PORTABLE TERMINAL REFLECTING USER'S ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user interface reflecting a user'"'"'s environment in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- generating usage pattern information that contains pattern environment information of the portable terminal and function information corresponding to the pattern environment information;
collecting current environment information of the portable terminal;
searching for pattern environment information that is classified as belonging to the same environment as the collected current environment information;
extracting function information corresponding to the searched pattern environment information; and
configuring a graphic user interface (GUI) based on the extracted function information.
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Abstract
A portable terminal reflecting a user'"'"'s environment and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating usage pattern information that contains pattern environment information of the portable terminal and function information corresponding to the pattern environment information; collecting current environment information of the portable terminal; searching for pattern environment information that substantially identical to the collected current environment information; extracting function information corresponding to the searched pattern environment information; and configuring a graphic user interface (GUI) based on the extracted function information.
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1. A method for providing a user interface reflecting a user'"'"'s environment in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
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generating usage pattern information that contains pattern environment information of the portable terminal and function information corresponding to the pattern environment information; collecting current environment information of the portable terminal; searching for pattern environment information that is classified as belonging to the same environment as the collected current environment information; extracting function information corresponding to the searched pattern environment information; and configuring a graphic user interface (GUI) based on the extracted function information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable terminal reflecting a user'"'"'s environment, comprising:
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an environment information collecting module for collecting environment information; a storage unit for storing the environment information collected by the environment information collecting module, and usage pattern information that is comprised of pattern environment information and function information; and a controller for controlling the portable terminal by; controlling the environment information collecting module, searching for pattern environment information that is classified as belonging to the same environment as the collected current environment information from the storage unit, extracting function information corresponding to the searched pattern environment information from the storage unit, and configuring a graphic user interface (GUI) based on the extracted function information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable device comprising:
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an input device, a display device; and a controller comprising; a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code, which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to; collect current environment information of the portable terminal; search for pattern environment information that is classified as belonging to the same environment as the collected current environment information; extract function information corresponding to the searched pattern environment information; and configure a graphic user interface (GUI) based on the extracted function information, wherein the pattern information contains pattern environment information of the portable terminal and function information corresponding to the pattern environment information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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