Electronic apparatus capable of applying the design of a UI component based on the device's usage environment and the operating method thereof

An operating method of an electronic apparatus capable of applying the design of a UI component based on the device's usage environment, comprising:

• maintaining a table storage unit storing a first table in which a place code corresponding to each of predetermined n, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or more, types of places is recorded and a second table in which a time zone code corresponding to each of predetermined k, wherein k is a natural number of 2 or more, time zones is recorded;
• maintaining a template storage unit storing a template set for each of a plurality of predetermined UI components, in which the template set for each of the plurality of UI components means a set constituted by a plurality of design templates pre-made for expressing each UI component, and a place code and a time zone code pre-specified to match each design template from the n types of places and the k time zones, respectively are allocated to the plurality of design templates included in the template set for each of the plurality of UI components;
• displaying, when an application constituted by the plurality of UI components is driven in the electronic apparatus, a query message for querying whether to apply UI designs of the plurality of UI components constituting the application as a design which matches the place and the time zone on a screen;
• collecting, when a positive response for the query message is received from the user of the electronic apparatus, current positional information of the electronic apparatus, and confirming at which place among the n types of places the electronic apparatus is positioned by referring to prestored map data, and at the same time, confirming in which time zone among the k time zones a time zone of a current time point is;
• confirming, when a first place is confirmed as a place at which the electronic apparatus is positioned and the time zone of the current time point is confirmed as a first time zone, a first place code corresponding to the first place by referring to the first table and confirming a first time zone code corresponding to the first time zone by referring to the second table;
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• matching a design template to which the first place code and the first time zone code are allocated among a plurality of design templates included in the template set corresponding to each UI component by referring to the template storage unit with respect to each of the plurality of UI components constituting the application, and then applying the UI design of each of the plurality of UI components constituting the application as the design template which matches each UI component.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded therein for allowing a computer to execute an operating method of an electronic apparatus capable of applying the design of a UI component based on the device's usage environment, comprising:

• maintaining a table storage unit storing a first table in which a place code corresponding to each of predetermined n, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or more, types of places is recorded and a second table in which a time zone code corresponding to each of predetermined k, wherein k is a natural number of 2 or more, time zones is recorded;
• maintaining a template storage unit storing a template set for each of a plurality of predetermined UI components, in which the template set for each of the plurality of UI components means a set constituted by a plurality of design templates pre-made for expressing each UI component, and a place code and a time zone code pre-specified to match each design template from the n types of places and the k time zones, respectively are allocated to the plurality of design templates included in the template set for each of the plurality of UI components;
• displaying, when an application constituted by the plurality of UI components is driven in the electronic apparatus, a query message for querying whether to apply UI designs of the plurality of UI components constituting the application as a design which matches the place and the time zone on a screen;
• collecting, when a positive response for the query message is received from the user of the electronic apparatus, current positional information of the electronic apparatus, and confirming at which place among the n types of places the electronic apparatus is positioned by referring to prestored map data, and at the same time, confirming in which time zone among the k time zones a time zone of a current time point is;
• confirming, when a first place is confirmed as a place at which the electronic apparatus is positioned and the time zone of the current time point is confirmed as a first time zone, a first place code corresponding to the first place by referring to the first table and confirming a first time zone code corresponding to the first time zone by referring to the second table;
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• matching a design template to which the first place code and the first time zone code are allocated among a plurality of design templates included in the template set corresponding to each UI component by referring to the template storage unit with respect to each of the plurality of UI components constituting the application, and then applying the UI design of each of the plurality of UI components constituting the application as the design template which matches each UI component.