KR101883356B1 - Apparatus and method for blocking notification of message - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a graphical user interface capable of setting whether or not to block notification of an application message is disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor for generating a graphical user interface and an output for outputting a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message, and provides an interruption setting interface for each application in the list, for setting whether to block the notification of the application object representing the application and the message of the application.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING NOTIFICATION OF MESSAGE [0002]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following embodiments are directed to an apparatus and method for managing messages, and in particular, to an apparatus and method for providing an interruption to a notification of a message occurring in an application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Mobile terminals such as smartphones have become widespread and it has become common for one person to use one or more mobile terminals.

Due to the widespread deployment of mobile terminals and improved performance, mobile terminals have provided programs such as various utilities and games previously provided by personal computers in addition to traditional call and messaging functions.

In particular, depending on the characteristics of the mobile terminal that the user is always carrying the mobile terminal, moving with the user, and easily changing the position or pose, various communication methods and sensors, which are not used in a general personal computer, It is widely used in terminals. Further, according to this aspect, programs with a variety of functions are provided for mobile terminals as compared with a personal computer.

There are applications that provide messages among various applications used in mobile terminals. The message provided by the application is output to the terminal through a notification function. In some cases, messages are output from the pop-up windows or notification bar even if the application is not running in foreground.

However, the user may not always request a notification of the message for all applications. For example, a user may want to use a particular application as needed, but may want to block the notification of a message occurring in the application.

There is a need for a method of intuitively and easily setting whether or not to block the notification of a message for each application in a situation where a considerable number of applications are installed and used in one mobile terminal.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0143139, published on Dec. 14, 2016 (name: a method for controlling reception of a message in an electronic device and an electronic device)

One embodiment may provide an apparatus and method for providing an interface for setting whether to block notification of a message for an application providing a message.

One embodiment may provide an apparatus and method for providing a list of selected applications through filtering for applications providing a message.

One embodiment may provide an apparatus and method for providing a list of applications arranged in a particular order for applications providing a message.

One embodiment can provide an apparatus and method for providing different information to an application depending on whether or not a notification of a message of an application is blocked.

CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A processor, on one side, for generating a graphical user interface; And an output unit outputting the graphic user interface,

Wherein the graphical user interface represents a list of one or more applications providing a message and for each application in the list an application object representing the application and a blocking setting interface for setting whether to block notification of a message of the application An electronic device is provided.

The blocking setting interface may include one of a select button, a toggle button, a slider, and a touch and drag of the application object.

The processor may adjust the list by performing filtering according to the settings.

The processor may perform the filtering such that the list only indicates an application whose notification of the message has been blocked.

The processor may exclude the changed application from the list if the blocking of the message of the application of the list is changed.

The processor may sort the list in a manner set by the user.

The processor may arrange the list in order of the frequency of occurrence of the message notification, the order of recommending change of whether to block the notification of the message, or the time when the blocking of the notification of the message is changed.

The graphical user interface may include a message information interface that indicates information about a notification of a message of the application.

The information indicated by the message information interface may differ depending on whether the notification of the application message is blocked.

If the notification message of the application is set to be blocked, the message information interface can display the number of messages for which the notification is blocked.

If the notification of the message of the application is set not to be blocked, the message information interface may display at least one of the number of unread messages and the number of received messages.

On another side, creating a graphical user interface, performed by an electronic device; And outputting the graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface represents a list of one or more applications providing a message, and for each application of the list, an application object representing the application and a message of the application There is provided a user interface providing method for providing a blocking setting interface for setting whether or not to block a notification.

In addition, there is further provided another method, apparatus, system for implementing the invention and a computer readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method.

There is provided an apparatus and method for providing an interface for setting whether or not to block notification of a message for an application providing a message.

An apparatus and method for providing a list of selected applications through filtering for applications providing a message are provided.

There is provided an apparatus and method for providing a list of applications arranged in a specific order to applications providing a message.

There is provided an apparatus and method for providing different information to an application according to whether or not a notification of an application message is blocked.

1 is a structural view of an apparatus according to an embodiment.
Figure 2 illustrates a graphical user interface provided in a display and display according to an example.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a graphical user interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates interworking between a device and an external server according to an example.
FIG. 5 illustrates a list of one or more applications that provide notification of a message according to one embodiment.
6 shows an interruption setting interface of a selection button according to an example.
FIG. 7 may illustrate the interruption setting interface of the toggle button according to an example.
8 shows a cut-off setting interface of the slider according to an example.
FIG. 9 illustrates an interception configuration interface using touch and drag of an application object according to an example.
Figure 10 shows filtering of a list according to an example.
Figure 11 shows an alignment of the list according to an example.
FIG. 12 shows the contents of a message information interface according to an example.

The following detailed description of exemplary embodiments refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the embodiments. It should be understood that the various embodiments are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with an embodiment. It is also to be understood that the location or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the exemplary embodiments is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly explained.

In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views. The shape and size of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated for clarity.

The terms used in the examples are intended to illustrate the embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. In the examples, the singular includes the plural unless otherwise stated in the specification. It is noted that the terms "comprises" and / or "comprising" used in the specification are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the components, steps, operations, and / And that additional configurations may be encompassed within the scope of the embodiments of the exemplary embodiments or the technical ideas of the exemplary embodiments. When it is mentioned that a component is "connected" or "connected" to another component, the two components may be directly connected or connected to each other, It is to be understood that other components may be present in the middle of the components.

The terms first and second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms above. The above terms are used to distinguish one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the right, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

In addition, the components shown in the embodiments are shown independently to represent different characteristic functions, which does not mean that each component is composed of separate hardware or one software constituent unit. That is, each component is listed as each component for convenience of explanation. For example, at least two of the components may be combined into a single component. Also, one component can be divided into a plurality of components. The integrated embodiments and the separate embodiments of each of these components are also included in the scope of the right without departing from the essence.

Also, some components are not essential components to perform essential functions, but may be optional components only to improve performance. Embodiments may be implemented only with components that are essential to implementing the essentials of the embodiments, and structures within which the optional components are excluded, such as, for example, components used only for performance enhancement, are also included in the scope of the right.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to facilitate embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art. In the following description of the embodiments, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present disclosure rather unclear.

1 is a structural view of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

The device 100 may be an electronic device and may be a portable electronic device. For example, the device 100 may be a smart phone. Alternatively, the device 100 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a feature phone, a navigation, a tablet, a notebook, A personal computer, a set-top box, a wearable device, a digital signage, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, or a computer system. The device 100 may be a wearable device such as, for example, a head mounted display (HMD), a smart watch, or a smart glass.

The apparatus 100 includes at least one processor 110, a communication unit 120, a storage unit 130, an output unit 140, an input unit 150, a sensing unit 160, an interface 170 And at least some of the power section 180 as components. The components may communicate with each other via one or more communication buses or signal lines.

The components shown relative to the device 100 in FIG. 1 may be only one example. Not all of the components shown may be necessary for the device 100. The device 100 may have more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. Further, two or more components shown in Fig. 1 may be combined. In addition, the components may be configured or arranged differently than shown in FIG. Each component may be implemented in hardware, including one or more signal processing and / or application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or in software, or in a combination of hardware and software.

The processor 110 may process the operations required for the operation of the apparatus 100. In addition, the processor 110 may control the overall operation of the device 100.

The processor 110 may be capable of performing the generation and processing of signals, data or information generated in the device 100, input to the device 100, output from the device 100, , Comparison, judgment, and the like. In other words, in the embodiment, the generation, processing, and inspection, comparison, and determination of signals, data, or information and data or information may be performed by the processor 110.

The processor 110 may be a hardware processor or a central processing unit (CPU).

The processor 110 may be plural. Alternatively, the processor 110 may include a plurality of cores and may provide multi-tasking to execute a plurality of processes and / or a plurality of threads simultaneously. At least some of the steps of the embodiments may be performed in parallel for a plurality of objects through a plurality of processors, a plurality of cores, a plurality of processes, and / or a plurality of threads.

The processor 110 may execute the code of operations or steps of the device 100 as described in the embodiments. At least a portion of such code may be stored in storage 130. Also, at least some of these codes may be provided from an external device. The processor 110 may control other components of the device 100 as it executes the code. The different components may be operated by the processor 110 in combination.

For example, the processor 110 may run a program. The processor 110 may execute a code that constitutes a program. The program may include an operating system (OS), a system program, an application, and an app of the apparatus 100. The system program may be a pre-installed program on the device 100 to provide functions such as making calls, sending and receiving messages, and setting.

In an embodiment, a program, an application, and an app have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably.

For example, the processor 110 may drive one or more programs. The processor 110 may simultaneously execute a plurality of programs through multi-tasking.

The processor 110 may also control other components of the device 100 for the functionality of the processor 110 described above.

The communication unit 120 may receive data or information used for the operation of the apparatus 100 and may transmit data or information used for the operation of the apparatus 100. [

The communication unit 120 may include at least a part of a mobile communication unit, a wireless Internet communication unit, a local communication unit, and a broadcast receiving unit. The components of the communication unit 120 may connect the devices 100 to different types of networks, respectively.

The mobile communication unit can communicate with at least one of a communication system, a base station, a terminal, and a server in a mobile communication network constructed in accordance with a specific wireless communication method.

For example, the wireless communication system may be a Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), a Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), a Code Division Multi Access 2000 (CDMA2000), an Enhanced (EVDO), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSDPA). HSUPA, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), and the like.

The wireless signal may include various types of data for the transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call signal, a text message, or a multimedia message.

The wireless Internet communication unit can communicate with another device through a wireless signal in a wireless Internet communication room established according to a specific wireless Internet communication method.

For example, the wireless Internet communication system may be a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi direct, a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), a wireless broadband (WiBro), a WiMAX, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) , Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), and the like.

Considering that wireless Internet access by WiBro, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE and LTE-A is performed through a mobile communication network, a wireless Internet communication unit It can be regarded as a part of the communication unit.

The short-range communication unit can communicate wirelessly with other devices according to a short-range communication method or a local communication method. The local communication unit can provide communication in a wireless personal area network.

For example, the short-distance communication method may be Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra WideBand (UWB), ZigBee, And may include Near Field Communication (NFC), Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct, Wireless USB (Wireless USB) .

The broadcast receiver may receive broadcast signals or broadcast information. The broadcast receiving unit can receive broadcast signals or broadcast information broadcasted from an external broadcast server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel.

The broadcast receiving unit may be plural. For example, a plurality of broadcast receivers may be used to provide different broadcast channels, to provide simultaneous broadcast channels for two or more broadcast channels, or to switch between broadcast channels.

The storage unit 130 may store data or information used for operation of the apparatus 100. [ In embodiments, the data or information that device 100 has may be stored in storage 230.

For example, the storage unit 130 may store the code of the program. As described above, the processor 110 may execute the code of the program. The processor 110 can read the program code from the storage unit 130 and execute the read code.

The storage unit 130 may include a memory. The memory may include a random access memory (RAM) and a flash memory 132. Also, the storage unit 130 may include a memory of a subscriber identification module. In addition, the storage unit 130 may include a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid state drive (SSD).

At least a portion of the storage 130 may be an embedded memory that is embedded in the device 100. Also, at least a portion of the storage 130 may be an external memory attached to or inserted into the device 100. The storage unit 130 may include an external memory slot for attaching or inserting an external memory.

The output unit 140 may output information or data of the apparatus 100. [ Output 140 may generate output related to time, hearing or hearing that represents information or data of device 100.

Output unit 140 may include at least some of a display, a touch display, a speaker, and a haptic unit.

The display may output an image representing information or data of the device 100. [

The touch display may be a combination of a touch sensor and a display, which will be described later. The display and touch sensor can form a touch display through the layer structure. Alternatively, the touch display may be formed integrally with the touch sensor.

The touch display may be included in the input unit 150, which will be described later. In other words, the touch display may function as an output unit 140 for outputting information or data of the device 100, and may provide information or data input by a user to an input unit 140 that provides the device 100 with information .

The speaker can output information or data of the apparatus 100 as sound. Alternatively, the speaker can output music, voice, or the like.

The haptic part can generate vibrations that the user can feel through the movement of the device 100.

The input unit 150 may acquire information or data to be used in the apparatus 100. [ Here, the information or data obtained by the input unit 150 may include information or data of video, video and audio, and may include information or data input by a user.

The input unit 150 may include at least a part of a keyboard, a button, a touch sensor, a camera, and a microphone.

The keyboard can input alphanumeric characters and symbols to the device 100 through the user's input. Alternatively, a function corresponding to a key in the device 100 may be performed through the input of a key on the keyboard. The keyboard may be a physical keyboard with a physical key. The physical keyboard may comprise a physical key or a touch key. The key may be entered by physical depression and may be entered through the detection of a touch by the user. In addition, the keyboard may be a virtual keyboard or a soft keyboard output to the touch display.

A function corresponding to the button in the apparatus 100 can be performed through the input of the button. The button may be plural. A predetermined function can be performed according to simultaneous or sequential pressing of two or more buttons among the plurality of buttons.

The button may be a physical button, or it may be a soft button that is output to the touch display.

The touch sensor can recognize a touch by a user of the apparatus 100, and can generate information or data indicating a touch.

The camera can take an image or video of the front face of the camera and can generate information or data representing the image or video through photographing.

Here, the image can represent a still image, and the video can represent a moving image. A moving picture may include one or more frames that are generated over time.

The camera may operate when the device 100 is in a video call mode or a call mode. The camera may process an image or video obtained by the image sensor of the camera. The video or video may be output via the output unit 140. In addition, the information or data of the video or the video can be stored in the storage unit 130.

The camera may be plural. The plurality of cameras can shoot images or videos in different directions. For example, the camera may include a front camera and a rear camera. The front face camera can take an image or video of the front face of the apparatus 100. [ The rear camera can take an image or video of the back side of the device 100. [

The plurality of cameras may be arranged in a predetermined form. Here, the predetermined form may be a matrix structure. A plurality of images or videos having different viewpoints can be obtained through a plurality of cameras arranged in a predetermined form. The positions and poses of the images or videos obtained by the plurality of cameras may be different from each other. Stereoscopic or stereoscopic video can be obtained through images or videos where positions and postures are different from each other. For example, a left image and a right image can be obtained through a left camera and a right camera arranged in the form of stereo, and a stereoscopic image can be obtained through a left image and a right image.

The microphone can recognize the ambient sound of the device 100 and can generate information or data indicative of the sound.

The microphone can convert the sound signal into information or data representing sound or voice. The function of the apparatus 100 may be performed by information or data representing sound or voice.

In addition, the microphone can use a noise cancellation algorithm to remove ambient noise. Through the noise cancellation algorithm, a noisy speech or sound can be obtained.

In addition, the input unit 150 may include a switch, a jog shuttle, and a wheel.

The sensing unit 160 may include one or more sensors. Each sensor can sense information. The information sensed by the sensor may include information related to the status of the device 100 and information related to the environment surrounding the device 100. [

The sensing unit 160 may include a position sensor, a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a touch sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gravity sensor (G-sensor), a gyroscope sensor, a motion sensor, a Red Green Blue (RGB sensor), an infrared sensor (an infrared sensor), a finger scan sensor, An ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a battery gauge, an environmental sensor, and a chemical sensor.

The location sensor may sense the location of the device 100 and may generate information indicative of the location of the device 100. Alternatively, the position sensor may generate information or data used to obtain the position of the device 100, and the processor 100 may use the information or data generated by the position sensor to determine the position of the device 100 .

The position sensor may include a Global Positioning System (GPS) and Wi-Fi.

The GPS can obtain information or data about the location of the device 100 using signals broadcast from GPS satellites.

The Wi-Fi can also be used to sense the location of the device 100 with the function of wireless communication. The device 100 may send a signal to or receive a signal from a wireless access point (AP) via Wi-Fi. The device 100 may obtain the location of the device 100 based on the information of the AP communicating with the Wi-Fi.

The proximity sensor may sense an object proximate to the device 100 and may generate information indicating that the object is in proximity to the device 100. [

The illuminance sensor can sense the illuminance of light around the apparatus 100 and can generate information indicating the illuminance.

The touch sensor may sense a touch to the device 100 and may generate information indicative of a touch to the device 100. [

The acceleration sensor may sense the acceleration of the motion of the device 100 and may generate information indicative of the acceleration of the device 100.

The gravity sensor may sense the gravity applied to the apparatus 100 and may generate information indicative of the gravity applied to the apparatus 100.

The gyroscope sensor may sense the rotation of the device 100 and may generate information indicative of the rotation of the device 100.

The motion sensor may sense the motion of the device 100 and may generate information indicative of the motion of the device 100.

The RGB sensor may sense the color intensity of the light around the device 100 and may generate information indicative of the color intensity of the surroundings of the device 100.

The infrared sensor can sense the infrared radiation in the vicinity of the apparatus 100 and can generate information indicating the infrared radiation in the vicinity of the apparatus 100. [

The fingerprint recognition sensor can sense the fingerprint of the user of the device 100 and can generate information indicating the fingerprint of the user of the device 100. [

The ultrasonic sensor may sense ultrasonic waves around the device 100 and may generate information indicative of ultrasonic waves around the device 100.

The light sensor may sense light in the periphery of the device 100 and may generate information indicative of light in the periphery of the device 100.

The battery gauge can sense the charge level or the charge level of the battery of the apparatus 100 and generate information indicating the charge level or the remaining charge level of the battery of the apparatus 100. [

The environmental sensor may include at least a portion of a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, a radiation sensor, a thermal sensor, and a gas sensor.

These environmental sensors can each sense air pressure, humidity, temperature, radiation, heat and gas around the device 100 and can generate information representative of the ambient pressure, humidity, temperature, radiation, heat and gas .

The chemical sensor may include at least a portion of an electronic nose, a healthcare sensor, and a biometric sensor.

The electronic nose can sense the ambient odor of the device 100 and can generate information indicative of the odor around the device 100.

The healthcare sensor may sense information related to the health of the user of the device 100 and may generate information related to the health of the user of the device 100. [

The biometric sensor may sense the biometric characteristic of the user of the device 100 and may generate information representative of the biometric characteristic of the user of the device 100. For example, the fingerprint recognition sensor described above may be one of the biometric sensors. Alternatively, the biometric sensor may include a fingerprint recognition sensor and an iris recognition sensor.

The apparatus 100 may use the information generated by one or more of the sensors described above and may combine the information generated by the plurality of sensors.

The interface 170 may provide for the transmission and reception of information, data, and / or energy between the device 100 and other devices. Alternatively, the interface 170 may output information or data of the apparatus 100 to another apparatus, or may acquire information or data of the other apparatus 100. [

For example, the interface may include a universal serial bus (USB) for data communication.

For example, the interface may include a charger, an internal battery, or a charging port that receives power from an external battery.

For example, the interface may include at least a part of a video output port through which a video signal is output and an audio output port through which a sound signal is output. The audio output port may be an earphone port or a headphone port. Alternatively, the acoustic output port may be an optical output port.

For example, the interface may include at least a part of an image input port into which a signal of an image is input and an acoustic input port into which a sound signal is inputted.

The power unit 180 may provide power provided from outside the device 100 or power provided from the battery inside the device 100 to other components of the device 100. The power unit 180 may include a battery. The battery may be an internal battery or a replaceable battery.

Figure 2 illustrates a graphical user interface provided in a display and display according to an example.

The device 100 may include a display 200. The display 200 may correspond to the display described above with reference to Fig. Also, the display 200 may be a touch display. The display 200 may correspond to the touch display described above with reference to Fig.

The processor 110 may generate a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The display 200 can output the GUI.

The GUI may include one or more screens or one or more pages. A GUI may include objects of one or more GUIs.

An object of the GUI may be an image, a text, an input box, an icon, a video, a button, a check box, a slider, a scroll bar, a list, a menu, and a soft keyboard.

A user of the device 100 may enter information or data into the device 100 through manipulation of the GUI and GUI objects. The processor 110 may receive a user's operation of the GUI and an object of the GUI, and may perform processing corresponding to the operation of the user.

When the display 200 is a touch display, the operation of the user is performed by touching (or tapping) a touch display, a short touch, a long touch, a multi-touch, a drag touch, And may include a flick touch, pinch-in, pinch-out, swipe and hovering, and the like. The touch display can detect the user's operation on the GUI using the touch sensor and the proximity sensor of the touch display, and can generate a signal corresponding to the operation. In addition, the processor 110 can recognize the user's operation through the signal transmitted from the touch display.

Hereinafter, the user's operation on the touch display can be regarded as an operation on the object displayed at the position where the above operation is performed.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a graphical user interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

At step 310, the processor 110 may generate a GUI.

The GUI may represent a list of one or more applications that provide a message to be described below.

In step 320, the output unit 140 may output the GUI.

The output 140 may be the display 200 described above with reference to FIG. 2 or a touch display.

In step 320, the output may mean that an image of the GUI is output on the device 100 itself, and that information or data of the GUI is output (to another external device).

At step 330, the processor 110 may recognize the user's manipulation of the GUI.

For example, the processor 110 can detect a touch or a tab of a user on the touch display, and can determine whether a touch or a tab of the user is detected on the touch display.

For example, the user can manipulate the GUI through the input unit 150 and input data or information. The input unit 150 can generate data or information on the operation of the GUI and transmit the generated data or information to the processor 110. [ The processor 110 may recognize data or information regarding the operation transmitted from the input unit 150. [

In step 340, the processor 110 may perform processing corresponding to the operation. In the embodiment, setting and changing of objects of the GUI corresponding to the operation of the user is described. The processor 110 may set or change an object of the GUI according to a user's operation. Alternatively, the processor 110 may perform processing of data or information corresponding to a user's operation, and may perform an operation corresponding to a user's operation.

FIG. 4 illustrates interworking between a device and an external server according to an example.

The apparatus 100 may be connected to another server through the communication unit 120 or the interface 170. [ In addition, the device 100 may be interfaced with a server.

The server may send information or data for operation of the device 100. In addition, the server can receive information or data for the operation of the server from the apparatus 100. The device 100 and the server may interact through the transmission and reception of information or data. The server may provide services to the device 100 using the information or data transmitted from the device 100. [ At least some of the processes, operations, or steps in the embodiments described below may be performed in a server that provides services to the device 100.

In FIG. 4, one or more servers 500 are shown as a server. For example, one or more of the servers 500 may include a carrier server, an application server, and an application market server.

The communication company server may be a server operated by a communication company that provides the network service to the apparatus 100. [ For example, the network service may be a wireless network service.

The application server may be a server that provides services to applications operating in the device 100. [ For example, the application server may be an SNS server that provides information or data to a Social Networking Service (SNS) application of the device 100.

The application market server may be a server that provides an application market. The application market server can provide the apparatus 100 with search of the application, information on the application, installation of the application, and update of the application.

The server may provide the information or data necessary for the operation of the device 100, the operating system of the device 100, and / or the application installed in the device 100.

For example, the server may provide information or data for setting up or configuring the device 100, the operating system of the device 100, and / or an application installed in the device 100. Configuration or configuration synchronization between a plurality of devices of a user can be made through information or data for setting or configuration. Further, the setting or configuration of the device 100, the operating system of the device 100, and / or the application installed in the device 100 can be backed up to the server through information or data for setting or configuration, May be transferred to another device. For backup, the device 100 may send information or data to the server for setting up or configuring the device 100, the operating system of the device 100, and / or applications installed in the device 100.

FIG. 5 illustrates a list of one or more applications that provide notification of a message according to one embodiment.

In FIG. 5, a GUI 500 is shown that represents a list of one or more applications that provide a message.

The GUI 500 may represent a list of one or more applications that provide the message.

Each application of one or more applications in the list may provide a message. That is, an application capable of providing a message among the applications installed in the device 100 may be included as an item of the list.

The GUI 500 may provide an application object, a blocking configuration interface, and a message information interface for each application in the list. That is, each item of the list may correspond to one application provided by the device 100, and each item may include an application object, a blocking setting interface, and a message information interface.

In FIG. 5, a first application object 510, a first blocking configuration interface 520 and a first message information interface 530 are shown for the application of the first item in the list.

An application object may represent an application. For example, the application object may include an icon representing the application and / or text indicating the name of the application.

The blocking setting interface can set whether the notification of the application message is blocked or not. The user of the apparatus 100 can set whether to block the notification of the message of the application through the operation of the interruption setting interface.

For example, the intercept setting interface may include a selection button, options, a toggle button and a slider. In addition, the interruption setting interface may include touching and dragging of an application object.

The message information interface may indicate information about notification of a message of an application.

Through the GUI 500, whether or not the notification of the message is blocked can be displayed for each application of one or more applications. Whether or not the notification of the message is blocked can be intuitively displayed for all the applications providing the message among the applications to the device 100 through the GUI 500. [

Also, through the operation on the GUI 500, whether to block the notification of the message for each application of one or more applications can be set.

6 shows an interruption setting interface of a selection button according to an example.

The interruption setting interface described above with reference to FIG. 5 may include a select button 600. In Fig. 6, an application object, a blocking setting interface, and a message information interface for one application are shown. In addition, the select button 600 is shown as the interruption setting interface.

The select button 600 may include two buttons. Only one of the two buttons may be pushed at a time. The pressed or unpressed state of the button can be divided into the shape of the button.

The select button 600 may include a blocking button 610 indicating blocking of the notification of the message and a permission button 620 indicating permission of notification of the message.

The user can select one of the cutoff button 610 and the allow button 620 by a method such as click, touch, and tap, and the selected button can be pressed. In addition, a button other than the selected one of the two buttons may become unpressed.

The pressed state of the cutoff button 610 may indicate that the notification of the message of the application is blocked. The pressed state of the allow button 620 may indicate that the notification of the message of the application is not blocked.

The description of the buttons above can also be applied to options. The block button 610 and the allow button 620 may correspond to a blocking option indicating blocking of the notification of the message and a permission option indicating the permission of notification of the message, respectively.

FIG. 7 may illustrate the interruption setting interface of the toggle button according to an example.

The interruption setting interface described above with reference to FIG. 5 may include a toggle button 700. In Fig. 7, an application object, a blocking setting interface, and a message information interface for one application are shown. Also shown is a toggle button 700 as the intercept setting interface.

The toggle button 700 may be in one of two states. The two states may be a pressed state and a non-pressed state.

The user can change the state of the toggle button 700 by selecting the toggle button 700 by clicking, touching, tapping, or the like. Each time the user selects the toggle button 700, the state of the toggle button 700 can be switched between the pressed state and the non-pressed state.

When the toggle button 700 is pressed, the toggle button 700 can be changed to the unpressed state by the user's selection. When the toggle button 700 is not depressed, the toggle button 700 can be changed to the pressed state by the user's selection.

The pressed state of the toggle button 700 may indicate that the notification of the message of the application is blocked. The state where the toggle button 700 is not pressed may indicate that the notification of the message of the application is not blocked.

The toggle button 700 may include text indicating the meaning of the state of the toggle button. The text may be output inside the toggle button 700. [ For example, if the toggle button 700 is in the pressed state, the text may be content (e.g., "block") indicating that notification of the application's message is blocked. If the toggle button 700 is in the unpressed state, the text may be content (e.g., "allowed") indicating that notification of the application's message has not been blocked.

8 shows a cut-off setting interface of the slider according to an example.

The interruption setting interface described above with reference to FIG. 5 may include a slider 800. In Fig. 8, an application object, a blocking setting interface, and a message information interface for one application are shown. In addition, a slider 800 is shown as the interruption setting interface.

The slider 800 may have a value of one of two values. The value of the first of the two values may indicate that the application is blocking notifications. The second of the two values may indicate that the application is blocking notifications.

The value of the slider 800 may be indicated by a pointer 810. The value of the slider 800 may be determined according to which of the two positions the pointer 810 is located. The two positions may correspond to two values, respectively. The first of the two locations may indicate that the application is notified. The second of the two locations may indicate that the application does not block notification.

In the periphery of each of the two positions, there may be text indicating the meaning of the value corresponding to the position. For example, the text of "block" may be displayed around the first position, and the text "allowed" may be displayed around the second position.

The user can move the position of the pointer 810 through the operations of touch and drag, touch, and tab. For example, the pointer 810 can move to a touch-dragged position, a touched position, or a tapped position. Depending on the movement of the pointer 810, whether or not the notification of the application message is blocked can be changed.

FIG. 9 illustrates an interception configuration interface using touch and drag of an application object according to an example.

GUI 500 may include two areas for displaying a list of one or more applications. The two areas may comprise a blocking area 910 and a permissive area 920.

The blocking area 910 may indicate an application in which one or more applications are notified of a message. For example, the blocking area 910 may display the application object of the application whose notification of the message is blocked.

The allowable area 920 may indicate an application in which one or more applications have not been notified of a message. For example, the allowable area 920 may indicate an application object of an application whose notification of the message has not been blocked.

The user can change whether the application is notified by moving the application object displayed in the area to another area. For example, when the application object of the blocking area 910 moves to the allowable area 920 by the user's touch and drag, the notification of the message of the application indicated by the application object can be set not to be blocked. When the application object of the allowable area 920 moves to the blocking area 910 by the user's touch and drag, the notification of the message of the application indicated by the application object can be set to be blocked.

Figure 10 shows filtering of a list according to an example.

The processor 110 may perform configuration-dependent filtering to adjust the list of one or more applications represented by the GUI 500. That is, only the application (s) that satisfy the filtering condition among the application (s) providing the messages installed in the device 100 by filtering may be included in the list.

In Fig. 10, the list is shown only to indicate that an application has been blocked from being notified of a message.

Processor 110 may perform filtering to indicate that the list is only applications for which the notification of the message is blocked. Alternatively, the processor 110 may perform filtering such that the list represents only those applications for which the notification of the message is not blocked. Alternatively, the processor 110 may include the application in the list regardless of whether the notification of the message is blocked or not.

GUI 500 may include a filtering settings menu 1010. [ The filtering setting menu 1010 can determine the setting for filtering. For example, the filtering setting menu 1010 may have a value indicating "blocking", a value indicating "allow", a value indicating "all", or a value indicating "customization". For example, the filtering setting menu 1010 may include a list box in which one of a value indicating "block", a value indicating "allow", a value indicating "all", or a value indicating " Lt; / RTI >

The user can change the value of the filtering setting menu 1010 by adjusting the filtering setting menu 1010. [

If the value of the filtering setting menu 1010 indicates "blocking ", the processor 110 may perform filtering so that the list only indicates the application whose notification of the message is blocked.

If the value of the filtering setting menu 1010 indicates "Permit ", the processor 110 may perform filtering so that the list only shows applications for which the notification of the message is not blocked.

If the value of the filtering setting menu 1010 indicates "ALL ", the processor 110 may include the application in the list regardless of whether the notification of the message is blocked or not. That is, the processor 110 may not apply filtering to the list.

If the value of the filtering setting menu 1010 indicates "customize ", the processor 110 may determine whether to include the application in the list according to the setting of the user.

For each application of the applications providing the message, the user can set whether or not to include the application in the list. The processor 110 may include in the list the applications that are set to be included in the list by the user among the applications that provide the message.

When filtering is applied, the processor 110 may exclude from the list applications that have changed the blocking of the message if the blocking of the message of the application of the list is changed.

For example, if filtering is applied that displays only applications that are blocked from being notified of a message, or if the application's message is changed to not be blocked, the application may be excluded from the list. Alternatively, if filtering is applied that displays only applications whose notification of the message is not blocked, if the notification of the application's message is changed to block, the application may be excluded from the list.

Figure 11 shows an alignment of the list according to an example.

The processor 110 may arrange the list of one or more applications represented by the GUI 500 in a manner set by the user.

In FIG. 11, the list of one or more applications is sorted according to the names of the applications.

The GUI 500 may provide an interface for selecting an alignment reference of a list of one or more applications. For example, GUI 500 may include objects such as menus and list boxes that allow selection of sorting criteria.

In one example, the processor 110 may sort the list in the order of the following sort criteria. The list can be sorted in ascending or descending order of the value of the sorting reference.

1) Whether to block notification of messages in the application

The processor 110 may first sort the list to display an application that blocks the notification of the message, and then the application that does not block the notification of the message. Alternatively, conversely, the processor 110 may arrange the list to display an application that does not block the notification of the message, and then an application that blocks the notification of the message.

2) Name of application

The processor 110 may sort the list in ascending or descending order of application names.

3) Time the application was installed

The processor 110 may arrange the list in the order in which the applications were recently installed. Alternatively, the processor 110 may sort the list in reverse order of the order in which the applications are installed.

4) The time the application last provided the message

The processor 110 may arrange the list such that the application that recently provided the message is above the list. Alternatively, the processor 110 may arrange the list so that applications older than the message have been placed above the list.

5) Frequency of application usage

Processor 110 may sort the list in descending or ascending order of frequency of application usage.

6) The number of messages in the application that the user has not read

Processor 110 may sort the list of applications in descending or ascending order of the number of messages that the user has not read.

7) The number of messages that are notified when messages in the application are blocked.

The processor 110 may sort the list in descending or ascending order of the number of messages whose notification is blocked for applications whose notification of the message has been blocked.

8) Frequency of notification of messages in the application

Processor 110 may sort the list in descending or ascending order of how often the notification of the application's message occurs.

9) Recommendation to change whether message is blocked or not

The processor 110 may recommend changing the blocking of the notification for a particular application in a predetermined fashion.

For example, the processor 110 may recommend a change in whether or not the notification is blocked for a particular application based on the user's actions.

For example, if a user is detected to have a tendency not to read a message of a particular application, the processor 110 may recommend a change to block the notification for a particular application.

For example, the processor 110 may recommend a change to block alerts for an application for which an application has been blocked by a plurality of users. Here, a plurality of users may mean users above a predetermined ratio.

10) Time when the notification of the application's message is blocked or not changed

The processor 110 may sort the list in descending or ascending order of the time at which the blocking of the notification of the application's message is changed.

For example, the processor 110 may place an application at the top of the list that has recently been changed or not blocked. With this arrangement, the user can more easily re-change the change of whether or not the notification is blocked.

Applications of the list can be sorted in a manner that is appropriate to the user's intent or context through the sorting criteria as described above.

The processor 110 may sort the list by combining two or more sorting criteria among the sorting criteria. For example, the processor 110 may arrange the application 110 to block the notification of the message of the application, arrange the application that blocks the notification of the message and the application that does not block the notification of the message according to the name of the application .

The GUI 500 may include an alignment setting menu 1110. [ The alignment setting menu 1110 can determine the setting for the alignment. For example, the alignment settings menu 1110 may have a value of one of the values indicating each of the alignment criteria described above. Alternatively, the alignment setting menu 1110 may have a value of one of each of the ascending and descending order of the above-described alignment criteria.

In FIG. 11, the alignment settings menu 1110 is shown having a value indicating that one or more applications should be sorted in ascending order of the name of the application.

FIG. 12 shows the contents of a message information interface according to an example.

GUI 500 may provide a message information interface for each list of one or more applications in the list. 12, a first message information interface 1210 and a second message information interface 1220 are shown.

The information represented by the message information interface may differ depending on whether or not the notification of the application message is blocked.

For example, when the notification message of the application is set to be blocked, the message information interface of the application can display the number of messages whose notification is blocked. In the first message information interface 1210, an icon indicating notification blocking and the number of messages blocked by notification are displayed.

For example, if the notification of a message in an application is set not to be blocked, the message information interface of the application may display at least one of the number of unread messages and the number of received messages. In the second message information interface 1220, the number of unread messages and the number of received messages are displayed together with icons.

If the notification of blocking of the notification of the application message is changed by the user, the information indicated by the message information interface can also be changed together with the change in blocking status.

Alternatively, the message information interface may display information related to the message of the application, regardless of whether or not the notification of the message of the application is blocked.

For example, an application's message information interface may indicate whether the application has provided a message within a predetermined time. For example, the default time may be one hour, one day, one week, and so on.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment 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.

 Embodiments may include a computer readable medium having program instructions for performing various computer implemented operations. The program according to the embodiment may be configured by a PC-based program or a mobile terminal-specific application (for example, a smart phone application, a feature phone VM (virtual machine), etc.). This may be configured to be executed by the user terminal and / or at least one processor stored in the memory of the electronic book service system and / or running in the user terminal and / or the electronic book service system.

 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.

Embodiments can provide a graphical user interface that displays a list of one or more applications that provide a message, thereby allowing a user of the device to intuitively and easily set whether or not to block notification of an application's message. Furthermore, the embodiments can easily provide a setting for blocking for a plurality of applications through filtering and sorting of the list.

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In an electronic device,
A processor for generating a graphical user interface; And
An output unit for outputting the graphic user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list , The blocking setting interface displays the number of messages whose notification is blocked for each of the one or more applications whose notification is set to be blocked among the list of the one or more applications, Wherein the user of the electronic device displays the number of unread messages and the number of messages received by the application for the one or more applications. [Claim 2 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] In an electronic device,
A processor for generating a graphical user interface; And
An output unit for outputting the graphic user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list ,
Wherein the interruption setting interface includes touch and drag of the application object,
Wherein the graphical user interface displays a blocking area and a permissible area for displaying a list of the one or more applications,
Wherein the blocking area indicates an application in which the notification of a message among the one or more applications is blocked,
Wherein the allowable area indicates an application in which notification of a message among the one or more applications is not blocked,
And for each application in the list, whether to block the message of each application is changed by moving the application object of each application to one of the blocking area and the permitting area by touching and dragging. In an electronic device,
A processor for generating a graphical user interface; And
An output unit for outputting the graphic user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list ,
The processor performs filtering according to the settings to adjust the list,
The applications that are notified of the notification of the message among the one or more applications are displayed first and the applications that do not block the notification of the message are displayed next or the applications that do not block the notification of the message among the one or more applications are displayed first, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > of: < / RTI > [Claim 4 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] In an electronic device,
A processor for generating a graphical user interface; And
An output unit for outputting the graphic user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list ,
Wherein the list of one or more applications is arranged in descending or ascending order of the number of messages whose notification of each application of the one or more applications is blocked. In an electronic device,
A processor for generating a graphical user interface; And
An output unit for outputting the graphic user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list ,
The processor recommends a change in whether or not the notification is blocked for the application. [Claim 6 is abandoned due to the registration fee.] 6. The method of claim 5,
The processor recommends a change to block the notification for the application if the user is detected as not tending to read the application's message. [7] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the processor recommends changing the notification to the application when the notification of the application is blocked by more than a predetermined percentage of the users of the application. delete delete An electronic device,
Creating a graphical user interface; And
Outputting the graphical user interface
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Wherein the graphical user interface provides a list of one or more applications providing a message and provides an interruption setting interface for setting an application object representing the application and a notification of a message of the application for each application in the list , The blocking setting interface displays the number of messages whose notification is blocked for each of the one or more applications whose notification is set to be blocked among the list of the one or more applications, Wherein the user of the electronic device displays the number of unread messages and the number of received messages for each application for one or more applications.

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