OPERATION METHOD FOR MEMO FUNCTION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME

• US 20120210201A1
• Filed: 02/09/2012
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyun Kyoung, JEON, Jin Young, PARK, Hyun Mi, KIM, Tae Yeon, SONG, Min Seung
• Application Number:
  US13/369,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20120210201A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A method for providing a memo function and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal includes: a memory for storing at least one user function; a display unit for outputting screen information according to an activation of the at least one user function; an input unit for generating an input signal corresponding to a function call for creating a memo in a state that a screen according to the activation of the user function is output; and a controller performing a control operation to tag activation information of the user function including at least one of screen information, audio information, or user function information that is output according to the activation of the user function to the created memo and to store a tagged memo as a tagging memo.

Claims

1. A method for providing a memo function in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

activating at least one user function supported from the portable terminal;

creating a memo in a state that the at least one user function is activated; and

tagging an activation information corresponding to the at least one user function including at least one of screen information, audio information, and user function relation information that is output according to the activation to the created memo and storing the tagged memo.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input signal for searching the tagged memo; and

outputting a link information with the activation information and corresponding the at least one of the screen information, the audio information and the user function relation information in response to the input signal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input signal for searching the tagged memo; and

simultaneously outputting the activation information of the user function and the tagged memo in response to the input signal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein simultaneously outputting the activation information of the user function and the tagged memo comprises:

activating a user function corresponding to the activation information of the user function; and

controlling the user function to output a screen image that matches an image at the time of creation of the memo.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting an icon indicating presence of the tagged memo on a screen according to activation of a certain user function.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising

simultaneously outputting the activation information of the user function and information included in the tagged memo on a display unit when the icon is selected;

and

simultaneously outputting link information identifying a source of the tagged memo and outputting the content of the tagged memo when the link information is selected. when the icon is selected.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising updating the link information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a tagging memo search screen having the tagged memo in the form of a list or a multi-thumb nail.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

simultaneously outputting the activation information of the user function and corresponding the at least one of the screen information, the audio information, and the user function relation information in the tagged memo in response to an input signal requesting a particular tagged memo; and

outputting link information identifying a source of the particular tagged memo and outputting the content of the tagged memo when the link information is selected.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation information of the user function comprises one of:

(1) the screen information during a call connection and a number of called terminal when creating the memo,

(2) at least one frame at a start time of creating the memo, at a time of storing the tagged memo, and between the start time and the time of storing the memo during a moving image function mode,

(3) at least one of executed web page information when creating the memo, at least one web page information switched when a page is switched between the start time of creation of the memo and the time of storage of the memo, or web page information output on a display unit during a web access function mode,

(4) a page of a document output on the display unit just before creating the memo and line information output on the display unit showing all currently activated documents, during a document function,

(5) schedule information of a currently designated date during a calendar function mode,

(6) title information of a photograph output on the display unit and location information of the photograph stored in a memory during an image search function, and

(7) game progress information between the start time of creation of the memo and the time of storage of the memo during a game function mode.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation information of the user function further comprises:

title information of the user function;

activation screen information of the user function acquired in at least one of a start time of creation of the memo, a time of storage of the memo, and time therebetween; and

a time information when the user function is activated.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising one of:

editing the tagged memo according to an input signal after selecting the stored tagged memo;

or

deleting the tagged memo according to an input signal after selecting the stored tagged memo.

13. A portable terminal for providing a memo function, comprising:

a memory for storing at least one user function;

a display unit for outputting screen information according to an activation of the at least one user function;

an input unit for generating an input signal corresponding to a function call for creating a memo in a state that the screen information is output; and

a controller performing a control operation to tag an activation information of the at least one user function including at least one of a screen information, an audio information, and a user function information that is output according to the activation to the created memo and to store the tagged memo.

14. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the display unit outputs at least one of:

a screen including a link information including the at least one of the screen information, the audio information and the user function information corresponding the activation information of the user function during a memo search mode;

a screen simultaneously outputting the activation information of the user function the tagged memo during the memo search mode; and

an icon indicative of a presence of the tagged memo.

15. The portable terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller performs a control operation to simultaneously output the activation information of the user function and the tagged memo on the display unit when the icon is selected, and to simultaneously output link information of the tagged memo when the icon is selected.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller further performs a control operation to update the link information.

17. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the display unit outputs at least one:

a tagging memo search screen displaying the tagged memo in the form of a list or a multi-thumb nail;

a screen simultaneously outputting information of the tagged memo and the activation information of the user function included in the tagged memo during a memo search mode; and

a screen outputting link information including information of the tagged memo and the activation information of the user function included in the tagged memo.

18. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the activation information of the user function comprises one of:

(1) the screen information during a call connection and a number of called terminal when creating the memo;

(2) at least one frame at a start time of creating the memo, at a time of storing the tagged memo, and time therebetween during a moving image function model;

(3) at least one of executed web page information when creating the memo, at least one web page information switched when a page is switched between the start time of creating the memo and the time of storing the memo, or web page information output on a display unit during a web access function mode;

(4) a page of a document output on the display unit just before creating the memo and a line information output on the display unit showing all currently activated documents, during a document function;

(5) schedule information of a currently designated date during a calendar function mode;

(6) title information of a photograph output on the display unit and a location information of the photograph stored in a memory during an image search function; and

(7) game progress information between the start time of creating the memo and the time of storing the memo during a game function mode.

19. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the activation information of the user function further comprises:

title information of the user function;

activation screen information of the user function acquired in at least one of a start time of creating the memo, a time of storing the memo, and between the start time of creating the memo and the time of storing the memo; and

time information when the user function is activated.

20. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the display unit outputs one of a screen for editing the tagged memo according to an input signal after selecting the stored tagged memo and a screen for deleting the tagged memo according to an input signal after selecting the stored tagged memo.