Method for managing schedule using user's location information and system thereof

• US 9,417,089 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Bo Young
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOTT, GENNA M
• Application Number:
  US14/073,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20140058665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method for managing a schedule based on a user'"'"'s location information by a system for managing a schedule. The method comprises receiving a schedule including at least one of an appointment location, appointment contents an appointment time, and appointment target person'"'"'s phone number from the user; registering the schedule which includes the user'"'"'s location information by a schedule registration unit of the system; detecting the user'"'"'s location by a location detection unit of the system; and sending a message related to the schedule or the user'"'"'s location by a sending unit of the system. The sending of the message related to the schedule or the user'"'"'s location by the sending unit of the system sends information of a changed appointment time and place to the appointment target person when the user changes the appointment schedule.

Claims

1. A method for managing a schedule of a user by a system for managing a schedule based on location information of the user, the method comprising:

receiving schedule information, including appointment time and appointment location to meet a target person along with contact information of the target person, into a schedule registration unit of the system;

providing an index related to a character of the user depending on whether the user arrived at other appointment locations on time from a character management unit;

registering the schedule information in the schedule registration unit of the system;

receiving a location of the user from a location detecting device of the system;

sending a first message through a sending device of the system to the target person confirming the appointment location; and

sending a second message through the sending device to the user with regard to the index of the character management unit,

wherein the first message includes traffic information from the location of the user to the appointment location, and

wherein the second message indicates if the index is increased or decreased based on whether the user arrives at the appointment location in time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic information includes map data displaying the location of the user and an expected arrival time of the user.

3. A system for managing a schedule based on location information of a user, the system comprising:

a schedule registration unit having

schedule information including appointment location and contact information of a target person;

a location detecting device for detecting a location of the user;

a character management unit having an index related to a character of the user depending on whether the user arrived at other appointment locations on time; and

a sending device for sending messages to the target person,

wherein the schedule registration unit receives the location of the user from the location detecting device, sends a first message through the sending device to the target person confirming the appointment location; and

sends a second message through the sending device to the user with regard to the index of the character management unit,

wherein the first message includes traffic information from the location of the user to the appointment location, and

wherein the second message indicates if the index is increased or decreased based on whether the user arrives at the appointment location in time.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the traffic information includes map data displaying the location of the user and an expected arrival time of the user.

5. A method for managing a change in a schedule of a user by a system, the method comprising:

receiving a schedule information including at least one of an appointment location, appointment contents, an appointment time, and a phone number for a target person into a schedule registration unit of the system;

registering the schedule information which includes location information of the target person by the schedule registration unit of the system;

providing an index related to a character of the user depending on whether the user arrived at other appointment locations on time from a character management unit;

receiving a current location of the user from a location detecting device of the system into the schedule registration unit;

determining by the schedule registration unit whether the current location of the user is included in an area corresponding to the location information of the target person;

sending a first message through a sending unit related to the schedule or the current location of the user to the target person, when the current location of the user is determined by the schedule registration unit to be in an area corresponding to the location information of the target person; and

sending a second message through the sending device to the user with regard to the index of the character management unit,

wherein the first message includes traffic information from the current location of the user to the appointment location, and

wherein the second message indicates if the index is increased or decreased based on whether the user arrives at the appointment location in time.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the traffic information includes map data displaying the current location of the user and an expected arrival time of the user.

7. A system for managing a changed schedule of a user in meeting an other person, the system comprising:

a schedule registration having

schedule information including at least one of an appointment location, appointment contents, an appointment time, a phone number for the other person

and location information of the other person;

a location detecting device for detecting a current location of the user;

a character management unit having an index related to a character of the user depending on whether the user arrived at other appointment locations on time; and

a sending device for sending messages to the other person,

wherein the schedule registration unit receives the current location of the user from the location detecting device, determines whether the current location of the user is included in an area corresponding to the location information of the other person, sends a first message related to the schedule or the current location of the user to the other person, when the current location of the user is included in an area corresponding to the location information of the other person; and

sends a second message through the sending device to the user with regard to the index of the character management unit,

wherein the first message includes traffic information from the current location of the user to the appointment location, and

wherein the second message indicates if the index is increased or decreased depending on whether the user arrives at the appointment location in time.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the traffic information includes map data displaying the current location of the user and an expected arrival time of the user.