MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND SCHEDULE MANAGING METHOD THEREIN

• US 20090068990A1
• Filed: 08/18/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hee Deog, KIM, Boo Lim
• Application Number:
  US12/193,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20090068990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal that enables automatic registration of a schedule using a received text message, and a schedule managing method therein are provided. The method includes determining, upon reception of a text message having a body, whether a date is included in the body of the text message extracting, when at least one date is included in the body of the text message, the included date from the body of the text message and registering a schedule when the extracted date is a schedule execution date and the body of the text message is related to the schedule. Accordingly, convenience for a user can be improved by registering a schedule directly using a received text message without inputting the content of the schedule by the user.

Claims

1. A schedule managing method, the method comprising:

determining, upon reception of a text message having a body, whether a date is included in the body of the text message;

extracting, when at least one date is included in the body of the text message, the included date from the body of the text message; and

registering a schedule when the extracted date is a schedule execution date and the body of the text message is related to the schedule.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a current date when no date is included in the body of the text message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting of the included date comprises:

when one date is included in the body of the text message, the included date is extracted; and

when more than two dates are included in the body of the text message, a first date is extracted from the body of the text message.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether the extracted date is included in pre-stored calendar data; and

determining, when the extracted date is not included in pre-stored calendar data, a current date.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the registering of the schedule comprises setting a notification time for outputting the content of the schedule.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the registering of the schedule comprises implementing at least one of a correction and an addition of at least one of the schedule execution date and the content of the schedule.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message comprises one of a short message, an enhanced message, and a multimedia message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting the received text message to a user; and

receiving an input from the user for registering the schedule.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the registered schedule.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the registered schedule is stored upon receiving an input from the user to store the registered schedule.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the extracted date as the schedule execution date and the body of the text message as a body of the schedule.

12. A mobile communication terminal, the terminal comprising:

a communication unit for receiving a text message having a body;

a control unit for, upon reception of a text message, extracting a date included in the body of the text message, and for registering a schedule whose execution date is the extracted date and whose content is the body of the text message; and

a storage unit for storing the registered schedule under the control of the control unit.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein, when no date is included in the body of the text message, the control unit determines a current date.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein, when one date is included in the body of the text message, the control unit extracts the included date, and when more than two dates are included in the body of the text message, the control unit extracts a first date from the body of the text message.

15. The terminal of claim 14, wherein the storage unit stores calendar data and, when the extracted date is not included in the calendar data, the control unit determines a current date.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit sets a notification time for output of the content of the schedule during registration of the schedule.

17. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit implements at least one of correction and addition of at least one of the schedule execution date and the content of the schedule.

18. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the text message comprises one of a short message, an enhanced message, and a multimedia message.

19. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the received text message to be output to a user and registers the schedule upon receiving an input by a user to register the schedule.

20. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the storage unit to store the registered schedule upon receiving an input by a user to store the registered schedule.

21. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program providing schedule management, comprising:

a first segment, for determining, upon reception of a text message having a body, whether a date is included in the body of the text message;

a second segment, for extracting, when at least one date is included in the body of the text message, the included date from the body of the text message; and

a third segment, for registering a schedule when the extracted date is a schedule execution date and the body of the text message is related to the schedule.