Apparatus and method for function setting event in mobile terminal according to user position information
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-Ji Kim, Jae-Ho Kim, Jeong-Wook Seo
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile terminal, the event occurrence and process is expressed by corresponding character User Interfaces (UIs). When user position information confirming event and function setting related event occur, they can be expressed through the character agent function.
Claims19
An apparatus for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing character user interface (UI) images according to a user position information confirming event and a function setting event, and storing the user position information;
- a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for receiving the user position information;
- an event collection unit for sensing an event occurrence, and generating an event message for identifying the corresponding event;
- an agent control unit, comprising a plurality of specialists according to the events, for determining the specialist corresponding to the event message among the plurality of specialists, selecting and outputting a character UI according to the events of the determined specialist;
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- an agent expression unit for accessing and outputting a character image and text corresponding to the character UI according to the events.
A method for processing a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the method comprising:
- storing user position information confirming event when the user position information confirming event occurs;
- confirming specialists preset to process a corresponding user position information confirming event;
- processing the corresponding event by calling the confirmed specialists;
- confirming the results of the process by the specialists that have processed the event;
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- displaying an expression related to the results of the process preset by the specialists according to the results of process.
A method for processing a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information, the method comprising:
- confirming user position information received through a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for a preset period;
- judging whether a user has stayed in the position for longer than a reference time;
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- storing the user position information and a setting state of the mobile terminal if the user has stayed in the position for longer than the reference time as determined by the judging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.