Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090292782 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEETING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of managing meeting information using the same are provided. The method of managing meeting information using a first mobile terminal includes acquiring meeting information including identification data of at least one location data sharing mobile terminal existing within a meeting distance from the present location of the first mobile terminal in response to a request to acquire meeting information, and displaying the meeting information in response to a request to search the meeting information. | 11-26-2009 |
20090299620 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING ROUTES OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a navigation function of a portable terminal. The invention provides a route search method of a portable terminal to provide various route search option in the navigation function, besides a conventional search option that guides a shortest route. | 12-03-2009 |
20090305725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICE INFORMATION USING LOCATION INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method and system to provide service information to a portable terminal based on the location information associated with the portable terminal. The service information providing method is performed in such a way that a server acquires location information associated with the portable terminal and service information corresponding to the location information. The portable terminal may acquire and store the service information from the server. The portable terminal user can also identify new service information regarding a place where the user is located. | 12-10-2009 |
20090315705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCATION ALARM IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method that can control a location alarm in a portable terminal. The apparatus can operate in multiples modes. The apparatus can determine whether set location information exists, and can check if location information corresponding to a current location of the apparatus exists. The apparatus can also determine whether the current location information corresponds to the set location information and may output an alarm if the current location information corresponds to the set location information. | 12-24-2009 |
20100004854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION-BASED SCHEDULING SERVICE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a location information-based scheduling service is disclosed. The method includes determining a meeting point or appointed place based on location information associated with a plurality of portable terminals. The method includes suggesting various routes and means to travel to the appointed place; and providing data content to a user of a first portable terminal until one or more users associated with the other portable terminals arrive at the appointed place. The appointed place can be determined based on a distance between all the portable terminals and/or their respective movement times. Users can share their expected arrival times and information regarding their current locations while traveling towards the appointed place. If a portable terminal user requests a content while waiting for other users to arrive, the surplus time can be calculated and available contents can be provided within the surplus time. | 01-07-2010 |
20100262933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SELECTING AN ITEM - A method and an apparatus of selecting an item rapidly and with a high degree of precision in devices including but not limited to portable terminals. The method of selecting an item includes: displaying a cursor having an area where an item can be selected; checking an item located in the area; and recognizing the item in the area as a selection schedule item. A user may quickly select a desired item to execute a properly corresponding function. | 10-14-2010 |
20110193806 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE DISPLAY UNITS AND DATA HANDLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having multiple display units is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes, a display means having multiple display units, a storage unit for storing at least one application program that outputs data on at least one of the display units when activated, and a control unit for examining a presentation attribute of an application program selected according to an input signal or preset schedule information, and for controlling at least one of the display units to output data generated by the selected application program after activation according to the presentation attribute. | 08-11-2011 |
20110195723 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ECO-FRIENDLY USER INTERFACE - Methods and mobile devices for providing various eco-friendly User Interfaces (UIs) are provided. In one method for providing the eco-friendly UI, the mobile device measures a recharging amount or time, displays the recharging amount or time, and determines whether the recharging amount or time is more than a predefined critical amount or time. If the recharging amount or time is more than the critical amount or time, the mobile device is transitioned into an executable state of a specific application. This may give a user motivation to use a solar charge system and thereby reduce battery consumption of the mobile device. | 08-11-2011 |
20120060117 | USER INTERFACE PROVIDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for providing a user interface are disclosed. The apparatus provides a visible area composed of a first touch region to receive a touch gesture for shifting list items and a second touch region to receive a touch gesture for changing selection status of each item. | 03-08-2012 |
20120210201 | OPERATION METHOD FOR MEMO FUNCTION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method for providing a memo function and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal includes: a memory for storing at least one user function; a display unit for outputting screen information according to an activation of the at least one user function; an input unit for generating an input signal corresponding to a function call for creating a memo in a state that a screen according to the activation of the user function is output; and a controller performing a control operation to tag activation information of the user function including at least one of screen information, audio information, or user function information that is output according to the activation of the user function to the created memo and to store a tagged memo as a tagging memo. | 08-16-2012 |
20130054229 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE RECORDING OF DATA - A portable device performs a multiple recording function by which data is recorded using different recording techniques. The device includes at least one of an input unit and a touch panel, which creates or supports an input signal for activating an audio-related function and an input signal for activating the multiple recording function while the audio-related function is performed. The device further includes a display panel configured to output a memo writing screen of a memo function in response to the activation of the multiple recording function, the memo writing screen allowing the activation of a voice recording function. The device also includes a control unit configured to control the output of the memo writing screen. | 02-28-2013 |
20140115517 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ECO-FRIENDLY USER INTERFACE - Methods and mobile devices for providing various eco-friendly User Interfaces (UIs) are provided. In one method for providing the eco-friendly UI, the mobile device measures a recharging amount or time, displays the recharging amount or time, and determines whether the recharging amount or time is more than a predefined critical amount or time. If the recharging amount or time is more than the critical amount or time, the mobile device is transitioned into an executable state of a specific application. This may give a user motivation to use a solar charge system and thereby reduce battery consumption of the mobile device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140192137 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for obtaining image data for video communication in an electronic device are provided. In an embodiment, a method and an apparatus for providing a video communication function that simultaneously uses image data obtained via a plurality of cameras. In the method, first image data is obtained using a first camera. Second image data is obtained using a second camera. The first image data is merged with the second image data. The merged image data is transmitted to a second electronic device. Other embodiments are possible. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192229 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER'S EMOTIONAL INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for providing emotional information in an electronic device are provided. At least one content is displayed. Emotional information is extracted from an image obtained via a camera. The emotional information is added to the content. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192232 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGE DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for recording image data in an electronic device are provided. The method includes storing image data of different directions obtained via a plurality of cameras. In the method for storing image data in an electronic device, first image data and second image data are obtained. A state of an object of the second image data is determined while the first image data is stored. When the state of the object of the second image data meets a certain condition, the second image data is stored together with the first image data. | 07-10-2014 |
20140343938 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING CONVERSATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for recording conversation is provided. The method includes capturing content, receiving at least one voice signal, distinguishing at least one person corresponding to the at least one voice signal by analyzing the at least one voice signal, converting the at least one voice signal into a text corresponding to the at least one voice signal, and displaying the text in the captured content to correspond to the distinguished at least one person. | 11-20-2014 |
20140354848 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EDITING DUAL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for editing a dual image and a method thereof are provided. The method includes storing at least one photographed front and rear images, respectively, and editing a stored dual image using at least the one stored front and rear images. | 12-04-2014 |