Digital device and method for controlling the same

• US 10,021,233 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2013
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Eunhyung, Chun, Sinae, Kim, Jihwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Anya, Charles E
• Application Number:
  US13/961,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20150020081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A digital device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which different kinds of information on an event is provided to a user depending on whether an external device paired with the digital device has identified a notification related to an event occurring in the digital device within a predetermined period.

Claims

1. A digital device paired with an external smart watch, the digital device comprising:

a sensor unit;

a touchscreen unit configured to display detail information of at least one event; and

a processor configured to control the touchscreen unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

detect occurrences of a plurality of events, which occur sequentially;

generate a notification notifying a user that the plurality of events has occurred;

transmit information related to the notification to the external smart watch which provides the user with the notification of the plurality of events;

count a first predetermined time from a time when a first notification corresponding to a first event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch, a second predetermined time from a time when a second notification corresponding to a second event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch, a third predetermined time from a time when a third notification corresponding to a third event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch;

display detail information corresponding to the third event, if a predetermined motion of the digital device is detected using the sensor unit within the third predetermined time in excess of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time;

provide a user interface for selecting detail information corresponding to the second event and detail information corresponding to the third event, if the predetermined motion of the digital device is detected using the sensor unit within the second predetermined time in excess of the first predetermined time; and

display detail information selected from the user interface.

2. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes at least one of hearing information, visual information, tactile information and vibration information.

3. The digital device according to claim 2, wherein, if the notification includes the visual information, the visual information includes at least one of a graphic object corresponding to the event, title information of the event, accumulated information of an occurrence of the event, subject information of the event, and time information for the occurrence of the event.

4. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the event includes at least one of a text message receiving event, a mail receiving event, a call receiving event, and a schedule notification event.

5. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the detail information for the event includes at least one of contents of a text message, contents of a mail, caller information, and contents of a schedule corresponding to the event.

6. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the detail information for the event includes at least one of a graphic object corresponding to the event, title information of the event, accumulated information of an occurrence of the event, subject information of the event, and time information for the occurrence of the event.

7. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the acknowledgement signal is generated if the external smart watch detects that the user checks the notification transmitted to the external smart watch according to a predetermined method.

8. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the input signal is generated if the touchscreen unit of the digital device is turned on.

9. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the input signal is generated if the digital device detects a touch input of the user for a graphic object corresponding to the notification.

10. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor displays predetermined background image of the digital device together with occurrence information of the notification.

11. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the external smart watch provides an indicator indicating the predetermined period from a current time.

12. A method for controlling a digital device paired with an external smart watch, the digital device having a processor and a sensor unit, the method comprising:

detecting, via the processor, occurrences of a plurality of events, which occur sequentially;

generating, via the processor, a notification notifying a user that the plurality of events has occurred;

transmitting, via the processor, information related to the notification to the external smart watch which provides the user with the notification of the plurality of events;

counting, via the processor, a first predetermined time from a time when a first notification corresponding to a first event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch, a second predetermined time from a time when a second notification corresponding to a second event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch, a third predetermined time from a time when a third notification corresponding to a third event among the plurality of events is received from the external smart watch;

displaying, via the processor, detail information corresponding to the third event, if a predetermined motion of the digital device is detected using the sensor unit within the third predetermined time in excess of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time;

providing, via the processor, a user interface for selecting detail information corresponding to the second event and detail information corresponding to the third event, if the predetermined motion of the digital device is detected using the sensor unit within the second predetermined time in excess of the first predetermined time; and

displaying, via the processor, detail information selected from the user interface.