A smartphone that is suitable to shoot or take a video or a photo and save them in an external storage device that can communicate with a connecting unit in the smartphone. The smartphone is capable of being operated in external save mode and to save the video or the photo solely in the external storage device. The smartphone may include an encryption subsystem to encrypt the video or the photo or a voice recordation, and a decryption subsystem. The encryption subsystem can encrypt the video or the photo or the voice recordation in such a way that they can be decrypted by using personal keys that were identified by a personal key identification reader of the smartphone before the camera shoots the video or takes the photo or before the microphone executes the voice recordation.

A smartphone that is suitable to shoot or take a video or a photo and save them in an external storage device that can communicate with a connecting unit in the smartphone. The smartphone is capable of being operated in external save mode and to save the video or the photo solely in the external storage device. The smartphone may include an encryption subsystem to encrypt the video or the photo or a voice recordation, and a decryption subsystem. The encryption subsystem can encrypt the video or the photo or the voice recordation in such a way that they can be decrypted by using personal keys that were identified by a personal key identification reader of the smartphone before the camera shoots the video or takes the photo or before the microphone executes the voice recordation.

An electronic device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors operable with the one or more sensors, and a status indicator configured to indicate whether an authorized user of the electronic device is busy, free, or somewhere in between. The status indicator can operate in at least a first state and a second state that is different from the first state. The first state indicates the authorized user is busy and should not be disturbed, while the second state indicates the authorized user is free. Red light can be emitted in the first state, and green light in the second state. The state of the status indicator can be set manually, such as with a chopping gesture, or automatically, such as from calendar events stored in a calendaring operation.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.

A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device includes receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device, plotting a visual identifier on a map and displaying the map on the display of the portable electronic device. The position of the visual identifier corresponds to the location coordinates received from the at least one other portable electronic device, which correspond to an actual location of the at least one other portable electronic device. The appearance of the visual identifier is selected to depict the status of the user of the at least one other portable electronic device.

Provided is a computer implemented method and system for delivering text messages, emails, and messages from a messenger application to a user while the user is engaged in an activity, such as driving, exercising, or working. Typically, the emails and other messages are announced to the user and read aloud without any user input. In Drive Mode, while the user is driving, a clean interface is shown to the user, and the user can hear announcements and messages/emails aloud without looking at the screen of the phone, and use gestures to operate the phone. After a determination is made that a new text message and/or email has arrived, the user is informed aloud of the text message/email/messenger message and in most instances, and if the user takes no further action, the body and/or subject of the text message/email/messenger message is read aloud to the user. All messages can be placed in a single queue, and read to the user in order of receipt.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for providing personal coach for user's exercise in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include sensor circuitry and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to determine at least one activity information which satisfies a designated condition among one or more activity information previously obtained in relation to a user motion, to determine a first exercise intensity for the user, based at least on variation of the at least one activity information over time, to determine a second exercise intensity by adjusting the first exercise intensity, based at least on a previous target of exercise of the user, and to provide guide information associated with the second exercise intensity. Various embodiments are feasible.

A volume adjustment method includes performing analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise, determining a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information, and adjusting volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode.

A volume adjustment method includes performing analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise, determining a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information, and adjusting volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode.