KR102121536B1 - Method for providing activity notification and device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing an activity notification capable of informing an individual or/and others of activity according to context, and a device and a recording medium therefor. The activity notification providing method may register information on the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmit information about the registered activity notification to the management device. The management device can manage the process for providing activity notifications.

Description

Method for providing activity notification and a device therefor {METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACTIVITY NOTIFICATION AND DEVICE THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a notification, and more particularly, to a method and a device for providing the activity notification according to the situation.

With the development of communication technologies, and smart devices, wearable devices, and functions of mobile devices such as automobiles that make up the Internet of Things (IoT) become smart, smart notification according to various lives of individuals is required. .

In particular, there is a need for a technology that can easily inform individuals or/and others of activities according to context.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for providing an activity notification capable of informing an individual or/and others of activity according to a context, and a device and a recording medium therefor.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an activity notification providing method and a device and a recording medium for setting an administrator for a process for providing an activity notification according to a situation to an individual or/and others.

An activity notification providing method executed by a device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above problems may include: registering information on an activity notification according to the activity notification registration request; And transmitting information on the registered activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device preferably manages a process for providing the activity notification.

Preferably, the step of registering information related to the activity notification includes setting the management device for the process.

Preferably, the process includes at least one of a process of registering information on the activity notification, a process of editing or canceling the information on the activity notification, a process for checking the activity notification triggering condition, and a process for triggering the activity notification. Do.

The setting of the management device includes setting the management device based on at least one of information on a person, information on the device, and information on at least one external device capable of communicating with the device. It is desirable to do.

In the step of transmitting the information regarding the activity notification to the management device, when there are a plurality of processes and the management devices of the plurality of processes are different, information on the registered activity notification to the management device set in each process It is preferable to include the step of being transmitted.

In the step of transmitting the information regarding the activity notification to the management device, when the plurality of processes are different and the management devices of the plurality of processes are different, the management devices set in each of the plurality of processes are transferred to the management device. It is preferable to include the step of transmitting information on the registered activity notification.

The method further includes, when the device is included in the management device, storing at least some information on the activity notification on the device, and the partial information stored on the device is the activity notification It is preferable to include information related to activity notification related to a process performed by the device among processes for providing.

Preferably, the management device includes at least one of the device, a server capable of providing a service based on the activity notification providing method, and at least one external device capable of communicating with the device.

Preferably, the method further includes triggering the activity notification by the device when information indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied is received from an external device.

Preferably, the triggered activity notification includes information capable of executing the activity.

The method includes receiving an activity notification from at least one external device; Storing the received activity notification; And triggering the stored activity notification according to a request of the user of the device.

In the step of registering the information related to the activity notification, when one of the application and the service is being executed by the device, a user interface capable of registering the information about the activity notification based on the framework of the activity notification is used. It is preferable to include the step of registering information related to the activity notification.

Preferably, the activity notification registration request is received based on one of the activity notification registration item included in the menu item of the device and the activity notification registration item included in the common area displayed on the device.

It is preferable that the information regarding the activity notification includes information on the management device, information on the activity, the activity notification triggering condition information, and additional information.

It is preferable that the information on the activity includes at least one of text information, still image information, audio information, video information, application or service link information, and application or service function information.

A device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above problems is a device, the device comprising: an information input unit capable of inputting information about an activity notification registration request and an activity notification; A display unit for displaying information based on a user interface capable of inputting the activity notification registration request and the activity notification information; A storage unit for storing information on activity notification input through the information input unit and a program for providing activity notification by the device; A communication unit communicating with at least one external device; And a processor that registers information on the inputted activity notification to the storage unit after receiving the activity notification registration request, and transmits information on the registered activity notification to the external device through the communication unit. It is preferable that the external device to which the information on the registered activity notification is transmitted is a management device that manages a process for providing the activity notification.

A computer-readable recording medium in which one or more programs including instructions for executing an activity notification providing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object are recorded, wherein the activity notification providing method is the above-described activity It is performed in the same way as the notification providing method.

1 is a block diagram of an activity notification providing system according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is an example of a management device configured for a process for providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
3 is an example of configuration of information related to activity notification.
4 is an example of providing an activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
5A is an example of user interface information regarding an activity notification registration request.
5B is an example of user interface information related to registering an activity notification.
5C is another example of user interface information related to registering an activity notification.
6 to 14 are examples of providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
13 is a plurality of activity notification triggering examples according to a preferred embodiment.
14 to 16 are examples of providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
17 is another example of a management device configured for a process for providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
18 is an example of providing an activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
19 is a configuration diagram of an activity notification providing system according to another preferred embodiment.
20 is another example of a management device set for a process for providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
21 and 22 are examples of providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment.
23 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to an exemplary embodiment.
24 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another preferred embodiment.
25 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another exemplary embodiment.
26 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another exemplary embodiment.
27 and 28 are configuration diagrams of a device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the following specific examples, and includes all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the invention. In the following description of specific embodiments, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one component from other components.

Terms used throughout the specification are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The terminology used throughout the specification, while considering its function, selected general terms that are currently widely used as possible, but may vary according to the intention of a person skilled in the art, a precedent, or the appearance of new technologies. Also, in certain cases, some terms are arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning of the selected terms will be described in detail. Therefore, the terms used throughout the specification should be defined based on the meaning of the terms and the contents of the entire specification, not just the names of the terms.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this specification, the terms “include” or “have” are intended to indicate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, or that one or more other features or It should be understood that the presence or addition possibilities of numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof are not excluded in advance.

Activities referred to throughout the specification are context dependent. The activity may include an activity that can be performed using the device and an activity that can be performed without using the device.

Activities that can be performed using a device may include activities that can be performed using an application or service set in the device. Activities that can be performed using the device include, for example, making a call, watching a movie, listening to music, viewing photos, viewing news, sending mail, and sending messages. Online shopping, searching the Internet, and the like, but is not limited thereto. The above-described movie viewing, music listening, photo viewing, and news viewing may be referred to as activities that can be performed without using a device depending on the situation.

Activities that can be performed without using a device may include, but are not limited to, offline shopping, receiving medical treatment, visiting, bathing, feeding animals, and doing chores. The aforementioned medical treatment, animal feeding, and medical treatment may be referred to as activities that can be performed using the device according to the application and network service installed on the device.

A situation referred to throughout the specification is a situation in which an activity referred to throughout the specification is notified to an individual or/and others. That is, the situation referred to throughout the specification is a situation in which the activity notification mentioned throughout the specification can be triggered. The situation may be set based on at least one of information about the location of the device, information about the surrounding environment of the device, information about the state of the device, information about the time, and information about the person, but is not limited thereto. The situation can be set when registering information about the activity notification, but is not limited to this.

The set situation can be recognized by the device or by an external device of the device. The external device may include, but is not limited to, a device having the authority to recognize a situation set based on the device or a server capable of providing an activity notification service according to preferred embodiments.

The information about the location of the device for setting and recognizing the situation may include one of information about a physical location and information about a logical location. Information about the physical location is made using a position sensor (eg, Position Sensor (GPS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Gyro sensor, Accelerometer sensor, Altitude sensor, etc.) included in the device. It may include latitude and longitude information that can be detected. Information about the logical location may include information that gives meaning to an area based on physical location information of the device. For example, the information about the logical location may include, but is not limited to, information given meaning such as home, company, room, car, conference room, mart, and the like. Information about the logical location may be given different meanings depending on the user of the device. For example, the information about the logical location may include information given meaning that only a user of the device can know.

For information about the device's surroundings for setting and recognizing the situation, the sound sensor (e.g. microphone), chemical sensor (e.g. Odorant sensor), temperature sensor, humidity sensor, air pressure included in the device Sensor, fine dust sensor, ultraviolet sensor, ozone degree sensor, carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor, optical sensor, proximity sensor, and network sensor (e.g. WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Near Field (NFC) Communication), etc.), but it may include environmental information that can be detected. For example, a chemical sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a micro-first sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, an ozone degree sensor, and a carbon dioxide sensor are installed on the outside of the device, and the surrounding environment of the device by the device's external device It can be used to recognize.

Information on the state of the device for setting and recognizing the situation includes a pressure sensor (eg, a touch sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a physical button, etc.), a proximity sensor, a state sensor (eg, an earphone terminal, DMB (Digital Multimedia) Broadcasting) antenna, a standard terminal (for example, a terminal capable of recognizing whether charging is in progress, a terminal capable of recognizing whether a PC (Personal Computer) is connected, a terminal capable of recognizing whether a dock is connected), etc. It may include information on the state of the device detected by use, information about the memory state included in the device, information about the battery state of the device, information about the screen state of the device, information about the application placement state of the device, and the like However, it is not limited to this.

Information about the time to set up and recognize the situation includes information about the date and time of the chronos concept (eg, the current time, a specific time in the future, etc.) and the date and time of the kairos concept. Information (eg, anniversary, morning, afternoon, night, holiday, public holiday, national holiday, commuting time, attending school time, etc.) may be included. The situation set using the date and time information of the Kronos concept can be recognized using the time sensor included in the device, but is not limited thereto.

Information about a person for setting and recognizing a situation is a device obtained by using a health sensor (for example, biosensor, heart rate sensor, blood flow sensor, diabetes sensor, blood pressure sensor, stress sensor, emotion sensor, etc.) included in the device. Health information about the user, profile information of the user of the device (e.g., name, age, gender, birthday, address, phone number, etc.), information stored in the device's phone book (e.g. acquaintance's name, acquaintance's photo, Acquaintance's phone number, acquaintance's birthday, acquaintance's address, acquaintance's email address, acquaintance's social feed, etc., device's user's wish list information, device's user's usage history information (e.g. For example, it may include log information, Pyms (PMS (Personal Information Management System) information, memo information, etc.), activity information of a user of a device (for example, viewing a video, listening to music, sending an email, etc.), but is not limited thereto. Does not work.

Information related to the activity notification mentioned throughout the specification includes activity information representing an activity for notifying an individual or/and others, information about a management device managing a process for providing information about the activity notification, and conditions for triggering the activity notification Information, and additional information, but is not limited thereto. Information about the activity notification will be described in more detail in FIG. 3 to be described later.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, identical or corresponding components will be given the same reference numbers and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of an activity notification providing system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. The configuration diagram illustrated in FIG. 1 may be referred to as a relationship diagram between devices for explaining a method for providing activity notification according to an exemplary embodiment.

The activity notification providing system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a first device 110, a second device 120, and a server 130.

The first device 110 may include, for example, at least one of a portable device, a wearable device, a home internet appliance, and a mobile device. However, it is not limited to this.

Portable devices include smart phones, notebooks, smart boards, tablet PCs (Personal Computers), handheld devices, handheld computers, media players, and ebook terminals , PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the like.

Wearable devices include glasses, watches, bands (e.g. waist bands, hair bands, etc.), various accessories (e.g. rings, arms, feet, hairpins, necks, etc.), and various body protectors (e.g. knee protectors) , Elbow guard). It may include, but is not limited to, devices that can be used for purposes such as footwear, gloves, clothing, hats, handicapped prostheses, and handicapped people.

The home internet appliance may include a home device that forms a machine to machine (M2M) or the Internet of Things (IoT) such as a smart TV, a personal computer (PC), a desktop personal computer (PC), a refrigerator, a washing machine, and lighting. May, but is not limited to this.

The mobile device may include, but is not limited to, a device such as a vehicle that forms a machine to machine (M2M) or an Internet of Things (IoT).

The second device 120 may include devices such as examples of the first device 110 described above. The second device 120 may be a device of a user different from the user of the first device 110. The second device 120 may be a device of the same user as the user of the first device 110.

The server 130 may provide a service provider capable of providing an activity notification service according to a preferred embodiment, a public cloud server capable of providing an activity notification service, and an activity notification service It may include at least one of the private cloud (Private Cloud) server, but is not limited to this.

2 is an example of a management device configured for a process for providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment. The examples illustrated in FIG. 2 are examples in which the management device is set by the first device 110. D1 in FIG. 2 represents the first device 110 in FIG. 1, D2 represents the second device 120 in FIG. 1, and SP represents the server 130 in FIG. 1. Me in FIG. 2 represents a user of the first device 110, and Other represents a user different from the user of the first device 110.

The management device manages a process for providing activity notifications according to preferred embodiments. The management device may be referred to as a controller that controls the process for providing activity notifications or an administrator who manages the process according to preferred embodiments. The management device can be set based on information about the person and information about the device. Examples 1 to 8 of FIG. 2 are management devices based on information about a person related to the first device 110, information about the first device 110, and information about an external device of the first device 110. This is the case.

Information related to a person related to the first device 110 includes information indicating a user of the first device 110 (for example, B), and information indicating a person registered in the first device 110 (for example, , The name of the person registered in the phone book of the first device 110 ).

Information regarding the first device 110 may include, for example, information indicating the first device 110 (eg, my phone), but is not limited thereto.

The information about the external device of the first device 110 may include information indicating a device that can be connected to the first device 110. In the case of FIG. 1, the information on the external device may include information indicating at least one of the second device 120 and the server 130. Information indicating the second device 120 may include, but is not limited to, the name of the home Internet alliance of the user of the first device 110 (eg, a smart TV, a refrigerator, etc.). Information indicating the server 130 may include site information, available service information, and available application information, but is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 2, a process for providing an activity notification according to a preferred embodiment includes an information registration process related to an activity notification (hereinafter referred to as an activity notification registration process) and an information editing or cancellation process related to the activity notification (hereinafter referred to as an activity). Weak, but not limited to, the process of editing or canceling an alert), an activity alert triggering condition checking process, and an activity alert triggering process. For example, a process for providing an activity notification may include an activity notification registration process, an activity notification triggering condition check process, and an activity notification triggering process.

The activity notification registration process is to register information regarding the activity notification based on the situation mentioned in the opening of the detailed description. Information about the registered activity notification may be configured as illustrated in FIG. 3, but is not limited thereto.

3 is an example of configuration of information related to activity notification. Referring to FIG. 3, information on activity notification may include activity information 301, management device information for each process 302, activity notification triggering condition information 303, and additional information 304. Information about the activity notification may be referred to as an activity message.

The activity information 301 may be input by a user of the first device 110 or may be generated by the first device 110.

The activity information 301 generated by the first device 110 may be determined according to an application or service executed by the first device 110 when registering information related to the activity notification, but is not limited thereto. For example, the first device 110 may generate “contacting” as the activity information 301 according to an activity notification registration request for missed call reception by the user.

In order to generate the activity information 301 by the first device 110, activities that can be executed by the first device 110 and activity information corresponding to the activity may be mapped in advance. Information mapping the activity and activity information may be stored and used in the first device 110, but is not limited thereto. For example, information mapping activity and activity information may be stored and used in an external device of the first device 110. The activity information 301 may include at least one of text information, still image information, video information, audio information, application link information, service link information, application function information, and service function information, but is not limited thereto.

The management device information 302 for each process may include information about the management device set for each process, as shown in FIG. 2. The process-specific management device information 302 includes an identification code of the management device, connection channel information of the management device (for example, port 1, port 2, etc.), a management device name, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), or a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). ), but may include at least one of location information of the management device and information about the user of the management device. Information about the user of the management device may include, for example, the name of a person or acquaintance, but is not limited thereto.

The activity notification triggering condition information 303 may include information capable of recognizing a situation in which the activity notification can be triggered. For example, when the information related to the activity notification for the missed call reception of the first device 110 is “Contact from home”, the activity notification triggering condition information 303 is the location information of the first device 110 It may include information (physical location information of the home) that can recognize the situation that is home. The activity notification triggering condition information 303 may include information based on information related to the situation mentioned in the detailed introduction.

The activity notification triggering condition information 303 may be input to a user of the first device 110 or generated by the first device 110. The first device 110 may generate the activity notification triggering condition information 303 according to the analysis of the activity information 301. The analysis of the first device 110 for the activity information 301 may be performed differently according to the type of the activity information 301. For example, if the activity information 301 is text information, the first device 110 may generate the activity notification triggering condition information 303 by performing a process of analyzing the text information. If the activity information 301 is audio information, the first device 110 may perform the process of analyzing the audio information to generate activity notification triggering condition information 303.

The additional information 304 includes app execution information related to the activity, content related to the activity (eg, images, videos, music, notes, documents, etc.), URL related to the activity, metadata related to the activity, coupon related to the activity, or It may include a ticket, product information related to the activity, traffic information related to the activity, bill information related to the activity, payment information related to the activity (for example, digital currency information), and the like.

The additional information 304 may be input by the user of the first device 110 or may be generated by the first device 110. The first device 110 may generate additional information 304 according to a preset condition or a user's request. For example, when a call notification for a call rejection is registered, the first device 110 may generate information capable of executing the call application as additional information 304.

On the other hand, the process of editing or canceling the activity notification of FIG. 2 is to edit or cancel the information related to the registered activity notification. Editing information about the activity notification may include, but is not limited to, at least one of changing, deleting, and adding information about the registered activity notification.

The activity notification triggering condition check process is to check whether a condition capable of triggering an activity notification is satisfied using information about the registered or edited activity notification.

The activity notification triggering process outputs an activity notification when it is determined that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied in the activity notification triggering condition check process.

2 to 8, since the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110 as described above, the management device of the activity notification registration process is the case of the first device 110.

Referring to Example 1 of FIG. 2, the management device of the activity notification editing or canceling process, the activity notification triggering condition checking process, and the activity notification triggering process is the first device 110. This means that all processes for providing activity notification are performed by the first device 110.

4 is an example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. 4 relates to an activity notification for re-dial. That is, after the user of the first device 110 refuses to receive a call from Robert (401), the first device 110 is used to request activity notification registration (402).

The request for registering an activity notification using the first device 110 may use a user interface (or a graphic user interface) based on the activity notification framework. The user interface based on the activity notification framework related to the activity notification registration request may be provided as a menu item or an item included in a common area included in a screen displayed on the first device 110.

5A is an example of a user interface related to an activity notification registration request. The screen 501 of FIG. 5A is an example of a user interface related to a request for registering an activity notification in the form of a menu item described above. The screen 502 of FIG. 5A is an example of a user interface related to an item type activity notification registration request included in the above-described common area.

The menu items 503 shown on the screen 501 of FIG. 5A may be provided by menu button control (or touch). When the activity notification registration item 504 included in the menu items 503 is selected, the first device 110 may perform registering the activity notification.

The common area 505 shown on the screen 502 of FIG. 5A is an area displayed by the first device 110 regardless of an application or service currently being executed. The common area 505 may be an indicator area set as the default for the first device 110 or an area independent of the indicator area. The indicator area provides status information regarding the battery status of the first device 110, the communication status of the first device 110, the information reception status of the first device 110, and the operation status of the first device 110. This is an area that can be displayed. In the case of the screen 502 of FIG. 5A, the common area 505 is located in the upper display area of the first device 110, but is not limited thereto.

For example, the display area of the common area 505 may be located in one of the leftmost display area, the rightmost display area, and the lowest display area on the screen of the first device 110. The activity notification registration item 504 provided through the screen 501 of FIG. 5A and the activity notification registration item 506 provided through the screen 502 may be expressed as one of a text form, a symbol form, and a text + symbol form. However, it is not limited to this.

According to the activity notification registration request in step 402 of FIG. 4, the first device 110 may display information based on the menu item for registering the activity notification (403). Registering an activity notification Information based on a menu item may include information regarding an activity notification that can be registered. When the activity notification registration is requested through the user interface as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the user interface corresponding to the menu item for registering the activity notification may be provided as illustrated in FIG. 5B.

The information that can be registered in the registering activity notification menu item shown in FIG. 5B includes information about a location, information about a time, and information about a management device. However, information that can be registered based on the activity notification registration menu item may include information on a situation in which the above-described activity notification can be triggered and information on a configurable management device.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the management device may be set using “Add to me” and “Send to Others” buttons (touch items). “Add to me” means to set the management device based on the user of the first device 110. When there are multiple devices of the user of the first device 110, when “Add to me” is selected, a plurality of device lists may be displayed. The plurality of devices included in the plurality of device lists may include at least one external device of the first device 110. At least one external device included in the plurality of device lists is a device of the same user as the user of the first device 110.

"Send to Others" means to set up a management device based on a user different from the user of the first device 110. When there are multiple devices of other users that can be set, if "Send to Others" is selected, Multiple device lists of different users may be provided Multiple devices included in multiple device lists may include devices of the same user Multiple devices included in multiple device lists may be devices of different users It may include.

The user interface for setting the management device is not limited to that shown in FIG. 5B. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 described above, the activity notification process is divided and displayed, and a user interface that displays “Add to me” and “Send to Others” buttons (touch items) shown in FIG. 5B in each process. Can be provided as a user interface for setting the management device.

Registration of the activity notification according to the preferred embodiment is not limited to that shown in FIG. 5A. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5C, registering an activity notification may be performed on an application screen or a service screen currently being executed. The user interface as shown in FIG. 5C may be provided according to user input information, but is not limited thereto. User input information for providing a user interface as shown in FIG. 5C may be set in advance. For example, in the case of a phone application, a user interface may be provided that can register to register an activity notification as shown in FIG. 5C according to user input information indicating call rejection as in FIG. 4 described above.

Registering the activity notification provided in step 403 of FIG. 4 Registering the activity notification using the menu item Registering the activity notification based on a touch input such as a swipe Touch input indicating selection while moving the menu item to the left or right direction You can select items based on, but are not limited to. For example, when the menu item for registering the activity notification is arranged in two dimensions, the menu item for registering the activity notification based on the touch input may be moved to the left or right or to the top or bottom. In addition, the user interface for registering the activity notification menu item may be configured as the user interface illustrated in FIG. 5B.

When the activity notification registration process is completed in step 403 of FIG. 4, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering condition check (404). When it is determined that the activity notification triggering condition is checked by the first device 110 and satisfies a condition capable of triggering the registered activity notification, the first device 110 triggers the activity notification (405).

The triggered activity notification may include, but is not limited to, the activity information 301 shown in FIG. 3. The triggered activity notification may include the activity information 301 and additional information 304 shown in FIG. 3. The additional information 304 included in the triggered activity notification may be referred to as information capable of executing the activity. For example, if the activity notification that is triggered is “redialing”, the additional information 304 may include telephone application call information that can immediately execute the dialing.

6 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. 6 relates to an activity notification for continuous playback of a video.

That is, when the user who was watching the video using the first device 110 wants to continuously play at home from the point of time 601 stopped, if the activity notification registration process is performed (602), the first device 110 ) Checks whether the logical location information of the first device 110 is located in the home of the user of the first device 110 (603, performing an activity notification triggering condition check process). When it is determined that the logical location information of the first device 110 is within the user's home of the first device 110, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process (604 ). The triggered activity notification may include information that can immediately execute continuous playback of the video. Accordingly, the user of the first device 110 can watch the corresponding video continuously from the point of stopping using the execution information included in the information about the triggered activity notification.

7 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. Referring to FIG. 7, an activity notification registration process for a task to be performed is performed by the first device 110 using a memo application (701, 702). The first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering condition check process (703). When it is determined that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied by the first device 110, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process (704 ). The triggered activity notification may be based on information input through the memo application set on the first device 110 as shown in the screen 701 of FIG. 7.

8 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. 8 performs an activity notification registration process by the first device 110 based on the to-do list 801 (801, 802, 803), and an activity notification triggering condition check process by the first device 110 Perform (804). When the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process (805).

9 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. 9 is using a schedule application (901), and performs an activity notification registration process by the first device 110 (902, 903). After performing the activity notification triggering condition check process by the first device 110 (904), an activity notification triggering process is performed (905).

10 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. Referring to FIG. 10, an activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110 for the missed call 1001 (1002, 1003 ). The first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering condition check process (1004), and then performs an activity notification triggering process (1005).

11 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. Referring to FIG. 11, an activity notification registration process is performed using a first device 110 for a photo 1101 taken during a meeting or an article 1102 that the company wants to view or share (1103, 1104). The first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering condition check process (1105). If the logical location information of the first device 110 is a company, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process (1106). The triggered activity notification may include action information go to instantly view a photo or article.

12 is another example of a case in which the management device of all processes for providing activity notification is the first device 110. Referring to FIG. 12, while viewing an electronic book (1201 ), an activity notification registration process is performed using the first device 110 (1202, 1203 ). An activity notification triggering condition check process is performed using the first device 110 (1204 ). When the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process (1205). The triggered activity notification may include activity execution information (read).

4, 6 to 12 described above are described as performing all processes for providing activity notification by the first device 110. However, as in Examples 2 to 8 of FIG. 2, some processes may be performed by other devices (second device 120 or server 130). This may be performed by setting a management device for each process in the activity notification registration process by the first device 110.

Referring to Example 2 of FIG. 2, the activity notification triggering process is performed by the second devices D2 and 120, and the rest of the processes are performed by the first devices D1 and 110. When the processes for providing the activity notification are managed as in Example 2 of FIG. 2, the screens 405, 604, 704, 604, 705, and 805 in the example illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 6 to 12 described above are managed. 905, 1005), the activity notification may be triggered by the second device 120.

In the case of Example 2 of FIG. 2, the activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the first device 110. Accordingly, as the determination result information determined to satisfy the activity notification triggering condition by the first device 110 is transmitted to the second device 120, the second device 120 performs the activity notification triggering process.

When the determination result information determined to satisfy the triggering conditions for the plurality of activity notifications is received, the second device 120 may sequentially perform a plurality of activity notification triggering processes. As the plurality of activity notification triggering processes are sequentially performed, the second device 120 may display a plurality of activity notification pages.

The second device 120 may display a plurality of activity notifications by a plurality of activity notification triggering processes on a single screen, such as the push notification form illustrated in FIG. 13A. 13A is a case in which the activity notification triggering condition is located near the home of the user of the second device 120. The determination result information determined to satisfy the triggering conditions for the plurality of activity notifications may be received from a plurality of external devices. The determination result information determined to satisfy the triggering conditions for the plurality of activity notifications may be received from one external device (eg, the first device 110 ).

The triggered activity notification may be received together with the above-described determination result information, but is not limited thereto. For example, before the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, information on the management device and the activity notification indicating that the activity notification triggering process is set as the management device may be transmitted from the first device 110 to the second device 120. .

When the activity notification and the information on the management device are received from the first device 110 before the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the second device 120 triggers the activity notification at the user's request and sets the activity notification triggering condition. When the determination result information indicating satisfaction is received from the first device 110, the activity notification may be triggered again.

When the activity notification is triggered by the request of the user of the second device 120, when there are multiple activity notifications to be triggered by the second device 120, a plurality of activity notifications may be triggered together. 13B is an example of a screen in which a plurality of activity notifications are triggered in the form of a card.

Referring to Example 3 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process, the activity notification editing or canceling process is performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification triggering condition checking process and activity notification triggering process are the second device 120 This is the case.

As illustrated in Example 3 of FIG. 2, in order to divide and perform a process for providing an activity notification, the first device 110 may transmit information about the registered activity notification to the second device 120. The first device 110 may transmit the information on the registered activity notification to the second device 120 and then delete the information on the registered activity notification, but may maintain the state stored in the first device 110. .

Referring to Example 4 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification editing or cancellation process, activity notification triggering condition check process, and activity notification triggering process are performed by the second device 120. This is the case. In the case of Example 4 of FIG. 2, after the information on the activity notification is registered, the information on the registered activity notification may be transmitted from the first device 110 to the second device 120.

Referring to Example 5 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process and the activity notification editing or canceling process are performed by the first device 110, the activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification The triggering process is a case performed by the second device 120. In the case of Example 5 of FIG. 2, information on the registered activity notification may be transmitted from the first device 110 to the server 130 and managed together by the first device 110 and the server 130. When the information related to the activity notification registered by the first device 110 is edited, the first device 110 displays information about the activity notification managed by the server 130 and information about the edited activity notification. Can be synchronized.

The server 130 may monitor the first device 110 or/and the second device 120 according to the activity notification triggering condition information to check whether the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied. As a result of monitoring, when the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the server 130 transmits information indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied to the second device 120. When the server 130 transmits information indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied to the second device 120, the activity notification to be triggered may be transmitted together, but is not limited thereto. For example, an activity notification to be triggered may be transmitted from the first device 110 to the second device 120. Alternatively, before the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the activity notification may be transmitted from the server 130 to the second device 120.

Referring to Example 6 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process and the activity notification triggering process are performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification editing or canceling process and the activity notification triggering condition checking process are performed by the server 130 or the agent. This is the case when it is performed by 2 devices 120. Accordingly, when the activity notification registration process is completed by the first device 110, the first device 110 transmits information about the registered activity notification to the server 130 or the second device 120.

In the case of Example 6 of FIG. 2, the first device 110 may delete information after transmitting the registered activity notification information to the server 130 or the second device 120. However, when the first device 110 and the server 130 or the first device 110 and the second device 120 have information regarding the registered activity notification, the server 130 or the second device ( If the information related to the activity notification registered by 120) is edited or canceled, the information related to the activity notification stored in the first device 110 is edited or canceled. Accordingly, the information related to the activity notification stored in the server 130 or the second device 120 and the information related to the activity notification stored in the first device 110 are synchronized.

Referring to Example 7 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process and the activity notification triggering process are performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the second device 120, and the activity notification The triggering condition check process is performed by the server 130.

In the case of Example 7 of FIG. 2, information on the activity notification registered by the first device 110 is transmitted to the second device 120 and information for performing the activity notification triggering condition checking process (for example, , Activity notification triggering condition information) may be transmitted from the second device 120 to the server 130, but is not limited thereto. For example, information for performing the activity notification triggering condition check process may be transmitted from the first device 110 to the server 130. When the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the server 130 transmits information indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied to the first device 110.

Referring to Example 8 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, the activity notification editing or cancellation process, and the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification The triggering process is a case performed by the second device 120. In the case of Example 8 of FIG. 2, after the activity notification registration process is completed, the first device 110 may transmit information regarding the activity notification to the server 130 and transmit the activity notification to the second device 120. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the activity notification may be transmitted from the server 130 to the second device 120.

When the management device is set as set in Examples 2 to 8 of FIG. 2, each process in FIGS. 4 and 6 to 12 described above may be performed by the set management device.

14 is an example of a case in which a device for which activity notification is registered is different from a device for which activity notification is registered. That is, this is an example in which the user A of the first device 110 provides an activity notification (buy milk when coming to the home) to the user B of the second device 120. The example shown in FIG. 14 may be performed differently depending on which of the examples 2 to 5 and 8 of FIG. 2 is to set the management device.

For example, when setting the management device for performing the example shown in FIG. 14 as in Example 2 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration process, activity notification editing or cancellation process, and activity notification triggering condition checking process 1401 , 1402, 1403 are performed by the first device 110. Accordingly, the first device 110 may monitor the position of the second device 120. Position monitoring of the second device 120 by the first device 110 may be performed through the server 130, but may be performed directly through a network. As a result of monitoring, if the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, the first device 110 transmits the activity notification to the second device 120. Accordingly, the second device 120 performs an activity notification triggering process (1404).

For example, when setting the management device for performing the example shown in FIG. 14 as in Example 8 of FIG. 2, the activity notification registration processes 1401 and 1402 are performed by the first device 110, and the activity The notification triggering condition checking process 1403 may be performed by the server 130, and the activity notification triggering process 1404 may be performed by the second device 120.

15 is an example in which an activity notification is provided when a management device is set as in Example 6 or Example 7 of FIG. 2. That is, when the user A of the first device 110 registers an activity notification using a message such as “I want to know where the bus I need to get on (bus 3007) has come” as shown in Example 6 of FIG. 2. (1501). The first device 110 transmits information regarding the activity notification registered with the server 130.

Accordingly, the server 130 tracks the location of the 3007 bus and monitors the 3007 bus at the location closest to the current location of the first device 110 of the user A (1502). When the 3007 bus in the location closest to the user A reaches point C (1503), the server 130 sends information to the first device 110 indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied and an activity notification (for example, , 3007 bus arrives at location C). Accordingly, the first device 110 performs an activity notification triggering process to display a message such as “3007 bus arrives at place C”.

16 is an example in which the management device may be set as in Examples 2 to 5 and Example 8 of FIG. 2. That is, FIG. 16 is an example in which the user A of the first device 110 triggers an activity notification such as “I will meet you when I come near the home and I will meet you” at the user B of the second device 120. . Steps 1601 to 1605 of FIG. 16 may set the management device as shown in one of Examples 2 to 5 and 8 of FIG. 2 as described with reference to FIG. 14. The process for providing the activity notification may be performed differently depending on which of the examples 2 to 5 and 8 of FIG. 2 sets the management device.

The activity notification providing system 100 of FIG. 1 may set a management device as in Examples 1 to 8 illustrated in FIG. 17, but is not limited thereto. 17 is a case where information related to the activity notification is registered by the server 130.

In the case of Example 1 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process, activity notification editing or cancellation process, and activity notification triggering condition check process are performed by the server 130, and the activity notification triggering process is performed on the first device 110. When the management device is set to be performed by.

In the case of Example 2 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process, activity notification editing or cancellation process, activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification triggering process is performed by the second device 120. It is the case that the management device is set to be performed.

In the case of Example 3 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process, the activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification triggering condition checking process and activity notification triggering process are performed by the first device 110. It is the case that the management device is set to be performed.

In the case of Example 4 of Figure 17, the activity notification registration process, activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the server 130, the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the first device 110, activity notification The triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the second device 120.

In the case of Example 5 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process, activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the server 130, the activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the second device 120, and the activity notification The triggering process is a case performed by the first device 110.

In the case of Example 6 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process is performed by the server 130, the activity notification editing or cancellation process, the activity notification triggering condition checking process, and the activity notification triggering process are performed by the first device 110. This is the case.

In the case of Example 7 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process is performed by the server 130, the activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification triggering condition check process and activity notification The triggering process is a case performed by the second device 120.

In the case of Example 8 of FIG. 17, the activity notification registration process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification editing or canceling process, the activity notification triggering condition checking process, and the activity notification triggering process are sent to the second device 120. Is done by.

18 is an example of providing an activity notification by setting a management device as one of Examples 1 to 8 illustrated in FIG. 17. That is, FIG. 18 shows specific information (for example, coupons, tickets, etc.) when the user A of the first device 110 arrives at the set place E when the information related to the activity notification is registered by the server 130. Is triggered by an activity notification. An example of providing the activity notification shown in FIG. 18 is the above-described FIGS. 4, 6 to 12, 14, and 14 depending on which of the examples 1 to 8 shown in FIG. 17 sets the management device. As described in 15, a process for providing activity notification may be performed differently.

19 is a configuration diagram of an activity notification providing system 1900 according to another preferred embodiment. 19 may be referred to as a relationship diagram between devices performing an activity notification providing method according to another preferred embodiment. 19 may set a management device of each process to provide activity notifications as a plurality of devices.

Referring to FIG. 19, the activity notification providing system 1900 includes a first device 110, a second device 120, a server 130, a third device 1910_3 to an N device 1910_N, and a network ( 1920).

The third device 1910_3 to the Nth device 1910_N may include the same device as the first device 110 described above. The N is an integer of 4 or more.

The network 1920 may include a network based on wireless communication and/or wired communication. Networks based on wireless communications may include, but are not limited to, networks based on wireless communications, such as, for example, short-range wireless communications, mobile communications, satellite communications, and broadcast communications. The network based on wired communication may include, but is not limited to, a network based on wired communication using a telephone line or power line.

Short-range wireless communication includes, for example, Bluetooth communication, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication, Near Field Communication (WLAN) communication, WLAN (Wi-Fi LAN) communication, Zigbee communication, infrared data association (IrDA) Communication, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication, UWB (Ultra WideBand) communication, Ant+ communication, and the like, but are not limited thereto.

Mobile communication may include communication capable of transmitting and receiving a radio signal (for example, a voice call signal, a video call signal, various types of data according to transmission/reception of text/multimedia messages) based on a base station on a mobile communication network. . Satellite communications may include GPS-based communications. Broadcast communication may include communication that transmits data using at least one of a satellite wave, a terrestrial wave, and a radio wave.

FIG. 20 is an example of setting a management device of each process for providing activity notification based on the configuration diagram of the activity notification providing system 1900 as shown in FIG. 19. Examples 1 to 5 illustrated in FIG. 20 are examples of setting a management device using up to N devices 110, 120, 1910_3 to 1910_N and the server 130.

In the case of Example 1 of FIG. 20, the activity notification registration process and the activity notification editing or cancellation process are performed by the first device 110, and the activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the second device 120, The activity notification triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the third device 1910_3.

In the case of Example 2 of FIG. 20, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, the activity notification editing or cancellation process, and the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the second device 120, The activity notification triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the third device 1910_3.

In the case of Example 3 of FIG. 20, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, the activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the second device 120, and the activity notification triggering condition checking process and The activity notification triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the third device 1910_3.

In the case of Example 4 of FIG. 20, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, the activity notification editing or cancellation process is performed by the second device 120, and the activity notification triggering condition checking process is It is performed by the third device 1910_3, and the activity notification triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the Nth device 1910_N.

In the case of Example 5 of FIG. 20, the activity notification registration process is performed by the first device 110, the activity notification editing or cancellation process, and the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the server 130, and the activity notification The triggering process is when the management device is set to be performed by the Nth device 1910_N.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 19, information about a plurality of activity notifications is registered by the second to Nth devices 120, 1910_3 to 1910_N and the server 130, and a plurality of activity notifications are triggered by the first device 110. Activity notifications can be provided. The activity notification triggered by the first device 110 may be triggered in the form of a push notification as shown in (a) of FIG. 13 or in the form of a card as shown in (b) of FIG. 13, but is limited to this. Does not work.

21 and 22 are examples in which an activity notification is provided by setting a management device as shown in Example 5 of FIG. 20.

FIG. 21 shows that when the user A of the first device 110 goes out, information about the home (eg, information about dinner) is registered as activity notification information (2101, 2102, 2103), At least the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the server 130 (2104). Accordingly, the activity notification may be triggered by the third to Nth devices 1910_3 to 1910_N of people designated by the user A (2105). When the user A is designated by one person, the activity notification may be triggered by the device of the designated person (eg, the third device 1910_3).

22 is a case where the user A of the first device 110 is a restaurant nutritionist and a society organizer. When the user A of the first device 110 is a restaurant nutritionist and provides the menu of the day as an activity notification to people included in the group 1, the information on the activity notification is registered using the first device 110 ( 2201, 2203, 2204), at least the activity notification triggering condition check process is performed by the server 130 (2205). When people included in the group 1 designated by the user A arrive at the restaurant, an activity notification may be triggered by the third to Nth devices 1910_3 to 1910_N of the people included in the group 1 (2206).

In addition, when the user A of the first device 110 is the society's principal and provides the conference schedule as an activity notification to members, registering information about the activity notification using the first device 110 (2202) , 2203, 2204 ), and at least the activity notification triggering condition checking process is performed by the server 130 (2205 ). When members designated by the user A arrive at the conference site, an activity notification may be triggered by the third to Nth devices 1910_3 to 1910_N of the designated members (2206).

The above-described management device setting examples shown in FIGS. 2, 17, and 20 may change the management device by a user of the management device set in each process. For example, when a user of a device to perform the activity notification triggering process designates another device as a management device of the activity notification triggering process, the management device set in the activity notification triggering process may be changed. Information related to registered activity notifications of a plurality of management devices when a management device set in at least one process for providing activity notification is changed and a plurality of management devices have information on registered activity notifications. Updates to synchronize information on registered activity notifications of multiple management devices.

23 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to an exemplary embodiment. 23 may be performed by the first device 110 or the server 130, but is described below as being performed by the first device 110 for convenience of description. The detailed description below is not limited to being performed by the first device 110.

23, when an activity notification registration request is received (S2301), the first device 110 registers information about the activity notification (S2302). The activity notification registration request includes the activity notification registration item 504 included in the menu items 503 illustrated in the screen 501 of FIG. 5A and the activity included in the common area 505 illustrated in the screen 502. The notification may be received based on one of the registration items 506. For example, the first device 110 may receive an activity notification registration request based on a touch input to the activity notification registration item 504 or the activity notification registration item 506.

As illustrated in FIG. 5C, among input information of a user that may be input when an application or service is executed by the first device 110, preset input information (for example, input information indicating rejection of a call, or missed call reception) The first device 110 may recognize the input information indicating the selection for the activity as the activity notification registration request.

In step S2302, the first device 110 registers information regarding the activity notification. The information related to the registered activity notification includes activity information 301, process-specific management device information 302, activity notification triggering condition information 303, and additional information 304 as shown in FIG. 3 described above. May, but is not limited to this.

When registering information about the activity notification in step S2302, the management device may be set for a process performed to provide the activity notification. The processes performed to provide the activity notification include an activity notification registration process, an activity notification editing or cancellation process, an activity notification triggering condition check process, and an activity notification triggering process, as shown in FIGS. 2, 17, and 20. You can, but are not limited to this. For example, the process of editing or canceling an activity notification may not be included in a process for providing an activity notification.

The management device is set based on at least one of information about a person, information about the first device 110, and information about at least one external device capable of communicating with the first device 110, as described in FIG. Can be. In the case of FIG. 1, at least one external device may include a second device 120 and a server 130. In the case of FIG. 19, the at least one external device may include second to Nth devices 120, 1910_3 to 1910_N and the server 130.

The first device 110 transmits information on the activity notification registered in step S2303 to the management device. As shown in FIGS. 2, 17, and 20, when there are a plurality of processes performed to provide activity notification, and a management device set in each process is different, in step S2303, the first device 110 displays each process. Information regarding the activity notification registered with the management device may be transmitted.

As the above-mentioned registered activity notification information is transmitted, management devices for each process may share information regarding the activity notification. The first device 110 may transmit information about the registered activity notification to some of the management devices for each process. For example, the first device 110 may transmit information regarding the activity notification to the management device for the activity notification editing or cancellation process and the activity notification triggering condition check process.

When the first device 110 is included in the management device set for each process other than the activity notification registration process, the first device 110 may store some of the information related to the activity notification. Some of the information related to the activity notification stored in the first device 110 may include information related to the activity notification related to the process performed by the first device 110. For example, when the process in which the first device 110 is set as the management device is an activity notification triggering process, some of the information related to the activity notification stored in the first device 110 includes activity information 301 or activity information 301 and additional information 304, but is not limited thereto. When the process in which the first device 110 is set as the management device is an activity notification triggering condition check process, some of the information related to the activity notification stored in the first device 110 includes the activity notification triggering condition information 303 You can, but are not limited to this.

24 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another preferred embodiment. FIG. 24 is a view of an operation device of FIG. 23, after transmitting information on an activity notification to a management device, and receiving information indicating that activity information received from a management device and/or activity notification triggering conditions are satisfied, the first device ( 110) is an example in which the activity notification is triggered by steps S2404 and S2405. Steps S2401 to S2403 of FIG. 24 may be operated similarly to steps S2301 to S2303 of FIG. 23. In step S2405, the activity notification triggered by the first device 110 may include information capable of executing the activity.

25 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another exemplary embodiment. 25 receives an activity notification from at least one external device in the operation flowchart of FIG. 23, stores the received activity notification (S2504), and receives a request for providing an activity notification by a user of the first device 110 ( S2505), which is an example in which the step of triggering the activity notification stored by the first device 110 (S2506) is added. Steps S2501 to S2503 of FIG. 25 may be operated similarly to steps S2301 to S2303 of FIG. 23. In step S2506, the activity notification triggered by the first device 110 may include information capable of executing the activity. The activity notification triggered in step S2506 may be triggered again by the first device 110 when the corresponding activity notification triggering condition is satisfied.

26 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method for providing activity notification according to another exemplary embodiment. 26 is a case where information related to an activity notification is registered by the first device 110. When an activity notification registration request is received by the user of the first device 110 (S2601), the first device 110 registers information about the activity notification (S2602). If the first device 110 is included in the management device included in the information about the registered activity notification, the first device 110 stores some of the information about the registered activity notification or the information about the activity notification ( S2603, S2604). The management device included in the information about the registered activity notification may include, but is not limited to, the management device of the process except for the activity notification registration process. The first device 110 performs a process for providing an activity notification based on the stored information (S2605).

On the other hand, if the first device is not included in the management device included in the information related to the registered activity notification, the device (server 130, the second to the N devices (in which the information related to the registered activity notification is set as the management device) 120, one of 1910_3 to 1910_N. Accordingly, the device (for example, the second device 120) set as the management device stores information on the received activity notification (S2606, S2607). The device set as is performs a process for providing the activity notification based on the stored activity notification information (S2608).

When the management device included in the information related to the activity notification registered in step S2603 includes the first device 110 and at least one external device of the first device 110, the preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. 26 is Steps S2606 to S2608 may be performed while performing steps S2604 and S2605 described above.

27 is a functional block diagram of a first device 110 according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 27, the first device 110 may include an information input unit 2710, a display unit 2720, a communication unit 2730, a processor 2740, and a storage unit 2750. However, not all of the illustrated components are essential components. The first device 110 may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, and the first device 110 may be implemented by fewer components.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 28, the first device 110 according to an exemplary embodiment includes a sensing unit 2810, a camera 2820, an audio input unit 2830, and audio in addition to the components illustrated in FIG. 27. An output unit 2840 and a power supply unit 2850 may be further included. The camera 2820 and the audio input unit 2830 illustrated in FIG. 28 may be referred to as an AV input module or input module. The display unit 2720 and the audio output unit 2840 illustrated in FIG. 28 may be referred to as AV output modules or output modules.

Through the information input unit 2710 illustrated in FIG. 27, a user may input information regarding an activity notification registration request and activity notification. Activity notification registration request and information about the activity notification may be input based on the user interface based on the framework of the activity notification as mentioned in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C described above.

The information input unit 2710 is mounted on the first device 110 so that a user can input data for controlling the first device 110. According to the data input function, the information input unit 2710 may be referred to as a user input unit 1210. The information input unit 2710 that can be mounted on the first device 110 includes, for example, a key pad, a dome switch, and a touch pad (contact capacitive type, pressure-resistive film type) , Infrared detection method, surface ultrasonic conduction method, integral tension measurement method, piezo effect method, etc.), a jog wheel, a jog switch, but may not include at least one.

The user's input information that can be input through the information input unit 2710 may include touch-based input information. The touch-based input information may include a user's gesture-based input information. For example, tap (tap or touch), long tap (long tap or long touch), touch and hold, touch and drag, double tap, drag , Panning, flick, drag and drop, and sweep, but may be included in the touch-based input information, but is not limited thereto.

The user input information may include movement-based input information or vision-based input information. The motion-based input information may be based on a motion-based user gesture of the device (eg, device shaking, device rotating, and device lifting, etc.). The vision-based input information may be based on information recognized by analyzing an input image acquired by the camera without contacting the device.

The display unit 2720 may be configured to display information processed by the first device 110. The display unit 2720 may display a screen for providing the activity notification as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 16, 21 and 22 described above. The display unit 2720 may display information based on a user interface capable of inputting information regarding an activity notification registration request and activity notification.

When the touch pad has a layered structure and is configured as a touch screen, the display unit 2720 may be used as an input device in addition to an output device. The display portion 2720 includes a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display (3D) display) and an electrophoretic display (EPD). Depending on the implementation form of the first device 110, the first device 110 may include two or more display units 1120. At this time, two or more display units 1120 may be disposed to face each other using a hinge.

The communication unit 2730 may include one or more components that enable communication between the first device 110 and at least one external device (eg, the second device 120) or the first device 110 and the server. Can. For example, the communication unit 2730 may include at least one of a local area communication device, a mobile communication device, and a broadcast receiver.

The short-range wireless communicator is a Bluetooth communication unit, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication unit, a Near Field Communication unit, a WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, an infrared (IrDA, infrared data) Association) communication unit, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, Ant+ communication unit, and the like, but are not limited thereto.

The mobile communication device transmits and receives a wireless signal to and from at least one of a base station, an external device, and a server on the mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text/multimedia message.

The broadcast receiver receives broadcast signals and/or broadcast related information from the outside through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel, a terrestrial channel, and a radio channel.

The communication unit 2730 may transmit information on activity notification to an external device according to a preferred embodiment. Information on the transmitted activity notification may have the structure shown in FIG. 3, but is not limited thereto. Information related to the activity notification transmitted to the external device may be referred to as an activity notification message.

The storage unit 2750 may store a program for processing and controlling the processor 2740. The program stored in the storage unit 2750 includes a program for providing activity notification according to a preferred embodiment. The storage unit 2750 stores information related to the activity notification input through the information input unit 2710. Information related to the activity notification stored in the storage unit 2750 may be configured as illustrated in FIG. 3, but is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 2750 includes a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, and a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory, etc.), Random Access Memory (RAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), magnetic memory, magnetic It may include a storage medium of at least one type of disk, optical disk.

The first device 110 may be configured to use a web storage or cloud server that performs a storage function of the storage unit 2750 on the Internet. In this case, information on the user interface, such as registering an activity notification displayed on the display unit 2720, may be provided from the above-described web storage or cloud server.

Programs stored in the storage unit 2750 may be classified into a plurality of modules according to their functions. For example, the programs may be classified into a UI module, a notification module, and an application module, but are not limited thereto. For example, when the display unit 2720 is combined with a touch panel layer, the plurality of modules may include a touch screen module.

The UI module may provide the processor 2740 with UI information related to the activity notification registration request and activity notification registration mentioned in the preferred embodiment. The UI module may provide a specialized UI, GUI, etc. for each application installed in the first device 110 to the processor 2740.

The notification module may generate a signal for notifying the occurrence of the event of the first device 110. Examples of events generated by the first device 110 include power on/off of the first device 110, receiving activity notification, receiving a signal indicating that the activity notification triggering condition is satisfied, receiving information about activity notification, Activity notification registration may be completed, but is not limited thereto.

The notification module may output a notification signal in the form of a video signal through the display unit 2720, and may output a notification signal in the form of an audio signal through the audio output unit 2840, but is not limited thereto.

The application module may include various applications set in the first device 110. The method for providing activity notification according to preferred embodiments may be provided by applications included in various applications set in the first device 110.

The processor 2740 typically controls the overall operation of the first device 110. Therefore, the processor 2740 may be referred to as a control unit. For example, the processor 2740 executes programs stored in the storage unit 2750, and in the case of FIG. 27, the information input unit 2710, the display unit 2720, the communication unit 2730, and the storage unit 2750 The back can be controlled overall. The processor 2740 executes the program stored in the storage unit 2750, and in the case of FIG. 28, the information input unit 2710, the display unit 2720, the communication unit 2730, the sensing unit 2810, the camera 2820, audio The input unit 2830, the audio output unit 2840, and the power unit 2850 may be generally controlled.

The processor 2740, when the activity notification registration is requested based on the activity notification registration items 504 and 506 shown on the screens 501 and 502 of FIG. 5A displayed on the display unit 2720, as shown in FIG. 5B Registering the activity notification The user interface information is output to the display unit 2720. Registering the activity notification output on the display unit 2720 When information on the activity notification is input based on the user interface information, the processor 2740 stores the information on the activity notification input to the storage unit 2750.

When the registration process of the information on the activity notification is completed, the processor 2740 transmits information on the registered activity notification through the communication unit 2730 based on the information on the management device included in the information on the registered activity notification. It can be transmitted to at least one external device or server.

The processor 2740 may perform a process for providing an activity notification according to one of the operation flowcharts illustrated in FIGS. 23 to 26 described above. A plurality of processors 2740 may be configured according to the operating environment of the first device 110. For example, the processor 2740 may include a processor operated in the low power mode of the first device 110 and a processor operated in the normal mode. The processor 2740 may include a plurality of processors divided according to components included in the first device 110.

The sensing unit 2810 is a sensor that detects whether the user is approaching the first device 110, a sensor that detects lighting around the first device 110, and a sensor that recognizes a user's voice of the first device 110. , May include at least one of a sensor detecting a user's mood and activity of the first device 110, but is not limited thereto. That is, the sensing unit 2810 may include complementary sensors for sensing the situation mentioned in the opening of the detailed description. The result sensed by the sensing unit 2810 may be transmitted to the processor 2740.

The user's mood or/and activity may be sensed using an external device connected to the sensing unit 2810, and the sensing unit 2810 may be configured to transmit the detected result to the processor 2740. According to the sensing result of the sensing unit 2810, the processor 2740 may determine whether a condition for triggering an activity notification is satisfied. For example, when it is determined that the sensing unit 2810 senses that the user of the first device 110 has reached the home, the processor 2740 may perform a process of triggering an activity notification. The external device connected to the sensing unit 2810 may include a meter capable of monitoring a user's mood and/or activity.

The camera 2820 may obtain an image frame such as a still image or a video through an image sensor in a video call mode or a shooting mode. The camera 2820 may acquire a finger gesture image of a user of the first device 110 and transmit it to the processor 2740. The processor 2740 may use the above-described finger gesture image of the user to determine whether to receive the activity notification registration request or to determine whether the activity notification registration is completed, but is not limited thereto. The image captured through the image sensor may be processed through the processor 2740 or a separate image processing unit (not shown).

The image frame processed by the camera 2820 may be stored in the storage unit 2750 or transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 2730. Two or more cameras 2820 may be provided according to a configuration aspect of the terminal.

The audio input unit 2830 receives an audio signal input from the outside of the first device 110, converts the received audio signal into an electrical audio signal, and transmits the converted audio signal to the processor 2740. The audio input unit 2830 may be configured as a microphone. The audio signal input from the outside may receive an external device of the first device 110 or an acoustic signal of a user around the first device 110. The audio input unit 2830 may use various noise removal algorithms to remove noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The audio output unit 2840 outputs audio data received from the communication unit 2730 or stored in the storage unit 2750. Also, the audio output unit 2840 may output an audio signal related to a function (for example, a notification sound) performed by the first device 110. The audio output unit 2840 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The power supply unit 2850 supplies power to the first device 110. The first device 110 does not include the power supply 2850, and may be configured to include a connector that can be connected to an external power supply.

The second device 120 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 19 and the third to Nth devices 1910_3 to 1910_N illustrated in FIG. 19 may be configured as the first device 110 illustrated in FIGS. 27 and 28. May, but is not limited to this. The server 130 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 19 may also be configured as the first device 110 illustrated in FIGS. 27 and 28, but is not limited thereto.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions 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, or the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -Hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc., as well as machine language codes produced by a compiler.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

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A method for providing activity notification executed by a device,
Executing an application by the device;
Receiving an activity notification registration request while the application is being executed by the device;
Storing condition information for triggering an activity notification including additional information related to the application in the device as the activity notification registration request is received;
Obtaining contextual information based on the device;
Determining whether the obtained context information corresponds to condition information for triggering the stored activity notification;
In the determining step, providing the activity notification including additional information related to the application using the device as it is determined that the obtained context information corresponds to condition information for triggering the activity notification. How to provide activity notifications. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of condition information for triggering the activity notification comprises:
And generating additional information related to the application based on the activity related to the application. According to claim 1, The method,
And after providing the activity notification, executing the application based on additional information related to the application included in the activity notification. According to claim 1, The method,
And after providing the activity notification, executing a function of the application corresponding to additional information related to the application included in the activity notification. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of condition information for triggering the activity notification comprises:
Displaying a user interface capable of setting condition information for triggering the activity notification including additional information related to the application on a display of the device;
Receiving a user input based on the displayed user interface; And
Activity alert service method based on user input received comprises the step of storing condition information to trigger the activity notification to the device. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the context information based on the device comprises:
Method for providing an activity notification, characterized in that it is performed using a sensor included in the device. The method according to claim 1, wherein the additional information related to the application included in the activity notification is determined based on a time when the activity notification registration request is received and a running function of the application when the activity notification registration request is received. How to provide a feature notification. In the device,
An information input unit for inputting information;
sensor;
display;
A memory that stores a program for providing activity notifications executed by the device; And
Run the application,
Running the program, while running the application, receives an activity notification registration request through the information input unit,
When the activity notification registration request is received, condition information for triggering an activity notification including additional information related to the application is stored in the memory,
Using the sensor to obtain context information based on the device,
It is determined whether the obtained situation information corresponds to condition information for triggering the stored activity notification,
And a processor providing an activity notification including additional information related to the application using the display as the obtained situation information is determined to correspond to condition information for triggering the activity notification,
device. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor, By executing the program,
A device further configured to generate additional information related to the application based on activity related to the application. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor, By executing the program,
After providing the activity notification, the device further configured to run the application based on additional information related to the application included in the activity notification. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor, By executing the program,
After providing the activity notification, a device further configured to execute a function of the application based on additional information related to the application included in the activity notification. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor, to execute the program, to store the condition information for triggering the activity notification,
A user interface capable of setting condition information for triggering the activity notification including additional information related to the application is displayed on the display,
Receiving a user input based on the displayed user interface through the information input unit, and
And configured to store condition information for triggering the activity notification based on the received user input in the memory. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor, By executing the program,
The device further configured to determine additional information related to the application included in the activity notification based on a time point at which the activity notification registration request is received and a function of executing the application when the activity notification registration request is received. A computer-readable recording medium storing computer program code for performing a method for providing activity notification executed by a device, the computer-readable recording medium comprising:
A method for providing activity notifications executed by the device may include:
Executing an application by the device;
Receiving an activity notification registration request while the application is being executed by the device;
Storing condition information for triggering an activity notification including additional information related to the application in the device as the activity notification registration request is received;
Obtaining contextual information based on the device;
Determining whether the obtained context information corresponds to condition information for triggering the stored activity notification;
In the determining step, providing the activity notification including additional information related to the application using the device as it is determined that the obtained context information corresponds to condition information for triggering the activity notification. A computer-readable recording medium.

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