METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALENDAR DATA

• US 20110086592A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jung-Eun
• Application Number:
  US12/900,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20110086592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method and portable terminal for displaying calendar data in by indicating an owner of the calendar data is provided. The method includes generating, by a portable terminal, calendar data where IDentification (ID) information of the portable terminal is stored, transmitting, by the portable terminal, the generated calendar data to a partner portable terminal, and indicating that the displayed calendar data is calendar data of a user of the portable terminal by using the ID information of the portable terminal, when displaying the transmitted calendar data in the partner portable terminal.

Claims

1. A method for displaying calendar data, the method comprising:

generating, by a portable terminal, calendar data where IDentification (ID) information of the portable terminal is stored;

transmitting, by the portable terminal, the generated calendar data to a partner portable terminal; and

when displaying the transmitted calendar data in the partner portable terminal, indicating that the displayed calendar data is calendar data of a user of the portable terminal, by using the ID information of the portable terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID information is stored in an owner field of the calendar data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID information comprises at least one of a Bluetooth address and an ID number of the portable terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the generated calendar data comprises:

connecting the portable terminal with the partner portable terminal;

registering, by the partner portable terminal, the portable terminal in a calendar data list based on the ID information; and

transmitting, by the portable terminal, the generated calendar data to the partner portable terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID information of the portable terminal is received by the partner portable terminal through a connection between the portable terminal and the partner portable terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal is connected with the partner portable terminal in one of a wired and wireless manner.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the transmitted calendar data comprises:

selecting the calendar data in a calendar view mode of the partner portable terminal;

determining whether ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the portable terminal registered in a calendar data list; and

if the ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the registered portable terminal, displaying the selected calendar data while indicating that the selected calendar data is calendar data of the user of the portable terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the selected calendar data if the ID information of the selected calendar data is not identical to the ID information of the registered portable terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining comprises:

determining whether an owner field exists in the selected calendar data; and

if the owner field exists in the selected calendar data, determining whether the ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the portable terminal registered in the calendar data list.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying the selected calendar data if the owner field does not exist in the selected calendar data.

11. A portable terminal for displaying calendar data, the terminal comprising:

a display for displaying calendar data to a user;

an input unit for receiving an input from the user;

at one least one of a wired and wireless communication unit for connecting and communicating with a partner portable terminal; and

a controller for controlling to receive calendar data generated by the partner portable terminal and for controlling to display the received calendar data with an indication that the displayed calendar data is calendar data of a user of the partner portable terminal based on ID information of the partner portable terminal.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the ID information is included in an owner field of the received calendar data.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the ID information comprises at least one of a Bluetooth address and an ID number of the partner portable terminal.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller, when controlling to receive the calendar data generated by the partner portable terminal, controls to be connected with the partner portable terminal, controls to register the partner portable terminal in a calendar data list based on the ID information, and controls to receive the calendar data including the ID information.

15. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the ID information of the partner portable terminal is received through a connection with the portable terminal.

16. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the connection with the partner portable terminal is one of a wired and wireless connection.

17. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller, when controlling to display the received calendar data, controls to receive a selection of the calendar data in a calendar view mode, controls to determine whether ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the partner portable terminal registered in a calendar data list, and if the ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the registered partner portable terminal, controls to display the selected calendar data while indicating that the selected calendar data is calendar data of the user of the partner portable terminal.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller, when controlling to display the received calendar data, controls to display the selected calendar data if the ID information of the selected calendar data is not identical to the ID information of the registered partner portable terminal.

19. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller, when determining, controls to determine whether an owner field exists in the selected calendar data, and if the owner field exists in the selected calendar data, controls to determine whether the ID information of the selected calendar data is identical to the ID information of the partner portable terminal registered in the calendar data list.

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller controls to display the selected calendar data if the owner field does not exist in the selected calendar data.