Electronic device and method of providing information thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018239754-A1
Application number	US-201815870142-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Feb 20, 2017
Publication date	Aug 23, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device and an information providing method in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, and at least one processor that is operatively or electrically connected to the display and the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit first text, among the text displayed on the display, to a first external electronic device through the communication circuit, receive, from the external electronic device, connection information to a second external electronic device corresponding to the first text through the communication circuit, and display, on the display, the received connection information to the second external electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing; a touch screen display exposed through a portion of the housing; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing; at least one processor positioned inside the housing and operatively or electrically connected to the display and the communication circuit; and a non-transitory memory positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, wherein the non-transitory memory is configured to:
store a plurality of templates, each of which includes a respective set of words, phrases, and/or sentences, and
store at least one application program configured to process and display text data, and
wherein the non-transitory memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a user input to select at least one application program through a first user interface displayed on the display,
display text on a second user interface associated with the selected application program, wherein the text is input through the display or received using the communication circuit,
access at least a portion of the displayed text,
make comparison between the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text with and at least one of the templates,
transmit at least a part of the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, based on at least partly on the comparison,
receive data generated in association with the at least part of the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, and
display text and/or an image on at least partially overlie the second user interface.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface is not part of the at least one application program.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application program includes a text-messaging application program, an email application program, an instant messaging program and/or a social media service (SMS) application program.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application program is downloaded from an App Store.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include at least a part of Android operating system (OS), and wherein the instructions cause an accessible manager of the Android OS to access at least a portion of the displayed text displayed on the second user interface.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include a software program configured to change text to speech, and wherein the instructions cause the software program to access at least a portion of the displayed text displayed on the second user interface.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to display a window containing the text and/or images, that overlies the second user interface.

8 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing; a touch screen display exposed through a portion of the housing; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing; at least one processor positioned inside the housing, and operatively or electrically connected to the display and the communication circuit; and a non-transitory memory positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, wherein the non-transitory memory is configured to:
store a plurality of templates, each of which includes a respective set of words, phrases, and/or sentences, and
store at least one application program configured to process and display text data, and
wherein the non-transitory memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
display text on a user interface associated with the application program, wherein the text is input through the display or received using the communication circuit,
access, by a software program that converts text into speech, at least a portion of the displayed text,
make comparison between the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text and at least one of the templates,
transmit at least part of the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, based on at least partly on the comparison,
receive data generated in association with the at least part of the accessed at least portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, and
display text and/or an image to at least partially overlie the user interface.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the user interface is not part of the at least one application program.

10 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one application program includes a text-messaging application program, an email application program, an instant messaging program and/or a social media service (SMS) application program.

11 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one application program is downloaded from an App Store.

12 . The electronic device of claim 8 ,
wherein the instructions include at least a part of Android operating system (OS), and wherein the instructions cause an accessible manager of the Android OS to access at least a portion of the displayed text displayed on the user interface.

13 . The electronic device of claim 8 ,
wherein the instructions include a software program configured to change text to speech, and wherein the instructions cause the software program to access at least a portion of the displayed text displayed on the user interface.

14 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to display a window containing the text and/or images, that overlies the user interface.

15 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing; a touch screen display exposed through a portion of the housing; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing; at least one processor positioned inside the housing and operatively or electrically connected to the display and the communication circuit; and a non-transitory memory positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, wherein the non-transitory memory is configured to:
store a plurality of templates, each of which includes a respective set of words, phrases, and/or sentences, and
store at least one application program configured to process text data and to display the text data on a user interface, and
wherein the non-transitory memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
display text on the user interface, wherein the text is input through the display or received using the communication circuit,
access, from outside the application program, at least a portion of the displayed text,
make comparison between the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text and at least one of the templates,
transmit at least a part of the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, based on at least partly on the comparison,
receive data generated in association with the at least part of the accessed at least a portion of the displayed text, using the communication circuit, and
display text and/or an image on at least partially overlie the user interface.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the user interface is not part of the at least one application program.

17 . The electronic device of claim 15 ,
wherein the instructions include at least a part of A

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chung Hee-Young
• Lee Seong-Rok
• Park Kyung-Eun
• Song Ga-Jin

Classifications

• G06F40/242

  Dictionaries · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06F40/186 Primary

  Templates · CPC title

• G10L15/30

  Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications · CPC title

• G06F40/284

  Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates · CPC title