Information terminal, information presentation method for an information terminal, and information presentation program

• US 10,061,472 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohmori, Kenta, Kawakami, Takashi, Iwasaki, Seigo, Kawakami, Hiroyuki, Kimura, Akitaka, Ruan, Xiaoyu, Arriola, George, Funabashi, Yoshimitsu, Kurozumi, Kichiro, Johnson, Brian, Furuya, Jorge, Kawaguchi, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ulrich, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/265,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20120036443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,254 Days
• Field of Search: 715736, 715766, 715810, 715835, 715836, 715848-850, 715852, 715853, 715863, 715864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

An information terminal enables a user to simply and easily confirm a plurality of pieces of update information handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. An information storage stores a plurality of different types of information. An update information storage stores a part of information updated in the information storages as update information associated with the respective types. An update information manager monitors an information update in the information storages and stores, when an information update is made in the information storages, the part of the updated information in the update information storage as update information associated with the respective types. Further, an information selector extracts the update information stored in the update information storage in time series and outputs them to display them on a screen.

Claims

1. An information terminal, comprising:

a plurality of storage areas to each store a respective type of information;

an update information storage, provided separately from the plurality of storage areas, to store update information associated with one or more of the respective types of information;

processing circuitry configured to

receive the respective types of information from an external source over a network,

control the plurality of storage areas to store the received respective types of information,

monitor for at least one notification indicating an information update in at least one of the storage areas, the information update indicating that update information has been stored in at least one of the storage areas,

store, in response to receiving, from at least one of the storage areas, at least one notification of the information update being made in at least one of the storage areas, a part of the updated information in the update information storage as the update information associated with the respective types,

monitor the update information storage for the storage of the update information associated with the respective types,

supply the update information stored in the update information storage in an order according to a predetermined rule; and

display circuitry configured to display on a screen the update information that have been supplied from the processing circuitry arranged in the order according to the predetermined rule,

wherein the update information storage retains correspondence table information on a storage order of the update information and the order according to the predetermined rule.

2. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry acquires information associated with the part of the updated information from one of the storage areas and stores them in the update information storage together with the update information.

3. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the update information storage returns, in response to a request from the processing circuitry, the plurality of stored pieces of update information in the order according to the predetermined rule.

4. The information terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the information storage returns, in response to a request from the processing circuitry, the plurality of stored pieces of information in the order according to the predetermined rule, and

wherein the display circuitry displays on the screen the plurality of pieces of information arranged in the order according to the predetermined rule, that have been supplied from the processing circuitry.

5. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the order includes an order based on which the information was stored in the update information storage.

6. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information update is received from at least one of the storage areas.

7. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the update information storage stores update information from a plurality of the storage areas.

8. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined rule is an order in which the update information is stored.

9. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information update includes a changing of information stored in at least one of the plurality of storage areas.

10. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information update includes a deleting of information stored in at least one of the plurality of storage areas.

11. An information presentation method, comprising:

storing a respective type of information in each of a plurality of storage areas;

receiving, by an information controller, the respective types of information from an external source over a network,

controlling, by the information controller, the plurality of storage areas to store the received respective types of information,

monitoring, by the information controller, for at least one notification of an information update in at least one of the storage areas, the information update indicating that update information has been stored in at least one of the storage areas;

storing, by the information controller, in response to receiving, from at least one of the storage areas, at least one notification of the information update being made in at least one of the storage areas, a part of the updated information in an update information storage as update information associated with the respective types, the update information storage being provided separately from the plurality of storage areas;

monitoring the update information storage for the storage of the update information associated with the respective types;

supplying, by the information controller, the update information stored in the update information storage in an order according to a predetermined rule; and

displaying, by a display controller, on a screen, the update information that have been supplied from the information controller arranged in the order according to the predetermined rule,

wherein the update information storage retains correspondence table information on a storage order of the update information and the order according to the predetermined rule.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

storing a respective type of information in each of a plurality of storage areas;

receiving the respective types of information from an external source over a network,

controlling the plurality of storage areas to store the received respective types of information,

monitoring for at least one notification of an information update in at least one of the storage areas, the information update indicating that update information has been stored in at least one of the storage areas;

storing, in response to receiving, from at least one of the storage areas, at least one notification of the information update being made in at least one of the storage areas, a part of the updated information in an update information storage as update information associated with the respective types, the update information storage being provided separately from the plurality of storage areas;

monitoring the update information storage for the storage of the update information associated with the respective types;

supplying the update information stored in the update information storage in an order according to a predetermined rule; and

displaying on a screen the supplied update information arranged in the order according to the predetermined rule,

wherein the update information storage retains correspondence table information on a storage order of the update information and the order according to the predetermined rule.