APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT OF A PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20080100941A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jae-hwan, RHEE, Young-ho, Kim, Jung-hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 360/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/02 with automatic musical instruments

Abstract

A content-management apparatus of a portable device. The apparatus includes a display unit to display content by time and function in a content area having a time axis and a function axis, and a content generation unit to combine at least two sets of content.

Claims

1. A content management apparatus of a portable device, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit to display content by time and function in a content area having a time axis and a function axis; and

a content generation unit to combine at least two sets of content.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays at least one of a time axis change button that changes time of the time axis, a date-change menu that changes date of the time axis, or a retrieval menu that retrieves the object that is the basis for generating the content.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time axis-change button sets the time range of the displayed time axis as one of a plurality of preset time ranges.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the display unit displays at least one of a composition area in which the content is displayed, and a replay area in which the combined content is outputted; and

the content is the object of the combination by the content generation unit.

5. The portable apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a communication unit to communicate with another device and to transmit the content to another device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one of images, videos, text messages, multimedia messages, memos, schedules, or biorhythms.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the composition method includes at least one of combining an image and sound, combining an image and a message, combining multiple images, combining sound and a schedule, or combining a video and sound.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying comprises:

displaying content that is the object of the combination; and

outputting the combined content.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the content includes at least one of images, videos, text messages, multimedia messages, memos, schedules, or biorhythms.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the combining includes at least one of:

combining an image and sound, combining an image and a message, combining multiple images, combining sound and a schedule, or combining a video and sound.

8. A content management method of a portable device, the method comprising:

displaying content by time and function in a content area having a time axis and a function axis; and

combining at least two sets of content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying includes at least one of changing the time of the time axis, changing the date of the time axis, or retrieving an object that is the basis for generating the content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the changing of the time axis sets the time range of the displayed time axis.