DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT APPLICATIONS

• US 20140181751A1
• Filed: 12/13/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: WON, Kyung-Sun, JANG, Young-Su, CHOI, Yun-Suk
• Application Number:
  US14/105,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method for identifying a relevant application includes displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to applications, selecting an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of displayed icons, determining a category of the target application, and identifying a relevant application based on the determined category of the target application. A device to identify a relevant application includes a display unit to display a plurality of icons corresponding to applications, an input unit to receive a selection of an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of icons, and a control unit to determine a category of the target application, and to identify a relevant application based on the determined category of the target application.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a relevant application corresponding to a target application, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;

selecting an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of displayed icons;

determining a category of the target application; and

identifying a relevant application based on the determined category of the target application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the relevant application is identified with respect to a type of an application extraction characteristic applied to the determined category.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the application extraction characteristic is of a first type, the relevant application is identified with respect to an order list of categories corresponding to the relevant application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if the application extraction characteristic is of a second type, the relevant application belongs to the same category as the target application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an icon corresponding to the relevant application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the icon of the relevant application is displayed in a pop up window.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the icon of the relevant application is displayed in a full screen.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list comprising a first category and a second category corresponding to the relevant application for selection.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein an icon corresponding to a first relevant application is displayed in a window corresponding to the first category if the first category is selected.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the window corresponding to the first category is switched to a window corresponding to the second category, which includes an icon corresponding to a second relevant application, in response to a received input.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the relevant application is identified in response to a detected input with respect to the icon corresponding to the target application.

12. A device to identify a relevant application corresponding to a target application, the device comprising:

a display unit to display a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;

an input unit to receive a selection of an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of icons; and

a control unit to determine a category of the target application, and to identify a relevant application based on the determined category of the target application.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the icon corresponding to the target application is displayed on a home screen or a menu screen.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein if the icon corresponding to the target application is displayed on the home screen, an application having its corresponding icon displayed on the home screen is identified as the relevant application.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein if the icon corresponding to the target application is displayed on the menu screen, an application having its corresponding icon displayed on the menu screen is identified as the relevant application.

16. The device of claim 12, further comprising:

a database unit to store application properties information of an application, the application properties information comprising at least one of category information, name information, folder information, application execution history information, package name information, and use information of hardware parts included in the device.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein the control unit identifies the relevant application based on a type of an application extraction characteristic applied to the determined category.

18. The device of claim 12, wherein the control unit categorizes an application according to its relevance.

19. A method for identifying a relevant application corresponding to a target application, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;

selecting an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of displayed icons;

extracting application properties information corresponding to the applications from a database;

categorizing applications based on the extracted application properties information;

determining order of relevance for the categorized applications; and

providing a relevant application based on at least one of a categorization and relevance of the target application.