Notification Method of Mobile Terminal Using a Plurality of Notification Modes and Mobile Terminal Using the Method

• US 20150134755A1
• Filed: 05/08/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kakao Corp.
• Original Assignee: Kakao Corp.
• Inventors: Park, Ki Sun
• Granted Patent: US 11,038,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Disclosed is a notification method of a mobile terminal using a plurality of notification modes. A mobile terminal according to one aspect of the present invention determines a first configuration type relating to the notification mode of the mobile terminal in response to the receipt of a new push message. The mobile terminal determines a second configuration type relating to the notification mode of a push message application based on the first configuration type. The mobile terminal notifies the arrival of a new push message according to the second configuration type. That is, embodiments may provide a technology that uses at least two configurations relating to the notification mode of the mobile terminal so as to notify the user about receipt of a new message.

Claims

1. A notification method of a mobile terminal using a plurality of notification modes, the notification method comprising:

receiving a new push message from a server using an application installed in the mobile terminal;

determining a type of a first configuration in response to reception of the new push message, wherein the first configuration comprises information associated with a notification mode of the mobile terminal;

determining a type of a second configuration based on the type of the first configuration, wherein the second configuration comprises information associated with a notification mode of the application; and

providing notification on an arrival of the new push message based on the type of the second configuration.

2. The notification method of claim 1, wherein the notification modes comprises at least one of at least one ringtone mode, at least one vibration mode, a silent mode, and a notification-off mode.

3. The notification method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the type of the second configuration is performed based on a determination that the type of the first configuration is a ringtone mode.

4. The notification method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing notification on the arrival of the new push message based on the type of the first configuration in response to a determination that the type of the first configuration is a vibration mode or a silent mode.

5. The notification method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a third configuration based on the type of the first configuration, wherein the third configuration comprises information associated with a predetermined time section, and

wherein the determining of the type of the second configuration is performed based on the type of the first configuration and a result of determining the third configuration.

6. The notification method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing notification on the arrival of the new push message based on the type of the first configuration in response to a determination that a current time does not belong to the predetermined time section.

7. A notification method of a portable terminal using a notification mode among a plurality of notification modes, the notification method comprising:

referring to a basic configuration table comprising a basic notification mode;

obtaining an application notification mode from an application configuration table based on the basic notification mode;

setting the notification mode to be the application notification mode; and

operating a notification device corresponding to the notification mode.

8. The notification method of claim 7, wherein the basic notification mode and the application notification mode comprise at least one of at least one ringtone mode, at least one vibration mode, a silent mode, and a notification-off mode.

9. The notification method of claim 7, wherein the obtaining of the application notification mode is performed when the basic notification mode is a ringtone mode.

10. The notification method of claim 7, further comprising:

setting the notification mode to be the basic notification mode when the basic notification mode is a vibration mode or a silent mode.

11. The notification method of claim 7, further comprising:

obtaining a plurality of predetermined time sections from the application configuration table based on the basic notification mode, wherein each of the predetermined time sections corresponds to any one of the notification modes,

wherein, when a current time belongs to any one of the predetermined time sections, the setting of the notification mode comprises setting the notification mode to be an application notification mode corresponding to the predetermined time section.

12. The notification method of claim 11, further comprising:

setting the notification mode to be the basic notification mode when the current time does not belong to any one of the predetermined time sections.

13. A mobile terminal in which an application using a plurality of notification modes is installed, the mobile terminal comprising:

a notification unit comprising a plurality of notification devices corresponding to the notification modes;

an interface unit to receive, from a user, a predetermined time section and an application notification mode corresponding to the predetermined time section to provide a notification associated with the application using any one of the notification modes during the predetermined time section;

a storage unit in which the predetermined time section and the application notification mode are stored; and

a controller to change a notification mode of the application based on a basic notification mode and the application notification mode when the predetermined time section starts, and re-change the notification mode of the application based on the basic notification mode when the predetermined time section ends.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the interface unit comprises:

a first interface to which a start point and an end point of the predetermined time section are input; and

a second interface to which any one of the notification modes is input, and

wherein the controller generates the predetermined time section based on the input start point and the input end point, generates the application notification mode by matching the input notification mode to the predetermined time section, and stores the predetermined time section and the application notification mode in the storage unit.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the interface unit further comprises:

a third interface to which at least one day of a week on which the predetermined time section is repetitively activated is input, and

wherein the controller generates the predetermined time section based on the input day of the week.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the interface unit further comprises:

a fourth interface to which a command as to whether to activate the application notification mode is input, and

wherein the controller determines whether to provide the first interface and the second interface to the user based on whether the application notification mode is to be activated.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the interface unit comprises:

a first interface to which a start point of the predetermined time section is input;

a second interface to which a duration of the predetermined time section is input; and

a third interface to which any one of the notification modes is input, and

wherein the controller generates the predetermined time section based on the input start point and the input duration, generates the application notification mode by matching the input notification mode to the predetermined time section, and stores the predetermined time section and the application notification mode in the storage unit.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the first interface comprises:

an interface to set the start point as a current time.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the interface unit further comprises:

an interface to display a remaining period of the duration of the predetermined time section.