Patent ID: 8112299
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G01C,G06Q,G08G,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal capable of managing schedule, the method comprising: receiving user supplied schedule information corresponding to plural events included in a schedule, each of the plural events having a corresponding schedule place, the schedule information of each of the plural events including a scheduled time that a user of the mobile terminal is to arrive at a corresponding one of the schedule places; obtaining current location information and traffic information; displaying a schedule map in a display region of the mobile terminal, the schedule map including a flag for each of the plural schedule places and a route on the schedule map from the current location to each of the plural schedule places in a time-ordered sequence based on the traffic information; determining whether the user can arrive at each of the plural schedule places at the corresponding scheduled time based on the current location information and the traffic information and producing a first determination result; adding a new event at a new place to the schedule based on a user input to one of the schedule map and a displayed schedule, the new event including a corresponding new place time of arrival; updating the schedule map with a flag representing the new place and adding corresponding new schedule information to the schedule as a new schedule item; rearranging the route displayed on the schedule map to include the new place based on the new place time of arrival; displaying the rearranged route; determining whether the user can arrive at each of the plural schedule places in the rearranged route at the corresponding scheduled time based on the traffic information and producing a second determination result; displaying schedule notification information or schedule adjustment information in the display region of the mobile terminal according to the second determination result; displaying an icon indicating that the user cannot arrive at each of the plural schedule places in the rearranged route at the corresponding scheduled time based on the traffic information; changing a display characteristic a flag of the one of the plural schedule places to indicate that that the user cannot arrive at the one of the plural schedule places; and in response to a touch to the icon, displaying a control window providing options for further adjusting the rearranged route.