KR20140040335A - Apparatas and method for offering a schedul of including a weather information in an electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for operating an electronic device and, more specifically, to an electronic apparatus for offering a schedule including weather information and a method thereof. The method includes the following steps: receiving the execution of an application where a schedule is stored; checking at least one area and a period of interest which are stored in the application; and displaying, with the schedule, predicted weather information of the at least one area during the checked period of interest.

Description

{APPARATAS AND METHOD FOR OFFERING A SCHEDUL OF INCLUDING A WEATHER INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE}

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for providing a schedule including weather information.

With the development of electronic devices, it is possible to conveniently manage all schedules with one electronic device and easily search for forecast weather in all regions. For example, a user may execute an application related to schedule management stored in an electronic device to record a meeting schedule to be attended by him or her, and may attend a meeting to record detailed meeting contents. In addition, it is possible to conveniently search the forecast weather of the place where the user lives or the forecast weather of the region of interest by executing the relevant application.

However, in the conventional electronic device, an application related to a schedule and an application related to a weather are not linked to each other, and thus, a user has to execute both applications separately to obtain information about the schedule and the weather. That is, even though the schedule and the weather have a considerable effect, the user has to obtain each information separately, thereby increasing the user's interaction.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop an electronic device in which a user may intuitively adjust a schedule by interlocking information about a schedule with information about a weather.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the conventionally proposed methods, and proposes an apparatus and method for allowing a user to conveniently manage schedules by interworking information on schedules and weather information. .

In addition, the present invention is to propose a device and method for maximizing the convenience of the user by simultaneously providing information about the forecast weather of the region where the user is currently located and the forecast weather of at least one region of interest that the user is interested in do.

In addition, the present invention is to propose a device and method that can provide a notification function so that the user can easily check the information on the changed weather forecast when there is a change in the stored forecast weather.

In addition, the present invention is to propose a device and method that can provide a notification function so that the user can easily check the information on the changed desired weather when there is a change in the stored desired weather.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating an electronic device that provides a schedule including weather information, the method including: receiving an execution of an application in which a schedule is stored; Identifying at least one region and a period of interest stored in the application; And displaying, together with the schedule, predicted weather information of the at least one region during the identified interest period.

Preferably, receiving the at least one region of interest and the period of interest; And storing the received at least one region of interest and the period of interest.

Preferably, determining whether the expected weather of the at least one region of the interest period has changed; And if it is determined that the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period, the method may further include notifying the changed information.

Preferably, the notifying of the changed information may notify the content including the changed information by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.

Preferably, the changed information may be at least one of information regarding a change in the expected weather, an area in which the predicted weather is changed, and a changed predicted weather in the at least one region.

Preferably, receiving the desired weather of the at least one area during the period of interest; And storing the received desired weather.

Preferably, determining whether the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region of the interest period is the same; And if it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather in the at least one region are not the same during the interest period, notifying the information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same.

Preferably, the step of notifying the information that the desired weather and the predicted weather are not the same may include using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell containing information indicating that the desired weather and the predicted weather are not the same. You can notify.

Advantageously, said information that said desired weather is not the same as said expected weather comprises: dates of said desired weather and expected weather that are not identical during said period of interest, and regions of said desired weather and expected weather that are not equal among said at least one region; And information on the changed desired weather.

Preferably, the at least one region may be at least one of a region currently located and at least one region of interest.

Advantageously, displaying the forecast weather information of the at least one region during the identified interest period together with the schedule comprises: determining whether at least one region of interest and the duration of interest are stored in the application; If the at least one region of interest is not stored, checking location information of a region currently located; And displaying, on a calendar in which the schedule is stored, predicted weather information of the currently located region for a set period of time.

Preferably, if the at least one region of interest is stored, checking the location information of the current location; And displaying, on a calendar in which the schedule is stored, forecast weather information of the currently located region for a set period and forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest during the interest period.

Preferably, the process of displaying the forecast weather information of the currently located region for the set period and the forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest during the interest period in the calendar where the schedule is stored includes: The expected weather information of may be included in the calendar as the main display.

An electronic device for providing a schedule including weather information according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a processor unit for identifying at least one region and an interest period stored in an application; And a touch screen that receives the execution of the application in which the schedule is stored, and displays, together with the schedule, forecast weather information of the at least one region during the identified interest period.

The touch screen may further include a memory configured to receive the at least one region of interest and the period of interest and store the received at least one region of interest and the period of interest.

Preferably, the processor unit further includes a processor unit that determines whether the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period, and notifies the changed information when it is determined that the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period. can do.

Preferably, the processor unit may notify the content including the changed information by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.

Preferably, the changed information may be at least one of information regarding a change in the expected weather, an area in which the predicted weather is changed, and a changed predicted weather in the at least one region.

Preferably, the touch screen may further include a memory configured to receive a desired weather of the at least one region during the interest period and to store the received desired weather.

Preferably, if it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region during the interest period are the same, and it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region during the interest period are not the same, the desired weather and It may further include a processor unit for notifying the information that the expected weather is not the same.

Preferably, the processor unit may notify the content including information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.

Advantageously, said information that said desired weather is not the same as said expected weather comprises: dates of said desired weather and expected weather that are not identical during said period of interest, and regions of said desired weather and expected weather that are not equal among said at least one region; And information on the changed desired weather.

Preferably, the at least one region may be at least one of a region currently located and at least one region of interest.

Preferably, the processor unit determines whether at least one region of interest and a period of interest are stored in the application, and if the at least one region of interest is not stored, confirms location information of a region currently located, and The touch screen may display the predicted weather information of the currently located region for a predetermined period, including the calendar in which the schedule is stored.

Preferably, the processor unit, if the at least one region of interest is stored, checks the location information of the currently located region, the touch screen, the predicted weather information and the interest of the currently located region for a set period of time; The forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest for a period of time may be included in the calendar where the schedule is stored.

Preferably, the touch screen may display the weather information of the current location, including the main, in the calendar.

According to an electronic device and a method for providing a schedule including weather information of the present invention, there is an effect that a user can conveniently manage a schedule by interlocking information about a schedule and weather information.

1 is a view for explaining an electronic device as a whole providing a schedule including weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of receiving an area of interest and a period of interest according to the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notifying changed information when an expected weather of at least one region of an interest period according to the present invention is changed.
4 is a view showing an embodiment for receiving a desired weather according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notifying changed information when a desired weather of at least one region of an interest period according to the present invention is changed.
6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of providing a schedule with weather information according to the present invention.
7 is a view showing another embodiment for providing a schedule with weather information according to the present invention.
8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an electronic device according to the present invention.
9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and these may be changed according to the intention of the user, the operator, or the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a diagram for describing an electronic device as a whole, which provides a schedule including weather information, according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic device according to the present invention may display a schedule including weather information on a touch screen of the electronic device. More specifically, the electronic device according to the present invention may display predicted weather information corresponding to each date together with schedule information including a schedule. That is, the electronic device may display the schedule including the detailed schedule and the expected weather information for the set period of time in the region where the current electronic device is located. For example, suppose that the electronic device is currently located in the Seoul area, the current time is morning of September 3, 2012, and the period for predicting weather information is set to one week. In the above-described home, the electronic device may display the expected weather information of the Seoul area for one week mainly on the touch screen from September 3, 2012, which is the present time. More specifically, the weather in Seoul today will be cloudy, with rain coming from September 4 to September 5 tomorrow, followed by clear weather from September 6 to September 8. On September 9, which is a weekend on Sunday, we can display the expected weather information on the touch screen as main, which will be cloudy.

Therefore, the user can select a specific date from the schedule in which the user's schedule is stored, and obtain detailed schedule information and forecast weather information of the selected date. For example, suppose the September 5, 2012 schedule contains a detailed schedule called "A and A Golf Appointment at Seoul A Golf Course." In the above-mentioned assumption, if the electronic device is selected for the schedule information of September 5, the electronic device is expected to rain on September 5 with detailed schedule information "Golf appointment with B at Seoul A golf course" stored in the schedule. The weather information can be displayed together. Thus, the user may contact B to cancel a golf appointment with sand tomorrow and change the appointment location to a conference room C located indoors.

In a conventional electronic device, an application for storing schedule information and an application for confirming weather information may be separately executed. Therefore, although the user may expect the weather information to affect the schedule information a lot, the user has to run the application in which the schedule information is stored and the application for confirming the forecast weather information. That is, since the user could not check the schedule information and the forecast weather information at a glance, there was a problem of often overlooking the forecast weather information in busy daily life. However, since the electronic device according to the present invention displays the schedule including the schedule information of the user together with the expected weather information, the convenience of the user is improved. That is, the electronic device according to the present invention has an advantage in that a user-based electronic device can be implemented because the user displays at a glance the schedule information and the expected weather information at a glance.

In addition, the electronic device according to the present invention may receive at least one region of interest and a period of interest, and display forecast weather information of at least one region of interest during the interest period on a schedule including a detailed schedule of the user. . For example, suppose a user is going to travel to Beijing for three days from September 6 to September 8. In the above-described home, the electronic device may receive “Beijing”, which is a business trip area, as the region of interest, and may receive a period from September 6 to September 8 as the region of interest. Then, when the electronic device receives the execution of the schedule in which the schedule is stored, the electronic device may display the predicted weather information regarding “Beijing”, which is the region of interest for the period of interest from September 6 to September 8. For example, the electronic device displays the expected weather information on the touch screen that the weather in Beijing from September 6 to September 7 during the business trip will rain and the last day of business trip September 8 will be clear. can do. Therefore, users can plan business meetings that can be conducted indoors on September 6, the first day of business trip, and September 7, the second day, and the weather in Beijing is expected to be clear on September 8, the last day of business trip. You can plan sightseeing and shopping.

The electronic device according to the present invention may display not only the weather forecast for the set period of storage, schedule and current location, but also forecast weather information on at least one region input as the region of interest during the interest period. That is, the electronic device does not display the schedule stored in the electronic device and the predicted weather information about one region, but instead displays the forecast weather information of at least one region together with the forecast weather information of the current region if the region of interest of the user. Can be. Therefore, when the user leaves the current location such as a business trip or a trip, the user may input the destination as the region of interest on the electronic device to check the forecast weather information of the region in real time together with the detailed schedule information.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of receiving an area of interest and a period of interest according to the present invention. 2A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of receiving an area of interest. Here, the region of interest may be defined as a region other than the region where the electronic device is currently located. More specifically, the region of interest may be a region in which electronic devices are not currently located among a myriad of regions in many countries of the world. For example, if the current electronic device is located in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, the ROI may be an area other than Seoul. The region of interest from the user's point of view may be a region to be moved from the current location. For example, if the user is going to travel to place A or is going to travel to place B, areas A and B may be areas of interest. As shown in FIG. 2A, the electronic device may display a guide message for inputting a region of interest and receive the region of interest. In the present embodiment, one area called "Tao Tao" is input as the area of interest, but the area of interest may be at least one area. Therefore, the electronic device may receive a plurality of regions.

2B is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of receiving an interest period according to an ROI. In this case, the interest period may be defined as a period of time to find weather forecast information of the region of interest. More specifically, the interest period may be defined as a period between a certain period of time from which a user wants to obtain predicted weather information of an area of interest to another predetermined period of time. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2B, the electronic device may display a guide message for inputting a region of interest, input the region of interest, and then receive an interest period according to the region of interest. In the above example, the electronic device may receive an interest period from September 3 to September 6, 2012, as the interest period of the Taoism which is the ROI. Therefore, when the electronic device receives an execution of an application in which a schedule is stored, the electronic device may display the predicted weather information of Taoism from September 3 to September 6, 2012 on the touch screen of the electronic device. . That is, the electronic device may display the forecast weather information of Taoism from September 3 to September 6, 2012 on the touch screen of the electronic device together with the forecast weather information of the current location for the set period. Therefore, the user has an advantage of confirming the forecast weather information of the region of interest together with the forecast weather information of the region where the user is currently located.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notifying changed information when an expected weather of at least one region of an interest period is changed according to the present invention. Here, the at least one region may be defined as at least one region of the currently located region or at least one region of interest. More specifically, the electronic device may display forecast weather information of the current region for a period set on the touch screen of the electronic device, and display forecast weather information of at least one region of interest during the interest period. For example, assume that a first region of interest is input to Jeju Island, a second region of interest is input to Beijing, and the electronic device is currently located in Seoul. In the above-described home, the electronic device may display the predicted weather information of Seoul, which is the current location, for the period of time set on the touch screen, and display the predicted weather information of Jeju, which is the first region of interest, and Beijing, which is the second region of interest, during the period of interest. Can be displayed.

However, since the forecast weather information may be changed in real time, when the forecast weather information of at least one region is changed, the electronic device may notify the user of the changed information. More specifically, the electronic device may determine whether the predicted weather of at least one region of the interest period has changed, and if it is determined that the predicted weather of at least one region of the interest period has changed, the electronic device may notify the changed information. Here, the electronic device may notify the content including the changed information by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell. 3 (a) and 3 (b) show an embodiment of notifying a text message that an expected weather of at least one region has changed, and FIG. 3 (c) shows a pop-up menu. For example, FIG. 3D is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notifying a voice message.

First, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the electronic device determines that the predicted weather of at least one region has changed, the electronic device may notify the text message that the predicted weather has changed. Thereafter, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, the user may select the received text message to check details. For example, suppose the current date is September 28, 2012, and the user is going to travel to New York starting September 30. In the above-described home, the user enters New York as the region of interest on the electronic device, and then plans outdoor activities based on the information that the weather will be clear as the result of checking the expected weather information of the region of interest as of September 28, 2012. For example, However, if the electronic device determines that the weather information is changed from sunny weather to cloudy clouds on September 29, before the departure to New York, the electronic device may notify that the expected weather is changed by text message. Afterwards, the user selects the text message he received and checks the details, sees the revised forecast weather information that the expected weather in New York on September 30 will be cloudy, and then revises the outdoor activity plan or the rain. You may be able to prepare clothes such as a raincoat in preparation. In the same manner, as shown in FIG. 3C, the electronic device may notify the touch screen of the electronic device of the changed weather forecast of New York through a pop-up menu. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3D, the electronic device may notify the changed weather forecast of New York in a voice message.

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of receiving a desired weather according to the present invention. Here, the desired weather may be defined as weather that the user expects in at least one region during the interest period regardless of the expected weather in the at least one region. More specifically, the desired weather may be weather expected by the user in the region where the electronic device is currently located for a certain period of time, or may be weather expected by the user in the region of interest for any period of time. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the electronic device may display a message asking whether to input the desired weather on the touch screen of the electronic device and receive a command for inputting the desired weather from the user. .

When the electronic device receives a command to input a desired weather from the user, the electronic device may receive a detailed period of the desired weather and the desired weather. As shown in FIG. 4B, it is assumed that Jeju Island is input to the region of interest in the electronic device. In the above-described home, in order to receive the desired weather in detail, the electronic device may receive specific interest period and desired weather information together with Jeju, which is the region of interest. In the present embodiment, the electronic device receives the desired weather during the period of September 3 to September 5, 2012 of Jeju, which is the region of interest, together with that the region of interest is Jeju. That is, the electronic device has received “sunny” as the desired weather for three days from September 3 to September 5, 2012 in Jeju Island. Here, although the electronic device has been selected the weather icon of the sun indicating the sunny weather as the desired weather, it is a matter of course that the electronic device can be input in the form of a letter, such as "sunny". Also, in the present embodiment, the desired weather of one region of interest is input, but the desired weather of one or more regions of interest may be input, or the desired weather of the region where the electronic device is currently located.

5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notifying changed information when a desired weather of at least one region of an interest period according to the present invention is changed. Here, the at least one region may be defined as at least one region of the currently located region or at least one region of interest. More specifically, the electronic device may store the desired weather of the current region and the desired weather of the at least one region of interest for the period of interest, and compare the forecasted weather information with real-time weather information. Then, when it is determined that the difference between the desired weather and the expected weather in at least one region occurs in the electronic device, the electronic device may notify the user that the difference between the desired weather and the expected weather that the user desires has occurred. Here, the electronic device may notify the content including the information that the difference between the desired weather and the expected weather occurs using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell. 5 (a) and 5 (b) illustrate an embodiment of notifying a text message that a difference between a desired weather and an expected weather of at least one region has occurred, and FIG. 5 (c). FIG. 5 illustrates an example of notifying a pop-up menu, and FIG. 5D illustrates an example of notifying a voice message.

First, the current date is September 26, 2012, and the current user's residence is located in Seoul, and the electronic device has input Busan as the region of interest, and September 28 to September 2012, with Busan as the region of interest. Suppose you have entered an interest period of up to 30 days and the desired weather has been entered as "sunny" for all three days. In the above-described home, the electronic device monitors, in real time, the expected weather information of Busan, which is the region of interest, for three days from September 28, 2012 to September 30, which is the period of interest, and determines whether there is a difference from the desired weather input. can do. If the electronic device monitors the expected weather in Busan on September 27, 2012 and predicts that it will rain on September 30, the electronic device may notify the user that the difference between the desired weather and the expected weather has occurred. have.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the electronic device may notify by using a text message that an expected weather of Busan, which is a region of interest, differs from the input desired weather during an interest period. Subsequently, when the corresponding text message is selected by the user, the electronic device may display detailed content such as “the desired weather was input as sunny but expected to rain on Busan September 30, 2012” on the touch screen. In the same sense, as shown in FIG. 5C, the electronic device displays a pop-up menu such as "The desired weather was input as sunny but expected to rain" on September 30, 2012, on the touch screen of the electronic device. May be displayed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5 (d), the electronic device may use a voice message for details such as, “The desired weather was input as sunny but is expected to rain on Busan September 30, 2012”. You can also notify them.

6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of providing a schedule with weather information according to the present invention. First, suppose that the current date is September 10, 2012, the residence where the user is located is Seoul, and the period for checking the expected weather information of the current location is set to 7 days. In addition, suppose that the electronic device has received London as the region of interest, and the period of interest of the region of interest has been input from September 13 to 16, 2012. In other words, the user will be located in Seoul from September 10 to September 12, and will travel to London for four days from September 13 to September 16. The user will then return to Seoul on September 17, 2012, after completing a four-day trip to London.

As shown in FIG. 6A, when the electronic device receives an execution of an application including a schedule, the electronic device predicts weather for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012, which is a current date. It can be seen that the information and forecast weather information for the London region from 13 September to 16 September 2012 should be displayed together on the calendar with the schedule. Thereafter, the electronic device receives the forecast weather information 601 of the Seoul area for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012, and the forecast weather information 602 of London area from September 13 to 16, 2012. The calendar can be displayed together with the schedule. More specifically, the electronic device may display the estimated weather information 601 of the Seoul area for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012 as the main on the calendar including the schedule, and the September 13, 2012 The forecast weather information 602 of the London region from day to 16 may be displayed in a small calendar. That is, since the electronic device is located in Seoul as of September 10, 2012, the electronic device may display the current area as the main on a calendar including a schedule, so that the user may check the expected weather at a glance. Therefore, when the user checks the expected weather information of Seoul from September 10 to September 12 displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device, the user is expected to have no rainy weather in Seoul until the trip to London, You can plan on field trips to London and get to work in the field.

In addition, the electronic device according to the present invention may display the expected weather information 602 of London, which is a region of interest, for four days from September 13 to September 16, 2012, which is a period of interest, together on a calendar including a schedule. . For example, an electronic device could touch the weather information that the weather on September 13 in London would snow, the weather on September 14 would rain, and the weather on September 15 and September 16 would be clear. Can be displayed on. Thus, the user may prepare a thick sweater or coat, expecting the temperature to be lower on the first day of the trip to London. In addition, the weather on September 13 and September 14, the first and second days of business trips in London, is expected to snow and rain, respectively, allowing users to schedule 15 or 16 days of travel related to outdoor activities. Will be adjustable. In addition, the user may expect to rain in the Seoul area on September 16, the day before September 17 to enter Seoul, it will be possible to prepare an umbrella and raincoat.

As shown in (b) of FIG. 6, when the electronic device receives an execution of an application including a schedule, the weather forecast for the London region for four days from September 13 to September 16, 2012, which is the current date, is received. Information 603 and predicted weather information 604 of the Seoul area, which is the residence of the former user for seven days from September 13, may be displayed. More specifically, since the current region has been moved from Seoul to London, the electronic device may estimate the weather information 603 of the London region for four days from September 13 to September 16, 2012 to the calendar including the schedule. It may be displayed as a main, and a small display of the weather information 604 in Seoul for 7 days from September 13 to September 19, 2012 may be displayed on a calendar including a schedule. That is, since the electronic device is located in the London region as of September 13, 2012, the current weather forecast 603 of the current London region is displayed as the main on the calendar including the schedule, so that the user can view the current London region at a glance. You can check the weather forecast. Accordingly, the user may check the detailed weather information 603 of the London region from September 13 to September 16 displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device in detail. In other words, the user can anticipate clear weather throughout the business trip, so that they can plan outdoor meetings or golf appointments, and on September 16, the last day of the business trip, they can finish work and easily plan shopping or sightseeing. In addition, on September 17, when you enter Seoul, you can expect rain in Seoul, so you can go to London with a raincoat or umbrella.

7 is a view showing another embodiment for providing a schedule with weather information according to the present invention. First, suppose that the current date is September 10, 2012, the residence where the user is located is Seoul, and the period for checking the expected weather information of the current location is set to 7 days. In addition, the electronic device was input to Okinawa as the first region of interest, the second region of interest was input to Jeju Island, and the periods of interest of Okinawa, the first region of interest, were entered as September 12 and September 13, 2012. Suppose the interest period of Jeju Island, which is a region of interest, was entered from September 13 to September 16, 2012. In other words, the user will be located in Seoul from September 10 to September 11, and will travel to Okinawa on September 12 and September 13, and the interest period for the electronic device was entered from September 13, From September 14th to September 16th, I will stay on Jeju Island and take a vacation.

As shown in FIG. 7A, when the electronic device receives an execution of an application including a schedule, the electronic device predicts weather for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012, which is a current date. Information, forecasted weather information for the Okinawa region from September 12 and September 13, and forecasted weather information for Jeju Island from September 13 to September 20, 2012 together with the schedule You can see that. Thereafter, the electronic device may predict the weather information 701 of the Seoul region for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012, the forecast weather information 702 of the Okinawa region from September 12, and September 13, and The forecast weather information 703 of the Jeju island region from September 13 to September 16 may be displayed together on the calendar including the schedule. More specifically, the electronic device may display the estimated weather information 701 of the Seoul region for 7 days from September 10 to September 16, 2012 as the main on the calendar including the schedule, and the September 12, 2012 And forecast weather information 702 in Okinawa region until September 13 and forecast weather information 703 in Jeju island region from September 13 to September 16, 2012 on a small calendar. . That is, since the electronic device is located in Seoul as of September 10, 2012, the current weather information of the Seoul area is displayed as a main on a calendar including a schedule so that the user can check the current weather at a glance. can do. Therefore, as a result of the user confirming the expected weather information of the Seoul region until September 10 and September 11 displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device, the user can easily predict that there is no rainy weather in Seoul until the business trip to Okinawa. have.

As shown in FIG. 7B, when the electronic device receives the execution of the application including the schedule, the weather information 704 of the Okinawa region on September 12 and September 13, 2012, which is the current date, is received. , The forecast weather information 705 of the Jeju island region from September 13 to September 16 and the forecast weather information 706 of the Seoul region, which is the residence of the former user for seven days from September 12, may be displayed. More specifically, since the current region has been moved from Seoul to the Okinawa region, the electronic device has the weather forecast 704 of the Okinawa region for two days on September 12 and September 13, 2012 on the calendar including the schedule. Forecast weather information (705) in the Jeju region from September 13 to September 16, 2012, and forecast weather information in the Seoul area, which is the residence of the previous user from September 12 to 7 (2012). ) Can be displayed small on the calendar including the schedule. That is, since the electronic device is located in the Okinawa region as of September 12, 2012, the current forecasted weather information 704 of the Okinawa region is displayed as the main on the calendar including the schedule, so that the user can predict the current region at a glance. You can check the weather. Therefore, the user may confirm the detailed weather information of the Okinawa region until September 12 and September 13 displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device. In other words, the user is expected to have a clear day on September 12, the first day of their business trip, so they can plan outdoor meetings or golf appointments. You can also plan to enjoy the sport.

As illustrated in FIG. 7C, when the electronic device receives an execution of an application including a schedule, the electronic device may estimate weather information of the Jeju island region from September 14 to September 16, 2012, which is a current date. 707), and predicted weather information 708 of the Seoul region, which is the former residence from September 14 to September 20, may be displayed. More specifically, since the current region has been moved from the Okinawa region to the Jeju island region, the electronic device may store the forecasted weather information 707 of the Jeju island region from September 14 to September 16, 2012 on the calendar including the schedule. It may be displayed as a main, and a small display of the forecast weather information 708 of the Seoul area from September 14 to September 20, 2012, may be displayed on the calendar including the schedule. That is, since the electronic device is located in the Jeju Island region as of September 14, 2012, the current weather forecast 707 of the Jeju Island region is displayed as the main on the calendar including the schedule, so that the user can predict the Jeju Island region at a glance. You can check the weather. Accordingly, the user may confirm the detailed weather information of the Jeju island region from September 14 to September 16 displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device. In other words, users can plan tourism on the first and last days of the holiday on September 14 and 16, when the weather is expected to be sunny, and on September 15, the rain is expected, so they can enjoy indoor sports such as swimming. You can also plan to do so.

8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the electronic device according to the present invention. First, as shown in FIG. 8, the electronic device may receive an execution of an application in which a schedule is stored (801). More specifically, the electronic device may receive an execution of an application from a user to display a calendar in which a schedule including weather forecast information is stored.

Thereafter, the electronic device may determine whether at least one region of interest and a period of interest have been input (802). Here, the region of interest may be a region where the electronic device is not currently located among regions of many countries of the world. For example, if the current electronic device is located in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, the ROI may be an area other than Seoul. That is, the region of interest from the user's point of view may be a region to which the user intends to move from the current location. For example, if the user is going to travel to place A or is going to travel to place B, areas A and B may be areas of interest. In addition, the period of interest may be defined as a period of time to find the expected weather information of the region of interest. More specifically, the interest period may be defined as a period between a certain period of time from which a user wants to obtain predicted weather information of an area of interest to another predetermined period of time.

If it is determined that the electronic device has received at least one region of interest and the period of interest, the electronic device may identify at least one region of interest and the period of interest stored in the application (803). For example, assume that the current date is September 10, 2012, the residence where the user is located is Seoul, and the period for checking the forecast weather information of the current location is set to 7 days. In addition, suppose that the electronic device has received London as the region of interest, and the period of interest of the region of interest has been input from September 13 to 16, 2012. In other words, the user will be located in Seoul from September 10 to September 12, and will travel to London for four days from September 13 to September 16. The user will then return to Seoul on September 17, 2012, after completing a four-day trip to London. In the above-described home, when the electronic device receives the execution of the application including the schedule, the current weather information for the Seoul region and the September 13, 2012 for 7 days from September 10, 2012 to September 16, which is the current date, are received. Regions of interest and time periods of interest can be checked to display together the expected weather information for London from days 16 to 16 on a calendar with a schedule.

Thereafter, the electronic device may display the expected weather information of the currently located region for the set period and the expected weather information of the at least one region of interest for the period of interest in the calendar where the schedule is stored (804). In the above-described home, the electronic device may display the estimated weather information of the Seoul area for 7 days from September 10 to September 16 as the main on the calendar including the schedule, and from September 13, 2012 By 16 days, forecast weather information for London can be displayed on a small calendar with a schedule. That is, since the electronic device is located in Seoul as of September 10, 2012, the electronic device may display the current area as the main on a calendar including a schedule, so that the user may check the expected weather at a glance.

Thereafter, the electronic device may determine whether the expected weather of at least one region of the interest period has changed or a difference between the desired weather and the expected weather occurs (805). More specifically, the electronic device may determine that the expected weather of the region where the electronic device is currently located during the interest period has changed or the expected weather of one of the at least one region of interest has changed. In addition, the electronic device may monitor in real time whether the desired weather and the expected weather that the user expects have changed.

If it is determined in the electronic device that the expected weather of at least one region of the interest period has changed or a difference between the desired weather and the expected weather has occurred, the electronic device may notify the changed information (806). First, if the electronic device determines that the predicted weather of at least one region has changed, the electronic device may notify the text message that the predicted weather has changed. For example, suppose the current date is September 28, 2012, and the user is going to travel to New York starting September 30. In the above-described home, the user enters New York as the region of interest on the electronic device, and then plans outdoor activities based on the information that the weather will be clear as the result of checking the expected weather information of the region of interest as of September 28, 2012. For example, However, if the electronic device determines that the weather information is changed from sunny weather to cloudy clouds on September 29, before the departure to New York, the electronic device may notify that the expected weather is changed by text message. In addition, the electronic device may notify the changed weather forecast of New York in a pop-up menu on the touch screen of the electronic device, or may notify the changed weather forecast of New York in a voice message. In addition, the electronic device may notify a content including information indicating that a difference between a desired weather and an expected weather occurs using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell. For example, the electronic device may notify a text message that a difference between a desired weather and an expected weather of at least one region has occurred, a pop-up menu, or a voice message.

If it is determined in the above-described determination process 802 that the electronic device has not received at least one region of interest and a period of interest, the electronic device includes the expected weather information of the currently located region for the set period of time in the calendar where the schedule is stored. Can be displayed (807). More specifically, if it is determined that the electronic device has not received at least one region of interest and a period of interest, the electronic device may display, on a calendar where a schedule is stored, forecast weather information of the region where the electronic device is currently located for a set period of time. . Thereafter, the process repeats the above-described determination process 805.

9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 900 may be a portable electronic device, and may include a portable terminal, a mobile phone, a mobile pad, a media player, and a tablet computer. a device such as a tablet computer, a handheld computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA). It may also be any portable electronic device, including devices combining two or more of these devices.

This electronic device 900 includes a memory 910, a processor unit 920, a first wireless communication subsystem 930, a second wireless communication subsystem 931, an external port 960, A system 950, a speaker 951, a microphone 952, an input and output (IO) system 970, a touch screen 980 and other input or control devices 990. Multiple memory 910 and external ports 960 may be used.

The processor unit 920 may include a memory interface 921, one or more processors 922, and a peripheral interface 923. In some cases, the entire processor unit 920 may also be referred to as a processor. The processor unit 920 of the present invention may check at least one region and the interest period stored in the application, determine whether the predicted weather of at least one region of the interest period has changed, and predict the weather of at least one region of the interest period. If is determined to have changed, the changed information is notified. In addition, the processor unit 920 notifies the content of the changed information using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell. The processor unit 920 determines whether the desired weather and the expected weather in the at least one region of the interest period are the same, and if it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather in the at least one region during the interest period are not the same, the desired weather and the expected weather are the same. Notify you that the weather is not the same. The processor unit 920 notifies the content including the information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell. The processor unit 920 determines whether at least one region of interest and a period of interest are stored in the application, and if at least one region of interest is not stored, the processor unit 920 checks location information of the currently located region and at least one region of interest. If it is stored, check the location information of the current location.

The processor 922 executes various software programs to perform various functions for the electronic device 900 and also performs processing and control for voice communication and data communication. In addition to these conventional functions, the processor 922 also executes a specific software module (instruction set) stored in the memory 910 to perform various functions corresponding to the module. That is, the processor 922 performs the method of an embodiment of the present invention in cooperation with software modules stored in the memory 910.

The processor 922 may include one or more data processors, image processors, or codecs. The data processor, image processor, or codec may be configured separately. Also, it may be composed of a plurality of processors performing different functions. The peripheral device interface 923 connects the input / output subsystem 970 of the electronic device 1000 and various peripheral devices to the processor 922 and the memory 910 (via the memory interface).

The various components of electronic device 900 may be coupled by one or more communication buses (reference numeral not shown) or stream lines (reference numeral not shown).

The external port 960 is used to directly connect a portable electronic device (not shown) to another electronic device or indirectly to another electronic device through a network (eg, the Internet, an intranet, a wireless LAN, or the like). The external port 960 is, for example, but not limited to these, refers to a universal serial bus (USB) port or a FIREWIRE port.

Motion sensor 991 and optical sensor 992 may be coupled to peripheral device interface 923 to enable various functions. For example, a motion sensor 991 and a light sensor 992 may be coupled to the peripheral device interface 923 to enable movement detection of electronic devices, charge transfer amount sensing, and external light sensing, respectively. In addition, other sensors, such as a positioning system, temperature sensor, or biometric sensor, may be connected to the peripheral interface 923 to perform related functions.

Camera subsystem 993 may perform camera functions such as recording photos and video clips.

The optical sensor 992 may use a charged coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device.

Communication functions are performed through one or more wireless communication subsystems 930 and 931. Wireless communication subsystems 930 and 931 may include radio frequency receivers and transceivers and / or optical (eg, infrared) receivers and transceivers. The first communication subsystem 930 and the second communication subsystem 931 may be classified according to a communication network with which the electronic device 900 communicates. For example, the communication network may include, but is not limited to, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) network, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, a W- A communication subsystem designed to operate over a plurality of access networks, a long term evolution (LTE) network, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) network, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network, a WiMax network, . The first wireless communication subsystem 930 and the second wireless communication subsystem 931 may be combined into one wireless communication subsystem.

Audio subsystem 950 may be coupled to speaker 951 and microphone 952 to be responsible for input and output of audio streams, such as speech recognition, speech replication, digital recording, and telephony functions. That is, the audio subsystem 950 communicates with the user through a speaker 951 and a microphone 952. The audio subsystem 950 receives the data stream through the peripheral interface 923 of the processor unit 920 and converts the received data stream into an electrical stream. The converted electric stream is delivered to the speaker 951. The speaker 951 converts and outputs an electric stream into a sound wave that can be heard by a human. The microphone 952 converts sound waves delivered from a person or other sound source into an electrical stream. Further, the microphone 952 operates if it senses that an object is located within a predetermined distance from at least one of the at least two second sensors. Audio subsystem 950 receives the converted electrical stream from microphone 952. The audio subsystem 950 converts the received electric stream into an audio data stream and transmits the converted audio data stream to the peripheral interface 923. The audio subsystem 950 may include attachable and detachable ear phones, headphones or a head set.

Input / Output (I / O) subsystem 970 may include a touch screen controller 971 and / or other input controller 972. The touch screen controller 971 may be coupled to the touch screen 980. The touch screen 980 and touch screen controller 971 include, but are not limited to, capacitive, resistive, infrared and surface acoustic wave technologies as well as other to determine one or more contact points with the touch screen 980. Any multi-touch sensing technique, including proximity sensor arrangements or other elements, can be used to detect contact and movement or disruption thereof. The guitar input controller 972 can be coupled to the guitar input / control devices 990. The other input / control devices 990 may be one or more buttons, a rocker switch, a thumb-wheel, a dial, a stick, and / or a pointer device such as a stylus.

The touch screen 980 provides an input / output interface between the electronic device 900 and the user. That is, the touch screen 980 transfers a user's touch input to the electronic device 900. It is also a medium for showing the output from the electronic device 900 to the user. That is, the touch screen 980 shows a visual output to the user. This visual output appears in the form of text, graphics, video, and combinations thereof.

The touch screen 980 may use various displays. (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED), or an organic light emitting diode (LED), for example, a liquid crystal display (Flexible LED) can be used. The touch screen 980 of the present invention receives an execution of an application in which a schedule is stored and displays, together with a schedule, predicted weather information of at least one region during the identified interest period. In addition, the touch screen 980 may receive at least one region of interest and a period of interest, receive a desired weather of at least one region during the region of interest, and schedule the expected weather information of the currently located region for a set period of time. Display it in a saved calendar. In addition, the touch screen 980 displays the forecast weather information of the currently located region for the set period of time and the forecast weather information of at least one region of interest for the period of interest, including the calendar in which the schedule is stored, and estimates the region of the currently located region. The weather information is included in the calendar as the main display.

The memory 910 may be coupled to the memory interface 921. Memory 910 may include fast random access memory and / or nonvolatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, one or more optical storage devices, and / or flash memory (eg, NAND, NOR).

Memory 910 stores software. The software components may include operating system module 911, communication module 912, graphics module 913, user interface module 914 and MPEG module 915, camera module 916, one or more application modules. 917 and the like. A module, which is a software component, can also be expressed as a set of instructions, so a module is sometimes referred to as an instruction set. Modules can also be expressed as programs. Operating system software 911 (e.g., a built-in operating system such as WINDOWS, LINUX, Darwin, RTXC, UNIX, OS X, or VxWorks) is a set of software that controls common system operations. Contains components. Control of such general system operations refers to, for example, memory management and control, storage hardware (device) control and management, power control and management, and the like. These operating system software also facilitates communication between various hardware (devices) and software components (modules). The memory 910 of the present invention stores the displayed movement trajectory when the arbitrary region is selected, and displays the movement trajectory displayed in the first mode state and the displayed movement trajectory according to the transparency set in the second mode state. . The memory 910 of the present invention stores the received at least one region of interest and the period of interest, and stores the input desired weather.

The communication module 912 may enable communication with other electronic devices such as computers, servers, and / or portable terminals via the wireless communication subsystems 930, 931 or external ports 960.

The graphics module 913 includes various software components for providing and displaying graphics on the touch screen 980. The term graphics refers to text, a web page, an icon, a digital image, video, animation, and the like.

The user interface module 914 includes various software components related to the user interface. How the state of the user interface changes, and under what conditions the change of the user interface state occurs.

Codec module 915 may include software components related to encoding and decoding of video files. The codec module may include a video stream module, such as an MPEG module and / or an H204 module. In addition, the codec module may include a codec module for various audio files such as AAA, AMR, and WMA. In addition, the codec module 915 includes an instruction set corresponding to the method of the present invention.

Camera module 916 includes camera related software components that enable camera related processes and functions.

The application module 917 includes a browser, an email, an instant message, word processing, keyboard emulation, an address book, a touch list. Widgets, digital rights management (DRM), voice recognition, voice replication, position determining functions, location based services, and the like.

It should also be noted that the various functions of the electronic device 1000 described above, and as discussed below, in accordance with the present invention may include one or more stream processing and / or application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) Hardware and / or software and / or a combination thereof.

Obviously, there are many different ways within the scope of the claims that can modify these embodiments. In other words, there may be many other ways in which the invention may be practiced without departing from the scope of the following claims.

601: Forecast weather information of Seoul area 602: Forecast weather information of London area
603: weather forecast for London: 604 weather forecast for Seoul
701: weather forecast for Seoul 702: weather forecast for Okinawa
703: weather forecast for Jeju Island 704 weather forecast for Okinawa
705: weather forecast for Jeju Island 706 weather forecast for Seoul
707: weather forecast for Jeju Island 708 weather forecast for Seoul
900: electronic device 910: memory
911: operating system module 912: communication module
913: graphics module 914: user interface module
915: CODEC module 916: camera module
917: Application 920: Processor Unit
921: memory interface 922: processor
923: peripheral device interface 930: first wireless communication subsystem
931: second wireless communication subsystem 950: audio subsystem
951: Speaker 952: Microphone
960: external port 970: input / output system
971: touch screen controller 972: other input controller
980: touch screen 990: other input / control devices
991: motion sensor 992: first light sensor
993: camera subsystem 994: first sensor

Claims (26)

A method of operating an electronic device,
Receiving an execution of an application in which a schedule is stored;
Identifying at least one region and period of interest stored in the application; And
Displaying forecast weather information of the at least one region during the identified interest period together with the schedule.
The method of claim 1,
Receiving the at least one area of interest and a period of interest; And
And storing the received at least one region of interest and the period of interest.
3. The method of claim 2,
Determining whether an expected weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period; And
If it is determined that the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the period of interest, notifying the changed information.
The method of claim 3,
The notifying of the changed information may include:
And notifying the contents including the changed information by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.
5. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 4,
The changed information is,
And at least one of information on a date when an expected weather is changed during the interest period, an area where the expected weather is changed, and information about the changed expected weather.
The method of claim 1,
Receiving a desired weather of the at least one region during the interest period; And
And storing the received desired weather.
The method according to claim 6,
Determining whether the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region during the interest period are the same; And
And if it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region are not the same during the period of interest, notifying the information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same.
8. The method of claim 7,
The process of notifying you that the desired and expected weather is not the same,
And notifying the contents including information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.
9. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 8,
The information that the desired weather is not the same as the expected weather,
At least one of information on dates of the desired weather and expected weather that are not identical during the period of interest, areas of the desired and expected weather that are not identical among the at least one region, and information on changed desired weather; Way.
The method of claim 1,
The at least one region,
And at least one of a region currently located and at least one region of interest.
The method of claim 1,
The process of displaying the predicted weather information of the at least one area during the identified interest period together with the schedule,
Determining whether at least one region of interest and a period of interest are stored in the application;
If the at least one region of interest is not stored, checking location information of a region currently located; And
And displaying, on a calendar in which the schedule is stored, forecast weather information of the currently located region for a set period of time.
12. The method of claim 11,
If the at least one region of interest is stored, checking location information of a region currently located; And
And displaying, on a calendar in which the schedule is stored, forecast weather information of the currently located region for a set period of time and forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest for the period of interest.
13. The method of claim 12,
The process of displaying the forecast weather information of the currently located region for the set period and the forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest during the interest period in a calendar in which the schedule is stored,
And displaying expected weather information of the current location in the calendar as a main display.
In an electronic device,
A processor unit for identifying at least one region and a period of interest stored in the application; And
And a touch screen that receives the execution of the application in which the schedule is stored, and displays, together with the schedule, forecast weather information of the at least one region during the identified interest period.
15. The method of claim 14,
The touch screen receives the at least one region of interest and the period of interest,
And a memory configured to store the received at least one region of interest and a period of interest.
16. The method of claim 15,
And determining whether the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period, and if it is determined that the predicted weather of the at least one region has changed during the interest period, further comprising a processor unit to notify the changed information. Device.
17. The method of claim 16,
And the processor unit notifies the content including the changed information by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.
18. A method according to any one of claims 16 to 17,
The changed information is,
And at least one of information on a date when an expected weather is changed during the interest period, an area where the expected weather is changed, and information about the changed expected weather.
15. The method of claim 14,
The touch screen receives input of desired weather for the at least one region during the interest period,
And a memory for storing the input desired weather.
20. The method of claim 19,
If it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region during the interest period are the same, and it is determined that the desired weather and the expected weather of the at least one region during the interest period are not the same, the desired weather and the expected weather are the same. And a processor unit for notifying information that it is not.
21. The method of claim 20,
And the processor unit notifies a content including information that the desired weather and the expected weather are not the same by using at least one of a text message, a pop-up menu, and an alarm bell.
The method according to any one of claims 20 or 21,
The information that the desired weather is not the same as the expected weather,
At least one of information on dates of the desired weather and expected weather that are not identical during the period of interest, areas of the desired and expected weather that are not identical among the at least one region, and information on changed desired weather; Device.
15. The method of claim 14,
The at least one region,
And at least one of the presently located region and the at least one region of interest.
15. The method of claim 14,
The processor unit determines whether at least one region of interest and a period of interest are stored in the application, and if the at least one region of interest is not stored, confirms location information of a region currently located,
The touch screen is characterized in that for displaying the forecast weather information of the current location for a set period including the calendar in which the schedule is stored.
25. The method of claim 24,
If the at least one region of interest is stored, the processor unit checks location information of a region currently located,
The touch screen is configured to display the forecast weather information of the currently located region for the set period and the forecast weather information of the at least one region of interest during the period of interest included in the calendar where the schedule is stored.
26. The method of claim 25,
The touch screen is a device, characterized in that for displaying the current weather information of the current location including the main to the calendar.

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