SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPENING APPLICATIONS QUICKLY

• US 20070271293A1
• Filed: 05/18/2007
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chien-Chiang Peng
• Original Assignee: Chien-Chiang Peng
• Inventors: PENG, CHIEN-CHIANG
• Application Number:
  US11/750,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20070271293A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A system for opening an application quickly is suitable for an electronic device, and includes a receiving unit, a recognition unit, a menu screen interface, and a function-opening unit. The receiving unit is for receiving a first data, and the recognition unit searches to compare the first data with a database, and then, according to the compared result, outputs at least one second data. The menu screen interface produces a list of corresponding applications resulting from the second data. The function-opening unit loads the application-opening directive of one of the applications from the database while detecting this application has been triggered, and then opens the corresponding application. Hence, the system can list the related applications by distinguishing the first data, and achieves the goal of opening an application quickly.

Claims

1. A system for opening an application quickly that is suitable for an electronic device, the system comprising:

a receiving unit used for receiving a first data;

a recognition unit further comprising a database, the recognition unit searching to compare the first data with the database to output at least one second data;

a menu screen interface for producing corresponding applications as a result of the second data; and

a function-opening unit for loading the application-opening directive of one of the applications from the database while detecting the application has been triggered, and then opening the corresponding application.

2. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data is a character data or a string data.

3. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data is generated by an input module or a data extraction module.

4. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data extraction module analyzes a document and extracts at least one data to generate the first data.

5. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving unit further comprises a temporary storage unit for storing the first data.

6. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database classifies search conditions by data, byte and data content.

7. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second data is a name or a code.

8. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the applications has fields for a code name, a text illustration, a symbol or an icon.

9. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application is an application program or an application service.

10. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the application service is for connecting to a remote network server.

11. The system for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile communication device, a PDA, a computer, an industrial computer system or an information appliance (IA) product.

13. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data is a character data or a string data.

14. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data is generated by an input module or a data extraction module.

15. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data extraction module is for analyzing a document and extracting at least one data to generate the first data.

12. A method for opening an application quickly that is suitable for an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a first data and storing the first data into a temporary storage unit;

analyzing the format of the first data and searching to compare the first data with a database;

outputting at least one second data according to the compared result;

providing a menu screen interface to list corresponding applications as a result of the second data; and

providing a function-opening unit to load the application-opening directive of one of the applications from the database while detecting the application has been triggered, and then opening a corresponding application.

16. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the database classifies search conditions by data, byte and data content.

17. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second data is a name or a code information.

18. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the application is an application program or an application service.

19. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 18, wherein the application service is for connecting to a remote network server.

20. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the electronic device is a mobile communication device, a PDA, a computer, an industrial computer system or an information appliance (IA) product.

21. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the method for opening the application in the electronic device further comprises the following steps:

(a) determining whether another data is to be inputted or not according to the application-opening directive;

(b) confirming whether the data is inputted via a menu or not according to the application-opening directive if the answer in the step (a) is yes;

(c) producing applications corresponding to the application-opening directive for selecting and storing to the temporary storage unit if the answer in the step (b) is yes;

(d) displaying for data input and storing into the temporary storage unit if the answer in the step (b) is no;

(e) determining whether there is another data to be inputted or not; and

(f) opening an application corresponding to the application-opening directive and loading data of the temporary storage unit into a data field in the application if the answer in the step (e) is no.

22. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 21, wherein the step (f) is directly jumped to for opening the corresponding application if the answer in the step (a) is no.

23. The method for opening an application quickly as claimed in claim 21, wherein the step (b) is jumped to for confirming whether the data is inputted via a menu or not if the answer in the step (e) is yes.