Mobile terminal, combined terminal device and method for splicing control
First Claim
1. A splicable mobile terminal, a plurality of the mobile terminals being capable of being spliced to be combined into a single combined terminal device, wherein each of the mobile terminals can selectively operate as a master in a master operating state and operate as a slave in a slave operating state, each of the mobile terminals comprises a display screen;
- a state selection interface for receiving a state determination instruction inputted by a user;
one or more physical keys, each of which is used for implementing a predetermined function;
a memory having instructions stored thereon;
a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations of splicing management, comprising;
causing the mobile terminal to selectively enter the master operating state or the slave operating state according to the state determination instruction;
when the mobile terminal operates as the master, partitioning the display content of the master according to the display screen resource of individual said mobile terminals in the combined terminal device, to obtain a plurality of pieces of partitioned display data corresponding to the plurality of the mobile terminals in the combined terminal device, and sending corresponding said partitioned display data to the slaves; and
in a case in which the mobile terminal acts as the slave, upon reception of the partitioned display data from the master, hiding the current work task of the mobile terminal in the background for running, and displaying the received partitioned display data; and
the processor further configured to execute the instructions to perform operations of function switching, comprising;
switching the predetermined function of one specified physical key of the one or more physical keys into an invocation function for invoking the state selection interface, and presenting on the display screen a virtual key for implementing the predetermined function of the specified physical key;
wherein, when the specified physical key is pressed, the state selection interface is triggered to be presented to the user on the display screen of the mobile terminal in response to the pressing operation.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal (20), and in particular, a mobile terminal (20), a combined terminal device (30) and a method for splicing control of mobile terminals (20). For a splicable mobile terminal (20), according to a state determination instruction, the mobile terminal (20) is caused to selectively enter a master operating state or a slave operating state; when the mobile terminal (20) operates as a master, a display partitioning unit (a2) partitions the display content of the master according to the display screen resource of individual mobile terminals (20) in a combined terminal device (30), to obtain a plurality of pieces of partitioned display data corresponding to a plurality of the mobile terminals (20) in the combined terminal device (30), and sends corresponding partitioned display data to slaves; and in a case in which the mobile terminal (20) acts as a slave, upon reception of the partitioned display data from the master, a display switching unit (a3) displays the received partitioned display data. The content displayed by the master can be displayed by the slaves, and when there are a large number of slaves, the content can be displayed to a user on a relatively large screen composed of a plurality of slaves, satisfying people'"'"'s demand for a large display area.
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28 Claims
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1. A splicable mobile terminal, a plurality of the mobile terminals being capable of being spliced to be combined into a single combined terminal device, wherein each of the mobile terminals can selectively operate as a master in a master operating state and operate as a slave in a slave operating state, each of the mobile terminals comprises a display screen;
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a state selection interface for receiving a state determination instruction inputted by a user; one or more physical keys, each of which is used for implementing a predetermined function; a memory having instructions stored thereon; a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations of splicing management, comprising; causing the mobile terminal to selectively enter the master operating state or the slave operating state according to the state determination instruction; when the mobile terminal operates as the master, partitioning the display content of the master according to the display screen resource of individual said mobile terminals in the combined terminal device, to obtain a plurality of pieces of partitioned display data corresponding to the plurality of the mobile terminals in the combined terminal device, and sending corresponding said partitioned display data to the slaves; and in a case in which the mobile terminal acts as the slave, upon reception of the partitioned display data from the master, hiding the current work task of the mobile terminal in the background for running, and displaying the received partitioned display data; and the processor further configured to execute the instructions to perform operations of function switching, comprising; switching the predetermined function of one specified physical key of the one or more physical keys into an invocation function for invoking the state selection interface, and presenting on the display screen a virtual key for implementing the predetermined function of the specified physical key; wherein, when the specified physical key is pressed, the state selection interface is triggered to be presented to the user on the display screen of the mobile terminal in response to the pressing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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