KR20100018885A - Method of notifying schedule confirm and mobile communication device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of notifying whether to confirm a schedule and a mobile communication terminal thereof are provided to notify whether to confirm a schedule of a user to a counterpart person related to the schedule, thereby efficiently sharing and managing a schedule. CONSTITUTION: A mobile communication terminal obtains schedule information including a contact number of a counterpart person(S310). An alarm event corresponding to the schedule information is performed(S330). A confirmation response of a user to the alarm event is detected(S340). A schedule confirmation notifying message is transmitted to a contact point of the counterpart person.

Description

Method of notifying schedule confirmation and its mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed and a mobile communication terminal implementing the same.

Mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs are one of the most common tools for personal schedule management. Most people always have a mobile terminal, and the use of an alarm function provided by the mobile terminal is the most accessible method for scheduling.

However, conventional schedule management using a mobile communication terminal only performs an alarm function for a schedule stored in the mobile communication terminal, and does not have a communication function with other users associated with the schedule.

Accordingly, it is required to provide a function for notifying the other user related to the schedule whether the user responds to the schedule alarm performed in the mobile communication terminal so that the counterpart can take appropriate measures accordingly.

The present invention provides a method for notifying whether a user confirms whether a user confirms a schedule or not, and a mobile communication terminal for confirming whether a schedule is confirmed, which enables more efficient schedule sharing and management.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for notifying whether a user confirms a schedule using a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: acquiring schedule information including a contact number of a counterpart to which the mobile communication terminal notifies whether the user confirms the schedule; Making; Performing an alarm event corresponding to the schedule information; Detecting a user's confirmation response to an alarm event; And sending a schedule confirmation notification message to a contact of the counterpart corresponding to whether the user's confirmation response is detected in the confirmation response detecting step.

The schedule information obtaining step may obtain a plurality of contacts belonging to one group from the address book stored in the mobile communication terminal as the contacts of the notification counter.

On the other hand, the schedule information acquiring step acquires an unconfirmed warning message to be sent to the contact information of whether or not the schedule is confirmed, and the sending of the schedule confirmation notification message does not detect a confirmation response to the alarm event of the user in the confirmation response detection step. In this case, an unacknowledged warning message can be sent to the contact of the other party.

In the acknowledgment detection step, the movement of the mobile communication terminal may be detected as an acknowledgment of the user using a motion recognition sensor included in the mobile communication terminal.

The user acknowledgment reaction detecting step using the motion recognition sensor may be activated after a predefined reaction waiting time elapses from the start of performing the alarm event.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed may be executed by a general-purpose computer, and a program may be implemented for this purpose. The program can be recorded on a computer readable recording medium.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal for notifying whether a user confirms a schedule, comprising: a schedule information obtaining unit for obtaining schedule information including contact information of a counterpart to notify whether or not a schedule is checked by a user; An alarm event performing unit configured to perform an alarm event corresponding to the schedule information; A confirmation response detection unit detecting a confirmation response of the user to the alarm event; And a schedule confirmation notification unit configured to send a schedule confirmation notification message to the contact information of the counterpart corresponding to whether the confirmation response detection unit detects the user confirmation response.

The schedule information obtaining unit may obtain a plurality of contacts belonging to a group from the address book stored in the mobile communication terminal as the contacts of the notification counter.

The schedule information acquiring unit acquires an unacknowledged warning message to be sent to the contact of the subject who has confirmed the schedule, and the schedule confirmation notifying unit receives the unscheduled warning message when the acknowledgment detection unit does not detect the acknowledgment of the user's alarm event. Can be sent to your contact information.

The acknowledgment response detector may detect the movement of the mobile communication terminal as an acknowledgment of the user by using a motion recognition sensor included in the mobile communication terminal.

Using the motion recognition sensor by the acknowledgment response detector, the acknowledgment response detection may be activated after a predefined reaction waiting time elapses from the start of the alarm event execution.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for notifying whether or not a schedule is confirmed and a mobile communication terminal that enable more efficient schedule sharing and management by notifying a counterpart related to the schedule whether or not the user has confirmed the schedule.

Hereinafter, a method of notifying whether a schedule is confirmed according to the present invention and an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal implementing the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components will be given the same reference numerals and duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile communication environment in which a method for managing a geographical name information database according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented. Referring to FIG. 1, a first user terminal 100 and a second user terminal 120. And mobile communication base station 110 is shown.

The first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 120 are mobile communication terminals used by a user. The first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 120 may perform wireless communication through the mobile communication base station 110. Various devices such as a PDA and a notebook computer may be used as the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 120.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first user terminal 100 stores the schedule information of the user and performs an alarm event corresponding to the schedule information. The first user terminal 100 detects a confirmation response to an alarm event of the user. Corresponds to the detection of an acknowledgment and notifies another user's contact associated with the schedule whether or not a prior confirmation was made.

A detailed configuration of the mobile communication terminal which notifies the contact information of the counterpart whether the schedule is confirmed as in the first user terminal 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The second user terminal 120 is a counterpart's terminal notified of whether or not the schedule is confirmed by the first user terminal 100. In FIG. 1, for convenience of description, the second user terminal 120 that receives a notification of whether a schedule is confirmed is also depicted as a mobile communication terminal. However, it goes without saying that a terminal such as a landline telephone can operate as a contact information to be subject to schedule confirmation notification.

The mobile communication base station 110 is a base station for relaying communication between the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 120, a technology using a variety of standards, such as CDMA, WCDMA, GSM can be applied.

The technical description of the mobile communication base station 110 and the method itself operates is obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art (hereinafter, those skilled in the art) and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal performing a method for notifying whether a schedule is checked according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, the mobile communication terminal may include an input unit 210, an output unit 220, a communication unit 230, a storage unit 240, and a control unit 250. The controller 250 may include a schedule information acquirer 251, an alarm event performer 252, a confirmation response detector 253, and a schedule confirmation notifier 254.

The input unit 210 refers to input devices through which a user inputs a mobile communication terminal operation command. The input unit 210 may include a touch screen for receiving a user's operation command, a keypad, and the like, and a microphone for receiving a voice command may also be included in the input unit 210.

On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a motion recognition sensor that can detect the movement of the mobile communication terminal as one of the input unit 210. The motion recognition sensor may be implemented using an accelerometer using MEMS technology. A detailed description of the motion recognition sensor is omitted herein since it will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The output unit 220 refers to output devices of the mobile communication terminal. The output unit 220 may include a speaker, a display screen, a vibration motor, and the like.

The communicator 230 refers to a hardware device that provides a mobile communication service to a mobile communication terminal. The communication unit 230 is in charge of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication base station. Voice information and text messages through the mobile communication terminal may be transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 230.

The storage unit 240 is a hardware device that stores information necessary to support the operation of the mobile communication terminal. The storage unit 240 may be implemented in a physical configuration such as a memory chip and a hard disk. The storage unit 240 may store information on an address book of the mobile communication terminal and a schedule notified to the user by the mobile communication terminal.

The functions of the input unit 210, the output unit 220, the communication unit 230, and the storage unit 240 mentioned above may be controlled by the controller 250. The controller 250 may be divided into a schedule information obtaining unit 251, an alarm event performing unit 252, a confirmation response detecting unit 253, and a schedule confirmation notifying unit 254 according to a function thereof.

The schedule information obtaining unit 251 controls the input unit 210 of the mobile communication terminal to obtain schedule information related to the user. The obtained schedule information may include information such as time information related to the schedule (start and end time of the schedule), a place related to the schedule, and information (alarm time, type of alarm) regarding an alarm method related to the schedule. The obtained schedule information may be stored in the storage unit.

On the other hand, the schedule information may include information about the subject to be notified whether or not the user confirms the alarm event associated with the schedule. The user can designate the contact of the notification counterpart by selecting the contact of the user from the address book of the mobile communication terminal. In this process, by designating a group in the address book, contacts of a plurality of users belonging to the group may be designated as notification targets. Meanwhile, the designation of the counterpart contact information does not have to be made in the address book of the mobile communication terminal, and the user contact included in the call history and the message delivery history of the mobile communication terminal may be designated as the confirmation notification target.

The alarm event performer 252 performs an alarm event for notifying a user of a schedule according to schedule information. As mentioned above, since the schedule information may include conditions under which the alarm event is to be performed, the alarm event performing unit 252 performs the alarm event by controlling the output unit 220 with reference to the schedule information. The alarm event may be performed through a speaker, a vibration motor, and a display belonging to the output unit 220. Alarm event execution itself is obvious to those skilled in the art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

The acknowledgment response detector 253 detects the acknowledgment of the user regarding the execution of the alarm event. The schedule notification alarm performed by the mobile communication terminal may request the user to confirm the alarm. The confirmation response to the alarm event may be made by selecting a specific button of the mobile communication terminal. The acknowledgment response detector 253 may detect whether the user exhibits an acknowledgment appropriate to the alarm event through the user's response received through the input unit 210. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the input unit 210 may include a motion recognition sensor, and when the movement of the mobile communication terminal is detected through the motion recognition sensor, an alarm event confirmation reaction (schedule confirmation reaction) of the user is made. Can be considered true.

The schedule confirmation notifying unit 254 transmits a schedule confirmation notification message to a contact associated with the schedule according to the schedule confirmation response by the user. The schedule confirmation notification message may be divided into a schedule confirmation message sent when the user shows an appropriate confirmation response to an alarm event for the schedule and an unscheduled warning message sent when the user's confirmation response is not detected. Such a schedule check whether the notification can be sent to the contact of the counterpart through the communication unit 230.

Description of the operation of each component of each of the above-mentioned mobile communication terminal can be understood with reference to the following description of FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed according to an embodiment of the present invention. Acquiring the contact information of the other party to be notified whether the schedule is confirmed (S310) is one of schedule information obtained by the schedule information obtaining unit 251, and is obtaining the contact information to be notified whether the schedule is confirmed.

The schedule information may be input through the input unit 210 of the mobile communication terminal. The user may input the contact information of the counterpart to be notified of confirmation according to an embodiment of the present invention through the input unit 210 including a keypad and / or a touch screen of the mobile communication terminal. The screen of the mobile communication terminal regarding the input of schedule information will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

Performing an alarm event according to a schedule (S330) is an alarm event performing unit 252 performing an alarm event for a schedule by using an output unit 220 of a mobile communication terminal. The alarm event is performed according to the schedule information set by the user. The alarm event itself may be implemented in a manner similar to the alarm clock provided by a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Detecting the confirmation response to the alarm event (S340) is a step of detecting whether the confirmation response detection unit 253 shows an appropriate confirmation response to the alarm event controlled by the alarm event execution unit 252.

The user may display a confirmation response to the alarm event by selecting a specific button of the mobile communication terminal or inputting a predefined command to the alarm event. The response information by the user is collected through the input unit 210 and the confirmation response detection unit 253 determines whether the response of the user is an appropriate confirmation response according to the schedule information and determines whether or not an appropriate confirmation response from the user is detected. It may be delivered to the confirmation notification unit 254.

On the other hand, the user's confirmation response may be input through a motion recognition sensor that is part of the input unit 210, which is a user's confirmation response to the alarm event by applying a predetermined operation to the mobile communication terminal or by simply moving the mobile communication terminal. It can be seen.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the confirmation response detection through the operation recognition may be activated only after a predetermined time elapses after the start of the alarm event. Acknowledgment detection through gesture recognition can be used to confirm that the user is not completely indifferent to the alarm. In this case, the acknowledgment detection through motion recognition can be activated as a ratio after a predetermined waiting time waiting for another form of acknowledgment.

The step (S350) of sending a schedule unconfirmed warning message and the step (S360) of sending a schedule confirmation message to the contact information of the counterpart are performed by the schedule confirmation notification unit 254 controlling the communication unit 230 to determine whether the schedule is confirmed as the contact number of the counterpart. Notifying step.

If the user's confirmation response by the confirmation response detection unit 253 is not detected, the schedule confirmation notification unit 254 may send an unconfirmed warning message to the contact information of the counterpart previously included in the schedule information. In addition, when the user's confirmation response is detected by the confirmation response detection unit 253, the schedule confirmation notification unit 254 sends a schedule confirmation message to the contact information of the counterpart.

The unscheduled warning message and the schedule acknowledgment message may be stored in the storage unit 240 and may be directly input by the user. If there is no input by the user, a basic type of message designated by the mobile terminal may be sent. have. An example of an unacknowledged message transmitted to the terminal of the counterpart may be understood with reference to FIG. 6.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting schedule information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for designating a target of notification of whether a schedule is confirmed in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure illustrates a screen.

The user can set the schedule name, schedule start time, and alarm time for the schedule as schedule information through the mobile communication terminal. Referring to FIG. 4, a user may set an alarm event to be performed 30 minutes before a schedule scheduled at 7:00 AM.

Referring to FIG. 5, the reply number is an identification number of the current user terminal, and may be included in schedule information as a number to which another user who has received a schedule confirmation notification message will contact. In addition, the user designates two contacts of the other party to share his or her schedule confirmation. The mobile communication terminal will notify the two phone numbers in the form of a message whether or not the schedule confirmation is detected according to whether the user's confirmation response is detected when the alarm event is performed.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a terminal of a counterpart receiving a schedule check message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when a user who sets schedule information through the screens illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5 does not have a proper confirmation response to the schedule, an unconfirmed warning message sent to the contact of the other party is illustrated. The unscheduled warning message may include information about the user who has not confirmed the schedule and information about the unconfirmed schedule.

The other party receiving the unscheduled warning message may directly contact the user who has not confirmed the schedule, and thus may check whether the schedule is still valid. In addition, when receiving a message notifying that the confirmation of the schedule has been made, the other party can be confident that the schedule will proceed as scheduled.

Such a schedule confirmation notification may be mutually sent between multiple users who share the same schedule information. Such a schedule confirmation notification enables confirmation of a predetermined schedule and prediction of whether the schedule has been changed, thereby enabling more efficient schedule sharing among users.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for notifying whether or not the schedule is confirmed may be created by a computer program. The codes and code segments that make up the program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. The program may also be stored in a computer readable media, which may be read and executed by a computer. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

So far I looked at the center of the present invention with respect to the embodiment. Many embodiments other than the above-described embodiments are within the scope of the claims of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a communication environment in which a method for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal performing a method for notifying whether a schedule is checked according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting schedule information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for designating a target for notifying whether a schedule is confirmed in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a terminal of a counterpart receiving a schedule check message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: first user terminal 110: mobile communication base station

120: second user terminal

250: control unit 251: schedule information acquisition unit

252: alarm event execution unit 253: confirmation response detection unit

254: schedule confirmation notification unit

Claims (11)

A method of notifying whether a user checks a schedule using a mobile communication terminal, Acquiring, by the mobile communication terminal, schedule information including contact information of a counterpart to notify whether the schedule is confirmed by the user; Performing an alarm event corresponding to the schedule information; Detecting a confirmation response of the user to the alarm event; And And sending a notification message of whether or not the schedule is confirmed to the contact information of the counterpart corresponding to whether the confirmation response of the user is detected in the confirmation response detection step. How to notify if your schedule is confirmed. The method of claim 1, The schedule information obtaining step Acquiring a plurality of contacts belonging to one group from the address book stored in the mobile communication terminal as the contacts of the notification whether the schedule is confirmed or not; How to notify if your schedule is confirmed. The method of claim 1, The acquiring schedule information may include acquiring a schedule unconfirmed warning message to be transmitted to a contact of the subject whether the schedule is confirmed or not, The step of sending a notification message whether the schedule is confirmed When the confirmation response to the alarm event of the user is not detected in the confirmation response detection step to send the unconfirmed warning message to the contact of the counterpart How to notify if your schedule is confirmed. The method of claim 1, The confirmation reaction detection step Detecting the movement of the mobile communication terminal as an acknowledgment of the user by using a motion recognition sensor included in the mobile communication terminal; How to notify if your schedule is confirmed. The method of claim 4, wherein Detecting the user confirmation response using the motion recognition sensor It is activated after a predefined reaction waiting time elapses from the start of performing the alarm event. How to notify if your schedule is confirmed. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 on a computer. A mobile communication terminal for notifying whether a user checks a schedule, A schedule information obtaining unit obtaining schedule information including contact information of a counterpart to notify whether the schedule is confirmed by the user; An alarm event performing unit configured to perform an alarm event corresponding to the schedule information; A confirmation response detection unit detecting a confirmation response of the user to the alarm event; And A schedule confirmation notification unit for sending a schedule confirmation notification message to the contact information of the counterpart corresponding to whether or not a user confirmation response is detected in the confirmation response detection unit; Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein The schedule information acquisition unit Acquiring a plurality of contacts belonging to one group from the address book stored in the mobile communication terminal as the contacts of the notification whether the schedule is confirmed or not; Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein The schedule information acquisition unit Acquire a schedule unconfirmed warning message to be sent to the contact of the target whether or not the schedule check, The schedule confirmation notification unit When the confirmation response detection unit does not detect the confirmation response to the alarm event of the user to send the unscheduled warning message to the contact of the counterpart Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein The confirmation reaction detection unit Detecting the movement of the mobile communication terminal as an acknowledgment of the user using a motion recognition sensor included in the mobile communication terminal; Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 10, Confirmation response detection using the motion recognition sensor by the confirmation response detection unit It is activated after a predefined reaction waiting time elapses from the start of performing the alarm event. Mobile communication terminal.

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