TW201501504A - Method for setting portable electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for setting a portable electronic apparatus is provided. The portable electronic apparatus has a wireless network module. The method includes driving the wireless network module to receive wireless network signals in an environment, obtaining a plurality of identifiers of a plurality of wireless network devices according to the received wireless network signals, searching a corresponding usage parameter in a lookup table of the portable electronic apparatus according to the identifiers, and setting the portable electronic apparatus according to the searched usage parameter.

Description

Method of setting portable electronic device

The present invention relates to a method for setting a portable electronic device, and more particularly to a method for determining an environment according to a wireless network signal in an environment and thereby automatically setting a portable electronic device.

The continuous development of wireless communication networks has greatly changed the speed and convenience of information exchange. With the development of related technologies, more and more portable electronic devices (such as notebook computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) are set up. There is a wireless network module to send and receive wireless network signals. Wireless network technology offers a lot of practical value. For example, users in action can send and receive emails through their mobile phones. Alternatively, a passenger using a laptop can connect to the Internet through a wireless Internet service site installed at airports, train stations, and other public places. In addition, when the user is at home, their portable electronic devices can be connected to the wireless network in the home to simultaneously process the data and forward the files.

Due to the need of use, the user usually sets the portable electronic device to be used according to the use environment, so that the set portable electronic device can better meet the needs of the user. For example, when a user is in an office, some fixed applications are habitually opened for homework. For another example, when the user is outdoors, the volume of the portable electronic device needs to be increased due to the noisy environment, so that the user can listen to music or answer the call. The above method of setting the portable electronic device is performed by the user subjectively judging the condition of the environment, and then setting it manually. In the case of manually setting the portable electronic device in this way, if the user is often at In different environmental operations, the user may have to change the settings of the portable electronic device frequently, which may cause some inconvenience in use. For example, when a user of a mobile phone enters the room to participate in a meeting outdoors, if he forgets to set his mobile phone to be mute, then when a call comes in, not only the conference in which the call is made will be interfered with by the ringing of the phone. And the user himself will feel a little embarrassed.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a method for setting a portable electronic device. The method can determine the environment according to the wireless network signal in the environment to automatically set the portable electronic device.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of setting a portable electronic device. The portability The electronic device includes a wireless network module. The method includes: driving the wireless network module to receive a wireless network signal in an environment, and obtaining a plurality of identification codes of the plurality of wireless network service devices according to the received wireless network signal. The method further includes searching for a corresponding usage parameter in a lookup table of the portable electronic device according to the identification codes. The method further includes setting the portable electronic device according to the searched usage parameter.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of setting a portable electronic device. This can The portable electronic device includes a wireless network module. The method includes driving the wireless network module to receive a wireless network signal in an environment, and obtaining a plurality of identification codes of the plurality of wireless network service devices according to the received wireless network signal. The method further includes counting at least one usage parameter of the portable electronic device during the startup of the portable electronic device. The method further includes updating the usage parameters recorded by a lookup table of the portable electronic device according to the identification codes and the at least one usage parameter.

The method for setting a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be based on no environment The line network signal determines the environment, and can automatically set the portable electronic device, so that the set portable electronic device can conform to the user's usage habit, thereby increasing user operation. Convenience.

100‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

110‧‧‧Wireless network module

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Enquiry Form

132‧‧‧Data string

134‧‧‧ID record area

136‧‧‧Use parameter recording area

138‧‧‧Environmental parameter recording area

140‧‧‧ display

150‧‧‧Speakers

1601 to 160N‧‧‧Apps

170‧‧‧clock

180‧‧‧ sensor

200A to 200C‧‧‧Wireless Internet Service Unit

210A to 210C‧‧‧ identification code

Wireless network signal from 220A to 220C‧‧

S310 to S320, S410 to S420‧‧‧ process steps

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a data structure diagram of the lookup table of Fig. 1.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of setting a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of setting a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a portable electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The portable electronic device 100 includes a wireless network module 110, a processing unit 120, and a lookup table 130. The wireless network module 110 is configured to receive wireless network signals in the environment. Taking FIG. 1 as an example, there are three wireless network service devices 200A to 200C in the vicinity of the portable electronic device 100, and the wireless network module 110 can receive the wireless network sent by the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C. Road signal 220A to 220C. In order to be able to identify which wireless network service device the wireless network signals 220A to 220C are from, the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C each have an identification code 210A, 210B or 210C, and when the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C are generated. When the wireless network signals 220A to 220C are transmitted, the identification codes 210A, 210B, and 210C are embedded into the wireless network signals 220A, 220B, and 220C, respectively. Therefore, after the wireless network signals 220A to 220C are received by the wireless network module 110, the processing unit 120 of the portable electronic device 100 can obtain the wireless network service according to the received wireless network signals 220A to 220C. Identification codes 210A, 210B, and 210C of devices 200A through 200C.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the identifiers 210A, 210B, and 210C may be, but are not limited to, a media access control address (MAC address) and a service setting identifier of the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C. Service Set Identifier (SSID) and/or Internet Protocol address (IP address).

In addition, it is to be understood that the identification code 210A, 210B is obtained in the portable electronic device 100. During the process of 210C, the portable electronic device 100 does not need to log in to any of the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C. In other words, the portable electronic device 100 does not necessarily need to accept services provided by the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C (eg, browsing web pages, sending and receiving emails, file transmissions, etc.), and may be based on wireless network services. The wireless network signals 220A through 220C sent by the devices 200A through 200C retrieve the identification codes 210A, 210B, and 210C of the wireless network service devices 200A through 200C.

The processing unit 120 of the portable electronic device 100 can judge according to the obtained identification code. The environment in which the portable electronic device 100 is located is broken. In detail, when the environment in which the portable electronic device 100 is located changes, the wireless network service device existing around the portable electronic device 100 may be different, and the combination of the identification codes obtained by the portable electronic device 100 may be Differently, because the identification code of each wireless network service device is unique, when the combination of the obtained identification codes is different, it means that the environment of the portable electronic device 100 is already change. Therefore, after obtaining the identification codes 210A to 210C of the wireless network service devices 200A to 200C in the environment, the processing unit 120 of the portable electronic device 100 can perform the portable electronic device according to the obtained identification codes 210A to 210C. The search query table 130 searches for the corresponding usage parameter, and sets the portable electronic device 100 according to the searched corresponding usage parameter, so that the configured portable electronic device 100 can meet the environmental requirements.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and refer to FIG. 1 at the same time. FIG. 2 is the lookup table 130 of FIG. 1 . Data structure diagram. The lookup table 130 records a plurality of data strings 132, and each of the data strings 132 includes an identification code recording area 134 and a usage parameter recording area 136. Each of the identification code recording areas 134 is used to record the identification code of the at least one wireless network service device, and each of the usage parameter recording areas 136 is used to record at least one usage parameter of the portable electronic device 100. The combination of the identification codes recorded in the identification code recording area 134 of each data string 132 is different and corresponds to different usage environments. The processing unit 120 of the portable electronic device 100 searches the query table 130 for a combination of the identification code recorded by the identification code recording area 134 and the processing unit 120 according to the obtained identification code. The identification code combines the most consistent data string 132, and sets the portable electronic device 100 according to at least one usage parameter recorded in the parameter record area 136 of the searched data string 132. For example, it is assumed that the lookup table 130 has three data strings 132, and the combination of the identification codes recorded by the identification code recording area 134 is (ID1, ID2), (ID3, ID4, ID5) and (ID6, ID7, ID8), where ID1 to ID8 represent the identification codes of eight different wireless network service devices, respectively. The combination of the identification codes obtained by the processing unit 120 according to the environmental wireless signal is (ID1, ID2, ID3). Since the identification code combination that best matches the identification code combination (ID1, ID2, ID3) among the three identification code combinations of the lookup table 130 is (ID1, ID2), the processing unit 120 according to the identification code combination (ID1, ID2) The portable electronic device 100 is set by at least one usage parameter recorded in the corresponding parameter recording area 136.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, in an embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 can be The display unit 140 is further configured to display the screen 140. When the processing unit 120 sets the portable electronic device 100 according to the searched usage parameters, the brightness of the display 140 is set according to the searched usage parameters. In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 may further include a speaker 150 for emitting sound, and when the processing unit 120 sets the portable electronic device 100 according to the used usage parameters, The volume of the speaker 150 is set based on the searched usage parameters. In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 can store a plurality of applications 1601 to 160N, and when the processing unit 120 sets the portable electronic device 100 according to the used usage parameters, The portable electronic device 100 is controlled to open at least one of the applications 1601 to 160N according to the searched usage parameters.

Referring again to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, each data string 132 may further include an environmental parameter recording area 138 for recording environmental variables such as time, temperature, and/or brightness, and as a basis for the processing unit 120 to search for the used parameters. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 may further include a clock 170 for providing the current time to the processing unit 120, and the environmental parameter recording area 138 of each data string 132 is recorded. The time period corresponding to the data string 132. When the processing unit 120 searches for the corresponding usage parameter in the lookup table 130, it searches for the pair in the lookup table 130 according to the obtained identification code and the time at that time. The parameters should be used. In this way, if the user operates the portable electronic device 100 with different settings during different time periods (eg, daytime, night), the processing unit 120 can be more capable by the time recorded by the environmental parameter recording area 138. The user is accustomed to search for the most appropriate usage parameters to set the portable electronic device 100.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device may further include a sensor 180. It is used to sense a physical property in the environment to generate environmental parameters. For example, the sensor 180 can be a microphone to sense the volume in the environment; for example, the sensor 180 can be a photosensitive element to sense brightness in the environment. When the processing unit 120 searches the query table 130 for the corresponding usage parameter, the processing unit 120 searches the query table 130 for the corresponding usage parameter according to the obtained identification code and the environment parameter generated by the sensor 180. Then, the processing unit 120 further sets the portable electronic device 100 according to the searched corresponding usage parameters. In this way, when the volume or brightness of the environment changes, the processing unit 120 can more accurately search for the most appropriate usage parameter to meet the environmental conditions by setting the volume or brightness recorded by the environment parameter recording area 138. Portable electronic device 100.

In another embodiment of the present invention, during the period in which the portable electronic device 100 is activated, The processing unit 120 may perform statistics on at least one usage parameter of the portable electronic device 100, and then update the usage parameters recorded by the lookup table 130 according to the obtained identification code and the at least one used parameter. The at least one usage parameter may include, but is not limited to, an application opened by the portable electronic device 100, an ambient brightness at that time, an ambient volume at the time, a time at the time, and the like. As a result, if the usage habits of the portable electronic device 100 are changed, the usage parameters recorded by the lookup table 130 can be updated immediately to conform to the user's usage habits.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a diagram of setting a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Flow chart. In this embodiment, the method for setting the portable electronic device includes the following steps: Step S310: driving the wireless network module to receive the wireless network signal in the environment, and obtaining a plurality of wireless network signals according to the received wireless network signal. a plurality of identifiers of the wireless network service device; step S320: searching in the lookup table of the portable electronic device according to the identifier Corresponding usage parameters; and step S330: setting the portable electronic device according to the searched corresponding usage parameters.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a diagram of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Set the flow chart. In this embodiment, the method for setting the portable electronic device includes the following steps: Step S410: Driving the wireless network module to receive the wireless network signal in the environment, and obtaining a plurality of wireless network signals according to the received wireless network signal. a plurality of identification codes of the wireless network service device; step S420: counting at least one usage parameter of the portable electronic device during the startup of the portable electronic device; and step S430: according to the identification code and the statistics The at least one usage parameter updates the usage parameter recorded by the lookup table of the portable electronic device.

In summary, the method for setting a portable electronic device of the present invention can be based on an environment. The wireless network signal determines the environment, and can automatically set the portable electronic device, so that the set portable electronic device can conform to the user's usage habit, thereby increasing the convenience of the user. Sex.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is performed according to an embodiment of the present invention. Equal variations and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

S310 to S320‧‧‧ process steps

Claims (10)

A method for setting a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a wireless network module, the method comprising: driving the wireless network module to receive a wireless network signal in an environment, and according to the received Obtaining, by the wireless network signal, a plurality of identification codes of the plurality of wireless network service devices; searching, according to the identification codes, a corresponding usage parameter in a lookup table of the portable electronic device; and according to the searched The portable electronic device is set according to the corresponding use parameter. A method for setting a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a wireless network module, the method comprising: driving the wireless network module to receive a wireless network signal in an environment, and according to the received The wireless network signal obtains a plurality of identification codes of the plurality of wireless network service devices; during the activation of the portable electronic device, the at least one usage parameter of the portable electronic device is counted; and according to the identification And using the code and the at least one usage parameter to update the usage parameter recorded by a lookup table of the portable electronic device. The method of claim 2, further comprising: searching for a corresponding usage parameter in the lookup table according to the identifiers; and setting the portable electronic device according to the searched use parameter. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein searching for the corresponding usage parameter in the lookup table according to the identifiers comprises: searching the corresponding query in the lookup table according to the identifiers and the time at the time Use parameters. The method of claim 1 or 3, further comprising: driving a sensor of the portable electronic device to sense a physical characteristic in the environment to generate an environmental parameter; wherein the query is based on the identification code Searching for the corresponding usage parameter in the table includes: searching the corresponding usage parameter in the lookup table according to the identification code and the environment parameter. The method of claim 5, wherein the physical property is volume or brightness. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the identification codes are media access control addresses, service setting identifiers, and/or internet protocol addresses of the wireless network service devices. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to: set the portable electronic device according to the searched corresponding usage parameter, according to the searched use parameter. The volume of a speaker. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to: set the portable electronic device according to the searched corresponding usage parameter, according to the searched use parameter. The brightness of a display. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to: control the portable electronic device according to the searched corresponding usage parameter, according to the searched use parameter. Open at least one application.