Portable device and method for providing notice information thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016309307-A1
Application number	US-201615096516-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 12, 2016
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A portable device providing notice information and a method for providing the notice information thereof are provided. The portable device includes a display configured to be divided into areas respectively corresponding to types of notice information, and a controller configured to sense an event corresponding to the notice information, and control the display to activate pixels included in an area corresponding to a type of the notice information, and inactivate pixels included in an area not corresponding to the type of the notice information, among the areas, in response to the controller sensing the event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable device configured to provide notice information, the portable device comprising:
a display configured to be divided into areas respectively corresponding to types of notice information; and a controller configured to sense an event corresponding to the notice information, and control the display to activate pixels included in an area corresponding to a type of the notice information, and inactivate pixels included in an area not corresponding to the type of the notice information, among the areas, in response to the controller sensing the event.

2 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the area corresponding to the type of the notice information corresponds to a group to which the notice information belongs.

3 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the areas respectively corresponding to the types of notice information respectively correspond to groups to which the types of notice information respectively belong.

4 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the notice information belongs to a group among groups based on the type of the notice information, and
the type of the notice information comprises at least one among an application for processing the notice information, an importance of the notice information, a size of the notice information, a sender of the notice information, descriptions of the notice information, and a data type of the notice information.

5 . The portable device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to store mapping information in which the areas respectively corresponding to the types of notice information are respectively mapped with groups to which the types of notice information respectively belong,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to activate the pixels included in the area corresponding to the type of the notice information, based on the mapping information.

6 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the notice information comprises at least one among call reception information, text message information, e-mail message information, instant message information, social service information, alarm information, timer information, battery information, and schedule information.

7 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display group notice information of a group to which the notice information belongs, in the area comprising the activated pixels.

8 . The portable device of claim 7 , wherein the group notice information comprises at least one among a graphic representing the group, a number of notice information belonging to the group, a number of notice information un-read by a user and belonging to the group, a name of the group, an initial of the group, a nickname of the group, an image related with the group, and an animation related with the group.

9 . The portable device of claim 7 , further comprising a sensor configured to sense a user input of selecting the group notice information,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the notice information belonging to the group, in response to the sensor sensing the user input.

10 . The portable device of claim 7 , further comprising a sensor configured to sense a user input of selecting the group notice information,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a list of notice information belonging to the group, in response to the sensor sensing the user input.

11 . A method of providing notice information of a portable device, the method comprising:
sensing an event corresponding to the notice information; and activating pixels included in an area corresponding to a type of the notice information, and inactivating pixels included in an area not corresponding to the type of the notice information, among areas that are divided from a display of the portable device to respectively correspond to types of notice information, in response to the sensing the event.

12 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , wherein the area corresponding to the type of the notice information corresponds to a group to which the notice information belongs.

13 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , wherein the areas respectively corresponding to the types of notice information respectively correspond to groups to which the types of notice information respectively belong.

14 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , wherein the notice information belongs to a group among groups based on the type of the notice information, and
the type of the notice information comprises at least one among an application for processing the notice information, an importance of the notice information, a size of the notice information, a sender of the notice information, descriptions of the notice information, and a data type of the notice information.

15 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , further comprising storing mapping information in which the areas respectively corresponding to the types of notice information are respectively mapped with groups to which the types of notice information respectively belong,
wherein the activating comprises activating the pixels included in the area corresponding to the type of the notice information, based on the mapping information.

16 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , wherein the notice information comprises at least one among call reception information, text message information, e-mail message information, instant message information, social service information, alarm information, timer information, battery information, and schedule information.

17 . The notice information providing method of claim 11 , further comprising displaying group notice information of a group to which the notice information belongs, in the area comprising the activated pixels.

18 . The notice information providing method of claim 17 , wherein the group notice information comprises at least one among a graphic representing the group, a number of notice information belonging to the group, a number of notice information un-read by a user and belonging to the group, a name of the group, an initial of the group, a nickname of the group, an image related with the group, and an animation related with the group.

19 . The notice information providing method of claim 17 , further comprising:
sensing a user input of selecting the group notice information; and displaying a list of notice information belonging to the group, in response to the sensing the user input.

20 . A portable device configured to provide notice information, the portable device comprising:
a display configured to be divided into areas respectively corresponding to groups of notice information; and a controller configured to:
obtain the notice information;
determine a group to which the obtained notice information belongs among the groups;
determine an area corresponding to the determined group among the areas; and
control the display to activate pixels included in the determined area, inactivate pixels included in an area not corresponding to the determined group among the areas, and display group notice information of the determined group in the determined area comprising the activated pixels.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Agarwal Pankaj
• Kim Chang-Yeong
• Jung Ji-Su

Classifications

• H04M1/72552

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M3/436

  Arrangements for screening incoming calls {, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it (based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54)} · CPC title

• H04L51/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04M1/72544

  Electricity · mapped topic