Apparatus and method for managing long-term plan by an E-calendar

• US 9,373,103 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Ga
• Primary Examiner(s): MCINTOSH, ANDREW T
• Application Number:
  US13/404,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,579 Days
• Field of Search: 715/273
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0266 for time management, e.g. calendars, diaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

Provided is a method for managing a long-term plan by an e-calendar, including creating a plan and setting the keyword with respect to the plan, by a user, and pushing related information to the user when an event related to the keyword occurs.

Claims

1. A method for managing a long-term plan by an e-calendar, the method comprising:

creating a long-term plan;

setting a keyword identifying the long-term plan by a user; and

determining whether an event related to the keyword occurs; and

pushing related information of the event to the user when the event related to the keyword occurs;

setting a strength of an association of the event and the long-term plan, when the event is created by the user;

determining whether a current time is within a predetermined reminder period; and

when the current time is within the predetermined reminder period;

calculating a devotion intensity and concentration degree on the long-term plan, based on the strength of the association of the event and the long-term plan; and

providing a prompt to the user based upon the calculated devotion intensity and concentration degree,

wherein the event is an activity schedule related to the long-term plan.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

setting a reminder time of the long-term plan by the user; and

providing the related information to the user, when the event related to the keyword occurs and the current time is the same as the reminder time of the long-term plan.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the devotion intensity ω

is calculated by;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the concentration degree φ

is calculated by;

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing information with respect to the event to the user, according to a plan implementation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the strength of the association is divided into strong, medium, and weak, and

when the event is important to an implementation of a phase plan, the strength of the association is strong,

when the event relates to the implementation of the phase plan, but is not important to the implementation of the phase plan, the strength of the association is medium, and

when the event is not important to or does not relate to the implementation of the phase plan, the strength of the association is weak.

7. An apparatus for managing a long-term plan by an e-calendar, the apparatus comprising:

a display device; and

a controller for

creating a long-term plan, setting a keyword identifying the long-term plan by a user,

determining whether an event related to the keyword occurs,

displaying related information of the event on the display device when the event related to the keyword occurs,

setting a strength of an association of the event and the long-term plan, when the event is created by the user,

determining whether a current time is within a predetermined reminder period, and

when the current time is within the predetermined reminder period;

calculating a devotion intensity and concentration degree on the long-term plan, based on the strength of the association of the event and the long-term plan, and

providing a prompt to the user based upon the calculated devotion intensity and concentration degree,

wherein the event is an activity schedule related to the long-term plan.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller sets a reminder time of the long-term plan, and provides the related information on the display device, when the event related to the keyword occurs and the current time is the same as the reminder time of the long-term plan.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, the devotion intensity ω

is calculated by;

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, the concentration degree φ

is calculated by;

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller provides information with respect to the event to the user, according to a plan implementation.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the strength of the association is divided into strong, medium and weak, and

when the event is important to an implementation of a phase plan, the strength of the association is strong,

when the event relates to the implementation of the phase plan, but is not important to the implementation of the phase plan, the strength of the association is medium, and

when the event is not important to or does not relate to the implementation of the phase plan, the strength of the association is weak.