Mobile terminal and control method therefor

• US 10,455,389 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Yeaeun
• Primary Examiner(s): Coulter, Kenneth R
• Application Number:
  US15/549,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,435 Days
• Field of Search: 709224, 709223, 709225, 709229, 709204-206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another terminal; a display unit configured to display information; and a controller configured to in response to the other terminal being a first distance to the mobile terminal, display first information associated with the other terminal via the display unit, and in response to the other terminal being a second distance closer than the first distance to the mobile terminal, display second information associated with the other terminal via the display unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another terminal;

a display unit configured to display information; and

a controller configured to;

in response to the other terminal being a first distance to the mobile terminal, display profile information of the other terminal via the display unit,

in response to the other terminal being a second distance closer than the first distance to the mobile terminal, display interest information of the other terminal via the display unit,

when a plurality of interest items are contained in the interest information, display a representative interest item among the plurality of the interest items via the display unit, and

in response to the other terminal being a third distance closer than the second distance to the mobile terminal, display an interest list including the plurality of the interest items via the display unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a separation distance between the other terminal and the mobile terminal is equal to or less than the first distance, the controller is configured to display the profile information via the display unit, and

wherein if the separation distance is equal to or less than the second distance, the controller is configured to display the interest information via the display unit.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a distance between the other terminal and the mobile terminal by comparing location information of the other terminal with location information of the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the interest information comprises at least one of a multimedia file watched by a user of the other terminal, a place recently visited by the user of the other terminal, an SNS (social network service) activity content of the user of the other terminal, and information on an anniversary of the user of the other terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein in response to an interest item corresponding to the multimedia file watched by the user being touched among the interest information, the controller is configured to request the other terminal to transmit the multimedia file corresponding to the touched interest item.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein in response to an interest item corresponding to the place recently visited by the user being touched among the interest information, the controller is configured to display information on the place via a web search on the display unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein in response to an interest item corresponding to the SNS activity content being touched among the interest information, the controller is configured to display an SNS account of the user of the other terminal via the display unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein in response to an interest item corresponding to the anniversary being touched among the interest information, the controller is configured to display a user interface for adding the anniversary to a schedule via the display unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

display a circle via the display unit, and

adjust a distance between the circle and a display position at which the profile information or the interest information is displayed based on a distance between the mobile terminal and the other terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to a user input touching the profile information, the controller is configured to display the interest information via the display unit.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to the other terminal entering into a prescribed distance from the mobile terminal, the controller is configured to display an indicator indicating the approach of the other terminal via the display unit.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to a communication signal broadcasted by the other terminal being received via the wireless communication unit, the controller is configured to display the profile information via the display unit.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein in response to a strength of the communication signal being equal to or greater than a prescribed reference value, the controller is configured to display the interest information via the display unit.

14. The mobile ten final of claim 12, wherein the communication signal corresponds to a beacon signal broadcasted by the other terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the profile information or the interest information via the display unit when the other terminal has an access authority.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to an additional other terminal being close to the mobile terminal, the controller is configured to display interest information common to the other terminal and the additional other terminal via the display unit.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to the other terminal being a fourth distance closer to the mobile terminal than the third distance, the controller is configured to stop displaying the profile information and the interest information.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, with another terminal;

in response to the other terminal being a first distance to the mobile terminal, displaying profile information of the other terminal via a display unit of the mobile terminal;

in response to the other terminal being a second distance closer than the first distance to the mobile terminal, displaying interest information of the other terminal via the display unit,

when a plurality of interest items are contained in the interest information, displaying a representative interest item among the plurality of the interest items via the display unit; and

in response to the other terminal being a third distance closer than the second distance to the mobile terminal, displaying an interest list including the plurality of the interest items via the display unit.