APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IDLE SCREEN
First Claim
1. An apparatus for configuring an idle screen in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a state sensor for sensing an environmental state;
a memory for storing a plurality of environmental state information items each including at least one environmental state information, and a plurality of terminal function items each associated with a corresponding environmental state information item and comprising at least one terminal function; and
a controller for determining an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing a selected terminal function, updating the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, determining an environmental state item corresponding to the current environmental state from the memory when there is a request for displaying an idle screen, extracting one or more terminal functions of a terminal function item corresponding to the environmental state information item, and configuring the idle screen using the extracted one or more terminal functions.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for configuring an idle screen, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for analyzing functions of a terminal according to a user'"'"'s environmental state, and configuring an idle screen in accordance with the analysis. According to the apparatus and method, when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing the selected terminal function, the terminal determines an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state, and updates the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item. When there is a request for displaying an idle screen, the terminal determines a current environmental state item corresponding to the currently environmental state, extracts one or more terminal functions corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, and configures the idle screen using the extracted terminal functions.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for configuring an idle screen in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a state sensor for sensing an environmental state; a memory for storing a plurality of environmental state information items each including at least one environmental state information, and a plurality of terminal function items each associated with a corresponding environmental state information item and comprising at least one terminal function; and a controller for determining an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing a selected terminal function, updating the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, determining an environmental state item corresponding to the current environmental state from the memory when there is a request for displaying an idle screen, extracting one or more terminal functions of a terminal function item corresponding to the environmental state information item, and configuring the idle screen using the extracted one or more terminal functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for configuring an idle screen in a terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of environmental state information items each including at least one environmental state information, and a plurality of terminal function items each associated with a corresponding environmental state information item and each including at least one terminal function; performing a selected terminal function; when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing the selected terminal function, determining an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state, and updating the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item; and when there is a request for displaying an idle screen, determining a current environmental state item corresponding to the currently environmental state, extracting one or more terminal functions corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, and configuring the idle screen using the extracted terminal functions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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