Diary synchronization for smart phone applications

• US 8,805,348 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Matsuoka, Yoshimichi
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US12/182,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20100029294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,204 Days
• Field of Search: 455/66.1, 455/74, 455/90.3, 455/344, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 4554561-457, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/563, 455/566, 455/418, 455/419, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 455/558, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 709/206, 709/207, 709/217, 709/219, 715/702
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile communication device configured to communicate over a wireless network is further configured to generate detectable events in response to activities of a user of the mobile communications device. Underlying user activities are identified from the detected events. Personalized electronic diary entries are generated from the identified activities as indications of a user activity related to the detected event. The personalized electronic diary entries can be stored in a user retrievable collection.

Claims

1. A method for generating a personalized electronic diary for a user of a wireless device, the method being performed by one or more processors of the wireless device and comprising:

detecting a motion of the wireless device;

in response to detecting the motion, initiating a timer and receiving location information of the wireless device from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver;

determining, at least in part, from the motion and the location information, a related activity of the user in using the wireless device;

monitoring for a cessation of the motion of the wireless device, wherein the cessation of the motion corresponds to an end to the related activity, and wherein cessation of the motion causes the timer to cease;

selectively updating the personalized electronic diary by;

making a determination, based at least in part on the determined related activity, whether to update the personalized electronic diary with a personalized diary entry corresponding to the related activity;

updating the personalized electronic diary, based on the determination, by generating the personalized diary entry that identifies the related activity of the user and an elapsed time of the related activity; and

displaying the personalized diary entry as part of the personalized electronic diary on a display of the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related activity is perform in response to receiving at least one of an electrical signal or a digital word, wherein at least one of the electrical signal or the digital word is transmitted in response to the detected motion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related activity of the user comprises formulating an inference as to a most likely user activity from among a plurality of possible user activities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected motion corresponds to a periodic acceleration of the wireless device, and wherein the related activity corresponds to an exercise activity.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising calculating a velocity of the user over a sample time interval, wherein determining the related activity of the user is further based on the calculated velocity.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the user to review and edit the personalized electronic diary.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related activity of the user is further based on past personalized diary entries.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a destination of the user of the wireless device based, at least in part, on the location information of the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising obtaining map data from a remote networked resource, wherein determining the destination includes using at least the location information of the wireless device and the map data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating, in the generated personalized diary entry, the identified user activity with a date and a time representative of a date and a time attributable to the user activity.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating, as a part of the personalized diary entry, a user-readable representation of the association between the date, the time, and the elapsed time, versus the identified user activity.

12. A mobile communications device for maintaining a personalized electronic diary, comprising:

an activity sensor to detect a motion of the mobile communications device;

a timer in communication with the activity sensor, the timer to initiate in response to the activity sensor detecting the motion;

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to receive location information of the wireless device in response to the activity sensor detecting the motion;

an activity identifier in communication with the activity sensor, the activity identifier to determine, from the motion and the location information, a related activity of the user in using the mobile communications device; and

a sensor monitor coupled to the timer, the sensor monitor to monitor for cessation of the motion of the mobile communications device, wherein the cessation of the motion corresponds to an end to the related activity, and wherein cessation of the motion causes the timer to cease;

a diary record generator in communication with the activity identifier, the diary record generator to selectively update the personalized diary by;

making a determination, based at least in part on the determined related activity, whether to update the personalized electronic diary with a personalized diary entry corresponding to the related activity; and

updating the personalized electronic diary, based on the determination, by generating the personalized diary entry that identifies the related activity of the user and an elapsed time of the related activity; and

a display for displaying the personalized diary entry as part of the personalized electronic diary.

13. The mobile communications device of claim 12, wherein the at least one activity sensor is configured to transmit at least one of an electrical signal or a digital word to the activity identifier in response to detecting the motion of the mobile communications device.

14. The mobile communications device of claim 12, wherein the activity identifier is configured to formulate an inference as to a most likely user activity from among a plurality of possible user activities.

15. The mobile communications device of claim 12, wherein the activity sensor is configured to detect a periodic acceleration of the mobile communications device indicative of an exercise activity.

16. The mobile communications device of claim 15, wherein the activity identifier is configured to calculate a velocity of the user over a sample time interval, and wherein determining related activity of the user is further based on the calculated velocity.

17. The mobile communications device of claim 12, wherein the diary record generator enables the user to review and edit the personalized electronic diary.

18. The mobile communications device of claim 17, further comprising a prediction processor in communication with the position sensor, the GPS receiver, and the activity identifier, the prediction processor to determine a destination of the user during the related activity based, at least in part, on the location information of the mobile communications device.

19. The mobile communications device of claim 18, wherein the prediction processor is configured to access map data from a remote networked resource, and wherein the prediction processor is further configured to determine the destination of the user during the related activity using at least the location information and the map data.

20. An apparatus for creating a personalized electronic diary for a user of a wireless computing device, the apparatus comprising:

means for detecting a motion of the wireless computing device;

means for initiating, in response to detecting the motion, a timer;

means for receiving, in response to detecting the motion, location information of the wireless device from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver;

means for determining, at least in part, from the motion and the location information, a related activity of a user in using the wireless computing device;

means for monitoring for a cessation of the motion of the wireless device, wherein the cessation of the motion corresponds to an end to the related activity, and wherein cessation of the motion causes the timer to cease;

means for selectively updating the personalized electronic diary by;

making a determination, based at least in part on the determined related activity, whether to update the personalized electronic diary with a personalized diary entry corresponding to the related activity; and

updating the personalized electronic diary, based on the determination, by generating the personalized diary entry that identifies the related activity of the user and an elapsed time of the related activity; and

means for displaying the personalized diary entry as part of the personalized electronic diary on a display of the wireless computing device.