ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150288629A1
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Wonsuk, PARK, Kwangweon, BAEK, Seokjun, SON, Sungho, YOON, Suha, PARK, Jihyun, SON, Kwangsub, HAN, Youngeun
• Application Number:
  US14/671,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

A method of providing information by an electronic device is provided. The method includes executing a function related to a specific person while executing a function of a first electronic device, changing a display order of information related to the specific person when the information related to the specific person exists, and transmitting a changed matter of the changed information to a second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of providing information by an electronic device, the method comprising:

executing a function related to a specific person while executing a function of a first electronic device;

changing a display order of information related to the specific person when the information related to the specific person exists; and

transmitting a changed matter of the changed information to a second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the information related to the specific person is a notification object, and

wherein the changing of the display order includes changing a display order of the notification object to a top priority order.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information related to the specific person is an unconfirmed notification object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the changed matter of the changed information on a display of the first electronic device after the changing of the information related to the specific person.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the information on the changed matter on the display of the first electronic device comprises displaying a function execution screen image in response to execution of the function related to the specific person, and displaying the changed information on a function execution screen image.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying of the changed information comprises displaying the information on the changed matter while overlapping the information on the changed matter and a specific region of the function execution screen image, or dividing a screen and displaying the information on the changed matter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the function related to the specific person is an execution event of at least one of a call connection function with the specific person, a message sending/receiving function, an email sending/receiving function, a social networking site (SNS) function such as talk message execution and SNS content execution) associated to the specific person, a schedule associated with the specific person, and a memo function related to the specific person.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the display order further comprises:

comparing identification information about the specific person with generation information about information related to the specific person; and

determining whether information containing the identification information about the specific person exists.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the specific person includes at least one of absence call notification, message notification, messenger notification, email notification, event notification, and schedule notification.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

returning, when the execution of the function related to the specific person is terminated or the unconfirmed notification object is read, order information about the notification object, of which the display order is changed to the top priority order, to a previous order after the changing of the display order of the notification object to the top priority order.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the information on the changed matter to the second electronic device comprises:

selecting, when a plurality of second electronic devices is connected with the first electronic device, an unconfirmed notification object matched with each of the second electronic devices based on a display type of the second electronic device; and

transmitting change information about the selected notification object.

12. A method of providing a notification object by an electronic device connected with a peripheral device, the method comprising:

receiving information about an execution start of a function related to a specific person or information on a changed order of a specific notification object from a peripheral device;

changing a display order of a notification object related to the specific person in response to the information about an execution start of the function or the order information; and

displaying the notification object, of which the display order is changed, on a display functionally connected with the electronic device.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with other electronic devices;

a processor configured;

to execute a function related to a specific person,

to change a display order of information related to the specific person when the information related to the specific person exists, and

to provide at least one of the changed information or a change matter of the changed information to one or more accessory devices; and

a display configured to display at least one of the function related to the specific person and the information related to the specific person.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured:

to obtain notification object generation information based on the information related to the specific person from an application corresponding to a notification event when the notification event is detected,

to generate a notification object based on the notification object generation information, and

to assign a display order to the notification object in a predetermined order or a time series order.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein, when the information related to the specific person is an unconfirmed notification object, the processor is further configured to change a display order of the unconfirmed object related to the specific person to a top priority order.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured:

to allocate an Identification (ID) of the notification object, and

to provide the notification object an accessory device in connection with the ID of the notification object.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to control the information related to the specific person to be displayed on a part of a screen image of execution of a function related to the specific person.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein, when execution of a function related to the specific person is terminated, the processor is further configured to re-align the display order of the changed information to a previous order.

19. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein, when a plurality of other electronic devices is connected with the electronic device, the processor is further configured:

to select an unconfirmed notification object matched to each of the other electronic devices based on display types of the other electronic devices, and

to transmit changed information about the selected notification object to other electronic devices.

20. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with other electronic devices;

a processor configured;

to receive a notification object from the electronic device, and

to align a display order of the notification object related to a specific person to a top priority order when at least one of display order information about the notification object and execution information about a function related to a specific person is received, and the notification object related to the specific person exists; and

a display configured to display the notification object related to the specific person.

21. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the displaying of the notification object is changed in form based on a type of the electronic device displaying the notification object.