Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

• US 10,057,650 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2016
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Suhwang, Seo, Jonghoon, Hong, Soonwon, Yang, Hongbin, Jang, Jeonghun
• Primary Examiner(s): PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US15/339,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device. In an aspect, when a mirroring connection request is received from a first external device, a second external device pairing-connected with the first external device is also mirrored. Accordingly, a mirroring screen for the first external device and a mirroring screen for the second external device can be displayed together.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a wireless receiving device to wirelessly receive remote signals from a wireless input device;

a display; and

a controller configured to display, on the display, broadcast content and to control the display based on the remote signals received from the wireless input device,

wherein, the controller is further configured to;

activate a payment function of goods associated with the broadcast content in response to receiving a first remote signal,

display, on the display, at least one external device capable of a mirroring connection and at least one payment application that is installed on each external device,

select a first payment application based on the remote signal received from the wireless input device, wherein the first payment application corresponds to a first external device of the at least one external device displayed on the display,

mirror an execution screen of the first payment application executed at the first external device,

display, on the display, a mirroring screen, and

execute the payment function of the goods by controlling the mirroring screen by using the remote signal from the wireless input device,

wherein the at least one external device and the at least one payment application are displayed on the display before a mirroring connection.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit a control signal that enables the first payment application to be executed at the first external device in response to selection of the first payment application,

receive screen information from the first external device, and

display, on the display, the mirroring screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein in response to the selection of the first payment application, the controller is configured to provide, at the display, a user interface for authentication for the first external device, and the controller is configured to display, on the display, the mirroring screen after receiving proper authentication information.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the authentication information includes at least one of password information, pattern information formed based on a moving trajectory of the wireless input device, user fingerprint information detected through the wireless input device, and biometric information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device includes a device having a history of a mirroring connection with the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein in response to selection of a second external device in which a payment application has not been installed, the controller is configured to provide, to the display, at least one payment application capable of being installed at the second external device and to transmit, to the second external device, a control signal that enables a selected second payment application to be automatically installed at the second external device.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to execute the payment function of the goods by controlling an execution screen of the second payment application mirrored at the display, wherein the execution screen of the second payment application is controlled based on the remote signal.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to simultaneously display, on the display, the mirroring screen and an icon of at least one application for goods payment through the execution screen of the first payment application.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the at least one application includes at least one of a memo application, an address book application, and a contact application.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the icon of the at least one application is displayed to at least partially overlap the displayed broadcast content.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein in response to completion of the payment function of the goods and after the first external device receives a payment completion message, the controller is configured to automatically terminate the mirroring connection of the first external device and the display.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to receive the payment completion message from the first external device and to display, on the display, the received payment completion message.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to divisively display a first region for displaying the broadcast content and a second region for displaying an object.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second region is removed from the display when the mirroring connection of the first external device and the electronic device is terminated.

15. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying broadcast content on a display;

receiving a remote signal from a wireless input device;

in response to receiving the remote signal, activating a payment function of goods linked to the broadcast content;

displaying at least one external device capable of a mirroring connection and at least one payment application that is installed on each external device,

selecting a first payment application based on the remote signal received from the wireless input device, wherein the first payment application corresponds to a first external device of the at least one external device displayed on the display,

mirroring an execution screen of the first payment application that is executed at a first external device,

displaying, on the display, the mirroring screen, and

executing the payment function of the goods by controlling the mirroring screen by using the remote signal received from the wireless input device,

wherein the at least one external device and the at least one payment application are displayed on the display before a mirroring connection.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

when the payment function is activated, displaying, in a first region, the broadcast content and displaying, in a second region, an object corresponding to the at least one external device and an icon of a payment application installed at the external device;

in response to receiving a selection of an icon of the first payment application based on the remote signal, performing a mirroring connection with the first external device through a wireless communication device of the electronic device; and

receiving screen data from the first external device and displaying, in the second region, the mirroring screen,

wherein the mirroring screen includes the execution screen of the first payment application.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically terminating the mirroring connection when the payment function of the goods is completed.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein in response to selection of a second external device in which a payment application has not been installed, displaying at least one payment application capable of being installed at the second external device and transmitting, to the second external device, a control signal that enables a selected second payment application to be automatically installed at the second external device.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising controlling an execution screen of the second payment application mirrored at the display, wherein the execution screen of the second payment application is controlled based on the remote signal.