Method and device for managing data in mobile terminal

• US 8,160,553 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2007
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chu, Se-Youp, Kang, Chang Taek
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATHARU, MANPREET S
• Application Number:
  US11/788,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20070254723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,825 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/453.3, 455/566, 455/406, 455/405, 455/408, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/418, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• 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

Disclosed is a method for managing data in a mobile terminal, which includes storing data generated in the mobile terminal in a data log corresponding to the area in which the data was generated, among a plurality of data logs classified according to areas; and displaying data stored in each data log classified according to the areas.

Claims

1. A method for managing data in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

generating data in the mobile terminal;

determining a geographic area of the mobile terminal corresponding to a time at which the data is generated;

determining, from among a plurality of data logs stored in the mobile terminal and classified according to respective geographic areas, a data log corresponding to the determined geographic area;

storing the generated data in the determined data log corresponding to the determined geographic area;

dividing a display screen of the mobile terminal into at least two sections corresponding to respective geographic areas of data logs from among the plurality of data logs stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

when a geographic area corresponding to one of the at least two sections is selected, displaying data stored in the data log corresponding to the selected geographic area in the selected section.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated data includes communication data sent from or received by the mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining a data log corresponding to the determined geographic area includes generating a new data log corresponding to the determined geographic area when a data log corresponding to the data generated area is not already present among the plurality of data logs stored in the mobile terminal, and storing the newly generated data log in the mobile terminal as the data log corresponding to the determined geographic area.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated data is stored in the determined data log, together with information indicating the time at which the data is generated.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the geographic area is determined according to information received from a server located within the determined geographic area.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two sections includes at least one of an area name, a local time, and a flag representing the geographic areas corresponding to each section.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the geographic areas corresponding to each of the at least to sections is a recently visited geographic area or geographic areas corresponding to data that has already been generated by the mobile terminal.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated data includes image data stored in the mobile terminal.

8. A device for managing data in a mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory for storing plurality of data logs classified according to geographic areas; and

a control unit for generating data, determining a geographic area of the mobile terminal corresponding to a time at which the data is generated, determining, from among the plurality of data logs, a data log corresponding to the determined geographic area, and storing the generated data in the determined data log corresponding to the determined geographic area;

a display unit divided into at least two sections according, where each section corresponds to a recently visited geographic area or geographic areas corresponding to data that has already been generated by the mobile terminal on the respective sections;

wherein when one of the at least two sections is selected, and the control unit controls the display unit to display data stored in a data log corresponding to the geographic area corresponding to the selected section.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the display unit displays, within each section, at least one of an area name, a local time, and a flag according to the respective geographic area corresponding to each section.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein when a data log corresponding to the determined geographic area is not detected in the memory, and the control unit generates a new data log corresponding to the determined geographic area, stores the newly generated data log in the memory, and stored the generated data in the newly generated data log.

11. The device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit determines the geographic area of the mobile terminal according information received from a server located within in the determined geographic area.

12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the generated data includes communication data sent from or received by the mobile terminal.

13. The device according to claim 8, wherein the generated data is stored in the determined data log, together with information indicating the time at which the data is generated.

15. The device according to claim 8, wherein the generated data includes image data stored in the mobile terminal.