SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LIFE LOG SERVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE

• US 20150293926A1
• Filed: 04/15/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Du-seok, PARK, Hyun-cheol, YANG, Ji-won, OH, Seung-chur, CHO, Ho-sik
• Granted Patent: US 10,185,719 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for providing a life log service and a method of providing the life log service. The computing device for providing the life log service includes: a display which displays a map in a first display area and which displays like content in a second display area; and a processor including a content generator which generates the life content of a user based on a current position of the computing device, and a controller, which, in response to the generated live content, updates the second display area in real time to display the generated life content and updates the map in the first display area to display a path synchronized with the generated life content.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a display configured to display a map in a first display area and life content in a second display area; and

a processor comprising;

a content generator configured to generate the life content of a user based on a position obtained by the computing device,

a controller configured to, in response to the content generator generating the life content, update, in real time, the second display area to display the generated life content, and update the map in the first display area to display a path synchronized with the generated life content.

2. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user inputter configured to receive an input from the user,

wherein, in response to the input comprising selecting a marker displayed on the map in the first display area, the controller is configured to active the selected marker and control the display to display in the second display area, the life content synchronized with the selected marker as activated, and

wherein, in response to the input comprising selecting one item of life content in the second display area, the controller is configured to control the display to focus on the path synchronized with the selected life content, as a single path view.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the map displays one of a full path view based on life content registered and a single path view based on the synchronized life content being activated,

wherein the full path view and the single path view are provided in one of a path view and a path-and-marker view on the map in the first display area.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to generate theme content by selecting at least one item of the life content displayed in the second display area and post the generated theme content to a server.

5. The computing device of claim 4, further comprising:

a user inputter configured to receive an input from the user,

wherein, the controller is configured to switch between a page providing the life content and a page providing the theme content based on the input comprising movement on a page displayed on the display.

6. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to search for at least one theme content from among the theme content posted to the server based on one of the current position of the computing device or another position and based on a search filter set by the user, and provide to the display found theme content.

7. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the life content comprises information about at least one of a user activity item and a user movement item, and

the marker comprises information about at least one of the user activity item and the user movement item.

8. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user inputter configured to receive an input from the user,

wherein, in response to the input being a search request comprising a user activity item for searching the life content, the controller is further configured to search for at least one life content that has the user activity item, and provide to the display the found at least one life content.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to share the life content and the map comprising the path synchronized with the life content, with another computing device requesting to join.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display is further configured to display a third display area which has a total travelled distance based on registered life content and an individual travelled distance according to each movement type of the user,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the computing device such that the total travelled distance and the individual travelled distance according to each movement type of the user are displayed in the third display area.

11. A method of providing a life log service, the method comprising:

displaying a map in first display area displayed on a display of the computing device, based on a current position of the computing device;

displaying life content of a user in a second display area displayed on the display in time series such that each time the life content is generated based on a position of the computing device, the second display area is updated in real-time to display the generated life content with the displayed life content; and

updating the map in the first display area to display a path synchronized with the generated life content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving input from the user;

in response to the input comprising selecting a marker in the first display area, activating the life content corresponding to the selected marker and displaying the life contents corresponding to the selected marker in an activated state; and

in response to the input comprising a selection of one piece of the life content in the second display area, focusing on the path synchronized with the selected life content, as a single path view.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving input from the user;

in response to the input indicating a full path view, focusing the full path view on the map based on registered life content registered displayed in the second display area;

in response to the input indicating a single path view, focusing a path on the map synchronized with a life content that is activated in the second display area; and

switching between a path view and a path-and-marker view in the full path view and the single path view according to the input.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting at least one life content from the second display area;

generating theme content based on the selected at least one life content, and posting the theme content to a server.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving input from the user; and

in response to the input comprising movement on a page displayed on the display, switching between a page providing the life content and a page providing the theme content.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

searching for at least one theme content from among the theme content posted to the server based on search filter set by the user and based on at least one of the current position of the computing device or another position, and outputting found theme content.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the life content comprises information about at least one of a user activity item and a user movement item, and

the marker comprises information about at least one of the user activity item and the user movement item.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a search request from a user;

in response to the search request comprising at least one user activity item, searching for at least one life content that has the at least one user activity item; and

providing to the display found life content.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising sharing the life content and the map comprising the path synchronized with the life content, with another computing device requesting to join.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the life log service method of claim 11.

21. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a user movement item from an Internet of Things (IoT) device;

generating the life content based on the received user movement item;

displaying the generated life content with other existing life content displayed in the second display area; and

updating the map in the first display area to focus on a path formed by the received user movement item.

22. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

capturing data by the computing device;

generating the life content based on the position of the computing device, the time, the captured data, and a category selected from a plurality of categories by the user, and

wherein each of the plurality of categories defines a type of human activity.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the selected category further comprises a plurality of sub-categories further defining specific human activities.