PORTABLE TERMINAL, FUNCTION LIST PROVIDING METHOD USED FOR THE SAME, AND ITS PROGRAM

• US 20100222108A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kashima, Miki
• Application Number:
  US12/377,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

When a user selects a function, a data collecting system (16) of a portable terminal (1) collects an identification number assigned to the selected function, and registers the collected identification number in a management table (122), thereby storing the number in a memory (12). For example, when the user inputs an instruction to an input unit (15), an identification number corresponding to the selected function is generated and transmitted from the input unit (15) to a controller (13), and the controller (13) having received the identification number executes the corresponding function. The data collecting system (16) collects identification numbers thus transmitted, and registers them in the management table (122).

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a portable terminal main body which displays a plurality of functions of the terminal as a function list;

a collecting unit which forms and saving a use log of the functions; and

an analyzing unit which analyzes the use log and forming the function list.

2. A portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein said collecting unit collects identification numbers corresponding to the functions and generated when the functions are used, and forms the use log on the basis of the collected identification numbers.

3. A portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a time zone setting function of setting an externally input time zone,

wherein said collecting unit forms and saves a use log of the functions in the time zone set by the time zone setting function.

4. A portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein said analyzing unit forms the function list by listing a function having a high use frequency in a high position.

5. A portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein said analyzing unit updates the function list whenever said collecting unit forms the use log.

6. A portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said analyzing unit saves a plurality of function lists, and

in response to a function list display instruction, said portable terminal main body selects, from the plurality of function lists, a function list corresponding to the time zone including the time at which the display instruction is received, and displays the selected function list.

7. A function list providing method comprising:

the function list basic step of displaying a plurality of functions of a terminal as a function list;

the collecting step of forming and saving a use log of the functions; and

the analyzing step of analyzing the use log and forming the function list.

8. A function list providing method according to claim 7, wherein in the collecting step, identification numbers corresponding to the functions and generated when the functions are used are collected, and the use log is formed on the basis of the collected identification numbers.

9. A function list providing method according to claim 7, further comprising a time zone setting function of setting an externally input time zone,

wherein in the collecting step, a use log of the functions in the time zone set by the time zone setting function is formed and saved.

10. A function list providing method according to claim 7, wherein in the analyzing step, the function list is formed by listing a function having a high use frequency in a high position.

11. A function list providing method according to claim 7, wherein in the analyzing step, the function list is updated whenever the use log is formed in the collecting step.

12. A function list providing method according to claim 7, wherein

a plurality of function lists are saved in the analyzing step, and

in response to a function list display instruction, the portable terminal main body selects, from the plurality of function lists, a function list corresponding to the time zone including the time at which the display instruction is received, and displays the selected function list.

13. A computer-readable storage medium recording a program for causing a portable terminal which displays a plurality of functions of the terminal as a function list to implement:

a collecting function of forming and saving a use log of the functions; and

an analyzing function of analyzing the use log and forming the function list.

14. A portable terminal comprising:

a portable terminal main body which displays a plurality of functions of the terminal as a function list;

collecting means for forming and saving a use log of the functions; and

analyzing means for analyzing the use log and forming the function list.