Method and apparatus for providing updated information using power control in portable terminal device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoung-youl KIM, Hong-sam Kim
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Abstract
A method of providing updated information using power control in a portable terminal device. The method includes connecting to a server periodically by supplying power at predetermined time intervals; determining whether or not updated information exists in the connected server; and according to a result of determining, selectively outputting the updated information on a predetermined basis when the updated information is determined to exist in the connected server.
Claims24
A method of providing updated information using power control in a portable terminal device, the method comprising:
- connecting to a server periodically by supplying power at predetermined time intervals;
- determining whether updated information exists in the connected server;
- and
- selectively outputting the updated information on a predetermined basis when the updated information is determined to exist in the connected server.
A portable terminal device to provide updated information using power control, the portable terminal device comprising:
- a power control unit to control power supplied to the portable terminal device;
- a communication module to periodically connect to a server at predetermined time intervals based on the power control of the power control unit;
- a determination unit to determine whether updated information exists in the connected server;
- and
- an information provider to selectively output the updated information on a predetermined basis when the updated information exists according to a result of the determination unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.