Method and apparatus for searching and storing contents in portable terminal

• US 9,245,042 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Heo, Dong-Kyu, Jung, Suk-In
• Primary Examiner(s): MARC-COLEMAN, MARTHE Y
• Application Number:
  US12/807,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20110060520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,964 Days
• Field of Search: 701/532, 707/769, 707/E17.014, 707/E17.026, 707/E17.143, 455/457, 455/556.1, 455/456.3, 705/7.34
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A method and apparatus uses various location information to store and search contents in a portable terminal. The method of storing and searching contents includes obtaining location-based information including at least one of region information and a Point Of Interest (POI) corresponding to current location information when storing the contents. The contents and the location-based information are stored by mapping the contents and the location-based information. At least one of the POI and the region information determined by a user is set when searching the contents. And the contents corresponding to the information determined by the user are searched.

Claims

1. A method provided by a portable terminal to store and search contents in the portable terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining a current location of the portable terminal;

obtaining location-based information comprising at least one of region information or a Point Of Interest (POI) that corresponds to the location of the portable terminal;

mapping the contents to the location-based information;

storing the location-based information together with the contents;

receiving an input of at least one of the POI or the region information; and

displaying an icon representing a type of the contents mapped to at least one of the POI and the region information on a map including the location of the portable terminal, wherein displaying the icon comprises displaying the icon at a location on the map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the region information and the POI are obtained from a pre-stored database that represents at least one of a mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the POI or a mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the region information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the POI comprises at least one of an index field, a location information field, a POI category field, a POI name field, or a POI description field.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the region information comprises at least one of an index field, a location information field, or a region name field.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based information comprises index information for at least one of the region information or the POI that corresponds to the location of the portable terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the location-based information comprises storing address information to indicate a location to store the contents and the location-based information by including the address information in the location-based information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based information further comprises at least one of weather information, regional specialty information, or event information with respect to a region that corresponds to the current location of the portable terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based information further comprises at least one of a contents creation date, a contents creation time, a contents type, a contents size, or contents storage address information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a list comprising the contents.

10. A portable terminal having a display unit, the portable terminal comprising:

a storage unit configured to store contents; and

a controller configured to;

obtain a current location of the portable terminal,

obtain location-based information comprising at least one of region information or a Point Of Interest (POI) that corresponds to the location of the portable terminal,

map the contents to the location-based information,

store the location-based information together with the contents in the storage unit,

receive an input of at least one of the POI or the region information, and

display an icon representing a type of the contents mapped to at least one of the POI or the region information on a map including the location of the portable terminal, wherein the controller displays the icon at a location on the map.

11. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the storage unit is configured to store a database that represents at least one of a mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the POI or a mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the region information, and

the controller is configured to obtain at least one of the region information or the POI from the storage unit.

12. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the POI comprises at least one of an index field, a location information field, a POI category field, a POI name field, or a POI description field.

13. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the mapping relation between the location of the portable terminal and the region information comprises at least one of an index field, a location information field, or a region name field.

14. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the location-based information comprises index information for at least one of the region information or the POI that corresponds to the location of the portable terminal.

15. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the storage unit is configured to store address information that indicates a location to store the contents and the location-based information by including the address information in the location-based information.

16. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the location-based information further comprises at least one of weather information, regional specialty information, or event information with respect to a region that corresponds to the location of the portable terminal.

17. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the location-based information further comprises at least one of a contents creation date, a contents creation time, a contents type, a contents size, or contents storage address information.

18. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to display a list comprising the contents.