Method for automatically managing information using hyperlink features of a mobile terminal

• US 20050050032A1
• Filed: 08/02/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jong-Soo
• Granted Patent: US 7,409,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system and method for managing information of a mobile terminal automatically generates a link to related information in association with one or more separate function databases in the mobile terminal. All information stored in each function database is also stored in a link database to allow other functions to refer to them. When a certain function is used, its related information is automatically searched for in the link database. If related information exists, a hyperlink to the related information is automatically generated, so that a user can simply use the related information as necessary.

Claims

1. A method for managing information in a mobile terminal, comprising:

registering an index word into a link database;

searching the link database to determine whether information relating to the registered index word is stored in the terminal, said searching performed while a terminal function is being performed; and

generating a hyperlink to the related information if related information is stored in the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the registered index word includes:

a word indicating one of a name, memo, birth date, appointment, meeting or a word indicating a group of persons in a phone book or in an address book.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal function includes one of a schedule function, memo function, address function, and phone book function.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when a first select key is activated, the hyperlink causes database information of a corresponding linked function to be output.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

returning to a previous information page when a second select key is activated after the database information of the linked corresponding function is outputted.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the link database comprises:

an index information field for registering representative information of information stored in each of a plurality of function databases; and

a link information field for referencing one or more of the function databases where related information of the representative information is stored.

7. A method for automatically managing information of a mobile terminal, comprising:

registering index information in a link database, the index information representing information stored in each of a plurality of function databases of the mobile terminal;

when a user uses a function connected to the link database, searching whether an input word is a registered in the link database;

if the input word is registered in the link database, automatically generating and displaying a hyperlink to related information of the link database; and

when a cursor is moved to the linked word and a first select key is activated, outputting information from one of the function databases associated with the linked function is outputted.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the representative information includes a word indicating a name, memo, birth date, appointment, meeting, or a word indicating a group of persons in a phone book or in an address book.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the link database comprises:

an index information field for registering representative information of information stored in each of the function databases; and

a link information field for referencing one or more of the function databases where related information of the representative information is actually stored.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

returning to a previous information page after database information of a linked function is output in response to activation of a second select key.

11. A mobile terminal apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

an input device which allows a user to input information;

a registering unit which registers input information into a link database;

a searching unit which searches the link database while the user performs an information management function, to determine whether information relating to the registered information exists in at least one other databases or in a memory; and

a generating unit which generates a link between the registered information and the related information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the link generated by the generating unit is a hyperlink displayed to the user.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device allows the user to select the generated hyperlink to access the related information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein at least one of the registering unit, the searching unit, and the generating unit is a processor of the mobile terminal.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor executes software code implemented in memory, and wherein the software code is related to functions of the registering, searching, and generating units.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the information management function comprises a PDA (personal digital assistant) function.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the PDA function allows the user to input and store text information.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the PDA function allows the user to input and store multimedia information.

19. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a hyperlink on a screen of the terminal; and

retrieving information stored in a terminal memory when the hyperlink is selected by a user.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the hyperlink is displayed in association with a function of the mobile terminal.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the function is one of a phone book, address book, memo, or scheduling function.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the hyperlink corresponds to an index word stored in memory.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein retrieving said information includes:

pre-storing the index word in association with said information; and

retrieving said information from the memory for display by referencing the index word.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein said information is retrieved when a first terminal key is activated.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

displaying a previous screen when a second terminal key is activated.

26. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

storing first information in a memory of the terminal;

storing second information in the memory;

generating a hyperlink linking the first and second information; and

displaying one of the first information and second information when the hyperlink is selected by a user.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the first and second information are stored in association with different functions of the terminal.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the first and second information are stored in different databases of the terminal.

29. the method of claim 28, wherein the different databases correspond to independent functions of the terminal.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein generating a hyperlink includes:

storing information in a link database linking the first information and second information in the different databases.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the information in the link database corresponds to at least one word in the first information, when the first information is displayed on a screen of the terminal.

32. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving information from a terminal input device for display;

recognizing an index word in said information; and

automatically creating a hyperlink corresponding to the index word.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

displaying the hyperlink in association with the index word.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the received information relates to one of a phone book, address book, memo, or scheduling function of the terminal.