KR20110079965A - Apparatus and method for providing weather information in portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for providing weather information via portable terminal and method thereof are provided to offer information about a day schedule and weather information at the leave-time of user by using a Widget that provides the weather information. CONSTITUTION: A controller(100) is connected to the weather information service that offers the weather information at the rush hour of user. The controller requests the weather information of set region to the weather information server. The controller outputs the weather information by responding and receiving from the information server. The controller gets an information about a schedule that user should perform. The controller outputs obtained information with the weather information.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing weather information in a portable terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEATHER INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a widget for providing weather information of a portable terminal, and in particular, an apparatus for providing weather information corresponding to a user's outing time or outing place by using the widget providing the weather information in the portable terminal; It is about a method.

Recently, with the rapid development of portable terminals, it is indispensable for modern people, regardless of age or gender, and is used as a medium for wireless voice calls and information exchange.

In the early stages of the spread of portable terminals, it was recognized that they could simply be carried and wirelessly made available. However, as the technology has developed, service providers and terminal manufacturers have competitively developed products (or services) to differentiate themselves from others. have.

For example, the portable terminal may include a phone book, a game, a short message, an e-mail, a morning call, an MP 3 layer, and a schedule management function. It has developed into a multimedia device capable of digital cameras and wireless Internet services to provide various services.

In addition, in recent years, as the technology of web 2.0 is popularized in portable terminals, widgets for providing additional functions in personal computers have been applied to the portable terminals.

Such a widget can decorate the screen of the portable terminal as a service provided by a mobile communication service provider. For example, the dog may run around on the screen of the portable terminal or receive a weather forecast through a weather widget.

However, such a weather widget has a lack of real-time information as the weather forecast must be updated at predetermined time intervals.

When the portable terminal updates the weather forecast at short intervals, the portable terminal may use the updated weather forecast as real-time information, which causes a problem of charging due to frequent weather forecast updates.

In addition, the user of the portable terminal may register a plurality of regions and check the weather forecast for the registered region, but cannot check the weather forecast for the region to be moved according to the schedule of the user.

In other words, when the user of the portable terminal registers the two regions in advance and checks the weather forecast as the user of the portable terminal lives in Seoul and Incheon, if the mobile terminal moves from Seoul to Busan on an afternoon schedule, the portable terminal is located in the Seoul and Incheon regions. Only relevant weather forecasts will be updated.

In the above situation, when the user moves to Busan, a problem occurs in that a request for a weather forecast corresponding to the Busan region is requested to the server providing the weather forecast in order to check the weather forecast corresponding to the Busan region.

That is, the weather widget does not operate in association with the schedule function of the portable terminal, and there is a problem in that it is not possible to set a weather forecast providing time.

The present invention is derived to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide information on the weather information and the schedule of the day at the time of the user using the widget providing the weather information in the portable terminal An apparatus and method are provided.

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

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing a portable terminal with information about a region where a change in weather information is large in a weather information server.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a device for providing weather information in a portable terminal is connected to a weather information server that provides weather information at the time of work of the user, and then to the weather information server And a controller for requesting weather information of a predetermined area and receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, the device for providing weather information for a specific region in the portable terminal, when confirming that a preset schedule exists, and confirms the place to perform the schedule; And after requesting and receiving weather information on a place performing the checked schedule, outputting weather information on a place performing the schedule together with information indicating the existence of the schedule.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing weather information in a portable terminal is connected to a weather information server that provides weather information at the time of work of the user, and the weather information server And requesting weather information of a predetermined region, and receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing weather information for a specific region in a portable terminal is to check the place to perform the schedule, if it is confirmed that a preset schedule exists; And requesting and receiving weather information of a place performing the checked schedule, and outputting weather information of the place performing the schedule together with information indicating the existence of the schedule. It is done.

As described above, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a user with clothes and preparations corresponding to the weather information by providing weather information corresponding to a user's outing time or a place outing using a portable terminal. In addition, it is possible to solve the charging problem and the accuracy of the weather information caused by updating the weather information at a predetermined time period in the existing portable terminal.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal for providing weather information according to the present invention;
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information at a time when a user goes out using a widget providing weather information in a portable terminal according to the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a weather information server according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
5 (a) is a diagram showing a screen for providing weather information at time of attendance in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,
5 (b) is a view showing a screen for providing weather information of a specific time zone in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a view showing a screen for providing weather information in a weather information server according to another embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a view showing a screen for providing weather information in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information of a specific region and schedule information to be performed in the specific region in a portable terminal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the following description, weather information corresponding to a user's outing time or a place to go out and a schedule of the day are provided by using the portable terminal according to the present invention so that the user can bring clothes and preparations corresponding to the weather information. The apparatus and method will be described.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal for providing weather information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the portable terminal includes a control unit 100, a weather prediction unit 102, a positioning unit 103, a memory unit 104, an input unit 106, a display unit 108, and a communication unit 110. It can be configured to include.

First, the controller 100 of the portable terminal controls the overall operation of the portable terminal. For example, the processor 100 performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, and according to the present invention, the control unit 100 corresponds to a pre-registered area before the commencement time registered by the user of the portable terminal. Provides weather information. In this case, when the mobile terminal generally checks the working time of the user, the portable terminal notifies that the working time has been reached by a predetermined method (beep sound, vibration, etc.), and then confirms the release of the working time notification by the user of the portable terminal. If it is confirmed that the work time notification is released from the user, the controller 100 connects to a weather information server to obtain weather information corresponding to an area registered by the user of the portable terminal. Here, the controller 100 determines that the time when the work time notification is released is the time to obtain the weather information, and performs the connection with the weather information server after the work time notification is released.

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

That is, when confirming that the schedule set by the user exists, the controller 100 checks the schedule execution place from the item in which the schedule execution place is input, and then supplies the weather information corresponding to the confirmed place to the weather information server. request.

In addition, the controller 100 checks information on a preset schedule and provides information on a schedule to be performed in the region where the portable terminal is located.

The weather predicting unit 102 checks weather information of a pre-registered area.

For example, the weather predicting unit 102 checks and provides weather information about a corresponding area before the user of the portable terminal goes to work. In addition, when confirming that the schedule set by the user of the portable terminal exists, the weather predicting unit 102 processes to check the weather information of the region performing the schedule and output the information together with the preset schedule. do.

The memory unit 104 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores microcodes and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 100 and the weather predictor 102.

The positioning unit 103 is a block for determining an area where the portable terminal is located, and includes a module for receiving a signal (eg, a satellite signal) necessary for determining a location.

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

The input unit 106 includes 0 to 9 numeric key buttons, a menu button (menu), a cancel button (clear), an OK button, a call button (TALK), an end button (END), an internet access button, a navigation key ( Or a plurality of function keys such as arrow keys) buttons and character input keys, and provides key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 100.

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

The communication unit 110 performs a function of transmitting and receiving a radio signal of data input and output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, after performing channel coding and spreading on the data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed to transmit the data. In the case of reception, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal. The baseband signal is de-spreaded and channel decoded to restore data. The present invention communicates with the weather information server to request a weather information and weather information according to the request. Receive

Although not illustrated, the weather information server checks weather information corresponding to the request of the portable terminal and provides the weather information to the portable terminal. In addition, the weather information server periodically checks the weather information and processes it to provide changed weather information only to an area where the change of the weather information is large.

The role of the meteorological prediction unit 102 may be performed by the controller 100 of the portable terminal. However, in the present invention, the configuration of the meteorological prediction unit 102 is an exemplary configuration for convenience of description and the scope of the present invention is never limited. It is not intended to be limiting and those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention. For example, the controller 100 may be configured to process all of them.

The foregoing has described a device for providing weather information corresponding to a user's outing time or outing place by using the portable terminal according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the outing time of the user using the device according to the present invention or A method of providing weather information corresponding to a place to go out so that a user can bring clothes and preparations corresponding to the weather information will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing weather information at a time when a user goes out using a widget providing weather information in a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the portable terminal first checks whether a current time is a time set for a user's commute time in step 201.

If it is determined in step 201 that the time is not set as the time for going to work, the portable terminal proceeds to step 215 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the time set as the time to go to work in step 201, the portable terminal proceeds to step 203 to generate a beep sound to inform the time to work. Here, the portable terminal may generate a vibration or a beep sound and vibration together instead of the beep sound by informing the user that the time of work is imminent.

In step 205, the portable terminal determines whether a beep sound is released by the user. In step 205, when the portable terminal provides weather information to the user, the portable terminal performs the process of providing the weather information when the beep sound is released.

If the beep sound is not detected in step 205, the portable terminal repeats the process of step 203.

On the other hand, when detecting the beep release in step 205, the portable terminal proceeds to step 207 to confirm the preset schedule information, and proceeds to step 209 to check the schedule set today. Steps 207 and 209 identify a preset schedule so that the user of the portable terminal can recognize the schedule information set today before going to work.

Thereafter, the portable terminal proceeds to step 211 to connect with the weather information server in order to provide weather information to the user, and then proceeds to step 213 to request weather information of a predetermined region.

The user of the portable terminal registers in advance with respect to a living area (eg, starting position of work) in advance to check weather information of the corresponding area, and the portable terminal checks the area set by the user in step 213. It is to request weather information corresponding to a preset area.

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

In step 217, the portable terminal outputs the received weather information. Herein, when the portable terminal receives weather information indicating that rain comes from the weather information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal outputs a content including the phrase “taking an umbrella” along with an icon representing rain.

That is, the portable terminal provides the schedule information and weather information set today when the alarm set by the user is released to process the user to recognize the schedule to be performed today, and to prepare a countermeasure according to the weather information. Can be.

The portable terminal then terminates this algorithm.

In FIG. 2, a process of providing weather information corresponding to a rush hour set by a user of the portable terminal has been described. However, the present invention provides the weather information at a specific time such as a time of changing from morning to afternoon. Can provide.

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

Referring to FIG. 3, the weather information server periodically checks weather information, provides changed weather information of a region with a large change in weather information, and a user of a portable terminal registers an area to check weather information. Receives weather information for the registered area from the information server.

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

In operation 305, the meteorological information server determines whether there is an area where the meteorological information change is large. Here, the region with a large change in weather information refers to an area that changes from clear weather to rainy weather or an area that changes from rainy weather to clear weather, and can be confirmed by comparing the current weather information and the previous weather information.

If it is determined in step 305 that there is no region with a large change in weather information, the weather information server re-performs the process of step 301 and re-confirms whether an area with a large change in weather information exists.

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

In step 309, the weather information server provides the changed weather information to the user identified in step 307.

For example, assuming that the weather information server periodically checks weather information updated to confirm that the weather in Busan is changed from clear to snowy weather, the weather information server may be configured as a portable terminal for registering the Busan area. Provide the user with changed weather information.

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

The portable terminal then terminates this algorithm.

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

Referring to FIG. 4, when the portable terminal provides information on a preset schedule, the portable terminal provides weather information on the region where the schedule is set to allow the user of the portable terminal to receive weather information on the region where the schedule is set. Bring appropriate clothing and supplies.

First, the portable terminal checks whether a preset schedule exists in step 401.

If there is no schedule preset in step 401, the portable terminal proceeds to step 411 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 401 that the preset schedule exists, the portable terminal proceeds to step 403 where the schedule is set in the schedule setting item, that is, the region where the user of the portable terminal performs the schedule (promisement). Place), the process proceeds to step 405 and the area checked in step 403. In other words, the user of the portable terminal requests the weather information of the area where the user schedules to the weather information server.

Thereafter, the portable terminal proceeds to step 407 to receive the weather information requested in step 405 and then proceeds to step 409 and outputs information on the received weather information.

The portable terminal then terminates this algorithm.

FIG. 4 may prepare to cope with a weather change by providing weather information of a destination to the user before the user of the portable terminal moves to a specific area.

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

FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram illustrating a screen for providing weather information at work time in a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 (a), when the user of the portable terminal registers for a working time, the portable terminal will notify that the working time has been reached by a predetermined method (notification phrase, beep sound, vibration, etc.).

At this time, the user of the portable terminal will release the notification of the current time after checking the working time known in a predetermined method.

In this case, the portable terminal determines that it is time to provide weather information when the work time notification is released according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Thereafter, by checking the area set by the user and requesting weather information corresponding to a preset area, the user of the portable terminal outputs the weather information on the current location to the display unit of the portable terminal before going to work. . At this time, the portable terminal checks the Busan business trip schedule to be performed today among the preset schedule schedule information as shown in the figure and outputs it with the weather information.

In addition, the portable terminal may output (505) the current weather information 503 and the preparations, clothes, etc. to be taken according to the current weather information with the current time.

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

Referring to FIG. 5 (b), the portable terminal provides weather information changed at the time when the terminal is changed from AM to PM, and the portable terminal receives and outputs weather information of a predetermined region at the time. .

For example, when the portable terminal checks the clearing weather at the point of time before the snow falls into the afternoon, as shown in the drawing, the portable terminal may output information indicating that the snow has arrived in the morning and weather information indicating the clear weather in the afternoon. .

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

Referring to FIG. 6, the weather information server periodically checks weather information and provides changed weather information of an area where the weather information change is large.

In addition, the user of the portable terminal registers the area to check the weather information and receives the weather information for the registered area from the weather information server.

For example, when the user of the portable terminal registers Incheon and Busan where the user wants to check the weather information as shown, the user of the portable terminal receives the weather information of the registration point from the weather information server. Will output (601) and (603).

If the portable terminal receives the weather in Incheon and the clear Busan weather as shown in the snow, the weather information server will periodically check the weather information.

When the weather information server periodically checks the weather information as described above, if it is confirmed that a large change occurs in the weather information of the Busan area, the mobile terminal provides snowy weather information to the mobile terminal that has registered the Busan area. In this case, only weather information of the Busan region is updated (605). This can prevent radio resource waste caused by updating weather information of all regions between the portable terminal and the weather information server.

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

Referring to FIG. 7, when the portable terminal provides information on a preset schedule, the portable terminal also provides weather information on the region where the schedule is set.

That is, when the portable terminal sets a schedule on a specific date and provides the user with information indicating that the schedule is set, the portable terminal checks the location of the schedule and provides weather information of the region to the user of the portable terminal. do.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, when the user of the portable terminal sets a schedule 701 on December 19, the portable terminal notifies that the schedule exists on the set date. Will print the information.

The existing portable terminal provides only the contents of the schedule to the user, but the portable terminal according to the present invention also provides the weather information of the place performing the schedule as shown in FIG. Be aware of weather information for.

In addition, the portable terminal checks the current position of the portable terminal as shown in FIG. 7 (c) and outputs the weather information corresponding to the checked position and a schedule corresponding to the current position of the portable terminal. do.

For example, assuming that a user of the portable terminal has traveled to Busan, the portable terminal may receive a satellite signal and determine that the user is located in Busan.

In this case, the portable terminal checks preset schedule information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and outputs a schedule set in the Busan area to the display unit. In this case, the schedule output to the display unit may be a schedule for a predetermined period based on a day schedule, a day date, or all schedules for a corresponding place.

As shown in FIG. 7 (c), by outputting a schedule in the Busan region, the user may not recognize the tomorrow meeting but may perform the schedule of the present day and then leave the Busan region.

The operation of the portable terminal for simultaneously providing schedule information and weather information as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

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

Referring to FIG. 8, the specific area means an area in which the portable terminal is located, an area selected by a user, and the like.

First, the mobile terminal receives the location information in step 801 and proceeds to step 803 to determine the user's location.

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

Thereafter, the portable terminal requests and receives weather information corresponding to the location identified in step 803, and then proceeds to step 809 to process the searched schedule and the received weather information in step 807.

A user who simultaneously confirms the weather information and the schedule information through the above process may perform all schedules set at the user's location and then move to another area. Because of this, there is a schedule that a user who has received schedule information through the existing portable terminal which provides only schedule information corresponding to the day must continuously perform the same location, but does not recognize it and moves the schedule while moving a plurality of regions. This can solve the problem.

The portable terminal then terminates this algorithm.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

100; Control unit 102; Weather forecast
103; Positioning unit 104; Memory

Claims (14)

An apparatus for providing weather information in a portable terminal,
After connecting to a weather information server that provides weather information at the time of work of the user, requesting weather information of a predetermined area to the weather information server, receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server Apparatus comprising a control unit.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
Obtaining information on the schedule that the user should perform and outputs along with the weather information.
The method of claim 2,
The control unit,
And determining a region where the user is located by using location information of the portable terminal, and obtaining a schedule corresponding to the determined region.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
When the user checks the preset time to work, the device outputs a beep sound for notifying the time of departure and, if it detects an input for notifying the release of the beep sound, characterized in that the device connected to the weather information server.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
Receive weather information from the weather information server at a specific time,
And said specific time zone includes a time period from morning to afternoon.
The method of claim 1,
The weather information server,
Periodically checking the weather information to determine whether there is a region with a large change in weather information, and if it is confirmed that there is a region with a large change in weather information, the device characterized in that to provide the changed weather information of the confirmed region.
An apparatus for providing weather information for a specific region in a portable terminal,
If it is determined that a preset schedule exists, confirming a place to perform the schedule, requesting and receiving weather information on a place to perform the confirmed schedule, and receiving weather information on a place to perform the schedule. Device for outputting with information indicating the existence of the schedule.
In the method for providing weather information in a portable terminal,
Connecting to a weather information server that provides weather information at the time of user's commute;
Requesting weather information of a predetermined area to the weather information server;
And receiving and outputting weather information in response to the request from the weather information server.
The method of claim 8,
Receiving and outputting the weather information,
And acquiring information on a schedule to be performed by a user and outputting the information along with the weather information.
The method of claim 9,
Obtaining information about the schedule that the user should perform and outputting the information along with the weather information,
Determining an area where a user is located by using location information of the portable terminal;
And obtaining a schedule corresponding to the determined region.
The method of claim 8,
The process of connecting to a weather information server that provides weather information at the time of work of the user,
When checking a preset time of work of the user, outputting a beep sound notifying the time of work;
And detecting an input for informing release of the beep sound, and connecting to the weather information server.
The method of claim 8,
Method for providing weather information in the portable terminal,
Further comprising the step of receiving weather information from the weather information server at a specific time,
Wherein said particular time zone includes a time transition from morning to afternoon.
The method of claim 8,
The weather information server,
Periodically checking the weather information to determine whether there is a region with a large change in weather information, and if it is determined that a region with a large change in weather information exists, providing the changed weather information of the checked region.
In the method for providing weather information for a specific area in a portable terminal,
If it is confirmed that a preset schedule exists, the process of checking the place to perform the schedule;
Requesting and receiving weather information of a place performing the checked schedule;
And outputting weather information about a place where the schedule is performed, together with information indicating the existence of the schedule.

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