Method of providing information and mobile terminal thereof

• US 9,529,520 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cha, Sang-ok, Kim, Dong-woo, Kim, Young-ri, Yoo, Ji-yeon, Lee, Ju-youn
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K
• Application Number:
  US13/592,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,587 Days
• Field of Search: 715/769
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4416 Network booting; Remote initial program loading [RIPL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A method of providing information, performed by a mobile terminal, is provided. The method includes sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a panel, and causing the panel to appear from at least one from among a left side, a right side, and a bottom side of a screen and then displaying the panel on the screen, according to the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the panel. The panel includes at least one from among a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, a capture panel including a list of capture data, and a recommending panel including recommend contents.

Claims

1. A method of providing information, performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining one or more captured contents and capture data including an image and metadata corresponding to the one or more captured contents;

determining contents to be recommended in consideration of accumulated personal information and the capture data;

sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a panel; and

causing the panel to appear from at least one from among a left side, a right side, and a bottom side of a screen and then displaying the panel on the screen, according to the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the panel,

wherein the panel comprises;

a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices; and

a recommending panel including the contents to be recommended.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the panel comprises sensing a gesture of tapping a predetermined region of the screen a predetermined number of times or recognizing a preset syllable.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the panel comprises sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation, and

wherein the displaying of the panel comprises:

displaying the recommending panel including the contents to be recommended on the screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the capture data comprises:

capture data corresponding to internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal; and

capture data corresponding to external content from outside the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the accumulated personal information comprise at least one from among usage pattern information about the mobile terminal, and the user'"'"'s profile information, the user'"'"'s life pattern information.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises sensing a user'"'"'s gesture of tapping a predetermined region of the mobile terminal a predetermined number of times.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises:

recognizing the user'"'"'s voice; and

when the user'"'"'s voice is paused for a predetermined time period while the user'"'"'s voice is recognized, the pause is sensed as the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises:

recognizing the user'"'"'s voice; and

sensing a word requesting content recommendation from among words included in the user'"'"'s recognized voice.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the sensing of the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises a user'"'"'s gesture of flicking the screen toward the inside of the screen from at least one from among the left side, the right side, and the bottom side of the screen.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the situational information comprises at least one from among information about content that is being reproduced when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, location information of the mobile terminal when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, time information when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, and weather information when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the recommending panel appears upward from the bottom side of the screen.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying the recommending panel including the contents to be recommended on the screen comprises:

displaying first content to be recommended in the recommending panel;

sensing a gesture of flicking the recommending panel from a first point on the recommending panel to a second point on the recommending panel; and

switching the first content to be recommended to second content to be recommended and displaying the second content to be recommended in the recommending panel, based on the gesture of the flicking.

13. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sensing a user'"'"'s selection of the contents to be recommended included in the recommending panel; and

reproducing the contents to be recommended corresponding to the user'"'"'s selection.

27. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a capturing unit configured to obtain one or more captured contents and capture data including an image and metadata corresponding to the one or more captured contents;

a recommending unit configured to determine contents to be recommended in consideration of accumulated personal information and the capture data;

a sensing unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s gesture requesting a panel;

a display unit configured to;

cause the panel to appear from at least one from among a left side, a right side, and a bottom side of a screen, and

display the panel on the screen, according to the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the panel; and

a controller configured to control the sensing unit and the display unit,

wherein the panel comprises;

a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices; and

a recommending panel including the contents to be recommended.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the sensing unit senses a gesture of tapping a predetermined region of the screen a predetermined number of times or recognizing a preset syllable.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14,

wherein the sensing unit senses a user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation, and

wherein the display unit displays the recommending panel including the contents to be recommended on the screen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the capture data comprises:

capture data corresponding to internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal; and

capture data corresponding to external content from outside the mobile terminal.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the accumulated personal information comprise at least one from among usage pattern information about the mobile terminal, and the user'"'"'s profile information, the user'"'"'s life pattern information.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises a user'"'"'s gesture of tapping a predetermined region of the mobile terminal a predetermined number of times.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the sensing unit recognizes the user'"'"'s voice, and senses a pause in the user'"'"'s voice as the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation when the user'"'"'s voice is paused for a predetermined time period while the user'"'"'s voice is recognized.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the sensing unit recognizes the user'"'"'s voice, and senses a word requesting content recommendation from among words included in the user'"'"'s recognized voice.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation comprises a user'"'"'s gesture of flicking the screen toward the inside of the screen from at least one from among the left side, the right side, and the bottom side of the screen.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the situational information comprises at least one from among information about content that is being reproduced when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, location information of the mobile terminal when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, time information when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed, and weather information when the user'"'"'s gesture requesting content recommendation is sensed.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the recommending panel appears upward from the bottom side of the screen.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 16,

wherein the sensing unit senses a gesture of flicking the recommending panel displaying first content to be recommended from a first point on the recommending panel to a second point on the recommending panel, and

wherein the display unit switches the first content to be recommended to second content to be recommended and displays the second content to be recommended in the recommending panel, based on the gesture of the flicking.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 16,

wherein the sensing unit senses a user'"'"'s selection of the contents to be recommended included in the recommending panel, and

wherein the controller reproduces the contents to be recommended corresponding to the user'"'"'s selection.