Method of providing activity notification and device thereof

• US 10,325,477 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chae, Han-joo, Nah, Hyun-soo, Ryu, Jong-hyun, Cha, Sang-ok, Choi, Seung-eok, Choi, Won-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US15/952,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20180233023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 34053911
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1023 Media gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

A method of providing an activity notification is provided. The method includes registering, by the device, information about the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmitting, by the device, the registered information about the activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device performs a process of providing the activity notification.

Claims

1. An electronic device for providing notifications, comprising:

a memory storing instructions for a first program for browsing internet content and a second program for providing notifications; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to at least;

provide, using the first program, internet content corresponding to uniform resource locator (URL) information;

provide, using the first program, a first user interface object for notification registration relating to the internet content, while providing the internet content;

based at least on a user input to the first user interface object, obtain, using the second program, the URL information of the internet content;

obtain, using the second program, at least time-related information as a notification-triggering condition;

based at least on the notification-triggering condition, provide, using the second program, a notification including the URL information and a second user interface object for executing the first program on the display of the electronic device at a time corresponding to the time-related information; and

in response to user input to the second user interface object, provide, using the first program, the internet content corresponding to the URL information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, configured as a notebook computer.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, configured as a smartphone.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the time-related information comprises a date and a time.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the notification-triggering condition further comprises location-related information.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the notification is provided at the time corresponding to the time-related information or when a location of the electronic device corresponds to the location-related information.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the time-related information is obtained based on audio information.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the time-related information is obtained based on input to a touchscreen display of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to send the URL information and the notification-triggering condition to a management server such that the URL information is provided as a notification at another electronic device, which accesses the management server, at the time corresponding to the time-related information.

10. A method for providing notifications using an electronic device, the method comprising:

providing, using a first program, internet content corresponding to uniform resource locator (URL) information;

providing, using the first program, a first user interface object for notification registration relating to the internet content while providing the internet content;

based at least on a user input to the first user interface object, obtaining, using a second program, the URL information of the internet content;

obtaining, using the second program, at least time-related information as a notification-triggering condition;

based at least on the notification-triggering condition, providing, using the second program, a notification including the URL information and a second user interface object for executing the first program on the display of the electronic device at a time corresponding to the time-related information; and

in response to user input to the second user interface object, providing, using the first program, the internet content corresponding to the URL information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises a notebook computer.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises a smartphone.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the time-related information comprises a date and a time.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the notification-triggering condition further comprises location-related information.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the notification is provided at the time corresponding to the time-related information or when a location of the electronic device corresponds to the location-related information.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the time-related information is obtained based on audio information.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the time-related information is obtained based on input to a touchscreen display of the electronic device.

18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

sending the URL information and the notification-triggering condition to a management server such that the URL information is provided as a notification at another electronic device, which accesses the management server, at the time corresponding to the time-related information.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for a first program for browsing internet content and a second program for providing notifications, the instructions, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causing the electronic device to at least:

provide, using the first program, internet content corresponding to uniform resource locator (URL) information,

provide, using the first program, a first user interface object for notification registration relating to the internet content while providing the internet content,

based at least on a user input to the first user interface object, obtain, using the second program, the URL information of the internet content,

obtain, using the second program, at least time-related information as a notification-triggering condition,

based at least on the notification-triggering condition, provide, using the second program, a notification including the URL information and a second user interface object for executing the first program on the display of the electronic device at a time corresponding to the time-related information, and

in response to user input to the second user interface object, provide, using the first program, the internet content corresponding to the URL information.

20. An electronic device comprising a processor operatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19.