Method and system for providing information about time zone of a wireless communication device

• US 9,532,177 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yun-jung
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, SIU M
• Application Number:
  US14/840,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 455/466, 455/415, 379/142.1, 379/142.11, 379/157
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method and mobile device configured to display time zone information of a destination mobile device to which the mobile device connects based on time zone information of the mobile device and the destination mobile device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of operating a first electronic device, the method comprising:

storing identification information of a second electronic device in a contact list of contact information;

receiving time zone information of the second electronic device;

comparing time zone information of the first electronic device with the time zone information of the second electronic device; and

controlling a display unit to display, based on the time zone information of the first electronic device being different from the time zone information of the second electronic device, the time zone information of the second electronic device at a location related to an entry in the contact list of the contact information, the entry corresponding to the identification information of the second electronic device.

2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling the display unit to display a recommended communication method of a destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on a time zone information of the destination electronic device.

3. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling the display unit to display additional related information regarding the second electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on the time zone information of the second electronic device.

4. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling a communication unit to request a time zone information of a destination electronic device from a server in response to receiving a request to communicate with the destination electronic device, and controlling the display unit to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information in response to receiving the time zone information of the destination electronic device from the server.

5. The recording medium of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises controlling the display unit to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information before establishing communication with the destination electronic device.

6. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling the display unit to display the time zone information of the second electronic device in response to receiving a request to establish communication from the second electronic device.

7. A first electronic device comprising:

a display unit;

a storage unit configured to store identification information of a second electronic device in a contact list of contact information;

a communication unit configured to receive time zone information of the second electronic device; and

a processor configured to compare time zone information of the first electronic device with the time zone information of the second electronic device and control the display unit to display, based on the time zone information of the first electronic device being different from the time zone information of the second electronic device, the time zone information of the second electronic device at a location related to an entry in the contact list of the contact information, the entry corresponding to the identification information of the second electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display unit to display whether a destination electronic device is available for communication in the contact list of the contact information based on time zone information of the destination electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display unit display a recommended communication method of a destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on a time zone information of the destination electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display unit to display additional related information regarding the second electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on the time zone information of the second electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the communication unit to request a time zone information of a destination electronic device from a server in response to receiving a request to communicate with the destination electronic device, and control the display unit to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information in response to receiving the time zone information of the destination electronic device from the server.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display unit to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information before establishing communication with the destination electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display unit to display the time zone information of the second electronic device in response to receiving a request to establish communication from the second electronic device.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a memory configured to store time zone information of a destination electronic device in a contact list of a contact information; and

a processor configured to determine whether the destination electronic device is available for communication with the electronic device based on time zone information of the electronic device and the time zone information of the destination electronic device and control the display to indicate in the contact list of the contact information whether the destination electronic device is available for communication with the electronic device based on a result of the determination.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the destination electronic device is available for communication with the electronic device by comparing the time zone information of the electronic device and the time zone information of the destination electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the destination electronic device is available for communication with the electronic device based on a difference between the time zone information of the electronic device and the time zone information of the destination electronic device.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display a recommended communication method of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on the time zone information of the destination electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display additional related information regarding the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information based on the time zone information of the destination electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a communication unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to control the communication unit to request the time zone information of the destination electronic device from a server in response to receiving a request to communicate with the destination electronic device, and

wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information in response to receiving the time zone information of the destination electronic device from the server.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the time zone information of the destination electronic device in the contact list of the contact information before establishing communication with the destination electronic device.