Method for automatically executing a specified function in a portable terminal

• US 20050170803A1
• Filed: 09/07/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jo, Jae-Man
• Application Number:
  US10/935,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20050170803A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/234.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for automatically executing a specified function in a portable terminal. The method includes setting a positioning or orientation specified by a user among predetermined positionings of the portable terminal corresponding to a function specified by the user among functions that can be set by the user, checking the positioning of the portable terminal, and executing the specified function set corresponding to the positioning of the portable terminal if the positioning of the portable terminal refers to the specified positioning set corresponding to the specified function. According to the method, a user can conveniently set, release or change functions which can be selectively set by the user.

Claims

1. A method for automatically executing a specified function in a portable terminal having a sensor for sensing positioning of the portable terminal in relation to the ground, the method comprising the steps of:

setting a positioning specified by a user from among predetermined positionings of the portable terminal to correspond to a function specified by the user from among functions that can be set by the user;

checking the positioning of the portable terminal in relation to the ground; and

executing the specified function set corresponding to the positioning of the portable terminal if the positioning of the portable terminal refers to the specified positioning set corresponding to the specified function.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of ending the execution of the specified function if the positioning of the portable terminal is changed to another positioning after the execution of the specified function.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the step of returning the step of checking the positioning of the portable terminal in relation to the ground after ending the execution of the specified function.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positionings of the portable terminal are selected from

a front part of the portable terminal facing upward;

and

a rear part of the portable terminal facing upward.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positionings of the portable terminal are selected from

a front part of the portable terminal facing upward;

a rear part of the portable terminal facing upward; and

a first long side part of the portable terminal facing upward.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the positionings of the portable terminal are further selected from

a second long side of the portable terminal facing upward;

a top narrow side of the portable terminal facing upward; and

a bottom narrow side of the portable terminal facing upward.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positionings of the portable terminal are selected from

a face of the plurality of faces, the face being a wide surface between four corners, and

a side of the plurality of sides, the side being a narrow surface between four corners,

wherein the portable terminal includes 8 corners, 8 edges, 2 faces and 4 sides.