SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE ACCORDING TO LOCATION INFORMATION

• US 20130174046A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Hun, Kim, Young-jin, Park, In-ho
• Application Number:
  US13/730,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20130174046A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a system and a method of providing a user interface (UI) according to location information, and a device for providing a UI according to location information includes a usage-history generating unit configured to generate a usage-history of the device based on a location and a movement state of the device, a UI setting unit configured to set the UI according to the usage-history, and a UI changing unit configured to change the UI to be outputted by the device according to a current location and a current movement state of the device based on the setting.

Claims

1. A device configured to provide a user interface (UI) according to location information, the device comprising:

a usage-history generating unit configured to generate a usage-history of the device based on a location and a movement state of the device;

a UI setting unit configured to set the UI according to the usage-history; and

a UI changing unit configured to change the UI to be outputted by the device according to a current location and a current movement state of the device based on the setting.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a location checking unit configured to check a location of the device; and

a movement state checking unit configured to check a movement state of the device,

wherein the usage-history generating unit is configured to generate a usage-history of an application executed in the device, according to the checked location and the checked movement state.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the usage-history comprises types of the application and information regarding a terminal setting, and

the UI setting unit is configured to set the UI whereby an icon of an application that is executed a predetermined number of times is outputted by the device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the movement state comprises one or more states regarding a movement or non-movement, a movement time, and a movement speed, which are associated to the device.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the UI setting unit is configured to set an object and a size of the object outputted by the device according to the movement state of the device.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the UI setting unit is configured to set the UI in which a size of an object outputted by the device is configured to be adjusted according to the movement speed of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI setting unit is configured to set an object and a size of the object outputted by the device, and

the object comprises at least one of an icon of an application, a menu, a wall-paper, a font, a ring tone, and a vibration

8. A method of providing a user interface (UI) according to location information, the method comprising:

generating a usage-history of the device based on a location and a movement state of the device;

setting the UI according to the usage-history; and

changing the UI to be outputted by the device according to a current location and a current movement state of the device based on the setting.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

checking a location of the device; and

checking a movement state of the device,

wherein the generating of the usage-history comprises generating a usage-history of an application executed in the device according to the checked location and the checked movement state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the usage-history comprises types of the application and information regarding a terminal setting, and

the setting of the UI comprises setting the UI in which an icon of an application that is executed a predetermined number of times is outputted by the device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the movement state comprises one or more states regarding a movement or non-movement, a movement time, and a movement speed, which are associated with the device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the setting of the UI comprises setting an object and a size of the object outputted by the device according to the movement state of the device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the setting of the UI comprises setting the UI in which a size of an object outputted by the device is adjusted according to the movement speed of the device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting of the UI comprises setting an object and a size of the object outputted by the device, and

the object comprises at least one of an icon of an application, a menu, a wall-paper, a font, a ring tone, and a vibration.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 8, by using a computer.

15. A method of providing a user interface (UI) according to location information, the method comprising:

storing a usage-history of the device based on a location and a movement state of the device;

setting the UI according to the usage-history;

selecting the UI to be outputted by the device according to a current location and a current movement state of the device; and

outputting the selected UI.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 15, by using a computer.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the usage-history comprises types of the application and information regarding a terminal setting, and

the setting of the UI comprises setting the UI in which an icon of an application that is executed a predetermined number of times is outputted by the device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the setting of the UI comprises setting an object and a size of the object outputted by the device according to the movement state of the device.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the setting of the UI comprises setting the UI in which a size of an object outputted by the device is adjusted according to the movement speed of the device.