DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION REGARDING ACTIVITIES THEREOF

• US 20140289248A1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KANG, Sang-wook, KIM, Hue-yin, CHAKOO, Nalin, CHOI, Il-hwan
• Application Number:
  US14/219,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided, which includes a display; a storage storing information regarding user activities performed in the display apparatus for a time period; and a controller analyzing a pattern of the user activities performed for the time period based on the information regarding the activities, dividing the time period into a plurality of time periods based on the analyzed pattern, and controlling the display to display the information regarding the activities that belong to the respective divided time periods.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a storage which is configured to store information regarding user activities for a time period; and

a controller which is configured to analyze a pattern of the user activities performed for the time period based on the information regarding the user activities, divide the time period into a plurality of time periods based on the analyzed pattern, and control the display to display the information regarding the user activities that belong to the respective divided time periods.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user activities comprise at least one from among content execution, content generation, content transmission, and content reception, and

the information regarding the user activities comprises at least one from among times when the user activities occur, a number of times the user activities occur, and positions where the user activities occur.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller divides the time period into a plurality of unit time periods, analyzes a pattern of user activities which belong to at least one successive unit time period, and divides the time period into the at least one successive unit time period based on a result of the analysis.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller analyzes the pattern of the user activities based on at least one from among times when the user activities occur, positions where the user activities occur, and a number of times the user activities occur, which belong to the at least one successive unit time period.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller calculates activity costs for the at least one successive unit time period through an equation to analyze the pattern of the user activities, and divides the d time period into the at least one successive unit time period so that a sum of the calculated activity costs is minimized, the equation being:

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller extracts at least a part of the user activities belonging to the respective divided time periods based on a preference of the user activities, and controls the display to display the information regarding the extracted activities.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time period is predetermined.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the information regarding the user activities that belong to the respective time periods is selected, the controller at least one from among re-performs at least one activity performed in the respective time periods, controls to display detailed information regarding the activities performed in the respective time periods, and controls to display a result of activity performance.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the part of the user activities is extracted at least based on a user preference.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the user preference is based on at least a number of times content is downloaded by another user from a content providing server.

7. A method for displaying information regarding activities of a display apparatus, comprising:

storing information regarding user activities performed in the display apparatus for a d time period;

analyzing a pattern of the user activities performed for the d time period based on the information regarding the activities, and dividing the d time period into a plurality of time periods based on the analyzed pattern; and

displaying the information regarding the user activities that belong to the respective divided time periods.

8. The method for displaying information regarding activities as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user activities comprise at least one from among content execution, content generation, content transmission, and content reception, and

the information regarding the user activities comprises at least one from among times when the user activities occur, a number of times the user activities occur, and positions where the user activities occur.

9. The method for displaying information regarding activities as claimed in claim 7, wherein the dividing comprises dividing the d time period into a plurality of unit time periods, analyzing a pattern of user activities which belong to at least one successive unit time period, and dividing the d time period into the at least one successive unit time period based on a result of the analysis.

10. The method for displaying information regarding activities as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dividing comprises analyzing the pattern of the user activities based on at least one from among times when the user activities occur, positions where the user activities occur, and a number of times the user'"'"'s activities occur, which belong to the at least one successive unit time period.

11. The method for displaying the information regarding activities as claimed in claim 10, wherein the dividing comprises calculating activity costs for the at least one successive unit time period through an equation to analyze the pattern of the user activities, and dividing the d time period into the at least one successive unit time period so that a sum of the calculated activity costs is minimized, the equation being:

12. The method for displaying information regarding activities as claimed in claim 7, wherein the displaying comprises extracting at least a part of the activities belonging to the respective divided time periods based on a preference of the activities, and displaying the information regarding the extracted activities.

14. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the time period is predetermined.

16. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

when the information regarding the user activities that belong to the respective time periods is selected, at least one from among;

re-performing at least one activity performed in the respective time periods, displaying detailed information regarding the activities performed in the respective time periods, and displaying a result of activity performance.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the part of the user activities is extracted at least based on a user preference.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the user preference is based on at least a number of times content is downloaded by another user from a content providing server.

21. A display apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a controller which is configured to analyze a pattern of user activities performed for a time period based on the information regarding the user activities, divide the time period into a plurality of time periods based on the analyzed pattern, and control the display to display the information regarding the user activities that belong to the respective divided time periods.