METHOD OF MANAGING USER DATA IN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20080275878A1
• Filed: 05/05/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Hun, Kim, Jae Hwan, Rhee, Young Ho
• Application Number:
  US12/115,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20080275878A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method of managing user data in a communication terminal is provided. The method of managing user data in a communication terminal includes retrieving, when a request for displaying user data is input, in the communication terminal user data generated at a specific date; classifying the user data according to at least two conditions; and displaying a plurality of user data lists for integrally displaying the classified user data on a plurality of display windows on a screen. Therefore, a user of a communication terminal can check user data generated in units of a day, and can easily search for user data in a user data list classified according to various conditions.

Claims

1. A method of managing user data in a communication terminal, comprising:

retrieving, when a request for displaying user data is input, user data generated at a specific date;

classifying the retrieved user data in accordance with multiple associated conditions; and

displaying a plurality of user data lists for displaying the classified user data on a plurality of display windows or a plurality of parts of a display window on a screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, if user data are selected among the display windows, the selected user data in a user data table.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising classifying the user data according to an other party related to each user data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising classifying the user data according to a data item corresponding to each user data.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising classifying the user data according to a sequential generation timepoint of each user data.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising classifying the user data according to whether the user data comprises an image.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the plurality of user data lists comprises displaying an other party in an increasing order of quantity of the user data related to each other party.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the plurality of user data lists further comprises displaying a thumbnail registered to correspond to other party.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the plurality of user data lists comprises both displaying a list of the data items and a count value of the user data corresponding to each data item.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the plurality of user data lists comprises displaying the user data in a time order of generation timepoint.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein displaying the plurality of user data lists comprises displaying an image corresponding to each user data in a slide show.

12. A method of managing user data in a communication terminal, comprising:

retrieving, when a request for displaying user data is input, user data generated at a specific date;

classifying the retrieved user data according to an other party related to each user data, a data item corresponding to each user data, and a sequential timepoint at which each user data is generated; and

displaying a list of other parties on a first display window, displaying a list of data items on a second display window, and displaying the user data on a third display window in a time order of generation timepoint.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying, if an other party is selected on the first display window, the user data related to the selected other party in a user data table.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the list of other parties on a first display window comprises displaying the other parties in an increasing order of quantity of the user data related to each other party.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the displayed list of other parties comprises a list of thumbnails registered to correspond to each other party.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying, if an item is selected on the second display window, the user data corresponding to the selected item in a user data table.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the item list on a second display window comprises displaying a count value of the user data corresponding to each of the items.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising classifying the user data according to whether the user data comprises an image.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying an image corresponding to each user data on a fourth display window in a slide show.