KR101456779B1 - Device and method for widget transmission during a call - Google Patents

Abstract

A busy widget display device and method are disclosed. A communication widget display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a generating unit for obtaining a position of a counterpart terminal identified by a call request and generating a widget associated with the obtained position, And a display unit for displaying the widget on the screen.

Description

{DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIDGET TRANSMISSION DURING A CALL}

The present invention provides an on-the-call widget display device capable of intuitively recognizing information about a location of a counterpart terminal through the widget by acquiring a position of a counterpart terminal and generating a widget associated with the position when a call request is generated, And methods.

The widget may provide a user with a specific function such as life information, memo function, time notification, schedule management, etc., and may be executed at a desired position by the user through the mobile terminal. In addition, the widget may provide personalized weather information, local time information, and news information using the location information of the terminal.

The widget can not be executed when a call between two terminals is being performed, and it is difficult to provide information about a plurality of terminals, information related to a call, and the like by limiting and providing only information about one terminal

Accordingly, there is a need for a technique that provides a widget containing information of a counterpart terminal during a call to the calling terminal, obtains position information of the counterpart terminal, and provides information necessary for the call.

An object of the present invention is to acquire the location of a counterpart terminal when a call request is generated, and to provide the terminal with country information, weather information, and local time information corresponding to the location in the form of a widget.

It is also an object of the present invention to induce a caller to delay the call back by informing a widow of a situation in which the other party is difficult to talk in the call requesting step before the call connection.

A communication widget display device for achieving the above object includes a generating unit for obtaining a position of a counterpart terminal identified by a call request and generating a widget associated with the obtained position, And a display unit for displaying the widget on the screen.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying a widget in a call, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a location of a counterpart terminal identified by the call request and generating a widget associated with the acquired location, And displaying the widget on the screen while the call request is maintained.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide various widgets that can be helpful for voice calls and video calls.

In addition, according to the present invention, the time of a country in a foreign country can be easily recognized through a widget when calling a foreign user, and it is possible to induce the user not to call early in the morning or late at night.

Further, according to the present invention, in a call requesting step before a call connection, a caller can delay a call back by guiding a situation in which the caller is difficult to talk through a widget.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a busy widget display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
2 is a view showing an example of displaying a local time information related widget according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule-related widget display according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing an example of a news-related widget display according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a widget in a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

In this specification, a widget may refer to an application that is applied to a screen of a terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet, displays specific information desired by a user, and performs a specific function. The user of the terminal selects and downloads a specific widget, so that it is possible to perform a desired function without having to search in a web browser.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a busy widget display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the in-call widget display apparatus 100 may include a generating unit 110 and a display unit 120.

The busy widget display device 100 may be operated in a mobile terminal that can communicate with or exchange information with the counterpart terminal 130 via the Internet or a telephone network. The busy widget display device 100 may generate and display a widget including information on the counterpart terminal 130 during the call request in the mobile terminal.

The call request may be generated when the terminal number (telephone number) of the counterpart terminal 130 is input in the mobile terminal and an event related to the call request is transmitted to a service server such as a telephone base station.

First, the generation unit 110 acquires the location of the counterpart terminal 130 identified by the call request and generates a widget associated with the acquired location according to the call request. That is, the generating unit 110 generates a widget that can include information on a region / country where the counterpart terminal 130 to which a call connection is to be placed is currently located.

In the acquisition of the location, the generation unit 110 transmits the terminal number included in the call request to the service server, receives the location information of the counterpart terminal having the terminal number from the service server, Can be obtained.

For example, the service server retrieves the counterpart terminal 130 of the terminal number from the database, and receives the LBS (Location Based Service) from the local base station that maintains the connection state with the searched counterpart 130, The location information may be obtained and returned to the generating unit 110.

Alternatively, the generating unit 110 may receive the current location information directly from the counterpart terminal 130 identified by the call request.

The generating unit 110 generates at least one of the country information corresponding to the location of the counterpart terminal 130 and the local time information at the location.

For example, the generating unit 110 may search the geographical information database for country information including the name of the country to which the acquired location belongs, the longitude on the map, and local time information, and generate a widget including the name . The geographic information database may be provided outside (e.g., a service server) or may be provided inside the mobile terminal in association with the generating unit 110. [ In one example, the service server adds the time corresponding to the longitude in the GPS position information of the counterpart terminal 130, from the global standard time, calculates the local time information about the time of the country, registers it in the geographic information database can do.

According to the embodiment, when the local time information is out of the allowed time range, the generating unit 110 may generate the widget by further including message information regarding the end of the call request. For this purpose, the generating unit 110 may set a time range from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm, for example, a time period during which the general public is woken up, to allow a call. That is, the generator 110 may determine that the local time information is out of the time range if the local time information falls between the average sleep time and the weather time. Also, the generating unit 110 may generate message information indicating that the local time information is later than the sleep time, indicating that the call is late.

Also, the generating unit 110 may generate a widget including weather information at the location of the counterpart terminal 130. The generating unit 110 can receive weather information such as weather and temperature at the location in cooperation with the weather center server. The generating unit 110 and the weather center server can be interworked through an open API. The generating unit 110 may transmit at least one of the location coordinates and the area name to the weather center server according to a predetermined interface to obtain a result value for the weather information.

Also, the generating unit 110 may generate a widget that includes news information at the location of the counterpart terminal 130, and that displays the news information on the screen in conjunction with the click selection. The generating unit 110 may receive news information including the title, contents, and date of the article from the news center server in cooperation with the news center server. The generating unit 110 may search the news for the country corresponding to the location of the counterpart terminal 130 and generate the widget including the news information.

The display unit 120 displays the widget on the screen while the call request is maintained. That is, the display unit 120 may display a widget on the screen during a call connection attempt to the counterpart terminal 130. As described above, the widget includes local time information, weather information, news information, and the like regarding the area / country where the counterpart terminal 130 is located, and the caller roughly compares the recipient status of the counterpart terminal 120 It can be recognized.

In addition, the widget may further include message information relating to the end of call request, so that the caller confirming the message information may press a call end button of the terminal to suspend the call request at a time allowed for the call, May be terminated.

In response to the call request, the display unit 120 may maintain the display of the widget on the call connection status screen even when the call connection is established with the counterpart terminal 130. The call connection status screen may include, for example, a call time, an image of a caller and a receiver when the call is a video call.

According to the embodiment, instead of displaying the call connection status screen, the display unit 120 may display country information, weather information, and local time information by adjusting the size and position of the widget so that the widget is mainly displayed on the screen have.

In addition, the display unit 120 may divide and display the widget during the call connection attempt according to the call request, and the size of the widget after the call connection is different. For example, the display unit 120 can display a large widget over the entire screen for a call connection attempt, while displaying a relatively small widget for a widget after a call connection.

In addition, when the call connection is made with the counterpart terminal 130 by the call request, the display unit 120 may display the widget in a superimposed manner on the call connection status screen. The display unit 120 may display the size and position of the widget within a range that does not overlap information included in the call connection status screen.

In addition, when a plurality of widgets are generated, the display unit 120 switches the plurality of widgets to a predetermined time interval according to a specified order, and displays the widgets on the screen. The generating unit 110 may generate a country information widget, a weather information widget, and a local time information widget, respectively, when the country information, the weather information, and the local time information can not be included at one time according to the size of the widget. For example, the display unit 120 may display the country information widget for 10 seconds, and then switch to the weather information widget for the next 10 seconds.

In another embodiment, there may be an example in which the on-the-call widget display device of the present invention is included in and operated by a service server contractually associated with the mobile terminal. In this embodiment, the above-described widget may be provided to a mobile terminal generated at a service server.

That is, the service server including the busy widget display device can confirm the location of the second terminal, which is the receiving terminal identified by the call request, as the call request is generated in the first terminal that is the calling terminal. The service server may generate a widget associated with the identified location and provide the widget to the first terminal so that the widget is displayed on the screen of the first terminal while the call request is maintained.

In addition, the service server may determine whether a call connection rejection period is ongoing in the second terminal, and generate the widget including message information related to the end of the call request.

For example, the service server may check a schedule matching with local time information of the second terminal in the terminal list, and determine whether the schedule is a schedule for rejecting a call connection. For example, if the schedule is a schedule including a conference, an interview, a meal, or the like, the service server determines that the second terminal is proceeding with a schedule for rejecting a call connection, And provides the widget to the first terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide various widgets that can be helpful for voice calls and video calls.

In addition, according to the present invention, the time of a country in a foreign country can be easily recognized through a widget when calling a foreign user, and it is possible to induce the user not to call early in the morning or late at night.

Further, according to the present invention, in a call requesting step before a call connection, a caller can delay a call back by guiding a situation in which the caller is difficult to talk through a widget.

2 is a view showing an example of displaying a local time information related widget according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in response to a call request, the widget display apparatus during a call acquires the position of a counterpart terminal identified by the call request and generates a widget 200 associated with the obtained position. The busy widget display device may receive the location information of a counterpart terminal that has been checked through, for example, a GPS satellite, a mobile communication base station, a wireless Internet access point (AP) or the like referring to the terminal number of the counterpart terminal.

The busy widget display device generates the widget 200 including the country information 210 corresponding to the location, and the local time information 240.

FIG. 2 illustrates that the location of the counterpart terminal belongs to Paris, France. The busy widget display device can search the geographic information database to obtain the country information 210 'Paris, France'. In addition, the busy widget display device can acquire the local time information 240 '12: 08 am' calculated using the hardness of the French Paris from the geographic information database. In addition, the busy widget display device can acquire the date information 250 '2013.3.25' together with the local time information 240.

The widget display apparatus further includes message information 220 regarding the end of the call request when the local time information 240 is out of the allowed time range. For example, a busy widget display device may acquire information on an average sleeping time and a weathering time and set a time from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm as the time range.

In addition, the busy widget display device may generate the widget 200 including the weather information 230 'H: 5 / L: 0 ° C' at the above location. 2, the widget display apparatus in operation with the weather center server receives the weather and temperature of the location, and obtains the weather information 230 including the maximum temperature, the minimum temperature, and the current temperature of the fly.

In addition, the busy widget display device may display the widget 200 on the screen while the call request is maintained. That is, during the call connection, the widget display device displays a widget including the country information 230, the message information 220, the weather information 230, the local time information 240, the date information 250, . In addition, the busy widget display device may display an image of a night sky representing a bright moon and a star according to the local time information 240 and the weather information 230. [

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule-related widget display according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a busy widget display device obtains the position of a counterpart terminal identified by the call request, and generates a widget 300 associated with the obtained position, upon occurrence of a call request.

The busy widget display device generates the widget 300 including the country information 310 corresponding to the location, and the local time information 340.

FIG. 3 illustrates that the location of the correspondent terminal belongs to Seoul, South Korea. The widget display device during the call can acquire the country information (310) 'Seoul, South Korea' by searching from the geographical information database. Also, the widget display device during the call can acquire the local time information 340 '10:15 am' calculated using the longitude of Seoul, Korea, from the geographic information database. In addition, the busy widget display device can acquire the date information 350 '2013.3.24' together with the local time information 340.

In addition, the busy widget display device may generate the widget 300 including the weather information 330 'H: 14 / L: 5 5 ° C' at the above location. The widget display apparatus in communication in FIG. 3 can acquire weather information 330 including the maximum temperature, the minimum temperature, and the current temperature of Seoul by receiving weather and temperature at the location in cooperation with the weather center server.

In addition, the busy widget display device may generate a widget 300 that includes message information 320 'during a meeting (10:00 to 11:00)' to allow the caller to change the recipient status of the counterpart terminal to the widget .

In addition, the busy widget display device may display the widget 300 on the screen while the call request is maintained. That is, during the call connection, the widget display device displays a widget including the country information 310, the message information 320, the weather information 330, the local time information 340, the date information 350, . In addition, the busy widget display device may display an image showing the clear weather of the afternoon according to the local time information 340 and the weather information 330. [

4 is a view showing an example of a news-related widget display according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a call request is generated and a call connection is established with a counterpart terminal, the widget display device overlaps the widget 410 on the related call connection status screen, as shown in FIG. 4 (a). The busy widget display device can display the images of the caller and the receiver, the talk time and the widget 410. [

The busy widget display device obtains the position of the counterpart terminal according to the call request and generates country information corresponding to the obtained position. The busy widget display device receives the news information related to the country where the counterpart terminal is located from the news center server with reference to the country information, and displays the news information on the widget 410. The busy widget display device displays the link address generated as the article title in the widget 410 from the news information. When the link address is clicked on, the widget display apparatus switches to the screen of FIG. 4 (b) and displays news information of the detailed article contents in the widget 420 whose size and position are different. When the window close button is clicked on the widget 420, the previous call connection screen can be displayed.

The busy widget display device can display the widget 410 for 10 seconds and switch to the weather information widget in the specified order.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a widget in a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5, when a telephone number of a counterpart terminal is inputted and a signal is transmitted to a telephone base station, a call request is generated (510).

In response to the call request, the widget display device in the call acquires the location of the counterpart terminal (520). In the acquisition of the position, the widget display apparatus during communication transmits the terminal number included in the call request to the service server, receives the position information of the counterpart terminal having the terminal number from the service server, Can be obtained.

For example, the service server searches the database for the partner terminal of the terminal number, grasps the GPS position information of the partner terminal from the LBS (Location based Service) in the local base station maintaining the connection state with the searched partner terminal, You can return to the widget display.

Alternatively, the busy widget display device may receive the current location information directly from the counterpart terminal identified by the call request.

The busy widget display also generates a widget associated with the obtained location (530). That is, the widget display device during the call generates a widget including country information, weather information, and local time information corresponding to the location.

Country information including the name of the country to which the acquired position belongs, the hardness on the map, and the local time information may be retrieved from the geographical information database, and a widget including the retrieved local time information may be generated. The geographic information database may be provided outside (e.g., a service server), or may be provided inside the mobile terminal in association with the generating unit. In one example, the service server can add the time corresponding to the longitude in the GPS position information of the counterpart terminal, from the global standard time, and register the local time information on the time of the country in the geographic information database .

In addition, the busy widget display device can receive weather information such as weather and temperature at the location in cooperation with the weather center server.

In addition, the busy widget display device may generate the widget including the news information at the location. The busy widget display device can receive news information including the title, contents, date, and the like of the article from the news center server in cooperation with the news center server. The busy widget display device can search the news for the country corresponding to the location and generate the widget including the news information.

In addition, the busy widget display device determines whether the local time information is out of the allowed time range (540). If the local time information is out of the time range (No in step 540), the busy widget display device may generate message information regarding the end of the call request (560). The widget display during a call can set the time range during which the call is allowed, as the time during which the receiver's sleeping state is not disturbed. The busy widget display device may determine that the local time information is out of the time range if the local time information falls between the average sleep time and the weather time. The busy widget display device may generate message information indicating that the local time information is later than the sleep time when the local time information is closer to the sleeping time.

On the other hand, if the local time information does not deviate from the time range (Yes in step 540), the widget display device during the call will notify the counterpart terminal 130 of the schedule of the call connection being denied (550). If the schedule is in progress (YES in step 550), the widget display device during the call may proceed to step 560 to generate message information regarding the end of the call request. If the schedule is not in progress (No at step 550), the busy widget display device proceeds to step 570. [

The busy widget display device displays the widget on the screen including the country information, weather information, local time information, and message information (570). The busy widget display device may display the widget on the screen while the call request is maintained.

In addition, the busy widget display device determines whether a call connection is established with the counterpart terminal by the call request (step 580). If the call connection is established (the 'Yes' direction in step 580) The widget may be displayed in a superimposed manner on the call connection status screen (590). At this time, the busy widget display device can display the size and position of the widget within a range that does not overlap with the information included in the call connection status screen. In addition, when a plurality of widgets are generated, the widget display apparatus switches the plurality of widgets to predetermined time intervals and displays them on the screen in a designated order.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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Claims (20)

Upon occurrence of a call request,
A generator for obtaining a position of a counterpart terminal identified by the call request and generating a widget associated with the obtained position; And
A display unit for displaying the widget on the screen while the call request is maintained;
Lt; / RTI >
When a call connection is established with the counterpart terminal by the call request,
The display unit includes:
The widget is superimposed and displayed on the call connection status screen related to the counterpart terminal
Widget display during a call. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the generation unit comprises:
Country information corresponding to the location, and local time information at the location to generate the widget
Widget display during a call. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the generation unit comprises:
If the local time information is out of the allowed time range, message information on the end of the call request is generated to generate the widget
Widget display during a call. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the generation unit comprises:
And generating the widget including weather information at the location
Widget display during a call. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the generation unit comprises:
Transmits the terminal number included in the call request to the service server, receives the location information of the counterpart terminal having the terminal number from the service server, and obtains the location
Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI > delete The method according to claim 1,
When a plurality of widgets are generated,
The display unit includes:
The plurality of widgets are switched in a set time interval and displayed on the screen in a specified order
Widget display during a call. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the generation unit comprises:
Generating the widget to include the news information at the position, and to cause the news information to be displayed on the screen in conjunction with the click selection
Widget display during a call. As a call request occurs in the first terminal,
Identify the location of the second terminal identified by the call request,
Generating a widget associated with the identified location and providing the widget to the first terminal, displaying the widget on the screen of the first terminal while the call request is maintained,
When the call is connected to the second terminal by the call request, the widget is displayed in a superimposed manner on the call connection status screen of the first terminal
Service server. 10. The method of claim 9,
In the second terminal, when a schedule of rejecting the call connection is in progress,
And generating the widget by including message information regarding the end of the call request
Service server. Obtaining a location of a counterpart terminal identified by the call request in response to a call request;
Creating a widget associated with the acquired location; And
Displaying the widget on the screen while the call request is maintained
Lt; / RTI >
When a call connection is established with the counterpart terminal by the call request
The step of displaying the widget on a screen may include:
A step of superimposing and displaying the widget on a call connection status screen related to the counterpart terminal
≪ / RTI > 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the generating the widget comprises:
Generating widgets including at least one of country information corresponding to the location, and local time information at the location
≪ / RTI > 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the generating the widget comprises:
Generating the widget by further including message information regarding the end of the call request when the local time information is out of the allowed time range
And displaying the widget in the call. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the generating the widget comprises:
Generating the widget including weather information at the location
≪ / RTI > 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the acquiring of the location of the counterpart terminal comprises:
Transmitting a terminal number included in the call request to a service server; And
Receiving, from the service server, location information of the counterpart terminal having the terminal number and obtaining the position
≪ / RTI > delete 12. The method of claim 11,
When a plurality of widgets are generated,
The step of displaying the widget on a screen may include:
Switching the plurality of widgets to a set time interval according to a specified order and displaying the widgets on a screen
≪ / RTI > 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the generating the widget comprises:
Generating the widget including the news information at the position, and displaying the news information on the screen in cooperation with the click selection
≪ / RTI > Identifying a location of a second terminal identified by the call request as a call request is generated in the first terminal;
Generating a widget associated with the identified location and providing the widget to the first terminal so that the widget is displayed on the screen of the first terminal while the call request is maintained; And
When the call connection is established with the second terminal by the call request, displaying the widget on the call connection status screen related to the second terminal in the first terminal
≪ / RTI > 20. The method of claim 19,
In the second terminal, when a schedule of rejecting the call connection is in progress,
Generating the widget by including message information on the end of the call request
And displaying the widget in the call.

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