SCHEDULE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE NETWORK

• US 20070266008A1
• Filed: 04/03/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Joon Oo, Oh, Yun Je, Kim, Chul Seung, Shin, Ho Chul, BAE, Young Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 7,996,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method and system for managing schedule information using a digital living network alliance (DLNA) network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a schedule memo stored in a portable terminal via a DLNA network, analyzing the schedule memo and creating a query for searching for supplementary information related to the schedule memo, transmitting the created query to a Web server, receiving, in reply to the query, a Web search result from the Web server, generating detailed schedule information using the Web search result and transmitting the detailed schedule information to the portable terminal via the DLNA network.

Claims

1. A schedule information management method comprising:

receiving a schedule memo stored in a portable terminal via a digital living network alliance (DLNA) network;

analyzing the schedule memo to create a query for searching for supplementary information related to the schedule memo;

transmitting the created query to a Web server;

receiving, in reply to the query, a Web search result from the Web server;

generating detailed schedule information using the Web search result; and

transmitting the detailed schedule information to the portable terminal via the DLNA network.

2. The schedule information management method of claim 1, wherein the step of analyzing the schedule comprises:

separating the schedule memo into words and extracting effective nouns from the separated words; and

creating the query comprising at least one pre-stored search site address and at least one of the effective nouns.

3. The schedule information management method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating a query information table for storing nouns classified according to their attributes,

storing a search word for each attribute, and

inserting into the query, a search word associated with the attribute is selected from the query information table

4. The schedule information management method of claim 1, wherein the Web search result is in the form of a Web page.

5. The schedule information management method of claim 4, wherein tags are removed from the received Web page to extract text and image data and the detailed schedule information containing the extracted text and image data is generated in a form displayable by the portable terminal.

6. The schedule information management method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the portable terminal after reception of the detailed schedule information, the detailed schedule information.

7. The schedule information management method of claim 6, wherein the outputting step comprises:

checking a planned event time associated with the detailed schedule information; and

outputting the detailed schedule information at the commencement of a preset time before the planned event time.

8. A schedule information management system comprising:

a schedule information management apparatus connected to a digital living network alliance (DLNA) networks for schedule information management; and

a portable terminal for composing a schedule memo according to a user request and outputting detailed schedule information generated using the schedule memo to a user.

9. A schedule information management apparatus comprising:

a digital living network alliance (DLNA) interface for storing DLNA protocols and for sending and receiving data through a DLNA network;

a schedule memo analyzer for analyzing a schedule memo received from an external device through the DLNA interface;

a query generator for generating a query to search for supplementary information related to the analyzed schedule memo;

a Web interface for transmitting the generated query to a Web server and receiving, in reply to the query, a Web search result from the Web server;

a schedule information generator for generating detailed schedule information related to the schedule memo from the Web search result; and

a controller for controlling the DLNA interface to transmit the detailed schedule information to the external device.

10. The schedule information management apparatus of claim 9, wherein the schedule memo analyzer separates the schedule memo into words and transmits effective nouns selected from the separated words to the query generator.

11. The schedule information management apparatus of claim 10, wherein the query generator generates a query comprising at least one pre-stored search site address and at least one of the effective nouns.

12. The schedule information management apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a query information memory for storing nouns that frequently occur in schedule memos, which are classified according to their attributes, and for storing a search word to be inserted into a query for each attribute, and wherein the query generator finds an attribute of an effective noun, if available, from the query information memory and inserts a selected search word associated with the found attribute into the generated query.

13. The schedule information management apparatus of claim 9, wherein the Web interface receives a Web page as the Web search result.

14. The schedule information management apparatus of claim 13, wherein the schedule information generator removes tags from the received Web page to extract text and image data, and generates the detailed schedule information containing the extracted text and image data in a form displayable by the external device.

15. A portable terminal comprising:

an input unit for inputting a manipulation signal from a user;

a personal information management module for storing a schedule memo input through the input unit;

a digital living network alliance (DLNA) interface for storing DLNA protocols and for sending the schedule memo through a DLNA network; and

a controller for controlling, upon reception of detailed schedule information related to the schedule memo through the DLNA interface, output of the detailed schedule information.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller checks a planned event time associated with the detailed schedule information, and controls an output operation to output the detailed schedule information at the commencement of a preset time before the planned event time.