CONTENT SEARCH METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20080176606A1
• Filed: 01/18/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,699,287 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A content search method and a terminal using the same are provided. The method for displaying content in the mobile terminal includes displaying a content list including a plurality of different content files, receiving a request from a user, and displaying responsive to the request one of the plurality of different content files as a background media while the content list is displayed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying content in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a content list including a plurality of different content files;

receiving a request from a user for one of the plurality of different content files; and

displaying the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background media while the content list is displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising no longer displaying the requested one of the plurality of different content files after a predetermined time elapses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different content files comprises at least one of a video, audio, text, flash, and video/audio file.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying the at least one of the plurality of different content files as a background video when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises one of the video, text, and flash file.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying the content list on a transparent area of a display screen and the background video on an opaque area of the screen, wherein the transparent area and the opaque area form a multilayer structure.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

outputting data contained in the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background audio when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises the audio file.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying video data contained in the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background video, and outputting audio data contained in the selected one of the plurality of different content files as a background audio when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises the video/audio file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request comprises receiving an input via a touched content list displayed on a touch screen of the mobile terminal.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting a content search mode according to the user'"'"'s selection.

10. A mobile terminal with a content search function, comprising:

an input unit receiving user input;

an output unit having a display; and

a controller displaying on the display a content list including a plurality of different content files, processing a request from the input unit for one of the plurality of different content files and displaying the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background media while the content list of the plurality of different content files is displayed.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller stops displaying the selected one of the plurality of different content files after a predetermined time elapses.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the plurality of different content files comprises at least one of a video, audio, text, flash, and a video/audio file.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the display to display the at least one of the plurality of different content files as a background video when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises one of the video, text, and flash file.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller displays the content list on a transparent area of a display screen and the background video on an opaque area of the screen, wherein the transparent area and the opaque area form a multilayer structure.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the output unit to output data contained in the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background audio when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises the audio file.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the output unit to output video data contained in the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background video and output audio data contained in the requested one of the plurality of different content files as a background audio when the requested one of the plurality of different content files comprises the video/audio file.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the input unit and the display comprise a touch screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein when the content list is displayed on the touch screen, the input unit requests the touched content from the content list.