KR20070054476A - Method for setting and noticing event linked time and calendar of world in portable terminal and the portable terminal thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a world time, a calendar-related event setting, a notification method, and a portable electronic device. According to an aspect of the invention, the step of receiving local information; Displaying at least one of a current time and a calendar corresponding to the local information on a screen; Receiving time information, date information, and event message data; Storing event setting information including the area information, time information, date information, and event message; And outputting a notification message corresponding to the event setting information at a time corresponding to the event setting information. Accordingly, by providing a method of providing a setting and notification function for an event that is linked with a time and / or date of any region of the world in a portable electronic device and the portable electronic device, the user can be provided with convenience. It has an effect.

World time, events, electronics, calendar

Description

Method for setting and noticing event linked time and calendar of world in portable terminal and the portable terminal

1 is a view showing a user interface (UI) screen according to the world time display function in a conventional portable electronic device.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for performing world time, calendar-associated event setting, and notification function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a world time, a calendar-associated event setting, and a notification process in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 are exemplary views illustrating a user interface (UI) screen according to world time, calendar-associated event setting, and notification in a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal

110: input unit

120: storage unit

130: display unit

140: speaker

150: event processing unit

160: control unit

The present invention relates to an event in a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a world time, a calendar-associated event setting, a notification method, and a portable electronic device.

1 is a view showing a user interface (UI) screen according to the world time display function in a conventional portable electronic device.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like, and a portable electronic device such as a portable multimedia player (PMP), a game phone, and the like, are provided with a function of simply displaying the world time. There was no function of displaying a calendar of a country or setting an event (for example, an alarm, a schedule, an anniversary, etc.) that is associated with a time of the corresponding country, and notifying it. Therefore, it has caused inconvenience to use events such as alarms and schedules to users traveling or traveling on many countries around the world.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, a method for providing a user with a setting and notification function for the event associated with the time and / or date of any region of the world in the portable electronic device and its The purpose is to provide a portable electronic device.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of receiving local information; Displaying at least one of a current time and a calendar corresponding to the local information on a screen; Receiving time information, date information, and event message data; Storing event setting information including the area information, time information, date information, and event message; And outputting a notification message corresponding to the event setting information at a time corresponding to the event setting information.

Here, the displaying of the plurality of preset world region information may be preceded.

In addition, the event message may be a file format of at least one of a text, an image, and a voice.

According to another aspect of the invention, the input unit for receiving event information, including local information, time information, date information, event message; A display unit for displaying at least one of a current time and a calendar corresponding to local information input through the input unit on a screen, or displaying a notification message; Storage unit; And setting an event corresponding to the input event information to store event setting information in the storage unit, and counting the display unit to display the notification message corresponding to the event message at a time corresponding to the event setting information. There is provided a portable terminal having a world time including an event processing unit, a calendar-associated event setting, and a notification function.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a world time, a calendar-related event setting, a notification method, and a portable electronic device in the portable electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Therefore, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In the following description of a portable electronic device for performing world time, calendar-related event setting, and notification function according to the present invention, the portable electronic device includes a mobile communication terminal such as a personal digital assistant (PCS), a PDA, and a portable multimedia device. It is obvious that portable electronic devices such as a player (PMP: portable multimedia player), a game phone, a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone, etc. will be included, but for convenience of description, the following description will be given using a mobile communication terminal as an example. However, it will be more apparent through the following description that portable electronic devices other than the above may be equally applied.

2 is a functional block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for performing world time, calendar-related event setting, and notification function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention includes an input unit 110, a storage unit 120, a display unit 130, a speaker 140, an event processor 150, and a controller 160. do. Although the mobile communication terminal 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 is mainly assuming a mobile phone such as a PCS, the individual to which some characteristic components of FIG. 1 (for example, the event processing unit 150, etc.) are added. Obviously, the present invention may be implemented as a device such as a portable device (PDA). Of course, some components (for example, the event processor 150, etc.) shown in FIG. 2 are not necessarily made of a hardware configuration, and are implemented in software to be installed in the mobile communication terminal 100 to perform the same operation. It can be obvious.

The input unit 110 is provided with a plurality of key buttons, a phone number for any recipient from the user, texts for text message transmission, and specific functions (for example, world time according to the present invention, event setting corresponding to a calendar, etc.). ) Is a means for receiving command information, etc. for the execution. Key buttons for instructing to perform a specific function can be specified, for example, as function buttons. Since the function of the input unit 110 for performing the operation of the mobile communication terminal 100 will be fully understood through the following general functions and the following description, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The storage unit 120 is an operation program of the mobile communication terminal 100, communication related information for allowing the mobile communication terminal 100 to perform a communication service (for example, a terminal serial number (ESN: Electronic Serial Number), Phone number, etc.). In particular, the storage unit 120 stores world time calculation information for calculating a time and a calendar corresponding to a predetermined region of each country of the world in advance, so that the mobile communication terminal 100 is a reference region (for example, The time in Seoul can be calculated for each region. In addition, the storage unit 120 stores event setting information set to perform a function such as an event setting corresponding to a world time or a calendar according to the present invention. Of course, a separate storage device for storing event setting information may be provided.

The display unit 130 displays (displays) an operation state, a current time, and the like according to the input of the input unit 110, and in particular, performs a function of displaying information according to the setting and notification of an event according to the world time according to the present invention. . The display unit 130 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display.

The speaker 140 is a means for the mobile terminal 100 to output the voice of another user, etc. received from the mobile communication service system, and in particular, alarm information (for example, the set event of the notification message of the set event according to the present invention). A notification sound to notify the user that the time is up, or voice data recorded or set by the user).

The event processor 150 performs a setting and notification function of an event (eg, an alarm, a schedule, etc.) corresponding to a world time and / or a calendar according to the present invention. That is, the event processor 150 sets an event by using event setting information including any region, event time, event message, etc. among the regions of the world input through the input unit 110, and the event execution time has been reached. At this time, the display unit 130 and / or the speaker 140 performs a function of counting the time (counting) to output a notification message.

If an event setting command including any region, event time, event message, etc. of each region of the world is input through the input unit 110, the controller 160 stores the event setting information in the storage unit using the input information. When the execution time of the set event is reached, the input unit 110, the storage unit 120, the display unit 130, and the speaker 140 may output a notification message through the display unit 130 and / or the speaker 140. It performs a function of controlling the event processor 150.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a world time, a calendar-associated event setting, and a notification process in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In operation 310, the mobile communication terminal 100 displays preset regional information of the plurality of worlds. That is, in response to an execution command corresponding to the setting of the world region information event according to the present invention among the menu items, a preset region information of the world such as Seoul, London, Tokyo, New York, etc. is displayed on the screen. The local information may be displayed on the world map or may be displayed in text.

In operation 320, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives at least one selected region information for setting an event from a user. By the list method, the user can select a region name by using a direction key or the like, or input directly as text (for example, "Tokyo").

In operation 330, the mobile communication terminal 100 displays a current time and date of a corresponding region corresponding to the region information input from the user on the screen. It is more desirable to display a calendar of months corresponding to the current date.

In step 340, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives date information (which may include time information in more detail) and event information including a message from a user. The message may be not only text but also multimedia data such as an icon, an image such as a picture, and voice data recorded by a user.

In step 350 to step 360, the mobile communication terminal 100 stores the input event and event setting information including the corresponding region information to set an event and recognizes the time for notifying the set event to the user. Start counting the time to be. For example, event setting information "Tokyo-November 30-14-14-client lunch appointment" is stored, and counting starts from the current time to the time to perform the notification function of the event.

In step 370, it is determined whether the time for the event is to be performed, and accordingly, in step 380, the mobile communication terminal 100 outputs a notification message corresponding to the event at a time corresponding to the set event setting information. That is, the stored message is displayed on the screen or output through a speaker.

4 to 6 are exemplary views illustrating a user interface (UI) screen according to world time, calendar-associated event setting, and notification in a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

An example screen when a region for setting an event is selected is illustrated in FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 4, a screen corresponding to a region name, a current time, and a current date may be displayed on the screen. Information corresponding to a plurality of regions may be output as shown by reference numeral 410, and a current time and calendar for one region may be displayed as shown by reference numeral 430 (as shown in FIG. For example, Seoul) may be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, a user may input a region name for setting an event and then input date information, time information, message (content) and alarm selection information on which the event will be performed. In the drawing, only text may be input as a message, but as described above, the message may be input by voice, image, or the like.

The alarm selection information is information on whether or not to trigger an alarm when the notification message is output and the type of melody when the alarm is to be executed.The alarm / mute setting to make the message appear on the screen or ring the melody without sounding any sound ( mute) There may be a selection item and a melody selection item for selecting a melody when the ringing option is selected. Of course, when the voice event is included in the set event, a notification message including the voice message may be output after the alarm is performed or simultaneously with the alarm.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the time corresponding to the time information of the set event comes, the set notification message is displayed.

Therefore, the user using the portable electronic device according to the present invention can set the event according to the time corresponding to the region in any region of the world, and can check the message set by the user at the corresponding time.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a method for providing a setting and notification function for an event that is linked to a time and / or date in any region of the world in a portable electronic device to a user, and the portable electronic device By doing so, there is an effect that can provide convenience to the user.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

Claims (4)

Receiving local information; Displaying at least one of a current time and a calendar corresponding to the local information on a screen; Receiving time information, date information, and event message data; Storing event setting information including the area information, time information, date information, and event message; And Outputting a notification message corresponding to the event setting information at a time corresponding to the event setting information. The method of claim 1, Displaying a plurality of preset world area information is preceded by the world time, calendar-related event setting, notification method in the portable electronic device. The method of claim 1, The event message is a file format of at least one of a text, an image, and a voice. A world time, a calendar-related event setting, and a notification method of a portable electronic device. An input unit configured to receive event information including local information, time information, date information, and an event message; A display unit for displaying at least one of a current time and a calendar corresponding to local information input through the input unit on a screen, or displaying a notification message; Storage unit; And An event for setting an event corresponding to the input event information to store event setting information in the storage unit, and counting the display unit to display the notification message corresponding to the event message at a time corresponding to the event setting information. A mobile terminal equipped with a world time, a calendar-related event setting, and a notification function including a processing unit.

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