TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON COMMUNICATION CONTENTS

• US 20140294167A1
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Uplus Corporation (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Uplus Corporation (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Young-Tae, LEE, Hyo-Jin, LEE, Chang-Ik, JO, Sena
• Granted Patent: US 9,106,757 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.17
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents of a communication session. The terminal comprises a display unit that divides at least one of a schedule, Apps, REC, information regarding a matter of interest, and a contact into categories and displays, according to the categories, at least one of information regarding a communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, address book information corresponding to name information within a subscriber address book, first information relating to Apps within the subscriber terminal, and one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information that are extracted from communication contents for at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent in the communication session.

Claims

1. A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents of a communication session, the terminal comprising a display unit that divides at least one of a schedule, Apps, REC, information regarding a matter of interest, and a contact into categories and displays, according to the categories, at least one of information regarding a communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, address book information corresponding to name information within a subscriber address book, first information relating to Apps within the subscriber terminal, and one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information that are extracted from communication contents for at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent in the communication session.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a schedule reflecting unit that reflects the displayed schedule-related information on a schedule and stores the reflected schedule-related information.

3. The terminal of claim 2, further comprising an alarm unit that provides an alarm for an overlapping schedule when the stored schedule-related information overlaps with already-stored schedule information.

4. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising an App driving unit that drives Apps when the displayed one or more App driving icons are selected.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit matches at least one of the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, the schedule-related information, the address book information, the first information, and the one or more App driving icons with subscriber'"'"'s communication opponent information and displays a result of matching.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the communication opponent information comprises information regarding the communication opponent in an address book or a telephone conversation list.

7. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit that receives, from a server, at least one of the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, the schedule-related information, the address book information, the first information, and the one or more App driving icons, according to user'"'"'s selection or automatically, during the communication session or immediately after the communication session ends,

wherein the display unit displays the received information immediately after the receiving unit receives the information from the server.

8. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a schedule correcting unit that edits or corrects the displayed schedule-related information according to the user'"'"'s selection.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the schedule-related information comprises at least one of time, a place, and an occasion.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the address book information comprises at least one of a name, a telephone number, and a photo.

11. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays at least one of a telephone conversation connection button, a message sending button, and a share button, together with the address book information.

12. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a transmitting unit that transmits the name information within the subscriber address book or information regarding Apps installed within the terminal to the server prior to or during the communication session.

13. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the displayed information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest comprises words in the contents of the communication session, of which saying characteristics meet a predetermined reference.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the saying characteristics of the words comprise at least one of a number of times being mentioned, volume size, pronunciation speed, and pronunciation accuracy.

15. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the displayed information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest comprises sentences including a request type sentence and a command type sentence, or particular words that need to accompany an action in the contents of the communication session.

16. A server for actively providing information based on communication contents of a communication session, the server comprising:

an information extracting unit that divides at least one of a schedule, Apps, REC, information regarding a matter of interest, and a contact into categories and extracts at least one of information regarding a communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, address book information corresponding to name information within a subscriber address book, first information relating to Apps within a subscriber terminal, and second information regarding one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information, from communication contents for at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent in the communication session, according to the categories; and

an information providing unit that provides the extracted information to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

17. The server of claim 16, further comprising an information obtaining unit that obtains the name information within the subscriber address book or information regarding Apps installed within the subscriber terminal prior to or during the communication session.

18. The server of claim 17, further comprising an information deleting unit that deletes the obtained name information or App information when the communication session ends.

19. The server of claim 16, wherein the information providing unit matches the information extracted by the information extracting unit with subscriber'"'"'s communication opponent information and provides a result of matching to the subscriber terminal.

20. The server of claim 19, wherein the communication opponent information comprises information regarding the communication opponent in an address book or a telephone conversation list of the subscriber terminal.

21. The server of claim 16, wherein the information providing unit provides the information extracted by the information extracting unit to the subscriber terminal, according to user'"'"'s selection or automatically, during the communication session or immediately after the communication session ends.

22. The server of claim 16, wherein the schedule-related information comprises at least one of time, a place, and an occasion name.

23. The server of claim 16, wherein the information extracting unit extracts information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest based on words in the contents of a telephone conversation, of which saying characteristics meet a predetermined reference.

24. The server of claim 23, wherein the saying characteristics of the words comprise at least one of a number of times being mentioned, volume size, pronunciation speed, and pronunciation accuracy.

25. The server of claim 16, wherein the information extracting unit extracts the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest based on sentences including a request type sentence and a command type sentence, or particular words that need to accompany an action in the contents of the communication session.

26. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents of a communication session, comprising:

dividing, by a user terminal, at least one of a schedule, Apps, REC, information regarding a matter of interest, and a contact into categories; and

displaying, according to the categories, at least one of information regarding a communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, address book information corresponding to name information within a subscriber address book, first information relating to Apps within the user terminal, and one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information that are extracted from communication contents of at least one of the user and a communication opponent in the communication session.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

reflecting the displayed schedule-related information on a schedule; and

storing the reflected schedule-related information.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising providing an alarm for an overlapping schedule when the stored schedule-related information overlaps with already-stored schedule information.

29. The method of claim 26, further comprising driving Apps when the displayed one or more App driving icons are selected.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

matching at least one of the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, the address book information, the first information, and the one or more App driving icons with subscriber'"'"'s communication opponent information; and

displaying a result of matching.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the communication opponent information comprises information regarding the communication opponent in an address book or a telephone conversation list.

32. The method of claim 26, further comprising receiving, from a server, at least one of the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, the schedule-related information, the address book information, the first, and the one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information, according to user'"'"'s selection or automatically, during the communication session or immediately after the communication session ends,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying the received information immediately after the information is received from the server.

33. The method of claim 26, further comprising editing or correcting the displayed schedule-related information according to the user'"'"'s selection.

34. The method of claim 26, wherein the schedule-related information comprises at least one of time, a place, and an occasion.

35. The method of claim 26, wherein the address book information comprises at least one of a name, a telephone number, and a photo.

36. The method of claim 26, wherein the displaying comprises displaying at least one of a telephone conversation connection button, a message sending button, and a share button, together with the address book information.

37. The method of claim 26, further comprising transmitting the name information within the subscriber address book or information regarding Apps installed within the user terminal to the server prior to or during the communication session.

38. The method of claim 26, wherein the displayed information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest comprises words in the contents of the communication session, of which saying characteristics meet a predetermined reference.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein the saying characteristics of the words comprise at least one of a number of times being mentioned, volume size, pronunciation speed, and pronunciation accuracy.

40. The method of claim 26, wherein the displayed information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest comprises sentences including a request type sentence and a command type sentence, or particular words that need to accompany an action in the contents of the communication session.

41. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents of a communication session, comprising:

dividing, by a server, at least one of a schedule, Apps, REC, information regarding a matter of interest, and a contact into categories;

extracting at least one of information regarding a communicator'"'"'s matter of interest, schedule-related information, address book information corresponding to name information within a subscriber address book, first information relating to Apps within a subscriber terminal, and second information regarding one or more App driving icons corresponding to the first information, from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent in the communication session, according to the categories; and

providing the extracted information to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising obtaining the name information within the subscriber address book or information regarding Apps installed within the subscriber terminal prior to or during the communication session.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising deleting the obtained name information or App information when the communication session ends.

44. The method of claim 41, further comprising:

matching the extracted information with subscriber'"'"'s communication opponent information; and

providing a result of matching to the subscriber terminal.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the communication opponent information comprises information regarding the communication opponent in an address book or a telephone conversation list of the subscriber terminal.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein the providing comprises providing the extracted information to the subscriber terminal, according to user'"'"'s selection or automatically, during the communication session or immediately after the communication session ends.

47. The method of claim 41, wherein the schedule-related information comprises at least one of time, a place, and an occasion name.

48. The method of claim 41, wherein the extracting comprises extracting information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest based on words in the contents of the communication session, of which saying characteristics meet a predetermined reference.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the saying characteristics of the words comprise at least one of a number of times being mentioned, volume size, pronunciation speed, and pronunciation accuracy.

50. The method of claim 41, wherein the (b) comprises extracting the information regarding the communicator'"'"'s matter of interest based on sentences including a request type sentence and a command type sentence, or particular words that need to accompany an action in the contents of the communication session.

51. A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents, the terminal comprising a display unit that matches information regarding a caller'"'"'s matter of interest extracted from contents of a telephone conversation of at least one of the caller and an opponent, with opponent information and displays a result of matching.

52. A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents, the terminal comprising:

a schedule display unit that displays schedule-related information extracted from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent; and

a schedule reflecting unit that reflects the displayed schedule-related information on a schedule and stores the reflected schedule-related information.

53. A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents, the terminal comprising:

an information obtaining unit that obtains name information within a subscriber address book extracted from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent; and

an information display unit that extracts address book information corresponding to the obtained name information from the subscriber address book and displays the result of extraction.

54. A terminal for actively providing information based on communication contents, the terminal comprising:

an App display unit that displays one or more App driving icons corresponding to first information relating to Apps within a subscriber terminal extracted from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent; and

an App driving unit that drives Apps when the displayed one or more App driving icons are selected.

55. A server for actively providing information based on communication contents, the server comprising:

an information extracting unit that extracts information regarding a caller'"'"'s matter of interest based on contents of a subscriber'"'"'s telephone conversation; and

an information providing unit that matches the extracted information regarding the caller'"'"'s matter of interest with subscriber'"'"'s telephone conversation opponent information and provides a result of matching to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

56. A server for actively providing information based on communication contents, the server comprising:

an information extracting unit that extracts schedule-related information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

an information providing unit that provides the extracted schedule-related information to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

57. A server for actively providing information based on communication contents, the server comprising:

an information obtaining unit that obtains name information within a subscriber address book when subscriber'"'"'s communication is performed;

an information extracting unit that extracts the obtained name information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

an information providing unit that provides the extracted name information to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

58. A server for actively providing information based on communication contents, the server comprising:

an information extracting unit that extracts first information relating to App information and extracts second information regarding App driving icons corresponding to the extracted first information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

an information providing unit that provides the extracted first or second information to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

59. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

matching, by a user terminal, information regarding a caller'"'"'s matter of interest extracted based on contents of a telephone conversation of at least one of a user and an opponent, with opponent information; and

displaying a result of matching.

60. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

displaying, by a terminal, schedule-related information extracted from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents;

reflecting the displayed schedule-related information on a schedule; and

storing the reflected schedule-related information.

61. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, name information within a subscriber address book extracted from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent;

extracting address book information corresponding to the obtained name information from the subscriber address book; and

displaying a result of extraction.

62. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

displaying, by a subscriber terminal, one or more App driving icons corresponding to first information relating to Apps within the subscriber terminal extracted from communication contents of at least one of a subscriber and a communication opponent; and

driving Apps when the displayed one or more App driving icons are selected.

63. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

extracting, by a server, information regarding a caller'"'"'s matter of interest based on contents of a subscriber'"'"'s telephone conversation;

matching the extracted information regarding the caller'"'"'s matter of interest with subscriber'"'"'s telephone conversation opponent information; and

providing the result of matching to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

64. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

extracting, by a server, schedule-related information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

providing the extracted schedule-related information to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

65. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

obtaining, by a server, name information stored in a subscriber address book when subscriber'"'"'s communication is performed;

extracting the obtained name information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

providing the extracted name information to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal.

66. A method for actively providing information based on communication contents, comprising:

extracting, by a server, first information relating to App information;

extracting second information regarding App driving icons corresponding to the extracted first information from subscriber'"'"'s communication contents; and

providing the extracted first or second information to a subscriber'"'"'s terminal.