Apparatus for and method of displaying communication log using GUI image

• US 8,793,625 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2007
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rhee, Young-ho, Jin, Young-kyu, Woo, Joo-kyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LE V
• Application Number:
  US11/650,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,758 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/783
• US Class Current: 715/864
• 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: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

An apparatus and method for displaying a communication log using a graphical user interface (GUI) image are provided. The apparatus for displaying a communication log using a GUI image includes a storage unit that stores information relating to events which have been generated through a mobile terminal as data, a statistical analysis unit that uses a statistical analysis application to analyze the data so as to obtain statistical data, and an output unit that outputs a GUI image in which a ranking of communication amounts of the mobile terminal is displayed using the statistical data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying a communication log using a graphical user interface (GUI) image, the apparatus comprising:

a storage unit which stores information related to events including different types of event items generated through a first mobile terminal as data;

a statistical analysis unit which uses an application to analyze the data as statistical data, wherein the statistical data is obtained by analyzing an amount of communication of the events with different priorities respectively given to the different types of event items of the events; and

an output unit which outputs a GUI image which displays a ranking of communication amounts of the first mobile terminal using the statistical data,

wherein each of the priorities determines an amount of fluctuation of a corresponding one of the event items,

wherein the GUI image displays user information of a plurality of mobile terminals that have communicated with the first mobile terminal in response to a user'"'"'s selection of a view item displayed on the GUI image,

wherein the user information of the plurality of mobile terminals is displayed in a ranking order along with all of communication amounts of the different types of event items for the plurality of mobile terminals,

wherein the statistical data comprises at least one of a number of short message service (SMS) messages transmitted, a number of multimedia message service (MMS) messages transmitted, conversation time, a number of files transmitted, a number of calls received while a user is absent, and a number of times mobile blogs are accessed,

wherein the statistical data is obtained by analyzing a total amount of communication of the events with the different priorities respectively given to the different types of event items included in the total amount of communication.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs a GUI image in which items of a communication log for a specific telephone number of a second mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals that has communicated with the first mobile terminal are classified according to different priorities and displayed in a graph.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the GUI image is output on the basis of a time period set by a user.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GUI image is output on the basis of a time period set by a user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GUI image shows the communication amounts, which are ranked first to n-th, expressed by graphic information using an animation effect.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the graphic information is set such that at least one of a color, a size and an amount of movement is different according to the respective communication amount.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the GUI image is output when a conversation statistics menu item is chosen from a plurality of menu items from a main screen of an application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by graphic information according to time slots.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GUI image is output when a conversation statistics menu item is chosen from a plurality of menu items from a main screen of an application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by graphic information according to time slots.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the GUI image is output when a relationship menu item is chosen from a plurality of menu items from a main screen of a life diary application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by the graphic information according to time slots.

10. A method of displaying a communication log using a graphical user interface (GUI) image, the method comprising:

storing information relating to events including different types of event items generated through a first mobile terminal as data;

using an application to analyze the data as statistical data, wherein the statistical data is obtained by analyzing an amount of communication of the events with different priorities respectively given to the different types of event items of the events; and

outputting a GUI image in which a ranking of communication amounts of the first mobile terminal is displayed using the statistical data,

wherein each of the priorities determines an amount of fluctuation of a corresponding one of the event items,

wherein the GUI image displays user information of a plurality of mobile terminals that have communicated with the first mobile terminal in response to a user'"'"'s selection of a view item displayed on the GUI image,

wherein the user information of the plurality of mobile terminals is displayed in a ranking order along with all of communication amounts of the different types of event items for the plurality of mobile terminals,

wherein the statistical data comprises at least one of a number of short message service (SMS) messages transmitted, a number of multimedia message service (MMS) messages transmitted, conversation time, a number of files transmitted, a number of calls received while a user is absent, and a number of times mobile blogs are accessed,

wherein the statistical data is obtained by analyzing a total amount of communication of the events with the different priorities respectively given to the different types of event items included in the total amount of communication.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the outputting comprises outputting a GUI image in which items of a communication log for the specific telephone number of the second mobile terminal that has communicated with the first mobile terminal are classified according to different priorities and displayed in a graph.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the GUI image is output on the basis of a time period set by the user.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the GUI image is output on the basis of a time period set by a user.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the GUI image shows the communication logs, which are ranked first to n-th, expressed by graphic information using an animation effect.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphic information is set such that at least one of a color, a size and an amount of movement is different on the basis of the communication amount.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the GUI image is output when a conversation statistics menu item is chosen from a plurality of menu items from a main screen of an application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by graphic information according to time slots.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the GUI image is output when a conversation statistics menu item is chosen from a plurality of menu items of a main screen of an application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by graphic information according to time slots.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein the GUI image is output when a relationship menu item is chosen from the menu items of the main screen of a life diary application that displays events, which have been generated through the first mobile terminal, by the graphic information according to time slots.

19. A computer readable recording medium having a program code for allowing a computer to execute the method of claim 10.