Personalized service method using user history in mobile terminal and system using the method

• US 20080171573A1
• Filed: 07/12/2007
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Eun, Lee, Jae Won, Kim, Hyoung Gook, Eom, Ki Wan, Cho, Jeong Mi
• Granted Patent: US 9,143,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A personalized service method using a user history in a mobile terminal is provided. The personalized service method using the user history in the mobile terminal includes: checking at least one of event information and context information which occurred due to a user; checking a user'"'"'s location, a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s emotional state, or an event occurrence time when the at least one of event information and context information occur; reflecting the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time in the at least one of event information and context information, and recording the at least one of event information and context information, having reflected the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time, in a database in a diary type; and displaying a representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type.

Claims

1. A personalized service method using a user history in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

checking at least one of event information and context information which occurred due to a user;

checking a user'"'"'s location, a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s emotional state, or an event occurrence time when the at least one of event information and context information occur;

reflecting the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, and/or the event occurrence time in the at least one of event information and context information, and recording the at least one of event information and context information, having reflected the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time, in a database in a diary type; and

displaying a representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type.

2. The personalized service method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information displays brief information about the event in the diary type using an event icon which shows an event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or an emoticon which shows the user'"'"'s emotional state.

3. The personalized service method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information displays detailed information about the event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or the user'"'"'s emotion information when the representing image is selected by the user.

4. The personalized service method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information displays the representing image corresponding to the event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or the user'"'"'s emotion information with detailed recording information about the event.

5. The personalized service method of claim 1, further comprising:

referring to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type when a menu is selected by the user, and automatically performing a subsequent operation according to the selected menu.

6. The personalized service method of claim 5, wherein the automatically performing of the subsequent operation according to the selected menu refers to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type, when a music play menu is selected by the user, and automatically performs the subsequent operation to play frequently played music when the music play menu is selected.

7. The personalized service method of claim 5, wherein the automatically performing of the subsequent operation according to the selected menu refers to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type, when a broadcasting menu is selected by the user, and automatically performs the subsequent operation to provide broadcasting of a frequently selected channel when the broadcasting menu is selected.

8. The personalized service method of claim 1, further comprising:

forming a community with other users via a network connection environment or a web connection environment, and sharing the at least one of user'"'"'s event information and the context information via the formed community.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for implementing a personalized service method, the method comprising:

checking at least one of event information and context information which occurred due to a user;

checking a user'"'"'s location, a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s emotional state, or an event occurrence time when the at least one of event information and context information occur;

reflecting the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time in the at least one of event information and context information, and recording the event information and the context information, having reflected the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time, in a database in a diary type; and

displaying a representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type.

10. A personalized service system using a user history in a mobile terminal, the system comprising:

a first detector detecting at least one of event information and context information which occurred due to a user;

a second detector detecting a user'"'"'s location, a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s emotional state, or an event occurrence time when the at least one of event information and context information occur;

a database reflecting the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, and/or the event occurrence time in the at least one of event information and context information, and recording the at least one of event information and context information, having reflected the user'"'"'s location, the user'"'"'s condition, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or the event occurrence time, in a database in a diary type; and

a diary displayer displaying a representing image corresponding to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type.

11. The personalized service system of claim 10, wherein the diary displayer displays brief information about the event in the diary type using an event icon which shows an event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or an emoticon which shows a user'"'"'s emotion.

12. The personalized service system of claim 10, wherein the diary displayer displays detailed information about the event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or the user'"'"'s emotion information when the representing image is selected by the user.

13. The personalized service system of claim 10, wherein the diary displayer displays the representing image corresponding to the event content, the event occurrence time, the user'"'"'s location, or the user'"'"'s emotion information with detailed recording information about the event.

14. The personalized service system of claim 11, further comprising:

an auto-performance unit for a subsequent operation referring to the at least one of event information and context information, having been recorded in the diary type when a menu is selected by the user, and automatically performing a subsequent operation according to the selected menu.

15. The personalized service system of claim 14, wherein the auto-performance unit for the subsequent operation analyzes a user history associated with a music play menu, having been recorded in the diary type, and automatically performs the subsequent operation to play music which is selected based on a result of the analysis.

16. The personalized service system of claim 14, wherein the auto-performance unit for the subsequent operation analyzes the user history associated with a broadcasting menu, having been recorded in the diary type, when a broadcasting menu is selected by the user, and automatically performs the subsequent operation to provide broadcasting of a channel which is selected based on the result of the analysis.

17. The personalized service system of claim 10, further comprising:

a diary share unit forming a community with other users via a network connection environment or a web connection environment, and sharing user'"'"'s diary information via the formed community.