Apparatus and method for alerting a state of a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyunghwa Kim
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Abstract
An alert method in a portable terminal which includes: examining an output of a terminal condition detection unit, detecting a condition in which the portable terminal is tiled when an event to examine a designated condition is received or generated, obtaining the alert information from a memory which stores alert information of the designated condition and default alert information, and producing an alert by displaying information of the designated condition if the portable terminal is in the designated condition.
Claims18
A portable terminal having a display unit, apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit to detect an event;
- a terminal condition detection unit to detect a designated condition, the designated condition comprising the terminal being tiled within a range of tilt angles that allow a display screen of the terminal to be viewable at different angles while the terminal is mounted securely on a cradle;
- and
- a controller to:
- detect an output from the terminal condition detection unit to identify whether the terminal is in the designated condition;
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- generate preset alert information in lieu of default alert information, when the terminal is in the designated condition when the event is detected with the communication unit.
An alert method in a portable terminal, the alert method comprising:
- examining an output of a terminal condition detection unit with a controller, when an event is detected by a communication unit, to identify whether the portable terminal is in a designated condition, the designated condition comprising the terminal being tiled within a range of tilt angles that allow a display screen of the terminal to be tilted and to be viewable at different angles while the terminal is mounted securely on a cradle;
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- displaying preset alert information in lieu of default alert information, when the event is detected and the portable terminal is in the designated condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.