Method and apparatus for generating watch screen design for smart watch

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for generating a watch screen design, performed by an apparatus for generating a watch screen design. The method includes at least: determining at least one user-preferred watch screen design from previously-registered watch screen designs, based on at least one of a watch screen design evaluation history and a watch screen design generation history of a user; acquiring tag information previously-matched to each element included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design; determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design, based on the number of times that tag information has been acquired; and generating the random watch screen design by randomly selecting and combining the determined at least one element, and preferentially selecting the element having a high number of times that tag information has been acquired.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for generating a watch screen design, performed by an apparatus for generating a watch screen design, the method comprising:
 determining at least one user-preferred watch screen design from previously-registered watch screen designs, based on at least one of a watch screen design evaluation history and a watch screen design generation history of a user;   acquiring tag information previously-matched to each element included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design;   determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design, based on the number of times that tag information has been acquired; and   generating the random watch screen design by randomly selecting and combining the determined at least one element, and preferentially selecting the element having a high number of times that tag information has been acquired.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design comprises:
 applying a weighted value to each element included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design, based on a number of times that the tag information has been acquired; and determining elements having highest weighted values as the elements to be included in the random watch screen design.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one user-preferred watch screen design includes first elements and second elements,
 wherein the determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design comprises:   determining an element corresponding to first tag information from the first elements, as one of the elements to be included in the random watch screen design; and determining an element corresponding to second tag information which is information on an element that has been included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design with the element corresponding to the first tag information a greatest number of times, as another one of the elements to be included in the random watch screen design, and   wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises generating the random watch screen design including the element corresponding to the first tag information and the element corresponding to the second tag information.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determined at least one element includes a first sub-dial and a second sub-dial,
 wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises determining a correlation between the first sub-dial and the second sub-dial by comparing category of first sub-dial and category of the second sub-dial, and determining display region of the first sub-dial and display region of the second sub-dial based on a determined correlation.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the determining the display region of the first sub-dial and the display region of the second sub-dial based on a determined correlation comprises;
 displaying the first sub-dial and the second sub-dial in regions adjacent to each other, in a case in which the category of the first sub-dial and the category of the second sub-dial are the same, and displaying the first sub-dial and the second sub-dial in regions that are in symmetry with each other with respect to the center of the watch screen design, in a case in which the category of the first sub-dial and the category of the second sub-dial are different.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determined at least one element includes text and a sub-dial,
 wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises determining a correlation between text and the sub-dial, and determining display region of the first sub-dial and display region of the second sub-dial based on the determined correlation.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises:
 collecting information regarding the user's life pattern, and generating an event for change the element of watch screen design that varies according to a day of week, a time and location information, based on the information regarding the user's life pattern.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determined at least one element includes a plurality of background images,
 wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises generating the random watch screen design including the background image corresponding to the input hash tag, based on hash tag information input by smart watch.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the generating the random watch screen design comprises:
 receiving a user information, and searching for and finding a previously-registered user whose user information falls within a predefined range of similarity to the received user information, based on the received user information,   wherein determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design comprises determining at least one element to be included in a random watch screen design, based on a watch screen design generation history of the found previously-registered user.