KR101639218B1 - Apparatus and method for providing weather information in portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a widget for providing weather information of a portable terminal, and in particular, to a device for providing weather information corresponding to a time of going out or a place of a user using a widget that provides the weather information, A weather information server for providing weather information to a weather information server for providing weather information at a user's work time, requesting weather information of a predetermined region from the weather information server, And a controller for receiving and outputting the control signal.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEATHER INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL [0002]

The present invention relates to a widget for providing weather information of a portable terminal, and in particular, to a device for providing weather information corresponding to a time of going out or a place of a user using a widget that provides the weather information, ≪ / RTI >

Recently, according to the rapid development of portable terminals, it is used as a necessity indispensable to modern people regardless of whether they are male or female, and is used as a medium capable of wireless voice communication and information exchange.

However, as the technology is developed, the service provider and the terminal manufacturer competitively develop a product (or a service) in order to differentiate it from other companies, have.

For example, the portable terminal may include a phone book, a game, a short message, an e-mail, a morning call, an MP 3 (MPEG Layer 3) , Digital cameras, and multimedia devices capable of wireless Internet services.

In addition, since the web 2.0 technology has become common in portable terminals, a widget that provides additional functions in a personal computer has been applied to the portable terminals.

Such a widget may provide a screen of a portable terminal as a service provided by a mobile communication service provider. For example, the puppies may be running around on the screen of the portable terminal, or the weather forecast may be received in advance through the weather widget.

However, since the weather widget needs to update its weather forecast at predetermined time intervals, it is insufficient as real-time information.

When the portable terminal updates the weather forecast at intervals of a short time, the updated weather forecast can be used as real time information, but this causes a problem of charging due to frequent weather forecast updates.

Also, the user of the portable terminal can register a plurality of regions and check the weather forecast for the registered region, but can not confirm the weather forecast for the region to be moved according to the schedule of the user.

In other words, when the user of the portable terminal lives in Seoul and Incheon and registers the two areas in advance to confirm the weather forecast, when the user moves from Seoul to Busan on an afternoon schedule, Only the corresponding weather forecast will be updated.

In such a situation, when the user moves to Pusan, a server providing the weather forecast to check the weather forecast corresponding to the Pusan area is required to request weather forecast corresponding to the Pusan area.

That is, the weather widget does not operate in association with the schedule function of the portable terminal, and a weather forecast providing time can not be set.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a weather information providing method, a weather information providing method, Apparatus and method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing weather information of a schedule execution place in a portable terminal.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for providing information on an area having a large meteorological information change in a weather information server to a portable terminal.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing weather information in a portable terminal, the apparatus for connecting to a weather information server providing weather information at a user's commute time, And a controller for requesting weather information of the predetermined region and receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing weather information for a specific area in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: And a weather information providing unit for requesting and receiving weather information about a place where the schedule is to be performed, and then outputting weather information about a place where the schedule is to be performed, together with information indicating the existence of the schedule.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing weather information in a portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of: connecting with a weather information server providing weather information at a user's work time; Requesting the weather information of the predetermined region from the weather information server, and receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing weather information for a specific area in a portable terminal, comprising the steps of: A step of requesting and receiving weather information about a place where the schedule is to be performed, and a step of outputting weather information about a place where the schedule is performed together with information indicating the existence of the schedule .

As described above, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a weather information corresponding to a user's going-out time or a place of departure using a portable terminal so that a user can bring clothing and supplies corresponding to the weather information , It is possible to solve the billing problem and the accuracy of the weather information generated by updating the weather information in a predetermined time period in the existing portable terminal.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable terminal providing weather information according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information at a user's leaving time using a widget that provides weather information in a portable terminal according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a weather information server according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 (a) is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5
FIG. 5 (b) is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information at a specific time in a portable terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 is a view showing a screen for providing weather information in a weather information server according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention,
8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information of a specific area and schedule information to be performed in the specific area in the portable terminal according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In the following description, it is assumed that the portable terminal according to the present invention is used to provide information on weather information and day-of-week schedule corresponding to a user's going-out time or a place of departure so that the user can bring clothing and supplies corresponding to the weather information Apparatus and method will be described.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal that provides weather information according to the present invention.

1, the portable terminal includes a control unit 100, a weather prediction unit 102, a position determination unit 103, a memory unit 104, an input unit 106, a display unit 108, and a communication unit 110, As shown in FIG.

First, the controller 100 of the portable terminal controls overall operation of the portable terminal. For example, the control unit 100 performs processing and control for voice communication and data communication, and according to the present invention, in addition to ordinary functions, Weather information. At this time, the portable terminal usually notifies the user of the portable terminal of the turn-off time announcement after informing the user that it is time to go to work by a predetermined method (beep sound, vibration, etc.). If the controller 100 confirms that the operation time notification is released from the user, the controller 100 connects with the weather information server and obtains weather information corresponding to the area registered by the user of the portable terminal. Here, the control unit 100 determines that the time when the turn-off time notification is canceled is the time to acquire the weather information, and performs the connection with the weather information server after the turn-off time notification is canceled.

In addition, when the controller 100 provides information on the schedule set by the user of the portable terminal, the controller 100 provides the weather information for the area where the schedule is set.

That is, when it is confirmed that the schedule set by the user is present, the controller 100 checks the schedule execution place in the entry of the schedule execution place, and then transmits the weather information corresponding to the confirmed place to the weather information server request.

In addition, the controller 100 confirms predetermined schedule information and provides information on a schedule to be performed in an area where the portable terminal is located.

The weather predicting unit 102 plays a role of confirming weather information of a previously registered area.

For example, the weather forecasting unit 102 confirms and provides weather information about a corresponding area before a user of the portable terminal goes to work. In addition, when it is confirmed that the schedule set by the user of the portable terminal exists, the weather forecasting unit 102 checks the weather information of the area performing the schedule at the time of outputting the information about the predetermined schedule, do.

The memory unit 104 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores the microcode of the program for processing and controlling the control unit 100 and the vapor phase predictor 102, and various reference data.

The position determining unit 103 includes a module for receiving a signal (e.g., a satellite signal) necessary for position determination as a block for determining an area where the portable terminal is located.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 100, and stores temporary data generated during execution of various programs. In addition, the flash ROM stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, an origination message, and a received message.

The input unit 106 includes numeric key buttons 0 to 9 and a menu key, a cancel button, an OK button, a talk button, an end button, an Internet access button, a navigation key Or direction key) buttons and a character input key, and provides key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the control unit 100. [

The display unit 108 displays status information, characters, a large amount of moving images, still images, and the like that occur during the operation of the portable terminal. The display unit 108 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD), and the display unit 108 may include a touch input device and may be used as an input device when applied to a touch input type portable terminal.

The communication unit 110 performs a function of transmitting / receiving a radio signal of data input / output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, channel coding and spreading are performed on data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed for transmission, and in case of a receiver, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal Spreading and channel decoding of the baseband signal and restoring the data. In accordance with the present invention, the base station transmits a weather information request and weather information according to the request by communicating with the weather information server according to the present invention. .

Although not shown, the weather information server confirms weather information corresponding to the request of the portable terminal and provides the weather information to the portable terminal. In addition, the weather information server periodically confirms the weather information and processes the weather information so as to provide the weather information changed only in a region where the weather information changes greatly.

The role of the weather prediction unit 102 may be performed by the controller 100 of the portable terminal, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the control unit 100 may be configured to process all of them.

As described above, the apparatus for providing weather information corresponding to the time of going out or the place where the user goes out by using the portable terminal according to the present invention has been described. In the following description, A method for providing weather information corresponding to the outing place and allowing the user to bring clothing and supplies corresponding to the weather information will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information at a user's leaving time using a widget that provides weather information in the portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 201, the portable terminal determines whether the current time is a time set as a user's work time.

If the portable terminal determines in step 201 that it is not the set time, the portable terminal proceeds to step 215 and performs a corresponding function (e.g., standby mode).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 201 that it is the time set as the time to go to work, the portable terminal proceeds to step 203 and generates a beep sound indicating the time of the work. Here, the portable terminal informs the user that the running time is imminent, so that vibration or beep sound and vibration can be generated together instead of the beep sound.

Then, the portable terminal proceeds to step 205 and confirms whether the beep sound is released by the user. In step 205, the portable terminal confirms the timing of providing the weather information to the user. The portable terminal performs the process of providing the weather information when the beep sound is released.

If the portable terminal does not detect the beep cancellation in step 205, the portable terminal repeats the process of step 203. [

On the other hand, if the beep cancellation is detected in step 205, the portable terminal proceeds to step 207 and confirms the predetermined schedule information, and then proceeds to step 209 to check the schedule set today. The steps 207 and 209 are to confirm a predetermined schedule so that the user of the portable terminal can recognize the schedule information set up today before going to work.

After that, the portable terminal proceeds to step 211 and connects to the weather information server to provide weather information to the user, and then proceeds to step 213 to request weather information of the predetermined area.

In step 213, the user of the portable terminal registers the pre-registered area (for example, the starting position for starting work) and confirms the weather information for the corresponding area. In step 213, And requests weather information corresponding to the predetermined area.

Then, the portable terminal proceeds to step 215 and receives weather information corresponding to the preset area in response to the request from the weather information server.

Thereafter, the portable terminal proceeds to step 217 and outputs the received weather information. In this case, when the weather information indicating that rain is coming from the weather information is received according to an embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal outputs the content including the phrase saying take an umbrella along with an icon indicating a rain.

That is, the portable terminal provides the schedule information and the weather information set today at the time when the alarm set by the user is released, processes the user so as to recognize the schedule to be performed now, and provides countermeasures according to the weather information .

Thereafter, the portable terminal terminates the present algorithm.

2, the process of providing the weather information corresponding to the running time set by the user of the portable terminal has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the process of providing the weather information at a specific time, .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a weather information server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the weather information server periodically confirms weather information, provides changed weather information in a region where the weather information change is great, and the user of the portable terminal registers an area to be checked weather information, And receives weather information about the registered area from the information server.

First, the weather information server checks the current weather information in step 301, and then proceeds to step 303 to check the previous weather information, which is weather information before the current weather information is updated.

Thereafter, the weather information server proceeds to step 305 and determines whether there is an area having a large change in weather information. Here, the area where the weather information change is large refers to a region that changes from a clear weather to a rainy weather, or a region that changes from rain to clear weather, and can confirm the current weather information and the previous weather information by comparing them.

If it is determined in step 305 that there is no area having a large meteorological information change, the meteorological information server re-executes the process of step 301 to confirm whether there is an area having a large meteorological information change.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 305 that there is an area having a large weather information change, the weather information server proceeds to step 307 to check a user who has registered the area having a large weather information change.

In step 309, the weather information server provides the user with the changed weather information.

For example, if it is assumed that the weather information server periodically updates the weather information to confirm that the weather in Busan changes from clear weather to snowy weather, the weather information server stores the weather information of the portable terminal And provides the user with the changed weather information.

Accordingly, the portable terminal can update the weather information of a region having a large change in weather information among a plurality of previously registered regions. This provides an effect of saving radio resources by updating only the weather information of the changed area in the mobile communication system.

Thereafter, the portable terminal terminates the present algorithm.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the portable terminal provides information on a predetermined schedule, the portable terminal provides the weather information of the scheduled area together with the weather information of the user, And make sure that you take out the clothes and supplies you need.

In step 401, the portable terminal determines whether a predetermined schedule exists.

If the predetermined schedule does not exist in step 401, the portable terminal proceeds to step 411 and performs a corresponding function (e.g., standby mode).

If it is determined in step 401 that the predetermined schedule exists, the portable terminal proceeds to step 403 and determines whether a schedule is set in the schedule setting item, that is, the area where the user of the portable terminal performs the schedule In step 405, the user of the portable terminal requests the weather information server to the weather information server in step 403.

In step 407, the portable terminal receives the weather information requested in step 405, and then proceeds to step 409 to output information on the weather information received.

Thereafter, the portable terminal terminates the present algorithm.

FIG. 4 can provide weather information of a destination to a user before a user of the portable terminal moves to a specific area, thereby preparing for weather change.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 (a) is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 (a), the portable terminal informs 501 that it is time to go to work by a predetermined method (notification phrase, beep sound, vibration, etc.) when the portable terminal reaches the registered office time of the user.

At this time, the user of the portable terminal will release the notice of the time of arrival after confirming the work time known by a predetermined method.

At this time, the portable terminal determines that it is time to provide the weather information when the work time notification is canceled according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. After that, the weather information of the current location is output to the display unit of the portable terminal (step 503) before the user of the portable terminal requests the weather information of the predetermined area by checking the area set by the user . At this time, as shown in the figure, the portable terminal confirms a bus trip schedule to be performed today and outputs the schedule together with the weather information.

In addition, the portable terminal can output (505) the current weather information (503) and the materials, clothes, etc. to be taken depending on the current weather information together with the current time.

FIG. 5 (b) is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information at a specific time in the portable terminal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the portable terminal provides weather information to be changed at the time of passing from morning to afternoon, and the portable terminal receives weather information for a predetermined region at the time point and outputs the weather information .

For example, when the mobile terminal confirms the clear weather at the time of passing from the time when the snow falls to the afternoon, information indicating that snow is coming in the morning and weather information that is clear in the afternoon can be output together .

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a weather information server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the weather information server periodically confirms weather information, and provides changed weather information in a region having a large weather information change.

In addition, the user of the portable terminal registers an area for which weather information is to be confirmed, and receives weather information for the registered area from the weather information server.

For example, when a user of the portable terminal registers Incheon and Busan as an area where the user wants to check the weather information, the user of the portable terminal receives weather information on the registration point from the weather information server And outputs 601 and 603, respectively.

The weather information server periodically checks the weather information in the state that the portable terminal receives the snowy Incheon weather and the clear Busan weather as shown in the figure.

When the weather information server periodically checking weather information as described above detects that a great change occurs in the weather information of the Busan area, it provides weather information to the portable terminal that registers the Busan area and provides weather information to the portable terminal So that only the weather information of the Pusan area is updated (605). This can prevent wireless resources from being wasted due to updating of weather information of all the areas between the portable terminal and the weather information server.

7 is a view illustrating a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the portable terminal provides information on a predetermined schedule, the portable terminal provides meteorological information about the area where the schedule is set.

That is, when the portable terminal sets the schedule on a specific date and provides information to the user that the schedule is set, the portable terminal confirms the schedule execution place and provides the weather information of the corresponding area to the user of the portable terminal do.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), when the user of the portable terminal sets a schedule on December 19 (701), the portable terminal notifies that the schedule exists on the day the schedule is set Information will be output.

However, the portable terminal according to the present invention may also provide the weather information of the place where the schedule is performed (703) as shown in FIG. 7 (b) So that the weather information is recognized.

7 (c), the portable terminal confirms the current position of the portable terminal and outputs together the weather information corresponding to the confirmed position and the schedule corresponding to the current position of the portable terminal do.

For example, assuming that a user of the portable terminal has traveled to Pusan, the portable terminal receives a satellite signal and determines that the user is located in Pusan.

At this time, the portable terminal confirms predetermined schedule information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and outputs a schedule set in the Busan area to the display unit. At this time, the schedule output to the display unit may be a schedule for a predetermined period or all schedules for a corresponding place based on the current schedule, the current day, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 7 (c), by outputting the schedule in the Pusan area, the user can not recognize the tomorrow's business meeting and solve the problem of leaving the Pusan area after performing the current schedule only.

The operation of the portable terminal that simultaneously provides the schedule information and the weather information will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information of a specific area and schedule information to be performed in the specific area in the portable terminal according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the specific area refers to an area where the portable terminal is located, an area selected by the user, and the like.

First, the portable terminal receives the location information in step 801, and proceeds to step 803 to determine the location of the user.

In step 805, the portable terminal checks preset schedule information. In step 807, the portable terminal searches for a schedule corresponding to the location of the user identified in step 803.

Then, the portable terminal requests and receives the weather information corresponding to the position determined in step 803, and then proceeds to step 809 to process the schedule and the received weather information to be output in step 807.

Through the above process, the user who simultaneously confirms the weather information and the schedule information can perform all the schedules set at the user's location and then move to another area. Therefore, a user who is provided with schedule information through an existing portable terminal that provides only the schedule information corresponding to the current day may have to schedule a schedule to be continuously performed at the same location, but can not recognize the schedule, Can be solved.

Thereafter, the portable terminal terminates the present algorithm.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

100; A control unit 102; The weather prediction unit
103; Position determining unit 104; The memory unit

Claims (14)

An apparatus for providing weather information in a portable terminal,
A display section;
A communication unit; And
Wherein the control unit checks whether the current time is a predetermined time, outputs a notification when the current time is the preset time, and connects to the weather information server using the communication unit when an input for confirming the output notification is detected, Requesting the weather information of the predetermined region from the weather information server using the communication unit, receiving the weather information by using the communication unit in response to the request from the weather information server, and outputting the received weather information And a control unit for controlling the display unit so as to control the display unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Acquires information on a schedule to be performed by a user, and controls the display to output together with the weather information.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein,
Wherein the mobile terminal determines an area where the user is located by using the location information of the portable terminal and obtains a schedule corresponding to the determined area.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Receiving weather information from the weather information server at a specific time using the communication unit,
Wherein the specific time zone includes a time from morning to afternoon.
The method according to claim 1,
The weather information server includes:
Wherein the weather information acquisition unit periodically checks the weather information to determine whether there is an area having a large weather information change and provides the changed weather information of the confirmed area when it is confirmed that there is a large weather information change area.
delete A method for providing weather information in a portable terminal,
Determining whether the current time is a predetermined time,
Outputting a notification if the current time is the preset time;
Connecting to a weather information server using a communication unit when an input for confirming the output notification is sensed,
Requesting weather information of a predetermined region from the weather information server;
Receiving the weather information in response to the request from the weather information server, and outputting the received weather information.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of outputting the received weather information comprises:
Further comprising the step of acquiring information on a schedule to be performed by the user and outputting the information together with the received weather information.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the step of acquiring information on a schedule to be performed by the user and outputting the information together with the received weather information comprises:
Determining a location of the user using the location information of the portable terminal;
Further comprising the step of acquiring a schedule corresponding to the determined area.
delete 9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising the step of receiving weather information from the weather information server at a specific time zone,
Wherein the specific time period includes a time from morning to afternoon.
9. The method of claim 8,
The weather information server includes:
The method comprising: periodically checking weather information to check whether there is an area having a large weather information change; and when it is confirmed that there is a large weather information change area, the changed weather information is provided.

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