TW201348994A - Method and apparatus for data collection - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for data collection are provided. In the method, a container is created in a user interface of an electronic apparatus, and at least one attribute parameter of the container is further defined. Then, an application is added to the container. When the application in the container is executed, the at least one attribute parameter is referenced to collect data and finally a result of data collection is generated.

Description

Data collection method and device

The present invention relates to a data collection method and apparatus, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for collecting data by referring to attribute parameters of a container.

With the rapid development of technology, handheld smart devices are becoming more and more popular, and applications installed on such devices are also new, covering life information, games, books, consumer, music, social and other applications. Some of the applications provide data collection. Users only need to select the options or categories of the data to be collected on the user interface of the application. The application will automatically collect relevant information on the network and sort them. After sorting, it is displayed on the user interface for reference to the user.

However, such applications typically perform online data collection based on a search mechanism developed by the developer to present the collected data to the user. In general, the application does not pre-filter or limit the collected data to the specific needs of the user, so that the data collected by the application usually does not meet the needs of the user. As a result, the user still has to spend a lot of time checking or filtering the data after using the application to collect the data, or redefining all of the application interface on the user interface each time the data collection is performed. Filter or qualify to get the information you want.

In view of this, the present invention provides a data collection method and a data collection device, which can filter or limit the collected data in advance according to the specific needs of the user.

The invention provides a data collecting method, which is suitable for a data collecting device, and the data collecting device provides a user interface. The method includes creating a container at a user interface and defining at least one attribute parameter for the container, and then adding the application to the container. When the application is executed, at least one attribute parameter is referenced to collect data and generate a data collection result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of collecting data by referring to at least one attribute parameter and generating a data collection result includes collecting the data by using the attribute parameter as an additional keyword, and generating a data collection result including the additional keyword.

In an embodiment of the invention, the step of collecting the data by referring to the at least one attribute parameter and generating the data collection result comprises arranging the plurality of collected data in the data collection result according to the at least one attribute parameter.

In an embodiment of the invention, the step of collecting the data and generating the data collection result by referring to the at least one attribute parameter comprises filtering the collected data including the at least one attribute parameter in the data collection result according to the at least one attribute parameter.

In an embodiment of the invention, the step of defining at least one attribute parameter of the container includes displaying a property field of the container, and receiving an input operation of the user for the attribute field to define an attribute parameter of the container.

In an embodiment of the invention, the step of defining at least one attribute parameter of the container comprises receiving a selection operation for the data source, whereby the attribute parameter is imported from the data source. The sources of information include contact information, account numbers, web pages, documents or photos built into or connected to the electronic device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of adding an application to the container includes moving the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, copying the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, Download the app from the Internet to the container, or create a new app into the container.

In an embodiment of the invention, the container is a folder, and the attribute parameter corresponds to a contact's profile.

The invention further provides a data collecting device, which comprises a display module and a processing module. The display module is used to display the user interface. The processing module is coupled to the display module for creating a container on the user interface, defining at least one attribute parameter for the container, and adding the application to the container. When the application is executed, the processing module refers to the attribute parameters to collect data and generate a data collection result.

In an embodiment of the invention, the processing module collects the data by using the attribute parameter as an additional keyword, and generates a data collection result including the additional keyword.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module is configured to arrange a plurality of collected data in the data collection result according to the attribute parameter.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module filters the collected data including the attribute parameter in the data collection result according to the attribute parameter.

In an embodiment of the invention, the display module displays the attribute field of the container, and the processing module receives the input operation of the attribute field by the user to define the attribute parameter of the container.

In an embodiment of the invention, the processing module further receives a user's selection operation on the data source, and the attribute parameter is imported from the data source. The sources of information include contact information, account numbers, web pages, documents or photos built into or connected to the electronic device.

In an embodiment of the invention, the processing module moves the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, copies the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, and downloads the application from the Internet. Go to the container or create a new application into the container.

Based on the above, the present invention provides a data collecting method and apparatus for establishing a container for accommodating an application on a user interface and defining attribute parameters of the container. Thereby, when the application in the container is executed, the device refers to the attribute parameter of the container to collect the data and generate the data collection result. In this way, the collected data can be filtered or limited in advance according to the specific needs of the user, thereby effectively reducing the time taken by the user to organize the collected data.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

In the invention, when the user uses the application for data collection, a folder for accommodating the application is created in advance on the user interface of the device, and some attribute parameters are defined for the folder, for example, the contact location, gender, Information such as company or birthday, and install or place the application in this folder. When the application in this folder is executed, it can perform online data collection, sorting or filtering by referring to the attribute parameters of this folder. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the efficiency with which the user collects the required data using the application.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the data collecting device 10 includes a display module 11 and a processing module 12 . The data collecting device 10 of the present embodiment may be an electronic device such as a smart mobile device (Smart Mobile Device), a notebook computer, or a desktop computer, but is not limited thereto. The functions of the display module 11 and the processing module 12 will be described below.

The display module 11 is used to display a user interface for the user to interact with the data collection device 10. In the embodiment, the display module 11 displays the user interface on the screen (not shown) of the data collecting device 10, and displays corresponding information on the user interface according to the input operation of the user. In addition, the user interface is, for example, a user interface provided by Microsoft Windows operating system (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Unix, Android, iOS, or other operating system, and the present invention does not limit the types of user interfaces.

The processing module 12 is connected to the display module 11 for establishing a container (such as a folder) on the user interface, and defining at least one attribute parameter (such as a folder attribute or a contact's related personal data) for the container. And add the app to this container. When the application in the container is executed, the processing module 12 can refer to the attribute parameters of the container to collect data and generate data collection results.

The display module 11 and the processing module 12 described above are, for example, hardware devices composed of logic circuit elements, and can perform data collection functions. These modules may also be programs stored in a hard disk or a memory of the data collecting device 10, which may be loaded into the processor of the data collecting device 10 to perform a data collecting function.

For example, FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a container and its attribute parameters according to an embodiment of the invention. It should be noted that the embodiment of the data collecting device 20 is substantially similar to the data collecting device 10, and thus the embodiments thereof are not described herein.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the data collecting device 20 creates a folder 22 (ie, a container) in the user interface 21 displayed according to the user's input operation, and defines the attribute parameter 221 of the folder 22 according to the user's needs. The attribute parameters 221 are, for example, "PC", "NB", and "acer".

Referring to FIG. 2B, FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of an application disposed in a container according to an embodiment of the invention. When the folder 22 of FIG. 2A is expanded, the data collecting device 20 displays the application 23 in the folder 22. According to this, when the application 23 in the folder 22 (for example, an application that can view news online) is executed, data collection is performed. The device 20 will collect data by referring to the attribute parameters of the folder 22 (ie, "PC", "NB", and "acer"), and generate data collection results. Accordingly, it is effectively avoided to blindly collect a lot of data that is inconsistent with the user's needs, and can reduce the time taken by the user to re-screen or sort the collected data.

It should be noted here that the present invention does not limit the type of the application 23. In other words, any application 23 having data collection or similar functions can be applied to embodiments of the present invention. In addition, in this embodiment, the container is embodied in the form of a folder, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in another embodiment of the invention, the container may also be an abstract grouping concept. For example, grouping applications by group and defining individual attribute parameters for each group can achieve the same goal.

The data collection method applicable to the data collecting device 10 will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for collecting data according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 at the same time. In step S310, the processing module 12 creates a container in the user interface and defines at least one attribute parameter of the container, wherein the attribute parameter is, for example, a personal information such as a contact location, gender, company, or birthday, or It is other various types of attribute materials, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an attribute input window according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 4. In this embodiment, the data collecting device displays the attribute field of the container in the attribute input window 41, and receives the input operation of the attribute field by the user to define the container to One less attribute parameter. That is, the user can define the attribute parameters of the container by inputting the attribute parameters in the attribute field 411, wherein the attribute field 411 corresponds to an attribute parameter of the container.

However, in another embodiment of the present invention, the data collecting device may further receive a user's selection operation of the information source to import the attribute parameter by the selected data source, wherein the selected data source is, for example, data. Collect contact information, account numbers, web pages, files or photos built into or connected to the device. For example, when the data collection device receives the contact information (such as the contact information on a webpage) that the user clicks on the external connection, the data collection device retrieves the personal data of the contact person (for example, the location of the contact person) , gender, company or birthday, etc.), and then import these personal data into the attribute parameters of the container.

Referring again to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, in step S320, the processing module 12 adds the application to the container. In this embodiment, the processing module 12 moves the application from the other parts of the user interface (such as other folders or disk areas) to the container, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the processing module 12 may also copy applications from the other parts of the user interface to the container, download the application from the Internet to the container, or create a new application into the container. In particular, in one embodiment of the invention, the shortcut of the application can also be used as an embodiment of the application and container being associated with each other. In other words, if you add a shortcut to an application already in the data collection device in the container, the application will get the container of its shortcut when the user triggers the shortcut of the application to execute the application. Attribute parameters, and Refer to these attribute parameters to perform data collection actions and generate data collection results.

In step S330, the processing module 12 determines whether an application in the container is executed. If no application is executed, the processing module 12 continuously determines; when an application is executed, for example, the user clicks on the application icon or shortcut in the folder to execute the application, and the processing module is processed in step S340. Group 12 will refer to the container's attribute parameters to collect data and generate data collection results. The data collection method of the present invention will be described in more detail below in various embodiments.

In one embodiment of the invention, the attribute parameters of the container are additional keywords used as an application to collect data to substantially increase the efficiency of the user in collecting data related to particular attribute parameters.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a data collection method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5. In step S510, the processing module 12 creates a container in the user interface and defines at least one attribute parameter of the container. In particular, in this embodiment, the attribute parameter of the container is an additional keyword when collecting data as an application in the container. In step S520, the processing module 12 adds the application to the container. And in step S530, the processing module 12 determines whether an application in the container is executed. If no application is executed, the processing module 12 continues to determine; when an application is executed, in step S540, the processing module 12 collects data by using the attribute parameter of the container as an additional keyword, and generates Data collection results with additional keywords.

For example, if the processing module 12 defines a folder in step S510, it has the attribute parameters of "Lin Shuhao" (for example, Lin Shuhao's place of residence: New York, occupation: basketball and education: university graduation, etc.). Then, in step S540, when the application module executes the application, it collects the data according to the attribute parameters related to these "Lin Shuhao" as additional keywords, and generates parameters that meet the attribute parameters (such as New York, basketball or college graduation, etc.) ) data collection results. More specifically, in an embodiment, if the executed application is an application for collecting weather data, the processing module 12 directly collects weather data of New York because of the attribute parameters of the place of residence in the folder. Is "New York" (that is, additional keywords). Applications with other functions refer to the corresponding attribute parameters when they run, depending on the data characteristics they collect. Accordingly, the user does not need to spend extra time to filter the data collected by the application, but can improve the efficiency of collecting data related to a specific target.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the attribute parameter of the container may be used to arrange multiple pieces of collected data in the data collection result, for example, the collected information corresponding to the attribute parameter is preferentially displayed in the first few of the data collection result. In order for the user to read first.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for collecting data according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 6. In step S610, the processing module 12 creates a container in the user interface and defines at least one attribute parameter of the container. In particular, in the present embodiment, the attribute parameter of the container is used as a plurality of pieces of collected data in the result of the arrangement data collection. In step S620, the processing module 12 adds the application to the container. At step S630 The processing module 12 determines whether an application in the container is executed. If no application is executed, the processing module 12 continues to determine; when an application is executed, first in step S640, the processing module 12 collects the data by the function of the application itself and generates a data collection result. Then in step S650, the processing module 12 arranges the plurality of pieces of collected data of the data collection result according to the attribute parameters of the container.

For example, if the processing module 12 defines a folder with the attribute parameter of the contact person "Jing Shuhao" in step S610. Then, in step S650, the processing module 12 first determines whether the data collection result generated by the processing module 12 matches the data of the "Lin Shuhao" attribute parameter, and moves the data conforming to the "Lin Shuhao" attribute parameter to the front of the data collection result list to For users to refer to. More specifically, in an embodiment, if the executed application is an application for viewing news reports, the processing module 12 first generates the news collected by the application, and then according to "Lin Shuhao". The attribute parameters are used to sort the collected news. For example, the news headlines or news content of these news items have the news of "Lin Shuhao" in the front or the end of the list of collected data results. According to this, when the user consults the collected data, the user can quickly find the data related to the container attribute parameter and reduce the time it takes to interpret the collected data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the attribute parameter of the container is used to filter the collected data including the attribute parameter in the data collection result, so as to exclude the user from prior interest before the user consults the collected data. data of.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for collecting data according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 7. In step S710, the processing module 12 creates a container in the user interface and defines at least one attribute parameter of the container. In particular, in the present embodiment, the attribute parameter of the container is used as the collected data that is not required in the filtering data collection result. In step S720, the processing module 12 adds the application to the container. And in step S730, the processing module 12 determines whether an application in the container is executed. If no application is executed, the processing module 12 continues to determine; when an application is executed, first in step S740, the processing module 12 collects data and generates a data collection result by using the function of the application itself. The data collection result includes at least one collected data. Then, in step S750, the processing module 12 filters the collected data including the attribute parameter in the data collection result according to the attribute parameter of the container.

For example, if the processing module 12 defines a "restricted level" movie rating attribute parameter for the folder in step S710. Then, in step S750, the processing module 12 first determines whether the collected data in the data collection result (for example, the recently released movie list) has the collected data of the movie rating attribute parameter including the "restricted level". The processing module 12 then filters out the collected data of the movie rating attribute parameters including the "restricted level" to prevent the underage users from viewing the restricted-level movie material. According to this, the user can exclude the undesired data according to the customized attribute parameters, and reduce the time taken for the additional data screening.

In summary, the data collection method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention establish a capacity for accommodating an application on a user interface. And define the attribute parameters for this container. Thereby, when the application in the container is executed, the device refers to the attribute parameter of the container to collect the data and generate the data collection result. Wherein, when the application in the container is executed, the device may use the attribute parameter of the container as an additional keyword to collect data, arrange the collected data, or filter the collected data. In this way, the collected data can be filtered or limited in advance according to the specific needs of the user, thereby effectively reducing the time taken by the user to organize the collected data.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

10, 20‧‧‧ data collection device

11‧‧‧Display module

12‧‧‧Processing module

21‧‧‧User interface

22‧‧‧ Folders

221‧‧‧Attribute parameters

23‧‧‧Applications

41‧‧‧Property input window

411‧‧‧ attribute field

S310~S340‧‧‧ steps of the data collection method of one embodiment of the present invention

S510~S540‧‧‧ steps of data collection method of one embodiment of the present invention

S610~S650‧‧‧ steps of data collection method of one embodiment of the present invention

S710~S750‧‧‧ steps of the data collection method of one embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a schematic diagram of a container and its attribute parameters according to an embodiment of the invention.

2B is a schematic diagram of an application disposed in a container according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a data collection method according to an embodiment of the invention.

4 is a schematic diagram of an attribute input window according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a data collection method according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a data collection method according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a data collection method according to an embodiment of the invention.

10‧‧‧ data collection device

11‧‧‧Display module

12‧‧‧Processing module

Claims (18)

A data collecting method is applicable to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device provides a user interface, the data collecting method includes: establishing a container in the user interface, and defining at least one attribute parameter of the container; adding an application And to the container; and when the application is executed, refer to the at least one attribute parameter to collect data and generate a data collection result. The method for collecting data according to claim 1, wherein the step of collecting the data by referring to the at least one attribute parameter and generating the data collecting result comprises: collecting the data by using the at least one attribute parameter as an additional keyword, and Generate the data collection result containing the additional keyword. The method for collecting data according to claim 1, wherein the step of collecting the data by referring to the at least one attribute parameter and generating the data collecting result comprises: arranging the plurality of data in the data collecting result according to the at least one attribute parameter gather information. The data collecting method of claim 1, wherein the step of collecting the data by referring to the at least one attribute parameter and generating the data collecting result comprises: filtering the data collecting result according to the at least one attribute parameter to include the at least At least one collection of information of an attribute parameter. The data collecting method of claim 1, wherein the step of defining the at least one attribute parameter of the container comprises: displaying an attribute field of the container; and receiving an input operation for the attribute field, Defining the at least one attribute parameter of the container. The data collecting method of claim 1, wherein the step of defining the at least one attribute parameter of the container comprises: receiving a selection operation for a data source, wherein the at least one attribute is imported from the data source parameter. The method for collecting data as described in claim 6 wherein the source of the information includes contact information, an account number, a web page, a file or a photo built into or connected to the electronic device. The method for collecting data according to claim 1, wherein the step of adding the application to the container comprises: moving the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, from the user interface The other part copies the application into the container, downloads the application from the Internet to the container, or creates a new application into the container. The method for collecting data according to claim 1, wherein the container is a folder, and the attribute parameter corresponds to a person profile of a contact person. A data collecting device comprising: a display module for displaying a user interface; a processing module, connecting the display module, establishing a container in the user interface, defining at least one attribute parameter of the container, and adding an application to the container, wherein when the application is executed, The processing module refers to the at least one attribute parameter to collect data and generate a data collection result. The data collecting device of claim 10, wherein the processing module collects the data by using the at least one attribute parameter as an additional keyword, and generates the data collecting result including the additional keyword. The data collecting device of claim 10, wherein the processing module arranges the plurality of collected data in the data collecting result according to the at least one attribute parameter. The data collection device of claim 10, wherein the processing module filters at least one of the collected data including the at least one attribute parameter in the data collection result according to the at least one attribute parameter. The data collecting device of claim 10, wherein the display module displays an attribute field of the container, and the processing module receives an input operation for the attribute field to define the at least the container. An attribute parameter. The data collecting device of claim 10, wherein the processing module receives a selection operation for a data source, wherein the at least one attribute parameter is imported from the data source. The data collecting device of claim 15, wherein the data source includes contact information, an account number, a webpage, a file or a photo built into or connected to the electronic device. The data collection device of claim 10, wherein the processing module moves the application from the other part of the user interface to the container, and copies the application from the other part of the user interface to the container. Download the application from the Internet to the container or create a new application into the container. The data collecting device of claim 10, wherein the container is a folder, and the at least one attribute parameter corresponds to a person profile of a contact person.