Method and apparatus for managing update information in channel

• US 9,436,753 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2011
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shim, Jung-hyun, Choi, Won-young, Han, Kuk-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): SUN, LI P
• Application Number:
  US13/211,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20120047441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,847 Days
• Field of Search: 715/738, 715/808, 715/835, 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

An update management method and apparatus therefor are provided, the update management method including the operations of storing one or more pieces of update information related to at least one channel from a plurality of channels in a storage unit of a user terminal; and displaying the one or more pieces of update information in the related at least one channel.

Claims

1. A method for providing information by a device, the method comprising:

defining a plurality of categories, wherein each of the plurality of categories concerns a type of information and contains a plurality of applications;

in response to a plurality of update events, displaying aggregated notice information indicating that detailed update information is received on a first display region, wherein the aggregated notice information comprises a plurality of individual notice information, and wherein each of the plurality of individual notice information corresponds to an application;

in response to user selecting one of the plurality of individual notice information, displaying detailed update information regarding an application the individual notice information corresponds to on a second display region, and simultaneously displaying a category the application belongs to and a mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories on the first display region, wherein detailed update information regarding another application in the same category is displayed on the second region in response to user interaction on the second display region;

receiving an input indicating a switch between the category and another of the plurality of categories on the first display region; and

in response to the switching, displaying detailed update information regarding an application that belongs to the another of the plurality of categories on the second display region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the detailed update information comprises:

displaying the detailed update information by executing an application related to the detailed update information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the detailed update information is selected, executing an application that is related to the selected detailed update information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the detailed update information comprises:

displaying a preview regarding the detailed update information on the second display region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregated notice information is displayed in a scrolling manner.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a category list on the first display region;

wherein the receiving of the input indicating the switch between the category and the another of the plurality of categories is performed based on the category list.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the category the corresponding application belongs to and the mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories comprises:

displaying the plurality of categories according to a sequential order of categories.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the detailed update information comprises:

one or more links regarding one or more resources that provide related data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the detailed update information comprises:

data received from a network resource.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first display region includes a category browsing area.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of categories on the first display region when receiving the selection of the individual notice information.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing an information providing method, the information providing method comprising:

defining a plurality of categories, wherein each of the plurality of categories concerns a type of information and contains a plurality of applications;

in response to a plurality of update events, displaying aggregated notice information indicating that detailed update information is received on a first display region, wherein the aggregated notice information comprises a plurality of individual notice information, and wherein each of the plurality of individual notice information corresponds to an application;

in response to user selecting one of the plurality of individual notice information, displaying detailed update information regarding an application the individual notice information corresponds to on a second display region, and simultaneously displaying a category the application belongs to and a mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories on the first display region, wherein detailed update information regarding another application in the same category is displayed on the second region in response to user interaction on the second display region;

receiving an input indicating a switch between the category and another of the plurality of categories on the first display region; and

in response to the switching, displaying detailed update information regarding an application that belongs to the another of the plurality of categories on the second display region.

13. An information providing apparatus comprising:

a storage that stores detailed update information and a plurality of categories, wherein each of the plurality of categories concerns a type of information and contains a plurality of applications;

an input device that receives an input;

a display that displays, in response to a plurality of update events, aggregated notice information indicating that detailed update information is received on a first display region, wherein the aggregated notice information comprises a plurality of individual notice information, and wherein each of the plurality of individual notice information corresponds to an application, and displays, in response to user selecting one of the plurality of individual notice information, detailed update information regarding an application the individual notice information corresponds to on a second display region, and simultaneously displays a category the application belongs to and a mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories on the first display region, wherein detailed update information regarding another application in the same category is displayed on the second region in response to user interaction on the second display region; and

a processor that receives an input indicating a switch between the category and another of the plurality of categories on the first display region, and controls the storage and the display to display, in response to the switching, detailed update information regarding an application that belongs to the another of the plurality of categories on the second display region.

14. The information providing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor displays the update information by executing an application related to the detailed update information.

15. The information providing apparatus of claim 13, wherein, when the detailed update information is selected via the input device, the processor executes an application that is related to the detailed update information.

16. The information providing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor displays a preview regarding the detailed update information on the second display area.

17. The information providing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the detailed update information comprises:

one or more links regarding one or more resources that provide related data.

18. The information providing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the detailed update information comprises:

data received from a network resource.

19. A method for providing information by a device, the method comprising:

defining a plurality of categories, wherein each of the plurality of categories concerns a type of information and contains a plurality of applications;

in response to a plurality of update events, displaying aggregated notice information indicating that detailed update information is received on a first display region, wherein the aggregated notice information comprises a plurality of individual notice information, and wherein each of the plurality of individual notice information corresponds to an application;

in response to user selecting one of the plurality of individual notice information, displaying detailed update information regarding an application the individual notice information corresponds to on a second display region, and simultaneously displaying a category the application belongs to and a mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories on the first display region, wherein detailed update information regarding an application belongs to another of the plurality of categories is displayed on the second display region in response to user interaction with the mechanism for switching among the plurality of categories;

receiving an input indicating a switch between the detailed update information on the second display region; and

in response to the switching between the detailed update information, displaying detailed update information regarding another application in the same category on the second display region.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the displaying the detailed update information comprises:

displaying the detailed update information by executing an application related to the detailed update information.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

when the detailed update information is selected, executing an application that is related to the detailed update information.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the displaying the detailed update information comprises:

displaying a preview regarding the detailed update information.