WO2013000132A1

WO2013000132A1 - Method for varying settings of a mobile terminal and mobile terminal thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2013000132A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/076564
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李锦为
Original assignee: 宇龙计算机通信科技(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2011-06-29
Filing date: 2011-06-29
Publication date: 2013-01-03
Also published as: CN103621116A

Abstract

A method for varying settings of a mobile terminal is disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal; according to the location information of the mobile terminal, determining whether the mobile terminal locates in a predetermined location area; when the mobile terminal locates in the predetermined location area, varying the settings of the mobile terminal according to the relation of the predetermined location area and the settings of the mobile terminal. A mobile terminal is also disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the mobile terminal can initiatively vary settings of its own when the location of the mobile terminal changes. In this way, user operations to the mobile terminal are reduced, the intelligence of the mobile terminal is improved, thus user experiences are optimized, and user demand of use is satisfied.

Description

Method and mobile terminal for modifying settings of mobile terminal

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and a mobile terminal for modifying settings of a mobile terminal. Background of the invention

With the continuous development of mobile communication technologies, the settings of mobile terminals that users can modify are becoming more and more abundant. For example, if the mobile terminal is a mobile phone, the user can modify the scene mode of the mobile phone, display the theme, modify the settings of the file, modify the settings of the contact, and the like.

In the prior art, the settings of the mobile terminal are manually modified by the user. The user needs to find the menu corresponding to the setting in the mobile terminal, and then can modify it as needed, which is cumbersome. Moreover, in practical applications, some mobile terminal settings need to be changed according to the location of the mobile terminal. For example, some files on a mobile terminal are needed by the user at work, and when leaving the workplace, the user does not want these files to be seen by others. According to the existing method for modifying the setting of the mobile terminal, the user needs to manually modify the settings of the mobile terminal when entering the workplace and when leaving the workplace, and respectively set the display attributes of these files to be displayed and hidden, that is, the user needs more Repeated operations affect the user experience.

It can be seen that, by using the existing method for modifying the setting of the mobile terminal, the operation of the user is cumbersome, especially when the setting of the mobile terminal needs to be changed according to the location of the mobile terminal, the user needs to repeatedly modify the certain location according to the change of the location of the mobile terminal. The settings make the mobile terminal experience unsatisfactory and cannot meet the user's needs. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for modifying the setting of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal, which can automatically modify the setting of the mobile terminal when the location where the mobile terminal is located changes.

The method for modifying the setting of the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: acquiring location information of the mobile terminal;

Determining, according to the location information of the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal is located in a predetermined location range;

When the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined location range, the setting of the mobile terminal is modified according to the relationship of the predetermined location range to the setting of the mobile terminal.

A mobile terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

An obtaining module, configured to acquire location information of the mobile terminal;

a determining module, configured to determine, according to location information of the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal is located in a predetermined location range;

And a modifying module, configured to modify the setting of the mobile terminal according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal when the determining module determines that the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined location range.

It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present invention, the setting of the mobile terminal is modified according to the location information of the mobile terminal. Therefore, when the location where the mobile terminal is located changes, the mobile terminal can actively modify its own settings. In this way, the operation of the mobile terminal is reduced, the intelligence of the mobile terminal is improved, the user experience is optimized, and the user's use needs are satisfied. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in another embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in still another embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. Mode for carrying out the invention

The present invention will be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the settings of the mobile terminal include, but are not limited to, settings for the mobile terminal and settings for information in the mobile terminal. The information in the mobile terminal includes, but is not limited to, files stored in the mobile terminal, installed applications, stored contacts, and the like.

For example, modifying the setting for the mobile terminal may be modifying the scene mode of the mobile terminal, displaying the theme, etc., and modifying the setting for the information in the mobile terminal may be: modifying the attribute of the file to display or hide, starting or closing an application. , modify the properties of a contact to show or hide, and so on.

1 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps.

Step 11: Obtain the location information of the mobile terminal.

In this step, the mobile terminal first acquires its own location information. Specifically, the mobile terminal may acquire its own location information in real time; or obtain its own location information after receiving an acquisition instruction from the user; or acquire its own location information every predetermined time interval.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the location information of the mobile terminal may be a geographic coordinate or a geodetic coordinate of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can pass the global positioning system in the mobile terminal

(Global Positioning System, GPS), obtaining location information of the mobile terminal; acquiring location information of the mobile terminal by using a GPS technology based positioning system (GPS one) technology; or passing a location based service (LBS) , get the mobile end Location information.

Step 12: Determine, according to the location information of the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal is located in a predetermined location range.

In this step, the mobile terminal compares its own location information with a predetermined location range. When it is determined that the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined range, step 13 is performed; otherwise, step 11 is continued.

Step 13: When the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined location range, modify the setting of the mobile terminal according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

In this step, the mobile terminal is located in a predetermined location range, thereby determining the setting of the mobile terminal within the predetermined location range according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal, and modifying the setting of the mobile terminal.

For example, the predetermined location range may be near the user's workplace, and the corresponding mobile terminal may be set to be the mobile terminal's profile mode to the conference mode, and the properties of certain work-related programs are on. In this way, when the user comes to the workplace, the user's mobile terminal's profile is automatically modified to the conference mode, and some work-related programs are automatically opened, and the user does not need to manually modify after reaching the workplace. In addition, the predetermined location range may also be a range outside the workplace or a vicinity of the user's residence, and the corresponding mobile terminal may be set to be a normal mode of the mobile terminal, and the attributes of some work-related programs are shut down. In this way, when the user leaves the workplace or returns to the vicinity of the residence, the scene mode of the user's mobile terminal is automatically modified to the normal mode, and some work-related programs are automatically closed, thereby preventing the user from manually modifying the mobile frequently. Terminal settings.

It can be seen that when the location where the mobile terminal is located changes, the mobile terminal can actively modify its own settings. In this way, the operation of the user on the mobile terminal is reduced, and the intelligence of the mobile terminal is improved, thereby optimizing the user experience and satisfying the user's use needs. In an embodiment, the method of modifying settings of the mobile terminal further includes pre-establishing a relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

Specifically, the mobile terminal may first acquire the predetermined location range determined by the user, and then obtain an operation of determining, by the user, the setting of the mobile terminal and modifying the setting, and associating the predetermined location range with the operation. For example, the predetermined location range determined by the user is near the workplace, and the setting of the mobile terminal determined by the user is the scene mode of the mobile terminal, and the operation of modifying the setting is to modify the scene mode to the conference mode.

The embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below by taking the setting of the mobile terminal as the attribute of the work-related file as an example.

2 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps.

Step 21: Display the map on the mobile terminal and receive the geographic location specified by the user. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the user to set the predetermined location range, the map is displayed on the mobile terminal, and the user can directly specify a certain location on the map, for example, the location specified by the user is his workplace.

Step 22: Receive the user-specified range and use the geographic location and range as the predetermined location range determined by the user.

In this step, the range specified by the user is 2 kilometers, and the mobile terminal determines 2 km near the work site of the user as the predetermined location range.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user can directly input the specified geographical location or directly input the specified geographical location and range, without displaying the map on the mobile terminal, and reducing the time for setting the predetermined location range.

In addition, in this step, after determining a certain range of the location according to the geographical location and range specified by the user, the range outside the location range may be further determined as the predetermined location range according to the user's instruction, thereby increasing the flexibility of the user operation. Sex. For example, in this embodiment, The user can first specify a location range of 2 kilometers near the residence and instruct the range 2 kilometers away from the residence as the predetermined location range.

Step 23: Obtain the operation of the user determining the setting of the mobile terminal and modifying the setting. In this step, the setting of the mobile terminal determined by the user is an attribute of some work-related files, and the operation of modifying the setting is to modify the attribute from hidden to displayed. In practical applications, the user may first select a work-related file and, in accordance with an operation prompt displayed on the mobile terminal, sequentially set an operation for the attributes of these work-related files.

Step 24: Associate the predetermined location range with the operation.

The mobile terminal associates the predetermined location range with a specific operation after receiving the predetermined location range determined by the user and the determined operation for the attribute of the work related file. The specific operation mode can refer to the existing mode, for example, the predetermined position range can be used as an instruction to trigger the operation.

The order of execution of steps 22 and 23 is not limited in this embodiment. In practical applications, the order of execution of steps 22 and 23 may also be exchanged.

Through the above steps 21 to 24, the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal is established. After step 24, the mobile terminal saves the established relationship, so the above steps 21 to 24 need only be performed once, without repeated execution.

Step 25: Obtain the location information of the mobile terminal.

In this step, after setting the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal acquires its own location information in real time, for example, the mobile terminal determines the geographic coordinates of the mobile terminal using GPS.

Step 26: Determine, according to the geographic coordinates of the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal is located within a range of 2 kilometers near the work place. When the mobile terminal is located within 2 km of the workplace, go to step 27, otherwise go to step 25.

Step 27: Modify the movement according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal Terminal settings.

Specifically, when the mobile terminal is located within a range of 2 kilometers in the vicinity of the workplace, according to the relationship established in the above steps 21 to 24, the attribute of the work-related file selected by the user is set to be displayed, so that the user can move These work-related files are seen on the terminal, making it easy for users to work.

The method for modifying the setting in the mobile provided by this embodiment may further include:

When the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined location range, the settings of the mobile terminal are restored. Specifically, if it is determined that the mobile terminal is located 2 kilometers away from the workplace by using the foregoing steps 25 and 26, the setting of the mobile terminal is restored, that is, the attribute of the work-related file selected by the user is reset to be hidden, thereby After the user leaves the workplace, others cannot see these work-related files from the mobile terminal, improving the confidentiality of these work-related documents.

It can be seen that, according to the embodiment, when the mobile terminal is located near the user's workplace, the attributes of the work-related files in the mobile terminal are automatically modified to be displayed, and when the mobile terminal leaves the user's workplace, the mobile terminal The properties of a work-related file are automatically modified to be hidden. In this way, the user does not need to modify the settings of the mobile terminal repeatedly when entering the workplace and leaving the workplace, reducing the operation of the mobile terminal by the user, improving the intelligence of the mobile terminal, thereby optimizing the user experience and satisfying the user. Need to use.

The following takes a mobile terminal as a mobile phone as an example to describe the embodiment of the present invention in detail.

3 is a flow chart of a method of modifying settings of a mobile terminal in still another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following steps.

Step 31: Get the current location of the phone.

In this embodiment, after the user arrives at a certain location, the predetermined location range is set based on the location where the user is currently located.

Specifically, in this step, the LBS in the mobile phone can be used to obtain the current location of the mobile phone. Location.

Step 32: Receive the distance specified by the user, centering on the current location of the mobile phone, and the distance specified by the user is a range of the radius as the predetermined location range.

In the present embodiment, the user-specified distance is 10 kilometers, and the range in which the mobile phone is currently located is centered on the range of 10 kilometers as the predetermined position range. In practical applications, for example, when the user travels to a certain place, the predetermined position range can be conveniently set by the above steps.

Step 33: Obtain the operation of the user to determine the settings of the phone and modify the settings.

In this step, the setting of the mobile phone determined by the user is the attributes of the contacts A, B and C stored in the mobile phone, and the operation of modifying the setting is to modify the attributes of these contacts from the conventional to the screen. In this embodiment, after the attribute of the contact is set to be masked, the short message and the phone of the contact will be blocked. Similarly, the setting of the user-determined mobile phone can also be an application in the mobile phone or the like.

In practical applications, the user can first select contacts and set actions for the attributes of these contacts based on the action prompts displayed on the phone.

Step 34: Associate the predetermined location range with the operation.

In this step, the handset associates the predetermined location range with the modification of the attributes of contacts A, B and C.

Through the above steps 31 to 34, the relationship between the predetermined position range and the setting of the mobile phone is established. After the step 34, the established relationship is saved in the mobile phone, so the above steps 31 to 34 need only be performed once, without repeated execution.

Step 35: Get the location information of the phone.

In this step, the mobile phone automatically acquires its own location information every predetermined time interval. In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the acquisition instruction from the user, the location information of the mobile phone may also be obtained. For example, when a user arrives at a certain place or leaves a certain place, the user can The mobile phone issues an acquisition command.

Step 36: According to the location information of the mobile phone, determine whether the mobile phone is located in the predetermined location range set in step 32. When the mobile phone is located within the predetermined location range, step 37 is performed, otherwise step 35 is performed.

Step 37: Set the properties of contacts A, B, and C in your phone to Block.

In this embodiment, since the current location of the mobile phone has been acquired in steps 31 to 34 and associated with the setting of the mobile phone, step 37 is inevitably performed. From the perspective of the user, the settings of the phone are automatically modified after setting the relationship between the current location of the phone and the settings of the phone.

Similar to the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, by the above steps 35 and 36, it is determined that when the user leaves the predetermined range, the settings of the mobile phone are restored, and the attributes of the contacts A, B and C are modified to be normal.

When the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined location range, the settings of the mobile terminal are restored. It can be seen that, according to the embodiment, when the user reaches a certain place or leaves a certain place, the location where the mobile phone is located changes, and the setting of the mobile phone also changes, thereby reducing the operation of the mobile terminal by the user and improving the intelligence of the mobile terminal. Sex, which optimizes the user's experience and meets the user's needs.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a mobile terminal capable of implementing the above method.

4 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile terminal includes an acquisition module, a determination module, and a modification module.

The obtaining module is configured to obtain location information of the mobile terminal, and the determining module is configured to determine, according to the location information of the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal is located in a predetermined location range, where the determining module is configured to determine that the mobile terminal is located at a predetermined location. In the range, the setting of the mobile terminal is modified according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modifying module is further configured to restore the setting of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined location range. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal further includes a relationship establishing module, configured to establish a relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

The relationship establishing module may include a range obtaining submodule, an operation obtaining submodule, and an associated submodule. The range obtaining sub-module is configured to obtain the predetermined location range determined by the user; the operation obtaining sub-module is configured to acquire an operation of determining, by the user, the setting of the mobile terminal, and modifying the setting; the association sub-module is configured to associate the predetermined location range with the operating.

In an embodiment of the invention, the range obtaining submodule comprises: a first unit for displaying a map to the user and receiving a geographical location specified by the user, a second unit for receiving the range specified by the user, and The geographic location and range are taken as the third unit of the predetermined location range.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the range acquisition sub-module is specifically configured to directly acquire a predetermined location range input by the user.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the range obtaining submodule includes: a fourth unit for acquiring a location where the mobile terminal is currently located, a fifth unit for receiving the distance specified by the user, and a sixth unit, the first unit The six units are used to center the location where the mobile terminal is currently located, and the range specified by the user as the radius is the predetermined location range.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring module is specifically configured to acquire the location information of the mobile terminal in real time; after receiving the acquisition instruction from the user, acquire the location information of the mobile terminal; or acquire the location of the mobile terminal every predetermined time interval. information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring module includes: a GPS submodule that acquires location information of the mobile terminal by using GPS in the mobile terminal; or a GPS one submodule that acquires location information of the mobile terminal by using GPS one technology, or An LBS sub-module that acquires location information of the mobile terminal through the LBS.

It can be seen that, according to the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the location where the mobile terminal is located changes, the mobile terminal can actively modify its own settings. This way, it has been reduced The operation of the mobile terminal by the user improves the intelligence of the mobile terminal, thereby optimizing the user experience and satisfying the user's use needs.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

Claim

A method for modifying a setting of a mobile terminal, comprising: acquiring location information of a mobile terminal;

When the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined location range, the setting of the mobile terminal is modified according to the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: restoring settings of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined location range.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

Establishing a relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

The method according to claim 3, wherein the establishing the relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal comprises:

Obtaining the predetermined location range determined by the user;

Obtaining an operation of determining, by the user, the setting of the mobile terminal and modifying the setting; associating the predetermined location range with the operation.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining the predetermined location range determined by the user comprises:

Display a map to the user;

Receiving a geographic range specified by the user;

The geographic extent is taken as the predetermined range of locations determined by the user.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining the predetermined location range determined by the user comprises: directly acquiring the predetermined location range input by the user.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining user determines The predetermined location range includes:

Obtaining a location where the mobile terminal is currently located;

Receiving the distance specified by the user;

Centering on the current location of the mobile terminal, the user-specified distance is a range of radii as the predetermined location range.

The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the location information of the mobile terminal comprises:

Acquiring location information of the mobile terminal in real time;

After receiving the acquisition instruction from the user, acquiring location information of the mobile terminal; or acquiring location information of the mobile terminal every predetermined time interval.

The method according to claim 8, wherein the acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal comprises:

Obtaining location information of the mobile terminal by using a Global Positioning System (GPS) in the mobile terminal;

Obtaining location information of the mobile terminal by using a GPS technology based positioning system (GPS one) technology; or

The location information of the mobile terminal is obtained through a Location Based Service (LBS).

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting of the mobile terminal comprises a setting for a mobile terminal;

The modifying the settings of the mobile terminal includes:

Modifying a scenario of the mobile terminal;

Modifying the display theme of the mobile terminal.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting of the mobile terminal comprises setting for information in a mobile terminal, and the information in the mobile terminal comprises the At least one of a file stored in the mobile terminal, an installed application, and a stored contact;

The modifying the settings of the mobile terminal includes:

Modifying the attributes of the file to show or hide, starting or closing the application and modifying the attributes of the contact to at least one of display or hide.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

And a modifying module, configured to: when the determining module determines that the mobile terminal is located in the predetermined location range, modify a setting of the mobile terminal according to a relationship between the predetermined location range and a setting of the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the modifying module is further configured to restore the setting of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined location range.

The mobile terminal according to claim 12, further comprising: a relationship establishing module, configured to establish a relationship between the predetermined location range and the setting of the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the relationship establishing module comprises:

a range obtaining sub-module, configured to obtain the predetermined location range determined by the user; and an operation obtaining sub-module, configured to acquire an operation of determining, by the user, the setting of the mobile terminal and modifying the setting;

An association submodule is configured to associate the predetermined location range with the operation.

The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein the range acquisition The submodules include:

a first unit, configured to display a map to the user;

a second unit, configured to receive the geographic range specified by the user;

And a third unit, configured to use the geographic range as the predetermined location range determined by the user.

The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein the range acquisition sub-module is specifically configured to directly acquire the predetermined location range input by the user.

The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein the range acquisition submodule comprises:

a fourth unit, configured to acquire a current location of the mobile terminal;

a fifth unit, configured to receive the distance specified by the user;

And a sixth unit, configured to use a range in which the user specifies a distance as a radius centering on a location where the mobile terminal is currently located, as the predetermined location range.

The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the acquiring module is configured to acquire location information of the mobile terminal in real time, and obtain location information of the mobile terminal after receiving an acquisition instruction from a user; Or obtaining location information of the mobile terminal every predetermined time interval.

The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the acquiring module comprises:

a GPS submodule, where the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained by using GPS in the mobile terminal; or

a GPS one sub-module, which acquires location information of the mobile terminal by using a GPS one technology; or

The LBS submodule is configured to obtain location information of the mobile terminal by using an LBS.