ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING INFORMATION OF PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF CALL AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140357240A1
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Seung-Jin
• Granted Patent: US 10,075,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting information of a person on the other end of a call. In a method of operating a first electronic device synchronized with a second electronic device, the method includes receiving a call requested from a third electronic device, detecting information related to the third electronic device, and transmitting data regarding the detected information to the second electronic device

Claims

1. A method of operating a first electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a call requested from a third electronic device;

detecting information related to the third electronic device; and

transmitting, by the first electronic device, data regarding the detected information to a second electronic device synchronized with the first electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, Social Network Service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the information related to the third electronic device comprises:

determining whether a time of detecting the information related to the third electronic device is pre-set; and

in response to determining that the time of detecting the information related to the third electronic device is pre-set, detecting the information related to the third electronic device within the pre-set time.

4. A method of operating a second electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the second electronic device, information related to a third electronic device according to a pre-set order, the second electronic device synchronized with a first electronic device; and

upon detecting a pre-set gesture, displaying full content related to at least some of the information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving data regarding the information related to the third electronic device from the first electronic device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, Social Network Service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the information related to the third electronic device according to the pre-set order comprises:

determining whether an order of priority for displaying at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device is pre-set; and

in response to determining that the order of priority is pre-set, according to the pre-set order of priority, displaying the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device in descending order of priority.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting one of the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device and displayed according to the pre-set order by detecting a pre-set first gesture.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting the one of the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device and displayed according to the pre-set order by detecting the pre-set first gesture comprises, if the pre-set first gesture is detected, sequentially selecting the one of the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device and displayed according to the pre-set order whenever the pre-set first gesture is detected.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the pre-set gesture is a second gesture for displaying full content related to a piece of information among the at least one piece of information.

11. A first electronic device, comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a call requested from a third electronic device, and transmit detected information to a second electronic device synchronized with the first electronic device; and

a processor unit for detecting information related to the third electronic device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, Social Network Service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor unit is configured to determine whether a time of detecting the information related to the third electronic device is pre-set, and in response to determining that the time of detecting the information related to the third electronic device is pre-set, detect the information related to the third electronic device within the pre-set time.

14. A second electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display information related to a third electronic device according to a pre-set order, and upon detecting a pre-set gesture, display an entire content related to at least some of the information; and

a processor unit configured to control data detected in the touch screen, wherein the second electronic device is synchronized with a first electronic device.

15. The device of claim 14, further comprising a communication module configured to receive data regarding the information related to the third electronic device from the first electronic device.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the information related to the third electronic device comprises at least one of message content, e-mail content, a call record, dialog application content, Social Network Service (SNS) content, or schedule content.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein:

the processor unit is configured to determine whether an order of priority for displaying at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device is pre-set, and

in response to determining that the order of priority is pre-set, according to the pre-set order of priority, the touch screen is configured to display the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device in descending order of priority.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the processor unit is configured to select one of the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device and displayed according to the pre-set order by detecting a pre-set first gesture.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein if the pre-set first gesture is detected, the processor unit is configured to sequentially select the one of the at least one piece of information related to the third electronic device and displayed according to the pre-set order whenever the pre-set first gesture is detected.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the pre-set gesture is a second gesture for displaying full content related to a piece of information among the at least one piece of information.