METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION DURING CALL AND MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME

• US 20130023248A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: LEE, Kyungryol
• Granted Patent: US 8,731,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A method and a mobile terminal for executing application during a call and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method for executing application during a call includes determining whether an orientation state of a mobile terminal is changed after forming a call channel and when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed, executing a preset application. The method and mobile terminal for executing an application during a call can momentarily execute a specific application when desired by the user

Claims

1. A method for executing an application during a call, the method comprising:

determining whether an orientation state of a mobile terminal is changed after forming a call channel; and

when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed, executing a preset application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a voice signal during the call;

performing a voice recognition on the voice signal; and

identifying an application corresponding to the voice-recognized voice signal,

wherein the executing of the preset application comprises executing the identified application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the storing of the voice signal comprises:

receiving the voice signal from a microphone; and

continuously storing a uniform amount of the received voice signal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously executing at least one additional application with the preset application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the change in the orientation state of the mobile terminal comprises:

determining a type of the call based on at least one of a type of the call channel and a type of a microphone used in the call;

determining a preset state based on the type of the call;

determining a current orientation state of the mobile terminal by analyzing sensing information in accordance with the change in the orientation state; and

determining that the orientation state is changed when the current orientation state conforms with the preset state.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

terminating the application when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed while the application is executed.

7. A mobile terminal for supporting an execution of an application during a call, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to form a call channel;

a sensing unit configured to generate sensing information in accordance with a change in an orientation state of the mobile terminal while the call channel is formed;

a control unit configured to execute a preset application when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed by analyzing the sensing information; and

a display unit configured to display a screen for the preset application being executed.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

a microphone configured to collect voice signal of a user during a call; and

a storage unit configured to store the collected voice signal,

wherein the control unit is configured to perform, when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed, a voice recognition on the stored voice signal, to identify an application corresponding to the voice-recognized voice signal, to execute the identified application.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the storage unit is configured to continuously store a uniform amount of the collected voice signal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to control at least one additional application to be simultaneously executed when the preset application is executed.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to determine, when determining whether the orientation state is changed, a type of the call based on at least one of a type of the call channel and a type of the microphone used in the call;

to decide a preset state based on the type of the call, to determine a current orientation state of the mobile terminal by analyzing the sensing information, and to determine that the orientation state is changed when the current orientation state conforms with the preset state.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is configured:

to identify the type of the call as one of a voice call using an internal microphone included in the mobile terminal, a video call using an internal microphone included in the mobile terminal, a voice call using an external microphone connected to the mobile terminal, and a video call using an external microphone connected to the mobile terminal; and

to determine, after allocating a different preset state for each types of the call, that the orientation state of the mobile terminal is changed by comparing the orientation state with the preset state.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to support a termination of the application when the orientation state of the mobile terminal is determined to be changed while the application is executed.