Apparatus and method for function setting event in mobile terminal according to user position information
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1. An apparatus for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing character user interface images according to a user position information confirming event and a function setting event, and storing the user position information;
a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for receiving the user position information;
an event collection unit for sensing an event occurrence and generating an event message for identifying the corresponding event;
an agent control unit, comprising a plurality of specialists to perform an agent control according to a type of the events, for determining a specialist to perform an agent control corresponding to the event message, among the plurality of specialists, selecting a character user interface according to the events from among agent expressions of the determined specialist and outputting the character user interface on the mobile terminal; and
an agent expression unit for accessing and outputting a character image and text corresponding to the character user interface according to the events.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile terminal, the event occurrence and process is expressed by corresponding character User Interfaces (UIs). When user position information confirming event and function setting related event occur, they can be expressed through the character agent function.
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1. An apparatus for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory for storing character user interface images according to a user position information confirming event and a function setting event, and storing the user position information; a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for receiving the user position information; an event collection unit for sensing an event occurrence and generating an event message for identifying the corresponding event; an agent control unit, comprising a plurality of specialists to perform an agent control according to a type of the events, for determining a specialist to perform an agent control corresponding to the event message, among the plurality of specialists, selecting a character user interface according to the events from among agent expressions of the determined specialist and outputting the character user interface on the mobile terminal; and an agent expression unit for accessing and outputting a character image and text corresponding to the character user interface according to the events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the method comprising;
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storing user position information confirming event when the user position information confirming event occurs; confirming specialists preset to process a corresponding user position information confirming event among a plurality of specialists to perform an agent control according to a type of an event, in order to perform an agent control for the event; performing an agent control for the corresponding event by calling the confirmed specialists; confirming the results of the process by the specialists that have performed an agent control of the event; and displaying on the mobile terminal an expression related to the results of the process preset by the specialists according to the results of process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for processing a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user location information, the method comprising:
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confirming user location information received through a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for a preset period; judging whether a user has stayed in the location for longer than a reference time; storing the user location information and a state setting information of the mobile terminal if the user has stayed in the location for longer than the reference time as determined by the judging; and second judging whether a pre-registered schedule to be carried out in the location exists after storing the user location information and the state setting information of the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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