Method and apparatus for automatically updating a mobile web log (blog) to reflect mobile terminal activity

• US 7,069,003 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2003
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Korhonen, Hannu, Impiö, Jussi, Lehikoinen, Jaakko, Ollikainen, Pekka, Röykkee, Mika
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M.
• Application Number:
  US10/679,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20050075097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/412.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/457, 455/461, 455/462, 455/463, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/566, 455/90.1, 455/556.2, 709/902, 709/206
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• 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

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal, a display and a controller that is coupled to the memory. The controller is responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-set of the stored data for visualizing on the display, in a graphical form, the use of the mobile station over a period of time. The controller preferably constructs a temporally-based visualization of the use of the mobile station, such as a timeline visualization of the use of the mobile station. The controller may further be responsive to the application software and to at least the sub-set of the stored data for automatically deriving a content of a user'"'"'s web log (blog). A method is also disclosed to operate a mobile terminal having a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal, and that further has a display and a controller coupled to the memory. The method includes selecting at least a portion of the data and constructing a blog that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over a period of time, as indicated by the selected portion of the data. The blog may include an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time, and may also include textual data that is automatically generated in accordance with the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal;

a display; and

a controller, coupled to the memory and responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-set of the stored data, for visualizing on the display, in a graphical form, the use of the mobile station over a period of time, where the controller is further responsive to the application software and to at least the sub-set of the stored data for deriving a content of a web log (blog), where the blog comprises an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

2. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the controller constructs a chronological visualization of the use of the mobile station.

3. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the controller constructs a temporally-based visualization of the use of the mobile station.

4. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates scheduled events.

5. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates mobile terminal location information.

6. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates mobile terminal sensor data information.

7. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates at least one of telephone calls that are made from and made to the mobile terminal.

8. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates at least one of messages that are sent from and sent to the mobile terminal.

9. A mobile terminal as in claim 3, where the temporally-based visualization incorporates an indication of images that are captured by the mobile terminal.

10. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the controller is further responsive to the application software and to at least the sub-set of the stored data for deriving the content of the web log (blog), and for transmitting the blog for publication.

11. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the controller is further responsive to the application software and to at least the sub-set of the stored data for filtering the data to derive the content of the web log (blog).

12. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the controller is further responsive to the application software and to a user input device for selecting at least the sub-set of the stored data for deriving the content of the web log (blog).

13. A mobile terminal as in claim 1, where the sub-set of the data is selected by the user through the use of a user input device of the mobile terminal.

14. A method to operate a mobile terminal having a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal, and further having a display and a controller coupled to the memory, comprising:

responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-set of the stored data, deriving a representation of the use of the mobile station over a period of time; and

presenting the derived representation, further comprising automatically deriving a content of a web log (blog) from user-selected data stored in the memory, where the blog comprises an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

15. A method as in claim 14, where the derived representation is presented graphically.

16. A method as in claim 14, where the derived representation is presented by auditory means.

17. A method as in claim 14, where the derived representation is presented textually.

18. A method as in claim 14, where the controller derives a temporally-based representation of the use of the mobile station.

19. A method as in claim 18, where the temporally-based representation incorporates scheduled events.

20. A method as in claim 18, where the temporally-based representation incorporates mobile terminal location information.

21. A method as in claim 18, where the temporally-based representation incorporates at least one of telephone calls that are made from and made to the mobile terminal.

22. A method as in claim 18, where the temporally-based representation incorporates at least one of messages that are sent from and sent to the mobile terminal.

23. A method as in claim 18, where the temporally-based representation incorporates an indication of images that are captured by the mobile terminal.

24. A method as in claim 14, where the controller derives a chronological representation of the use of the mobile station.

25. A method as in claim 14, further comprising automatically deriving the content of the web log (blog) from user-selected data stored in the memoly, and transmitting the blog for publication.

26. A method as in claim 14, further comprising filtering user-selected data stored in the memory to derive the content of the web log (blog).

27. A method as in claim 14, further comprising selecting at least the sub-set of the stored data for deriving the content of the web log (blog).

28. A method as in claim 14, where the sub-set of the data is selected by the user through the use of a user input device of the mobile terminal.

29. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal;

a display; and

a controller, coupled to the memory and responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-set of the stored data, for constructing a web log (blog), where the blog comprises an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

30. A mobile terminal as in claim 29, where the blog comprises textual data that is automatically generated in accordance with the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

31. A method to operate a mobile terminal having a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal, and further having a display and a controller coupled to the memory, comprising:

selecting at least a portion of the data; and

constructing a web log (blog) that comprises an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time, as indicated by the selected portion of the data.

32. A method as in claim 31, where the blog comprises textual data that is automatically generated in accordance with the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

33. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal;

a display; and

a controller, coupled to the memory and responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-set of the stored data, for visualizing on the display, in a graphical form, the use of the mobile station over a period of time, where the mobile terminal is able to scroll along a timeline of list-based textual information, the controller constructing a web log (blog) that comprises an animation that is indicative of the use of the mobile station over the period of time.

34. A mobile terminal as in claim 33, wherein only a portion of the timeline is visible in the display.