Method and system for integrating schedule management and broadcast program reservation in a terminal having functions of personal schedule management and broadcast program reservation

• US 20060059521A1
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yang, Sung-Chul, Lee, Kyung-Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/141,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20060059521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42692 for reading from or writing on a volatile storage medium, e.g. Random Access Memory [RAM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4583 Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts, e.g. when a recording by reservation has been programmed for two programs in the same time slot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for integrating schedule management and broadcast program reservation in a digital broadcasting hybrid terminal having functions of personal schedule management and broadcast program reservation. When a user inputs a schedule or a broadcast program reservation, all stored registrations are searched to inform the user of any conflicts with the inputted schedule or broadcast program reservation.

Claims

1. A method for integrating schedule management and broadcast program reservation in a mobile terminal with a schedule management sub-system and a digital broadcasting sub-system, the method comprising:

searching for any registration of time that overlaps with an inputted schedule or broadcast program reservation when a user inputs the schedule or broadcast program reservation; and

informing the user of the detected conflict when a conflicting registration is detected.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

storing a registration of the schedule in a memory provided in one of the mobile terminal sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system when no registration of time overlaps the inputted schedule; and

storing a registration of the broadcast program reservation in the memory when no registration of time overlaps the inputted broadcast program reservation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

storing a registration of the schedule in a memory provided in the mobile terminal sub-system when no registration of time overlaps the inputted schedule; and

, storing a registration of the broadcast program reservation in a memory provided in the digital broadcasting sub-system when no registration of time overlaps the inputted broadcast program reservation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

8. A system for integrating schedule management and broadcast program reservation in a mobile terminal comprising:

a schedule management sub-system;

a digital broadcast sub-system;

a memory for storing schedule registrations and broadcast program reservation registrations;

a first controller for searching the memory to detect any registration of time that conflicts with a schedule input by a user, informing the user of the presence or absence of a detected conflict and storing a registration of the inputted schedule in the memory; and

a second controller for searching the memory to detect any registration of time that conflicts with a broadcast program reservation input by the user, informing the user of the presence or absence of a detected conflict and storing a registration of the inputted broadcast program reservation in the memory.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a communication interface for enabling communications between the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system, wherein said memory is provided in the schedule management sub-system and connected to the first controller, and wherein said first and second controllers are provided respectively in the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system and connected to each other through the communication interface.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said first controller searches registrations stored in the memory to detect any conflicts and sends an alert for the corresponding program reservation to the second controller.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising a communication interface for enabling communications between the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system, wherein said memory is provided in the digital broadcasting sub-system and connected to the second controller, and wherein said first and second controllers are provided respectively in the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system and connected to each other through the communication interface.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said second controller searches registrations stored in the memory to detect any schedule registration to be alerted and sends an alert for the corresponding schedule reservation to the first controller.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

18. A system for integrating schedule management and broadcast program reservation in a mobile terminal with a schedule management sub-system and a digital broadcasting sub-system comprising:

a first memory for storing schedule registrations;

a second memory for storing broadcast program reservation registrations;

a first controller for searching the first and second memories to detect any registration of time that conflicts with a schedule inputted by a user, informing the user of the presence or absence of a detected schedule conflict and storing a registration of the inputted schedule in the first memory; and

a second controller for searching the first and second memories to detect any registration of time that conflicts with a broadcast program reservation inputted by the user, informing the user of the presence or absence of a detected program conflict and storing a registration of the inputted broadcast program reservation in the second memory.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a communication interface for enabling communications between the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system, wherein said first memory is provided in the schedule management sub-system and connected to the first controller, while said second memory is provided in the digital broadcasting sub-system and connected to the second controller, and wherein said first and second controllers are provided respectively in the schedule management sub-system and the digital broadcasting sub-system and connected to each other through the communication interface.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said broadcast program reservation includes a broadcast program start alert and a broadcast program recording reservation.