MOBILE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BLOG SERVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BLOG SERVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20090157815A1
• Filed: 09/04/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Seung-woo, Namkoong, Hyuk, Shin, Sang-hyun, Ko, Byeong-seob, Lim, Yong-jun
• Application Number:
  US12/203,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20090157815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A mobile device for providing a blog service and a method and system for providing the blog service. The mobile device that operates as a blog providing server includes: a unit for obtaining raw data; a storage unit storing the raw data and blog information; and a blog editor generating/editing a blog page by using the raw data and the blog information.

Claims

1. A mobile device that operates as a blog providing server, the mobile device comprising:

a unit to acquire raw data;

a storage unit to store the raw data and blog information; and

a blog editor to generate/edit a blog page based on the raw data and the blog information.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein a layout of the blog page is determined by a user.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a network interface to transmit blog data to an external device.

4. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the network interface employs a P2P protocol or a WWW protocol as a transmission protocol.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the unit to acquire the raw data includes one or more of an image pickup unit, a recording unit, and a sensor unit.

6. The mobile device of claim 5, wherein the sensor unit includes one or more among a GPS, an acceleration measurement sensor, a pulse measurement sensor, and a temperature sensor.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a user input unit to input a control command to generate/edit the blog.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a service policy manager to limit another user who accesses the blog.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a display to display the generated blog.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone, a digital camera, a PDA, or a notebook computer.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein:

the mobile device of claim 1 is a component of a blog service system including one or more fixed devices and one or more mobile devices; and

the mobile device of claim 1 shares a blog generated by one of the mobile devices with other devices in the system.

21. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the external device is not a blog web server.

12. A method of providing a blog service using a mobile device, the method comprising:

acquiring raw data needed to generate a blog;

generating the blog based on the raw data;

storing the blog; and

transmitting the stored blog from the mobile device to other devices so as to share the stored blog with the other devices.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising encoding the acquired raw data in a predetermined file format.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined file format is one of an MPEG4 format, an H.264 format, and an AVI format.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating of the blog includes determining a layout of a blog page.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the layout format of the page is determined by a user.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the sharing of the stored blog includes:

connecting the mobile device to an external device; and

transmitting data on the stored blog to the external device.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the sharing of the blog includes managing service policies to limit another user who desires to access the blog.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the raw data includes one or more of image data, audio data, and text data.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting of the blog entry comprises transmitting the blog entry from the mobile device to other devices so as to share the blog every with the other devices without requiring the other devices to access a blog web server.