APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANKING MENU LIST IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20090083663A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Ji-Sun
• Application Number:
  US12/234,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20090083663A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

An apparatus and method for ranking a menu list in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes storing, in an execution record table, execution information regarding at least one of an application and a file, updating a pattern table using information from the execution record table, and ranking a menu list according to information from the updated pattern table.

Claims

1. A method for ranking a menu list according to a use pattern in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

storing, in an execution record table, execution information regarding at least one of an application and a file;

updating a pattern table using information from the execution record table; and

ranking a menu list according to information from the updated pattern table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the execution information comprises storing at least one of a day of execution, a time of execution, an execution duration, a number of times of execution and program information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the updating of the pattern table using the information from the execution record table comprises:

reading data from the execution record table;

comparing the data read from the execution record table with data of the pattern table;

determining if data read from the execution record table includes at least one of the same day, hour, and program path as the data of the pattern table; and

if there is data having at least one of the same day, hour, and program path as the data in the pattern table, increasing a number of times of execution of the application or file corresponding to the data by ‘

1’

, calculating an average execution time of the corresponding application or file, and updating the pattern table.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the reading of the data from the execution record table comprises reading a row of data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, if there is no row of data having at least one of the same day, hour, and program path in the pattern table, generating a new row of data in the pattern table corresponding to the row of data read from the execution record table and updating the pattern table.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising, if the pattern table is updated using the execution record table, deleting the data from the execution record table read to update the pattern table.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the ranking of the menu list according to information from the updated pattern table comprises:

receiving input, at a first day and hour, for generating a menu list;

searching the pattern table for data corresponding to the first day and hour; and

arranging the data in descending order depending on the number of times of execution.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the ranking of the menu list according to information from the updated pattern table comprises:

receiving input, at a first day and hour, for generating a menu list;

searching the pattern table for data corresponding to the first day and hour; and

arranging the data in order according to the most executed application or file.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching the pattern table for a frequently used application or file; and

providing the frequently used application or file to at least one of a Today Plug-In and a background picture.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting an alarm to a desired item in the updated pattern table to automatically execute a corresponding function at a specified day and time.

11. An apparatus for ranking a menu list according to a use pattern in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for controlling a function of storing, in an execution record table, execution information regarding at least one of an application and a file, for updating a pattern table using information from the execution record table, and for ranking a menu list according to information from the updated pattern table; and

a memory for storing the execution record table and the updated pattern table under control of the controller.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the execution information comprises at least one of a day of execution, a time of execution, an execution duration, a number of times of execution and program information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller controls a function of reading data from the execution record table, comparing the data read from the execution record table with data of the pattern table, determining if data read from the execution record table includes at least one of the same day, hour, and program path as the data of the pattern table, and, if there is data having at least one of the same day, hour, and program path as the data in the pattern table, increasing a number of times of execution of the application or file corresponding to the data by ‘

1’

, calculating an average execution time of the corresponding application or file, and updating the pattern table.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the reading of the data from the execution record table comprises reading a row of data.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller controls a function of, if there is no row data having at least one of the same day, hour, and program path in the pattern table, generating a new row of data in the pattern table corresponding to the row of data read from the execution record table and updating the pattern table.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller controls a function of, if the pattern table is updated using the execution record table, deleting the data from the execution record table read to update the pattern table.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ranking of the menu list according to information from the updated pattern table comprises receiving input, at a first day and hour, for generating a menu list, searching the pattern table for data corresponding to the first day and hour, and arranging the data in descending order depending on the number of times of execution.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ranking of the menu list according to information from the updated pattern table comprises receiving input, at a first day and hour, for generating a menu list, searching the pattern table for data corresponding to the first day and hour, and arranging the data in order according to the most executed application or file.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the pattern table is searched for a frequently used application or file and the frequently used application or file is provided to at least one of a Today Plug-In and background picture.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein an alarm is set to a desired item in the updated pattern table to automatically execute a corresponding function at a specified day and time.