Schedule managing apparatus and method in mobile terminal

• US 8,995,964 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Seong-Nam
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Michael T
• Application Number:
  US12/265,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20090131030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,337 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/556.2, 455/560, 455/412.1, 455/466
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/11 digital multimedia broadcasting [DMB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/25 Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/72 using electronic programme guides [EPG] focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 ; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast program information related to available broadcast programs, a memory configured to store user-schedule information and the received broadcast program information, and a controller configured to update the stored user-schedule information to include a broadcast schedule corresponding to a broadcast program selected from the available broadcast programs included in the broadcast program information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to output a broadcast corresponding a broadcast stream received through an antenna;

an input unit configured to receive a signal for adding a broadcast schedule of a broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit to a user-schedule, wherein the user-schedule information includes an anniversary and/or to-do list;

a broadcast receiver configured to receive detailed information related to the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit according to the signal received by the input unit; and

a controller configured to store the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast presently being output on the display unit on the user-schedule based on the received detailed information if the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is periodically broadcast or to be broadcast again at a later date,

wherein the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is not stored on the user-schedule if the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is only to be broadcast one time.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast schedule is integrated with the user-scheduled information.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to output an alarm or notification in at least one of a visual manner, an audible manner, and a tactile manner to notify that the broadcast program is about to be broadcast.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the stored broadcast schedule includes at least a starting time, an ending time of the broadcast program, a title of the broadcast program, and additional contents related to the selected broadcast program.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller detects duration information of the broadcast program based upon the received detailed information and stores the detected duration information on the user-schedule.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller performs an alarm operation according to the duration information during the broadcast program duration.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller adds the broadcast program to a user'"'"'s preferred broadcast programs when the input unit receives the signal for adding the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program to the user-schedule, and notifies a user if the broadcast program is already registered in the preferable broadcast program list.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller outputs the user-schedule based on the user'"'"'s selection, and displays at least one of the received detailed information on the user-schedule corresponding to the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program.

9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a broadcast, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, corresponding a broadcast stream received through an antenna;

receiving a signal, by an input unit of the mobile terminal, for adding a broadcast schedule of a broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit to a user-schedule, wherein the user-schedule info nation includes an anniversary and/or to-do list;

receiving detailed information related to the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit according to the signal received by the input unit; and

storing the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast presently being output on the display unit on the user-schedule based on the received detailed information if the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is periodically broadcast or to be broadcast again at a later date,

wherein the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is not stored on the user-schedule if the broadcast program currently displayed on the display unit is only to be broadcast one time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the broadcast schedule is integrated with the user-scheduled information.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

outputting an alarm or notification in at least one of a visual manner, an audible manner, and a tactile manner to notify that the broadcast program is about to be broadcast.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the stored broadcast schedule includes at least a starting time, an ending time of the broadcast program, a title of the broadcast program, and additional contents related to the selected broadcast program.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting duration information of the broadcast program based upon the received detailed information; and

storing the detected duration information on the user-schedule.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

performing an alarm operation according to the duration information during the broadcast program duration.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

adding the broadcast program to a user'"'"'s preferred broadcast programs when the input unit is received the signal for adding the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program to the user-schedule; and

notifying a user if the broadcast program is already registered in the preferable broadcast program list.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

outputting the user-schedule based on the user'"'"'s selection; and

displaying at least one of the received detailed information on the user-schedule corresponding to the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program.