Apparatus and method for managing data in portable terminal

• US 8,364,135 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jung-Nyun, Kim, Young-Jip, Jeon, Jin-Woo, Lim, Chang-Hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrpour, Melody
• Application Number:
  US12/657,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20100178909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 455/457, 455/456.1, 455/414.1, 455/3.06, 455/566, 455/418, 715/810, 709/217
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A portable terminal is capable of managing data. The portable terminal includes a controller, a display, a memory and a data management unit. The data management unit can sort pre-stored data in the memory as keyword-related data. The data management unit also can sort the pre-stored data depending on frequency of user'"'"'s use, and outputting, to the display, the sorted data by layer.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing data in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a data management unit configured to;

identify stored keyword-related data items corresponding to a keyword; and

sort the stored keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers based on a frequency of use of each of the keyword-related data items,

wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

extract a plurality of keywords based on a specified event;

for each of the keywords, determine at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and

store the keyword-related data items.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

generate the plurality of layers based on the sorted keyword-related data items such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use, wherein each layer comprises one or more of the keyword-related data items; and

output the plurality of layers in descending frequency of use order.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least one layer and hide at least one layer;

receive a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and

hide at least one displayed layer and display at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and

apply a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items;

receive a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and

based on the selection, output a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each layer is marked with a different color depending upon a frequency of use for the keyword-related data items in the layer.

8. A method for managing data in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

sorting, by a data management unit, pre-stored keyword-related data items based on a frequency of use for each keyword-related data item;

sorting, by the data management unit, the keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use; and

outputting, by the data management unit, the layers in descending frequency of use order,

wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of keywords based on a specified event;

for each of the keywords, determining at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and

storing the keyword-related data items.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the layers comprises displaying a first layer having a highest frequency of use in a center part of a display and displaying at least a second layer outwardly of the first layer.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying at least one layer and hiding at least one layer;

receiving a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and

hiding at least one displayed layer and displaying at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and

applying a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying at least a subset of the keyword-related data items;

receiving a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and

based on the selection, outputting a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising marking each layer with a different color depending on a frequency of use for each of the keyword-related data items in the layer.

15. A portable terminal capable of managing data, the portable terminal comprising:

a controller;

a display unit coupled to the controller;

a memory coupled to the controller; and

a data management unit coupled to the controller and configured to;

identify stored keyword-related data items corresponding to a keyword, and

sort the stored keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers based on a frequency of use of each of the keyword-related data items,

wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

extract a plurality of keywords based on a specified event;

for each of the keywords, determine at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and

store the keyword-related data items.

17. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

generate the plurality of layers based on the sorted keyword-related data items such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use, wherein each layer comprises one or more of the keyword-related data items; and

output the plurality of layers in descending frequency of use order.

18. The portable terminal of claim 17, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least one layer and hide at least one layer;

receive a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and

hide at least one displayed layer and display at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.

19. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and

apply a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.

20. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to:

display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items;

receive a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and

based on the selection, output a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.

21. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein each layer is marked with a different color depending upon a frequency of use for the keyword-related data items in the layer.