METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON CONTEXT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20140164943A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JEON, Hee-chul, PARK, Yong-gook, CHOI, Seung-eok, KIM, Jung-ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system for providing information that enables easier and quicker access to an item related to a context of a device, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided. The method includes detecting a context of a device, and displaying at least one virtual space corresponding to the detected context on a screen of the device. The virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register the detected context and information related to at least one item.

Claims

1. A method of providing information based on a context of a device, the method comprising:

detecting the context of the device; and

displaying a virtual space corresponding to the context on a screen of the device,

wherein the virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register information related to at least one application corresponding to the detected context.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the context comprises at least one of time information and position information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the virtual space comprises displaying the virtual space as a virtual page of a first screen of the device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein an index of the virtual page on the first screen is displayed differently from an index of another page on the first screen.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first screen comprises a home screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the virtual space comprises displaying the virtual space over a first screen of the device or displaying the virtual space in a predetermined display region of a predetermined page of the first screen.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list comprising information related to the at least one application;

selecting at least one piece of information from the displayed list; and

registering the selected information in the virtual space such that the selected information is displayed in the virtual space.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information related to the application comprises a shortcut icon of the application, and the registering the information related to the application in the virtual space comprises linking the shortcut icon with the detected context and information about the virtual space, and storing the linked information in the device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the context of the device changes, making the virtual space disappear from the screen displayed in the device and storing information about the virtual space in the device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the context of the device changes, changing the displayed virtual space into another virtual space corresponding to the changed context.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing an application in response to an execution request regarding the information included in the virtual space.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting information related to at least one application from the virtual space in response to a deletion request.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information about the virtual space from an external device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the at least one application comprises information related to at least one application included in information about a virtual space received from an external device, and the information related to at least one application included in the virtual space registered by the device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, in the at least one virtual space of the device, the information related to the at least one application received from the external device is displayed differently from the information related to the at least one application registered by the device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising at least one of:

disregarding the information related to the at least one application received from the external device when the information related to at least one application is identical to information related to at least one application pre-registered in the virtual space; and

displaying information indicating that the information related to at least one application is registered by the device and the external device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the at least one application comprises information related to the at least one application included in information about a virtual space received from an external device, and, in the at least one virtual space corresponding to the context on a screen of the device, among the information related to the at least one application received from the external device, information related to an application set in the device is displayed differently from information related to an application that is not set in the device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the virtual space on the screen of the device comprises displaying text information representing the context of the device.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information about the virtual space to an external device connected to the device.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the at least one application comprises one of a shortcut icon of an application, an application open command, an application execution command, an application start command, application access information, and application link information.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one multimedia content corresponding to the detected context.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one service corresponding to the detected context.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one item in a type ditterent from the at least one application, and the at least one item corresponds to the detected context.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the information related to at least one item comprise at least one of information related to multimedia and information related to service.

25. A method of providing information based on a context of a device, the method comprising:

detecting a context of a device;

creating a virtual space corresponding to the detected context;

executing at least one item by the device;

receiving a registration request signal in the virtual space; and

registering information related to the at least one executed item in the virtual space.

26. A device comprising:

a context detector configured to detect a context;

a storage unit configured to store a program for displaying a virtual space corresponding to the detected context and at least one application;

a touch screen configured to display the virtual space and to receive input information; and

a processor configured to provide a user interface based on the touch screen and to execute the program for displaying the virtual space,

wherein the virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register information related to at least one application corresponding to the detected context.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the detected context comprises at least one of time information and position information.

28. The device of claim 26, wherein the virtual space is displayed as a virtual page of a first screen of the device.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein the first screen comprises a home screen.

30. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor displays a list, which comprises information related to the at least one application stored in the storage unit, on the touchscreen, and registers information related to at least one application selected based on the list in the virtual space such that the information related to the selected application is displayed on the virtual space.

31. The device of claim 26, wherein, when the detected context changes, the processor makes the virtual space disappear and stores information about the virtual space.

32. The device of claim 26, wherein, when the detected context changes, the processor changes the virtual space into another virtual space corresponding to the changed context.

33. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor executes an application in response to an execution request based on the information related to the application included in the virtual space.

34. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor deletes information related to an application from the virtual space in response to a deletion request.

35. The device of claim 26, further comprising a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device,

wherein the processor receives information about the virtual space through the communication unit.

36. The device of claim 26, further comprising a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device,

wherein the processor transmits information about the virtual space to the external device through the communication unit.

37. The device of claim 26, wherein the information related to the at least one application comprises one of a shortcut icon of an application, an application open command, an application execution command, an application start command, application access information, and application link information.

38. The device of claim 26, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one multimedia content corresponding to the detected context.

39. The device of claim 26, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one of service corresponding to the detected context.

40. The device of claim 26, wherein the virtual space further comprises information related to at least one item in a type different from the at least one application, and the at least one item corresponds to the detected context.

41. The device of claim 40, wherein the information related to at least one item comprise at least one of information related to multimedia and information related to service.

42. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions for executing a method of providing information based on a context of a device, the method comprising:

detecting a context of a device; and

displaying a virtual space corresponding to the detected context on a screen of the device,

wherein the virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register information related to at least one application corresponding to the detected context.

43. A method of providing information based on a context of a device, the method comprising:

detecting a context of a device;

creating at least one virtual space corresponding to the detected context;

executing at least one item in the device;

receiving a registration request signal in the virtual space; and

registering information related to the at least one executed item in the virtual space.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein the registration request signal in the virtual space is received by using a menu button displayed in the device.

45. The method of claim 43, wherein the creating of the virtual space comprises:

transmitting the detected context to an external device connected to the device; and

receiving information about the virtual space from the external device and creating the virtual space by using the received information about the virtual space.

46. The method of claim 43, further comprising transmitting the detected context and information about the virtual space to an external device connected to the device.

47. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one item comprises an application.

48. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one item comprises multimedia content.

49. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one item comprises a service.

50. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one item comprises at least one of an application and an item in a type different from the application.

51. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one item comprises at least one of an application, multimedia content, and a service.

52. The method of claim 44, wherein the information related to at least one item comprises one of a shortcut icon of the item, an item open command, an item execution command, an item start command, item access information, and item link information.

53. A device comprising:

a context detector configured to detect a context;

a storage unit configured to store a program for displaying a virtual space corresponding to the detected context and at least one item;

a touch screen configured to display the virtual space and to receive input information; and

a processor configured to provide a user interface based on the touch screen, to create the virtual space, and to register information related to at least one item in the virtual space when a registration request signal is received through the touch screen during execution of the at least one item.

54. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions for executing a method of providing information based on a context of a device, the method comprising:

detecting the context of the device;

creating at least one virtual space corresponding to the detected context;

executing at least one item by the device;

receiving a registration request signal in the virtual space; and

registering information related to the at least one executed item in the virtual space.