Portable terminal, information recommendation method and program

• US 20060271618A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sisvel International S.A. (Fineur International S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kokubo, Naoki, Kokubo, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,219,071 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

An information acquisition section acquires application halfway information, user preference, updated date and time, real-timeness, usage frequency, usage history, radio wave state, remaining battery level, billing information or other information. A controller calculates recommendation values indicating recommended degrees to recommend the use to a user for each of a plurality of applications and for each of the contents of each of the applications, using the information that the information acquisition section acquired. Then, for example, when a specific button is pressed, the controller gives priorities to the plurality of applications and contents based on the recommendation values, causing the applications and contents to be displayed on a display of a display section 15 in the order of priority. Thus, of the various applications and contents, it makes it possible to select one that is more matched to the user preference and suitable for the terminal usage pattern.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a recommendation calculation section for calculating recommendation values indicating recommended degrees to recommend the use to a user, for each of at least a plurality of applications;

an information acquisition section for acquiring predetermined basic information that the recommendation calculation section uses for calculating the recommendation values, for each of the applications;

a prioritization section for giving priorities to the plurality of applications based on the recommendation values the recommendation calculation section calculated; and

a presentation section for presenting the applications to the user in the order of priority as defined by the prioritization section.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the recommendation calculation section places each of the applications in the upper hierarchy, calculating the recommendation values for the relevant each application and for each of the contents of the respective applications, the contents being in the lower hierarchy relative to each application,

the information acquisition section acquires the predetermined basic information for each of the hierarchized applications and for each of the contents of the respective applications,

the prioritization section gives priorities to each of the plurality of applications and to each of the contents of the respective applications, based on the recommendation values that the recommendation calculation section calculated, and

the presentation section presents the applications and the contents of the applications to the user, in the order of priority.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the recommendation calculation section further divides each of the contents of the respective applications into a plurality of hierarchies, calculating the recommendation values for each of the hierarchies of the applications and for each of the contents of each application, and

the information acquisition section acquires the basic information for each of the hierarchies of the applications and for each of the contents of each application.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires information on at least either an application or a content of the application being halfway through.

5. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires date and time information on when the application and content entered halfway through as the basic information.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein

the recommendation calculation section calculates the recommendation value, by adjusting the basic information related to at least the application with a coefficient corresponding to a type of at least either the application or the content of the application being halfway through.

7. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires keyword information related to a user preference as the basic information.

8. The portable terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires user basic profile information stored in advance, as the keyword information related to the user preference.

9. The portable terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires the keyword information related to the user preference from information on at least either the application or the content of the application being executed in response to a user instruction.

10. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires updated date and time information on at least either the application or the content of the application, as the basic information.

11. The portable terminal according to claim 10, wherein

the recommendation calculation section calculates the recommendation value by adjusting the basic information related to at least the application with a coefficient corresponding to a type of at least either the application or the content of the application.

12. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires creation or release date and time information on at least either the application or the content of the application, as the basic information.

13. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires information related to real-timeness of at least either the application or the content of the application, as the basic information.

14. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires usage frequency or usage history information on at least either the application or the content or the application, as the basic information.

15. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:

a wireless communications section for carrying out wireless communication; and

a radio wave state measurement section for measuring the radio wave state of wireless communication in the wireless communications section, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires information indicating the radio wave state that the radio wave state measurement section measured, as the basic information.

16. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires billing information associated with the use of at least either the application or the content of the application, as the basic information.

17. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising

a battery for generating terminal driving power, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires information on the remaining battery level as the basic information.

18. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising

an information storage section for storing user schedule information, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires schedule information stored in the information storage section, as the basic information.

19. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising

an operation section for fetching an operation instruction input from a user, wherein

the operation section presents a list of at least either the applications or the contents of the applications, based on an input of specific operation information from the operation instruction section.

20. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

the information acquisition section acquires basic information generated for a person other than the user of the relevant terminal.

21. An information recommendation method comprising the steps of:

acquiring predetermined basic information used for calculating recommendation values indicating recommended degrees to recommend the use to the user, for each of the applications by the information acquisition section;

calculating the recommendation values by the recommendation calculation section, using the basic information the information acquisition section acquired;

giving priorities to the plurality of applications by the prioritization section, based on the recommendation values the recommendation calculation section calculated; and

presenting the applications to the user by the presentation section, in the order of priority.

22. An information recommendation program causing the portable terminal to function as:

a recommendation calculation section for calculating recommendation values indicating recommended degrees to recommend the use to a user for each of at least a plurality of applications;

an information acquisition section for acquiring predetermined basic information used for the recommendation calculation section to calculate the recommendation values for each of the applications;

a prioritization section for giving priorities to the plurality of applications, based on the recommendation values that the recommendation calculation section calculated; and

a presentation section for presenting the applications to the user, in the order of priority as defined by the prioritization section.