DIARY SYNCHRONIZATION FOR SMART PHONE APPLICATIONS (5470.PALM.US)

• US 20100029294A1
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuoka, Yoshimichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile communication device configured to communicate over a wireless network is further configured to generate detectable events in response to activities of a user of the mobile communications device. Underlying user activities are identified from the detected events. Personalized electronic diary entries are generated from the identified activities as indications of a user activity related to the detected event. The personalized electronic diary entries can be stored in a user retrievable collection.

Claims

1. A method of generating a personalized electronic diary entry for a user of a wireless portable electronic device, comprising:

detecting through the wireless portable electronic device at least one event related to an activity of the user;

identifying at least in part from the detected event, the related activity of the user; and

generating a personalized electronic diary entry indicative of the related activity of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of detecting through the wireless portable electronic device comprises receiving at least one of an electrical signal or a digital word indicative of a device response to an activity of the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of identifying comprises formulating an inference as to a most likely user activity from among a plurality of possible user activities.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining through the wireless portable electronic device, supplemental information in response to detecting the at least one event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the act of obtaining supplemental information comprises obtaining information from a remote networked source.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the act of identifying comprises formulating an inference as to a most likely user activity from among a plurality of possible user activities and supplemental information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving through the wireless portable electronic device an indication of a location of the wireless portable electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining a destination of the user a wireless portable electronic device at least in part from the location of the device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising obtaining supplemental information wherein the act of determining a destination relying on at least the location of the device and the supplemental information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating with the identified user activity at least one of a date and a time representative of a date or time attribute of the user activity.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating a user-readable representation of the association between the at least one of a date and a time and the identified user activity.

12. A mobile communications device for maintaining a diary, comprising:

at least one activity sensor configured to generate an event in response to a respective activity of the user of the mobile communications device;

an event detector in communication with the at least one activity sensor, the event detector configured for detecting generated events;

an activity identifier in communication with the event detector, the activity detector configured to identify in response to detecting a generated event, a related user activity; and

a diary record generator in communication with the activity identifier, the diary record generator configured to generate a personalized electronic diary entry indicative of the related user activity.

13. The mobile communications device of claim 12, wherein the at least one activity sensor is selected from the group consisting of:

motion sensors;

position sensors;

power managers;

email applications;

telephones;

web browsers;

electronic calendars;

multimedia applications; and

combinations thereof.

14. The mobile communications device of claim 12, further comprising a timing source providing respective time references related to detected user activities.

15. The mobile communications device of claim 12, further comprising a retrievable collection of personalized electronic diary entries.

16. The mobile communications device of claim 15, further comprising an application for reviewing and editing entries of the retrievable collection of personalized electronic diary entries.

17. The mobile communications device of claim 12, further comprising at least one position sensor configured to identify a substantially contemporaneous position of the mobile communication device.

18. The mobile communications device of claim 17, further comprising a destination detector in communication with the at least one position sensor, the destination detector configured to identify in response to the identified position a destination of the user.

19. The mobile communications device of claim 12, further comprising a diary record analyzer configured to identify from personalized electronic diary entries at least one user-relevant behavioral pattern.

20. An apparatus for creating an electronic diary, comprising:

means for detecting through the wireless portable electronic device at least one event related to an activity of the user;

means for identifying at least in part from the detected event, the related activity of the user; and

means for generating a personalized electronic diary entry indicative of the related activity of the user.