Method of using use log of portable terminal and apparatus using the same

• US 9,582,317 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2014
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Seokjin, Lee, Muwoong, Lim, Sumin, Yi, Sangho
• Primary Examiner(s): Mudrick, Timothy A
• Application Number:
  US14/275,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: 719/313
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method of determining a second application related to a first application being executed by using a use log of a portable terminal and executing the second application according to a user input and an apparatus for supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal may determine the second application related to the first application being executed, based on a use log collected in a previous context state identical or similar to a current context state of a user. At this time, in order to determine the current context state of the user, the portable terminal may use information related to a location of the portable terminal and information related to a current time.

Claims

1. A method of using a use log of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

providing a first application being executed on a display unit; and

providing an indicator, on a partial portion of the first application, associated with a second application, the second application being determined based on information collected in a previous context state identical or similar to a current context state of a user and a location coordinate,

wherein, if a power level of the portable terminal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the location coordinate of the portable terminal is determined based on a network identifier received from an access point (AP) and, if the power level of the portable terminal is greater than the predetermined threshold, the location coordinate of the portable terminal is determined based on a global positioning system (GPS).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application related to the first application comprises an application which has been executed within a threshold time before or after the first application is executed in the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state of the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second application related to the first application comprises an application which has been executed a threshold number of times or more within a threshold time before or after the first application is executed.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprises providing the second application based on a statistic result generated by analyzing a use log collected in the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the context state comprises one or more of a moving state in a specific place, a staying state in a specific place, a state of entering a specific place, a state of leaving a specific place, a state of going to work, a state of returning from work, a state of using a means of transportation, and a user action state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the current context state of the user corresponds to a place where the user is currently located, the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state corresponds to a place identical to the place, a place within a threshold range from the place, a place having a name identical to that of the place, or a place having a type identical to that of the place.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a third application related to the first application being executed,

wherein the displaying of the indicator associated with the second application comprises displaying an icon of the second application in response to a user input of performing a touch drag in a direction from one side of a touch screen to a center of the touch screen.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing information on the current context state of the user on a touch screen.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprises determining the current context state of the user based on information related to a location of the portable terminal and information related to a current time.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprises displaying the second application on the display unit in response to a user input of selecting the indicator associated with the second application.

11. A portable terminal using a use log, the portable terminal comprising:

a processor configured to;

provide a first application being executed on a display unit of the portable terminal, and

provide an indicator, on a partial portion of the first application, associated with a second application, the second application being determined based on information collected in a previous context state identical or similar to a current context state of a user and a location coordinate,

wherein, if a power level of the portable terminal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the location coordinate of the portable terminal is determined based on a network identifier received from an access point (AP) and, if the power level of the portable terminal is greater than the predetermined threshold, the location coordinate of the portable terminal is determined based on a global positioning system (GPS).

12. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the second application related to the first application comprises an application which has been executed within a threshold time before or after the first application is executed in the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state of the user.

13. The portable terminal of claim 12, wherein the second application related to the first application comprises an application which has been executed a threshold number of times or more within a threshold time before or after the first application is executed.

14. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the processor provides the second application related to the first application being executed by using a statistic result generated by analyzing a use log collected in the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state of the user.

15. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the context state comprises one or more of a moving state in a specific place, a staying state in a specific place, a state of entering a specific place, a state of leaving a specific place, a state of going to work, a state of returning from work, a state of using a means of transportation, and a user action state.

16. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein, when the current context state of the user corresponds to a place where the user is currently located, the previous context state identical or similar to the current context state corresponds to a place identical to the place, a place within a threshold range from the place, a place having a name identical to that of the place, or a place having a type identical to that of the place.

17. The portable terminal of claim 11,

wherein the processor is further configured to provide a third application related to the first application being executed, and

wherein the display unit is further configured to display an icon of the second application in response to a user input of performing a touch drag through the user input unit.

18. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the display unit is further configured to display information on the current context state of the user.

19. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the current context state of the user by using information related to a location of the portable terminal and information related to a current time.

20. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the second application on the display unit in response to a user input of selecting the indicator associated with the second application.