TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALLER INFORMATION

• US 20170054837A1
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: MIN, Yun-Hong, SONG, In-Chul, CHOI, Hee-Youl, JEON, Paul Barom
• Application Number:
  US15/346,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30201 Face
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/551 Call history recording a computer conference H04L12/1831
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• 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: H04M 3/4288 Notifying a called subscriber of an incoming call during an ongoing call, e.g. Call Waiting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Disclosed are a terminal and a method for displaying caller information. A terminal for displaying caller information includes an incoming call notifier configured to output a notification of an incoming call, a user attention recognizer configured to recognize when the user pays attention to a display of the terminal, a display controller configured to determine the caller information to be displayed based on time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to when the user pays attention to the display, and a call-waiting display configured to display the caller information.

Claims

1. A terminal for displaying caller information, comprising:

a processor configured to;

generate a notification of an incoming call;

recognize when a user pays attention to a display of the terminal;

determine the caller information to be displayed based on a time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to when the user pays attention to the display; and

output the caller information.

2. The terminal for displaying caller information of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises:

an incoming call notifier configured to output a notification of the incoming call;

a user attention recognizer configured to recognize when the user pays attention to the display of the terminal;

a display controller configured to determine the caller information to be displayed based on the time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to when the user pays attention to the display; and

a call-waiting display configured to display the caller information.

3. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the display controller is further configured to decrease the caller information to be displayed, in response to an increased in the time elapsed.

4. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 3, wherein the display controller is further configured to gradually change the caller information to be displayed according to an increase or decrease of the time elapsed.

5. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 4, wherein the display controller is further configured to change the caller information to be displayed according to a size of a call-waiting screen of the display.

6. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the caller information comprises call speech summary information generated by recognizing a previous conversation between the caller and the user and summarizing the previous conversation.

7. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 6, wherein the call speech summary information is generated by recognizing the previous conversation between the caller and the user using speech recognition automatically summarizing the previous conversation based on a keyword, and determining a priority for selection of the keyword included in the automatically summarized previous conversation.

8. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 7, wherein the priority is determined according to any one or any combination of a predefined standard for determining the priority according to a category of the keyword, or a selection command of the user input after displaying keyword of the automatically summarized previous conversation.

9. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 6, wherein the call speech summary information is generated by recognizing the previous conversation between the caller and the user using speech recognition automatically summarizing the previous conversation based on a theme discussed in the previous conversation.

10. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the user attention recognizer is further configured to recognize that the user pays attention to the display using sensing data from a motion sensor sensing a movement of the terminal.

11. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the user attention recognizer is further configured to recognize that the user pays attention to the display using an image of the user captured by a camera disposed on the same side of the terminal as the display.

12. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the user attention recognizer is further configured to recognize that the user pays attention to the display using event sensing data of an event sensor, the event sensor being configured to sense an event in which the display is activated and an event in which another functions of a phone is activated.

13. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the user attention recognizer is further configured to recognize that the user pays attention to the display by detecting a direction of a gaze of the user.

14. The terminal for displaying the caller information of claim 2, wherein the user attention recognizer is further configured to recognize that the user pays attention to the display by detecting a touch of the user on a call-waiting screen of the display.

15. A method for displaying caller information, comprising:

generating a notification of an incoming call;

recognizing a user attention state in which a user pays attention to a display of a terminal;

determining the caller information to be displayed on the display based on a time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to the user attention state being recognized; and

displaying the caller information.

16. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 15, wherein the determining of the caller information comprises decreasing the information to be displayed on the display, in response to an increase in the time elapsed.

17. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 16, wherein the determining of the caller information comprises gradually changing the caller information to be displayed, in response to according to an increase or decrease of the time elapsed.

18. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 17, wherein the determining of the caller information comprises changing the caller information according to a size of a call-waiting screen of the display.

19. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 15, wherein the caller information comprises call speech summary information generated by recognizing a previous conversation between the caller and the user using speech recognition and summarizing the previous conversation.

20. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 19, wherein the call speech summary information is generated by recognizing the previous conversation between the caller and the user using speech recognition, automatically summarizing the previous conversation based on a keyword, and determining a priority for selection of the keyword included in the automatically summarized previous conversation.

21. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 20, wherein the priority is determined according to any one or any combination of a predefined standard for determining the priority according to a category of the keyword, or

the priority is determined according to a selection command of the user input after displaying the keywords of the automatically summarized result to the user.

22. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 15, wherein the recognizing of the user attention state comprises recognizing that the user pays attention to the display using sensing data from a motion sensor sensing a movement of the terminal.

23. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 15, wherein the recognizing of the user attention state comprises recognizing that the user pays attention to the display using an image of the user captured by recognized a camera disposed on the same side of the terminal as the display.

24. The method for displaying the caller information of claim 15, wherein the recognizing of the user attention state comprises

recognizing that the user pays attention to the display using event sensing data of an event sensor sensing an event in which the display is activated and an event in which another functions of a phone is activated.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 15.

26. A digital device comprising:

an antenna;

a cellular radio configured to transmit and receive data via the antenna according to a cellular communications standard;

a touch-sensitive display;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an incoming call through the cellular radio, to generate a notification of the incoming call, to recognize when a user pays attention to the touch-sensitive display, to determine the caller information to be displayed based on a time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to when the user pays attention to the touch-sensitive display, and to dynamically display the caller information on a call-waiting screen of the touch-sensitive display.