Method for managing a schedule in a mobile communication terminal

• US 20050020301A1
• Filed: 09/02/2003
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Woo-Jin
• Application Number:
  US10/653,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20050020301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A method for managing a schedule using a mobile communication terminal, and a schedule management method based on contents of a schedule. A method for managing a schedule according to a level of importance according to a level of in a mobile communication terminal includes the steps of: a) determining whether a present time matches an alarm time for schedule notification; b) if the present time matches the alarm time for schedule notification, displaying contents of the schedule; c) determining whether a scheduled time of a schedule item contained in the schedule has passed; d) if the scheduled time of the schedule item has passed, determining importance of the schedule item; and e) if the schedule item is of low-level importance, deleting contents of the schedule item.

Claims

1. A method for managing a schedule based on levels of importance in a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) determining whether a present time matches a start time of a schedule;

b) if the present time matches the start time of the schedule, determining whether schedule items of the schedule are set;

c) if the schedule items are set, displaying the schedule items according to the levels of importance; and

d) after a predetermined period of time has passed, displaying a next schedule according to the levels of importance.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of inputting, by a user, the schedule with a schedule start time, a time interval between notifications and a level of importance.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein step c) displays detailed contents of a selected schedule item when the mobile communication terminal receives a predetermined input from an input unit.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the input unit of the mobile communication terminal includes at least one of a keypad, a stylus pen, a touch pad, and a jog dial.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein contents of the schedule displayed at step c) are set in a background screen of the mobile communication terminal.

6. A method for managing a schedule based on levels of importance in a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) determining whether a present time matches an alarm time for schedule notification;

b) if the present time matches the alarm time for schedule notification, displaying contents of the schedule;

c) determining whether a scheduled time of a schedule item contained in the schedule has passed;

d) if the scheduled time of the schedule item has passed, determining a level of importance of the schedule item; and

e) if the schedule item is of low level importance, deleting contents of the schedule item.

7. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein the contents of the schedule item deleted at step e) are stored in a recoverable storage space of the mobile communication terminal.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein a message asking whether the contents of the schedule item stored in the recoverable storage space should be displayed is provided to a user.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein the contents of the schedule item stored in the recoverable storage space are deleted when deletion is selected in response to the message.