration screen;

displaying first guide data in a first area of the configuration screen based on the first context data;

determining whether a user input selecting the first guide data is received within a predetermined time;

deleting the first context data and generating second context data and outputting second guide data based on the second context data in the first area when it is determined that the user input selecting the first guide data is not received within the predetermined time;

in response to receiving a left flicking input or a right flicking input to select the first guide data from the user, sequentially displaying any one of a first response data, a second response data, and a third response data according to the left flicking input or the right flicking input;

in response to receiving a reconfiguration command from the user, deleting the first context data and regenerating the second context data from a time when the reconfiguration command is received,

wherein the second context data includes the first context data and user feedback data corresponding to the first context data,

wherein each of the first response data, the second response data, and the third response data corresponds to the first guide data,

wherein the first response data includes a web page, the second response data includes a video, and the third response data includes an image,

wherein the application configuration screen includes the first area outputting service data and a second area outputting at least one of an input tool and a setting icon,

wherein the service data indicates an initial message, first guide data and the response data in accordance with a user selection, and

wherein the first guide data indicates at least one of text data, image data and video data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the application includes switching the application configuration screen to a screen corresponding to selected guide data when the user selects the first guide data or second guide data output in the first area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first guide data further includes audio, and the text data includes one or more keywords or sentences, uniform resource locator (URL) data and a combination thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application is executed by an intelligent agent and the application includes an application for an interactive service.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first context data includes a conversation history of the user, pattern data according to application and service use history analysis, pattern data according to use or selection pattern analysis of other users having similar tendency based on basic data about the user, location data of the terminal and one or more link terminals connected to or capable of being connected to the terminal and use pattern data of functions or applications used for a predetermined time before an interactive service is executed or a combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first context data includes data for accessing a function or application which is used not once or is not used by a predetermined number of times by the user among functions and applications provided by or installed in the terminal, image, moving image and text data received from at least one link terminal connected to or capable of being connected to the terminal.

7. A terminal for controlling an application, the terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a request for executing the application from a user;

a controller configured to;

collect first context data,

in response to execution of the application, display an application configuration screen based on first context data of the terminal,

control the terminal according to a user selection from the application configuration screen,

display first guide data output in a first area based on the first context data,

determine whether a user input selecting the first guide data is received within a predetermined time,

delete the first context data and generate second context data and output second guide data based on the second context data in the first area when it is determined that the user input selecting the first guide data is not received,

in response to receiving a left flicking input or a right flicking input to select the first guide data from the user, sequentially display any one of a first response data, a second response data, and a third response data according to the left flicking input or the right flicking input, and

in response to receiving a reconfiguration command from the user, delete the first context data and regenerate second context data from a time when the reconfiguration command is received,

wherein the second context data includes the first context data and user feedback data corresponding to the first context data,

wherein each of the first response data, the second response data, and the third response data corresponds to the first guide data,

wherein the first response data includes a web page, the second response data includes a video, and the third response data includes an image; and

an output unit,

wherein the application configuration screen includes the first area outputting service data and a second area outputting at least one of an input tool and a setting icon,

wherein the service data indicates an initial message, guide data and the response data in accordance with a user selection, and

wherein the guide data indicates at least one of text data, image data, and video data.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the controller switches the application configuration screen to a screen corresponding to selected guide data when the user selects the first guide data or second guide data output in the first area.

9. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the first guide data further includes audio, and the text data includes one or more keywords or sentences, uniform resource locator (URL) data and a combination thereof.

10. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the controller executes and controls the application via an intelligent agent and the application includes an application for an interactive service.

11. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the first context data includes a conversation history of the user, pattern data according to application and service use history analysis, pattern data according to use or selection pattern analysis of other users having similar tendency based on basic data about the user, location data of the terminal and one or more link terminals connected to or capable of being connected to the terminal and use pattern data of functions or applications used for a predetermined time before an interactive service is executed or a combination thereof.

12. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the first context data includes data for accessing a function or application which is used not once or is not used by a predetermined number of times by the user among functions and applications provided by or installed in the terminal, image, moving image and text data received from at least one link terminal connected to or capable of being connected to the terminal.