Apparatus and method for managing data in portable terminal

{
  "publication_number": "US8364135B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Apparatus and method for managing data in portable terminal",
  "abstract": "A portable terminal is capable of managing data. The portable terminal includes a controller, a display, a memory and a data management unit. The data management unit can sort pre-stored data in the memory as keyword-related data. The data management unit also can sort the pre-stored data depending on frequency of user's use, and outputting, to the display, the sorted data by layer.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An apparatus for managing data in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: a data management unit configured to: identify stored keyword-related data items corresponding to a keyword; and sort the stored keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers based on a frequency of use of each of the keyword-related data items, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.",
    "2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: extract a plurality of keywords based on a specified event; for each of the keywords, determine at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and store the keyword-related data items.",
    "3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: generate the plurality of layers based on the sorted keyword-related data items such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use, wherein each layer comprises one or more of the keyword-related data items; and output the plurality of layers in descending frequency of use order.",
    "4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least one layer and hide at least one layer; receive a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and hide at least one displayed layer and display at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.",
    "5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and apply a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.",
    "6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; receive a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and based on the selection, output a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.",
    "7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each layer is marked with a different color depending upon a frequency of use for the keyword-related data items in the layer.",
    "8. A method for managing data in a portable terminal, the method comprising: sorting, by a data management unit, pre-stored keyword-related data items based on a frequency of use for each keyword-related data item; sorting, by the data management unit, the keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use; and outputting, by the data management unit, the layers in descending frequency of use order, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.",
    "9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: extracting a plurality of keywords based on a specified event; for each of the keywords, determining at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and storing the keyword-related data items.",
    "10. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the layers comprises displaying a first layer having a highest frequency of use in a center part of a display and displaying at least a second layer outwardly of the first layer.",
    "11. The method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying at least one layer and hiding at least one layer; receiving a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and hiding at least one displayed layer and displaying at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.",
    "12. The method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and applying a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.",
    "13. The method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; receiving a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and based on the selection, outputting a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.",
    "14. The method of claim 8, further comprising marking each layer with a different color depending on a frequency of use for each of the keyword-related data items in the layer.",
    "15. A portable terminal capable of managing data, the portable terminal comprising: a controller; a display unit coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the controller; and a data management unit coupled to the controller and configured to: identify stored keyword-related data items corresponding to a keyword, and sort the stored keyword-related data items into a plurality of layers based on a frequency of use of each of the keyword-related data items, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to a plurality of categories.",
    "16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: extract a plurality of keywords based on a specified event; for each of the keywords, determine at least one keyword-related data item corresponding to the keyword; and store the keyword-related data items.",
    "17. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: generate the plurality of layers based on the sorted keyword-related data items such that each succeeding layer has a descending frequency of use, wherein each layer comprises one or more of the keyword-related data items; and output the plurality of layers in descending frequency of use order.",
    "18. The portable terminal of claim 17, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least one layer and hide at least one layer; receive a key input for layer zoom-out/zoom-in; and hide at least one displayed layer and display at least one hidden layer based on the received key input.",
    "19. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; and apply a first keyword-related data item to a second keyword-related data item in a drag-and-drop scheme.",
    "20. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the data management unit is further configured to: display at least a subset of the keyword-related data items; receive a selection of one of the displayed keyword-related data items; and based on the selection, output a menu configured to control the selected keyword-related data item.",
    "21. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein each layer is marked with a different color depending upon a frequency of use for the keyword-related data items in the layer."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY The present application is related to and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of a Korean patent application filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jan. 13, 2009 and assigned Serial No. 10-2009-0002622, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.\n\nThe present invention relates to an apparatus and method for a data management function of a portable terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus, to provide a simple and convenient data management function to a user of a portable terminal, sorts and stores keyword-related data and, if a keyword input is sensed from the user, generating and outputting layers including the keyword-related data.\n\nRecently, portable terminals have experienced a sudden spreading of a use because of a convenience of portability. Thus, service providers (i.e., system manufacturers) are competitively developing portable terminals with more convenient functions to attract many users. For example, the portable terminals are providing functions such as phonebooks, games, schedulers, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), Broadcast Message Service (BMS), Internet service, electronic mail (e-mail), morning wakeup calls, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) players, digital cameras, and the like. Thus, a user of the portable terminal that includes the above functions stores data generated by using the functions. For example, the user of the portable terminal stores an image captured using a digital camera function or stores data for MP3 playing.",
  "cpc": [
    "B65F 5/005",
    "B09B 5/00",
    "B65G 53/04",
    "B65G 53/40",
    "G06F 16/27",
    "G06F 3/04817",
    "G06F 3/0486",
    "G06F 3/04886",
    "H04M 1/0202",
    "H04M 1/72472"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "H04M 3/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD",
    "KIM JUNG-NYUN",
    "KIM YOUNG-JIP",
    "JEON JIN-WOO",
    "LIM CHANG-HYEON"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "KIM JUNG-NYUN",
    "KIM YOUNG-JIP",
    "JEON JIN-WOO",
    "LIM CHANG-HYEON"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2010-01-13",
  "publication_date": "2013-01-29",
  "grant_date": "2013-01-29",
  "priority_date": "2009-01-13",
  "application_number": "US-65707510-A",
  "family_id": "42319427",
  "citations": [
    "US2008132252A1",
    "US2008305738A1",
    "US2009088183A1",
    "US2010279667A1"
  ]
}