ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20120084003A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sungwoo, Huh, Jiyoung, Park, Eunyoung, Hong, Seungbum, Lee, Jongsoo, Choi, Jiho, Park, Myungeun
• Application Number:
  US13/056,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084003A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/439
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device. The present invention provides an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device that can provide a user with wanted information at a proper time and at a proper location by obtaining destination information including at least one of a target location and a target location arrival time, obtaining at least one of a current location and a current time, and determining an application to be executed considering the obtained destination information and the current location and current time, wherein as the current location and the current time change, the application varies.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an output unit; and

a controller configured to execute one or more applications, wherein

the controller obtains at least one of a destination location and a destination location arrival time, determines an application to be executed considering at least one of a first relation between a current time and the destination location arrival time and a second relation between a current location and the destination location, obtains guidance information related to health from the determined application, and outputs the obtained health-related guidance information through the output unit, wherein as one of the first relation and the second relation changes, the determined application varies.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller outputs the obtained health-related guidance information through an idle screen or a widget via the output unit.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller obtains at least one of the destination location and the destination location arrival time from a schedule.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein in a case where the current time is prior to the destination location arrival time in the first relation, the controller executes a predetermined application.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein in a case where the current location corresponds to the destination location in the second relation, the controller executes a predetermined application based on the second relation.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller determines an application to be executed depending on a type of destination of the destination location.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein in a case where the type of destination is a medical institution, the health-related guidance information includes at least one of previous health examination record information and medical treatment waiting-related information.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein in a case where the type of destination is a grocery store, the health-related guidance information includes information related to a recommendation food based on a health condition.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein in a case where the current location corresponds to the destination location in the second relation, information related to a location of food selected based on the recommendation food-related information is outputted.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein in a case where the type of destination is a public institution, the health-related guidance information is health-related lecture information.

11. An operation method of an electronic device comprising the steps of:

obtaining at least one of a destination location and a destination location arrival time;

determining an application to be executed considering at least one of a first relation between a current time and the destination location arrival time and a second relation between a current location and the destination location;

obtaining guidance information related to health from the determined application; and

outputting the obtained health-related guidance information through an output unit, wherein as one of the first relation and the second relation changes, the determined application varies.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the controller outputs the obtained health-related guidance information through an idle screen or a widget of the output unit.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein an application to be executed is determined depending on a type of destination of the destination location.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein in a case where the type of destination is a medical institution, the health-related guidance information includes at least one of previous health examination record information and medical treatment waiting-related information.

15. A computer-readable medium recording a program for executing the method of claim 11.