KR20160069426A - Method and apparatus for excuting application - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for executing an application. Provided is a method for allowing a device to execute the function of an application, comprising the steps of: determining multiple function groups matched to multiple preset interrogatives respectively based on functions provided by multiple applications installed on the device; displaying a first function group matched to a first interrogative among the multiple interrogatives; selecting a first function among functions included in the displayed first function group according to the input of a user; displaying the selected first function and a second function group matched to a second interrogative among the multiple interrogatives; selecting a second function among functions included in the displayed second function group according to the input of the user; and executing the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one among the multiple applications installed on the device.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCUTING APPLICATION [0002]

Recently, as the use of digital devices has become commonplace and various digital devices have become popular, users can use various devices with their own devices. As the number and type of applications used by users increases through the device, and as the functions included in the applications increase, a method for efficiently executing the applications becomes necessary.

Accordingly, in recent years, technologies for efficiently specifying functions of applications to be executed by a device in consideration of the convenience of a device user and executing specified applications have been developed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for efficiently specifying a function of an application to be executed by a device.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical object, one aspect of the present invention provides a method for a device to execute an application function, comprising the steps of: determining, based on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device, The method comprising the steps of: determining a plurality of function groups respectively matched to a questionnaire; displaying a first function group matched to a first question among the plurality of questionnaire; Displaying a second function group matched to a second one of the plurality of questionnaires, selecting the first function among the plurality of questionnaires; Selecting a second one of the selected functions and selecting the selected first function and the selected second function on the device Of a plurality of applications it can be the service execution comprises the step of running by using at least one.

The determining of the plurality of function groups may include collecting information on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device, determining a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions according to a predetermined property Matching the determined function group to a predetermined plurality of question letters, respectively; And generating a lower functional group of functions included in the matched functional group.

The second function group may be a sub-function group of the selected first function including sub-functions of the selected first function.

The executing step may include determining whether the selected first function and the selected second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device, Displaying a third function group matched to a third function among the first function, the second function selected, and the third question among the plurality of questionnaires; Selecting the function, and executing the selected first function, the selected second function, and the selected third function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device.

In addition, the step of displaying the first function group may display a list of functions included in the first function group.

Also, the plurality of question marks may include When, Who, Which, Where, How, and What.

Also, the first and second irregularities may be selected in accordance with a predetermined display order among a plurality of question marks.

Also, the first and second irregularities may be determined by receiving a user input.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product for causing a computer to function as: a function group determination unit for determining a plurality of function groups respectively matched to a predetermined plurality of utterances based on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in a device; A first function group matched with a first question of the questionnaire is displayed on the display unit of the device, a first function of the functions included in the displayed first function group is selected according to an input of the user, 1 function and a second function group matched to a second irrelevant of the plurality of questionnaires and selecting a second function among the functions included in the second function group displayed according to a user's input; A function of executing the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device A device including an execution unit can be provided.

The function group determination unit may collect information about functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device, determine a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions according to a predetermined property, Matching each of a predetermined plurality of question marks, and generating a subordinate function group of functions included in the matched function group.

The second function group may be a sub-function group of the selected first function including sub-functions of the selected first function.

The function execution unit may determine whether the selected first function and the selected second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device, A third function group matched to a third one of the plurality of questionnaires is displayed on the display unit of the device, and the third function group is included in the displayed third function group according to the input of the user The third function group is a sub-function group of the selected second function including the sub-functions of the selected second function.

The function selection unit may control the display unit to display a list of functions included in the first function group.

Further, the plurality of question marks may include when, who, which, where, how, what.

Also, the first and second irregularities may be selected in accordance with a predetermined display order among a plurality of question marks.

Also, the first and second irregularities may be determined by receiving a user input.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute the method.

1 is a diagram for explaining a method by which a device 100 executes an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of executing a function of an application in which the device 100 is installed, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a step of acquiring a plurality of question marks according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of specifying an application function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram for explaining a method for selecting a questionnaire according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram for explaining a method of selecting keywords according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for explaining a method of selecting keywords according to another embodiment.
8 is a diagram for explaining a method of receiving a keyword by a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram for explaining a method for a device to receive a keyword according to another embodiment. 10 is a block diagram of a device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a diagram for explaining a step of acquiring a plurality of sentence patterns according to another embodiment.
12 is a diagram for explaining how a device selects and uses keywords in accordance with another embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order that the present disclosure may be more fully understood, the same reference numbers are used throughout the specification to refer to the same or like parts.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining a method by which a device 100 executes an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may collect information about functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [ The device 100 may collect information on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 using data in the device 100. [ The device 100 can determine a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions provided by the application according to predetermined attributes by using the information about the collected functions.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may match the determined function group to a predetermined plurality of mystery words, respectively. In addition, the device 100 may determine a sub-functional group of functions included in the matched functional group.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a function group matched to a first unverified document among a plurality of unverified documents. In addition, the device 100 can select a first function by receiving a user's input from the functions included in the displayed function group.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a second function group matched to a second one of the selected first function and a plurality of unintentional utterances. In addition, the device 100 can select a second function by receiving a user's input from the functions included in the displayed second function group. The device 100 may execute the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 is unable to execute the selected first function and second function, it may further select the function and select the at least one of the plurality of applications installed in the device 100 .

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may be a variety of devices. But are not limited to, a computer, a notebook, a mobile device, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like.

2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of executing a function of an application in which the device 100 is installed, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S200, the device 100 can determine a plurality of function groups, which are matched with a predetermined plurality of mentalities, based on the functions provided by the plurality of applications installed in the device 100, respectively.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may collect the function information of a plurality of applications installed in the device, and match functions corresponding to each of a plurality of puzzles. Multiple questionings may include, but are not limited to, What, Where, Who, Which, and How.

For example, the device 100 may match an execution function of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 to 'What'. Specifically, the device 100 may match the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' and the 'Melon music application execution function' to 'What'. In addition, the device 100 can match the 'message transmission function', the 'picture transmission function', etc., which are the main functions of the application installed in the device 100, in 'How'.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine a sub-function group of each of the functions matched to a plurality of mental states. The device 100 may group the lower functions of each of the functions matched to a plurality of mental states to determine a lower functional group of each of the functions matched to the plurality of mental states. For example, the sub-functions of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' may be 'music search', 'music play', 'music video play', and the like, , And 'music video playback' can be determined as a subordinate function group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function'.

The device 100 may generate a plurality of sub-function groups for a particular function matched to the questionnaire. The device 100 may determine a plurality of sub-functional groups if the sub-functions of the specific function have various attributes. For example, the device 100 may be provided with a sub-function group including functions such as 'music playback function' and 'music search function' for the 'Samsung Music application execution function' And so on. ≪ / RTI >

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may match the generated sub-function group to a question mark. The device 100 may match the lower functional group to the unknown character using the attribute information of the functions included in the generated lower functional group.

For example, the device 100 may match a subordinate function group of 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'Music Search', 'Music Playback', and 'Music Video Playback' to 'How'. In addition, the subfunction group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'now running', '5 minutes after', and 'after 10 minutes running' can be matched to 'When'.

The device 100 may generate a plurality of lower functional groups for a specific function matched to the questionnaire and match each of the plurality of generated lower functional groups to each of a plurality of questions. A subordinate function group can be matched to one of the questions except for the question which belongs to the subordinate function of the subordinate function group.

For example, the device 100 may match a sub-function group of a function belonging to the " What " to one of the questions except " What ".

The device 100 determines a sub-function group and determines a sub-function group for each of the functions included in the sub-function group using the same method as the method for matching the determined sub-function group to the questionnaire, Function groups can be matched to questionnaires.

The device 100 may store information on functions matched to the questionnaire and information on the lower functional group in the form of a table. In addition, the device 100 may store data in the form of a tree structure, but is not limited thereto.

In step S210, the device 100 may display the first function group matched to the first unverified document among the plurality of unverified documents.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a first irrelevant among a plurality of irrelevant writings. For example, the device 100 selects 'What' among a plurality of mysteries such as 'What', 'When', 'Where', 'Who', 'Which', and 'How' You can choose to question. In addition, the device 100 can select 'What' as the first irregular word in accordance with a preset display order.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a first function group matched with a first question text selected from a plurality of question texts. The device 100 may display a list of functions included in the first functional group. For example, the device 100 may display a list of functions included in the first function group in the form of text, or in the form of an icon, but is not limited thereto.

In step S220, the device 100 may receive a user input and select a first one of the functions included in the displayed first function group.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may receive input from a user. The device 100 can receive a user input using a device inside the device 100, such as a touch sensor, a text input sensor, or the like, or a device external to the device 100, such as a keyboard, a mouse, It does not.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a first one of the functions included in the first functional group based on the input of the receiving user. For example, The user can select one of the functions displayed on the screen of the display unit 100 according to the user's input and select the function matched with the selected function list as the first function.

In step S230, the device 100 may display the selected first function and the second function group matched to the second irrelevant question among the plurality of questionnaires.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a second irrelevant among a plurality of irrelevant statements. The device 100 may select based on the input of the user who received the second text. In addition, the device 100 can select the second iris text in accordance with the displayed order of the irritation text. For example, the device 100 may select 'How' as the second irregularity if the first irregularity is 'What'.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine a second function group that matches the second unverified function among the function groups matched to the selected first function. For example, the device 100 may determine a lower functional group matched to a second non-functional one of the lower functional groups of the first function as a second functional group. Specifically, when 'Samsung Music Execution Function' is selected as the first function and 'How' is selected as the second irrelevant function, the device 100 selects 'Music Search Function' among a plurality of lower function groups of 'Samsung Music Execution Function' , 'Music playback function', and the like, the lower function group matched with 'How' can be determined as the second function group.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display the determined second function group. The device 100 may display a list of functions included in the second function group. For example, the device 100 may display a list of functions included in the second function group in the form of text, or in the form of an icon, but is not limited thereto.

In step S240, the device 100 can select the second function from the functions included in the displayed second function group based on the user's input.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a second one of the functions included in the second functional group based on the input of the receiving user. For example, One of the functions displayed on the screen of the display unit 100 may be selected and received by the user, and the function matched with the selected function list may be selected as the second function.

In step S250, the device 100 can execute the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine whether the selected first function and the second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 may provide a first function and a second function to at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100, if the selected first function and the selected second function do not have a matching sub- It is possible to judge that it can be executed by using various methods.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 is capable of executing selected functions using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100, the device 100 may include at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 To perform selected functions.

3 is a view for explaining a step of acquiring a plurality of function groups according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 (a), the device 100 may collect information about functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. The device 100 can determine a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions provided by a plurality of applications according to a predetermined property by using the information about the collected functions.

For example, the device 100 can determine a plurality of application execution functions provided in the device 100 as one function group. In addition, the device 100 can determine one function group including the main functions (music reproduction, preview music reproduction, music search) among the lower functions of the 'Samsung Music execution function'. In addition, the device 100 can determine one function group including functions related to time (now playing, 5 minutes post-playing, 10 minutes post-playing) among the lower functions of the 'Samsung Music execution function'.

Referring to FIG. 3 (b), the device 100 may match a plurality of determined function groups to a plurality of question letters, respectively. The device 100 may match the functional group to one of a plurality of question marks based on attributes common to the functions included in the functional group. For example, the device 100 may match a function group including a plurality of application execution functions installed in the device 100 to 'What'. In addition, the device 100 may match a function group that includes functions related to the place to " Where ".

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine a sub-function group of each of the functions matched to a plurality of mental states. The device 100 may group the lower functions of each of the functions to determine the lower functional group of each of the functions. For example, the sub-functions of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' may be 'music search', 'music play', 'music video play', and the like, , And 'music video playback' can be determined as a subordinate function group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function'.

The device 100 may generate a plurality of sub-function groups for a particular function matched to the questionnaire. The device 100 may determine a plurality of sub-functional groups if the sub-functions of the specific function have various attributes. For example, the device 100 may be provided with a sub-function group including functions such as 'music playback function' and 'music search function' for the 'Samsung Music application execution function' And so on. ≪ / RTI >

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may match the generated sub-function group to a question mark. The device 100 may match the lower functional group to the unknown character using the attribute information of the functions included in the generated lower functional group.

For example, the device 100 may match a subordinate function group of 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'Music Search', 'Music Playback', and 'Music Video Playback' to 'How'. In addition, the subfunction group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'now running', '5 minutes after', and 'after 10 minutes running' can be matched to 'When'.

The device 100 may generate a plurality of lower function groups and may match each of the plurality of generated lower function groups to each of a plurality of question letters. A subordinate function group can be matched to one of the questions except for the question which belongs to the subordinate function of the subordinate function group. When there are a plurality of higher-level functions of the lower-level functional group, the lower-level functional group may be matched to one of the questionnaires excluding the questionnaire to which the higher-level functions belong.

For example, the device 100 may match a sub-function group of a function belonging to the " What " to one of the questions except " What ".

The device 100 generates a lower functional group and generates a lower functional group for each of the functions included in the lower functional group by using the same method as the method of matching the generated lower functional group to the unknown letter, You can match a subfunction group to a question mark.

4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for performing selected functions in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

In step S410, the device 100 may select a first function included in the first function group. This has been described in steps S210 and S220 of FIG.

In step S420, the device 100 can select the second function based on the user's input among the functions included in the second function group. This has been described in steps S230 and S240 of FIG.

In step S430, the device 100 can determine whether the selected first function and the second function can be executed using at least one of the applications installed in the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 can determine whether or not the function of the application to be executed can be specified, depending on whether or not the selected first function and the sub-function group of the second function exist.

The device 100 may determine that the selected first function and the selected second function can be executed if the selected first function and the selected second function sub-function group do not exist. In addition, the device 100 can determine that the device 100 can not execute the selected first function and the second function when the selected first function and the selected second function sub-function group are present. Whether or not the selected functions can be executed is not limited to the above-described method, but can be determined in various ways.

If it is determined in step S430 that the device 100 can not execute the selected first function and second function, then in step S440, the device 100 determines whether the first and second functions among the plurality of lower function groups of the selected first function and the second function It is possible to determine the third functional group matched. In addition, the device 100 may receive the user's input from the functions included in the third function group and select the third function.

The device 100 can determine whether the first function, the second function, and the third function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 may provide a first function, a second function, and a third function to the device 100 based on whether a first function, a second function, It is possible to judge whether or not the application can be executed by using at least one of the plurality of applications.

 When the device 100 can not execute the first function, the second function, and the third function using at least one of the plurality of applications installed in the device 100, in the same manner as the method for selecting the third function, The fourth function can be selected. For example, the device 100 determines a fourth function group matched with a fourth unknown letter among a plurality of lower function groups of the third function, selects a fourth function among functions included in the determined fourth function group . The device 100 can continue to select functions until the selected functions can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100. [

If the device 100 determines in step S430 that the selected functions can be executed using at least one of the plurality of applications installed in the device 100, Or by using at least one of the applications of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method for selecting a questionnaire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a first unknown letter among a plurality of unknown sentences (510). The device 100 can select the first irregularity in accordance with the display order of the predetermined irregularity, and can select based on the input of the user. For example, the device 100 may display 'What' according to the display order of the pre-set sentence among six sentences such as 'Who', 'Where', 'Which', 'What', 'When' Quot; What " can be selected as the first irregular word based on the input of the user. The device 100 can determine the display order of the predetermined letter sentence from the storage unit of the device 100, receive it from the outside, or receive the user's input, but is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a second irregularity from among a plurality of irregularities (520). The device 100 can select the second iris in accordance with the display order of the predetermined iris, and can select it based on the input of the user. In addition, the device 100 may select a second affirmation from among a plurality of affirmation except for the selected first affirmation. For example, based on the user's input, the second sentence can be selected from among five sentences such as 'Who', 'Where', 'Which', 'When', and 'How'. In addition, when 'what' is selected as the first irregularity, the device 100 may select 'How' as the second irregular word in accordance with the display order of the preliminary irregularities.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a third affirmation among a plurality of affirmative statements (530). The device 100 can select the third unknown letter in accordance with the display order of the predetermined letter sentence and can select it based on the input of the user.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 determines that the selected functions can not be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100, the device 100 can select the questionnaire. When the device 100 determines that the selected functions can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100, the device 100 may no longer select the question.

6 is a diagram illustrating a method of selecting functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a first irrelevant among a plurality of irrelevant writings. For example, the device 100 may select 'What' as the first irrelevant of 'What', 'How', 'Which', 'When', and 'Who'. The device 100 can select the first unknown sentence in accordance with the display sequence of the predetermined sentence, and can receive and select the input of the user.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display the functions contained in the selected first question. In addition, the first function can be selected from the displayed functions based on the user's input. For example, the device 100 displays a function list of 'Samsung Music Execution Function', 'Melon Music Execution Function', 'Line Execution Function', and 'Kakao Talk Execution Function' included in 'What' May be displayed on the screen of the device 100, and 'Samsung Music' may be selected as the first function based on the input of the user (610).

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a second irregularity from among a plurality of irregularities. The device 100 can select the second unknown sentence in accordance with the display order of the predetermined sentence, and can select it based on the input of the user.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine a second function group that matches the selected second irrelevant, among the sub-function groups of the selected first function. The device 100 can display the determined second function group on the screen of the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 may display a list of functions included in the second function group in the form of an icon or text.

In addition, the device 100 may select a second function from the displayed functions based on the user's input. For example, the device 100 may select one of the sub-function groups of the first function, the 'music playback', the 'music video playback', and the 'preview music' Can be displayed on the screen of the device 100, and the 'music reproduction' can be selected as the second function based on the input of the user (620).

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 can not execute the first function and the second function using at least one of the plurality of applications installed in the device 100, The third question can be selected. The device 100 can select the third unknown letter in accordance with the display order of the predetermined letter sentence and can select it based on the input of the user. For example, the device 100 may include a plurality of questionnaires except 'What', 'How', 'Which', 'When', 'What' 'Which' receives the user's input and can select it as the third question.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may determine a lower functional group matched to the third non-functional character among the lower functional groups of the selected second function as the third functional group. The device 100 can display the determined third function group on the screen of the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 may display a list of functions included in the third function group on the screen of the device 100. [

In addition, the device 100 may select a third function among the functions displayed on the screen of the device 100. [ For example, the device 100 may include a list of functions included in a function group matched with 'Which' selected as the third unguess among the sub-function groups of the second function, 'favorites list', 'sad music', ' pop ', and' joyous music 'on the screen of the device 100, and' play music 'can be selected as the third function based on the input of the user (630).

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 can not execute the first function, the second function, and the third function using at least one application installed in the device 100, You can choose the fourth question from among the plural questions. The device 100 can select the fourth unknown sentence in accordance with the display order of the predetermined sentence, and can select it based on the input of the user. For example, the device 100 may search for 'What', 'How', 'Which', 'When', 'Who', the first irrelevant 'What', the second irrelevant 'How' You can choose 'When' as the fourth question among the plural questions except 'Which'.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 can determine a function group matched to a fourth unknown letter among a plurality of lower function groups of the third function, and display a list of functions included in the determined function group in the device ( 100).

The device 100 may select a fourth function from the displayed functions based on the user's input. For example, the device 100 may be configured to select one of the functions included in the lower function group matched with 'When' selected as the fourth unknown letter among the lower function groups of the third function, 'now', 'after 5 minutes', and' 'May be displayed on the screen of the device 100, and' now 'may be selected as the fourth function based on the user's input (640).

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the device 100 can not execute the first function, the second function, the third function, and the fourth function using at least one application installed in the device 100, (100) can select a fifth question from among a plurality of questions. The device 100 can select the fifth unknown sentence in accordance with the display order of the predetermined sentence, and can select it based on the input of the user. For example, the device 100 may include a first irrelevant 'What', a second irrelevant 'How', and a third irrelevant 'How', 'How', 'Which', 'When', ' You can choose 'Who' as the fifth question, except 'Which', which is the questionable word, and 'When', which is the fourth question.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display functions included in the lower function group matched with the fifth unknown sentence selected from the lower function groups of the selected fourth function.

The device 100 may select a fifth function among the displayed functions based on the user's input. For example, the device 100 includes a device such as a fourth feature fifth question words "Who" "gimdongyul", "IU" and "Girls" which included a sub-functional groups matched to selected as from sub-function groups of (650) based on the input of the user and the 'Kim Dong-Ryul' as the fifth function.

7 is a diagram for explaining a method of selecting keywords according to another embodiment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a plurality of predetermined sentences. The device 100 may display a plurality of mysteries in the form of icons, but is not limited thereto. The device 100 may select 710 the first of the plurality of questions based on the user's input.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a screen on which the first function can be selected. For example, the device 100 may display text that allows the user to select the first function with the name of the first irregularity. Specifically, the device 100 may display functions included in the first query based on the user's input, and may select one of the displayed functions as the first function based on the user's input (720).

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a second irrelevant. The device 100 can select the second unknown sentence according to the selected first unknown sentence and the displayed order of the predetermined sentence. In addition, the device 100 may select the second question text based on the user's input.

 The device 100 may display the functions included in the lower functional group matched with the second non-functional character selected from the lower functional groups of the first function. The user can select the second function from the displayed functions. For example, the device 100 may include an icon 732 representing the selected first function, an icon 734 representing the selected second irreplaceable document, and a sub-function group matched to the second irrelevant of the second function And may select one of the displayed functions as the second function based on the user's input.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select a third question. The device 100 can select the third unknown sentence in accordance with the selected first unknown sentence and the displayed order of the predetermined sentence.

In addition, the device 100 may display the functions included in the lower functional group matched with the third non-functional character among the lower functional groups of the second function, and receive one of the displayed functions as the third function You can choose. For example, the device 100 may include an icon 732 representing the selected first function, an icon 742 representing the selected second function, an icon 744 representing the third unverified text, The functions 746 included in the lower function group matched with the third sentence can be displayed and the third function can be selected based on the user's input among the displayed functions.

8 is a diagram for explaining a method of receiving a keyword by a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select one of the functions provided by the plurality of applications installed in the device 100 based on the input of the user. The device 100 may display a function input screen with a selected question among a plurality of questions to receive a user's input.

The function input screen may be displayed in the form of an icon or a text input screen, but is not limited thereto. When displayed in a text input screen, the device 100 may display the functions related to the text entered by the user among the functions included in the selected questionnaire (8a). The device 100 may receive a user input from the displayed functions and select a specific function.

In addition, when the function input screen is displayed in the form of an icon, the device 100 can select the first function among the displayed functions based on the user's input (8b).

 9 is a diagram for explaining a method for a device to receive a keyword according to another embodiment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may select one of the functions provided by a plurality of applications installed on the device based on a user's input. The device 100 can display a function input screen together with a selected question sentence among a plurality of question sentences to receive a function.

When displaying the function input screen, the device 100 can display a predetermined text together. For example, when a function input screen for inputting one of the functions matched to 'What' is displayed, the text 'Select an application to be executed' can be displayed together (9a). In addition, if a function input screen for inputting one of the functions matched with 'How' is displayed, the text 'Select an operation of the application' can be displayed together (9b). The device 100 can preset the text to be displayed on the function input screen and can be set based on the user's input.

10 is a block diagram of a device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may include a control unit 150, a display unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, and an input unit 140. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may include a controller 150, a display unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, and an input unit 140, , Each of which may be implemented by a plurality of processors, but are not limited thereto and may be implemented in various ways.

The control unit 150 of the device 100 may include a function group determination unit 152, a function selection unit 154, and a function execution unit 156. The function group determination unit 152, the function selection unit 154, and the function execution unit 156 may be implemented by a single processor, and each of the processors may be implemented by one processor. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may collect the function information of a plurality of applications installed in the device and match the functions corresponding to each of a plurality of puzzles. Multiple questionings may include, but are not limited to, What, Where, Who, Which, and How.

For example, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the execution function of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 to 'What'. Specifically, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' and the 'Melon music application execution function' to 'What'. In addition, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the 'message transmission function', the 'picture transmission function', etc., which are the main functions of the application installed in the device 100, in How.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 can determine the sub-function group of each of the functions matched to a plurality of mental states. The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may group the lower functions of each of the functions matched to the plurality of sentence patterns to determine the lower function group of each of the functions matching the unknown sentence. For example, the sub-functions of the 'Samsung Music Application Execution Function' may be 'Music Search', 'Music Playback', 'Music Video Playback', and the like, A function group including "music search", "music playback", and "music video playback" can be determined as a subordinate function group of "Samsung Music Application execution function".

The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may generate a plurality of subordinate function groups for a specific function matching the questionnaire. The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 can determine a plurality of lower functional groups when the lower functions of the specific function have various attributes. For example, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 determines whether or not the sub-function group including the functions of 'music playback function' and 'music search function' Quot ;, " execute ", " execute in 5 minutes ", and the like.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the generated lower function group to a question mark. The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the lower function group to the unexpressed function using the attribute information of the functions included in the generated lower function group.

For example, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may set the subordinate function group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'Music Search', 'Music Playback', and 'Music Video Playback' . ≪ / RTI > In addition, the subfunction group of the 'Samsung Music Application execution function' including 'now running', '5 minutes after', and 'after 10 minutes running' can be matched to 'When'.

The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may generate a plurality of lower functional groups for a specific function matched to the questionnaire and may match each of the generated plurality of lower functional groups to each of a plurality of questions. A subordinate function group can be matched to one of the questions except for the question which belongs to the subordinate function of the subordinate function group.

For example, the function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may match the lower functional group of the function belonging to 'What' to one of the questions except 'What'.

The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 determines the subordinate function group and for each of the functions included in the subordinate function group, using the same method as the method for matching the determined subordinate function group to the unknown sentence, The group can be determined, and the generated lower-function group can be matched to the questionnaire.

The function group determination unit 152 of the device 100 may store information on functions matched to the questionnaire and information on the lower functional group in the form of a table. In addition, the device 100 may store data in the form of a tree structure, but is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can select the first unknown sentence among a plurality of sentence candidates. For example, the device 100 selects 'What' among a plurality of mysteries such as 'What', 'When', 'Where', 'Who', 'Which', and 'How' You can choose to question. In addition, the device 100 can select 'What' as the first irregular word in accordance with a preset display order.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can control the first function group matched to the first irregularity selected among the plurality of irritation to be displayed on the display unit of the device 100 have. The function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can control the display unit 110 of the device 100 to display a list of the functions included in the first function group. For example, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may control the list of the functions included in the first function group to be displayed in the form of text or icon, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the input 140 of the device 100 may receive a user's input.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function selecting unit 154 of the device 100 may select the first function among the functions included in the first function group based on the input of the received user. For example, the function selecting unit 154 of the device 100 selects one of the functions listed on the display unit 110 of the device 100 according to the input of the user, and performs a function matching the selected function list It can be selected as the first function.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may select a second irregularity among a plurality of irregularities. The function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can select based on the input of the user who has received the second irregularity. In addition, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can select the second iris text in accordance with the displayed order of the irritation text. For example, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may select 'How' as the second irregularity if the first irregularity is 'What'.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may determine a second function group matched with a second iris, among the function groups matched with the selected first function. For example, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may determine a lower functional group matched to a second non-functional one of the lower functional groups of the first function as a second functional group. More specifically, when the 'Samsung Music Execution Function' is selected as the first function and 'How' is selected as the second irreplaceable function, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 selects the plurality of sub functions As a result of including the 'music search function' and the 'music play function' among the groups, the lower function group matching 'How' can be determined as the second function group.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may control the device 100 such that the determined second function group is displayed on the display unit 110 of the device 100. The function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may also control the device 100 such that a list of the functions included in the second function group is displayed on the display unit 110 of the device 100. [ For example, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may display the list of the functions included in the second function group in the form of a text or an icon on the display unit of the device 100, But is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 can select a second function among the functions included in the second function group based on the input of the received user. , The function selecting unit 154 of the device 100 selects one of the list of the functions displayed on the display unit 110 of the device 100 to receive the input of the user and selects the function matched to the selected function list, Function.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 determines whether the selected first function and the second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100 . For example, the function selection unit 154 of the device 100 may determine whether the first function and the second function match the selected first function and the second function if the first function and the second function are not present in the device 100 It can be determined that the application can be executed by using at least one of the plurality of installed applications.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the function execution unit 156 of the device 100 can execute the selected functions using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device 100, At least one of the plurality of applications can be used to execute selected functions.

11 is a diagram for explaining a step of acquiring a plurality of question marks, according to another embodiment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 can acquire information using the communication unit 130. [ For example, the device 100 may acquire a word to be a topic in the Internet using the communication unit 130, and may acquire various information without being limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 11 (a), the device 100 may match the obtained information to a predetermined plurality of mystery words. For example, the device 100 may classify the acquired information based on a predetermined common point to match a predetermined plurality of sentence patterns. Specifically, the device 100 may match the names of persons, which are topics in the Internet, to 'Who', but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 11 (b), the device 100 may determine the sub information of the information matched to a plurality of question marks. For example, the device 100 can use the relationship between acquired words to determine words of a lower level of each of a plurality of words. Specifically, the device 100 may determine 'Barack Obama' and 'Michelle Obama' as sub-words of 'Obama' of 'Who'. The device 100 may store information about the relationship between the determined words.

12 is a diagram for explaining a method in which a device selects and uses keywords contained in a plurality of sentence patterns, according to another embodiment.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a plurality of acquired mysteries. The device 100 may display a plurality of mysteries in the form of icons, but is not limited thereto. The device 100 may select a first irrelevant of a plurality of irreversibilities based on the user's input (1210).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a screen on which the first keyword can be selected. For example, the device 100 may display text that allows the user to select the first keyword along with the first query. Specifically, the device 100 may display the keywords included in the first query based on the user's input, and may select one of the displayed keywords as the first keyword based on the user's input (1220).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a screen for selecting a second keyword. Device 100 may select a second affirmative word before selecting the second keyword. The device 100 may preset the second irritation based on the selected first irritation. In addition, the device 100 may select the second question text based on the user's input.

In addition, the device 100 may select both the second and third irregularities. The device 100 can preset the third unknown sentence based on the selected first question, and can select based on the input of the user.

 The device 100 may display a keyword at a lower level of the first keyword among the keywords included in the second query. The user can select the second keyword from the displayed keywords. In addition, the device 100 may display a low-level keyer of the first keyword among the keywords included in the third unknown letter. The device 100 may display the lower level keyword 1232 of the first keyword included in the second query and the lower level keyword 1234 of the first keyword included in the third query. The device 100 may display a keyword in the form of text and may display it in the form of a photograph, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display a screen on which the fourth keyword can be selected. The device 100 can preset the fourth unknown sentence based on the first unknown sentence or the first keyword selected. Further, the device 100 can select the fourth question text based on the user's input from among the plurality of question texts.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 may display the keywords of the lower level of the first keyword, the second keyword, and the third keyword among the keywords included in the fourth unknown letter. The device 100 may select the fourth keyword based on the input of the user among the displayed keywords. For example, the device 100 may include an icon 1242 representing a first keyword and a second keyword, an icon 1244 representing a third keyword, an icon 1246 representing a fourth unknown letter, An icon 1248 indicating a keyword at a lower level of the first keyword, the second keyword, the third keyword, and the fourth keyword among the displayed keywords may be displayed, and the fourth keyword may be displayed You can choose.

The device 100 may perform various functions based on the selected keywords. For example, the device 100 may search for news, tweets, newspaper articles, and the like using selected keywords, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Some embodiments may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium can include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

Also, in this specification, the term " part " may be a hardware component such as a processor or a circuit, and / or a software component executed by a hardware component such as a processor.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

Claims (17)

In a method for a device to perform an application function,
Recognizing a plurality of function groups each matched to a predetermined plurality of utterances based on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Displaying a first function group matched to a first one of the plurality of question texts;
Selecting a first one of the functions included in the displayed first function group according to a user's input;
Displaying a second function group matched to a second unverified document among the selected first function and the plurality of unverified documents;
Selecting a second one of the functions included in the displayed second function group according to a user's input; And
Executing the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Gt; a < / RTI > Wherein the recognizing of the plurality of functional groups comprises:
Collecting information on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Determining a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions according to a predetermined property;
Matching the determined function group to a predetermined plurality of question letters; And
Generating a subordinate function group of functions included in the matched function group;
Gt; a < / RTI > 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second function group is a sub-function group of the selected first function including sub-functions of the selected first function. 2. The method of claim 1,
Determining whether the selected first function and the selected second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Displaying a third function group matched to a third one of the selected first function, the selected second function, and the plurality of unintentional utterances if the determination result is not executable;
Selecting a third one of the functions included in the displayed third function group according to a user's input; And
Executing the selected first function, the selected second function, and the selected third function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Further comprising:
Wherein the third function group is a sub-function group of the selected second function including sub-functions of the selected second function. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first functional group comprises:
And displaying a list of functions included in the first function group. The apparatus of claim 1,
When, What, Which, Where, What, What is the execution method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first irrelevant and the second irrelevant are selected in accordance with a display order set in advance among a plurality of irritation. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second irregularities are determined by receiving a user's input. A function group determination unit for determining a plurality of function groups respectively matched to a predetermined plurality of utterances based on functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Wherein the control unit controls the first function group matched with the first nonce of the plurality of question texts to be displayed on the display unit of the device and selects the first function among the functions included in the displayed first function group according to the input of the user, Selecting a second function among the functions included in the displayed second function group according to an input of a user, selecting a second function among the first function and the second function matched to the second non- part; And
A function execution unit that executes the selected first function and the selected second function using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device;
Lt; / RTI > Wherein the function group determination unit determines,
Collecting information about functions provided by a plurality of applications installed in the device, determining a plurality of function groups by classifying the functions according to a predetermined property, and assigning the determined function group to a plurality of predetermined mental functions And generates a sub-function group of functions included in the matched function group. The device of claim 1, wherein the second function group is a sub-function group of the selected first function including sub-functions of the selected first function. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the function execution unit judges whether the selected first function and the selected second function can be executed using at least one of a plurality of applications installed in the device,
Wherein the function selection unit controls the display unit of the device to display a third function group matched with the third function selected among the selected first function, the selected second function, and the plurality of unintentional utterances, Selects a third function among functions included in the displayed third function group according to a user's input,
And the third function group is a sub-function group of the selected second function including sub-functions of the selected second function. The apparatus of claim 1,
And to display a list of functions included in the first function group. The method according to claim 1,
A device that includes When, Who, Which, Where, How, and What. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first and second irregularities are selected in accordance with a preset display order among a plurality of irritations. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second irregularities are determined by receiving a user's input. 9. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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