MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY INFORMATION

• US 20080266289A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Yeon Woo
• Granted Patent: US 8,111,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and a method of controlling display of a webpage thereof are disclosed. When a web browser is initiated to gain access to a webpage, the web browser screen is formed as a 3D polyhedron structure and a plurality of webpage screens are displayed on a plurality of facets of the 3D polyhedron structure. Therefore, a user is provided with various webpage screens on the web browser. Since different webpage screens are displayed on the plurality of facets of the polyhedron structure, the user is able to access a desired webpage screen easily in a single step.

Claims

1. A method of controlling display information in a wireless mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a polyhedron structure on a display wherein the polyhedron structure comprises a plurality of facets, each facet configured to display content obtained from remote servers; and

rotating the polyhedron structure in a direction associated with a first external user input to display a different facet of the polyhedron structure.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least part of content information from a single facet of the polyhedron structure in response to a second external user input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each facet of the polyhedron structure is associated with corresponding number and is user selectable by inputting a number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of facets display contents from a plurality of web sites.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the location of the web sites with respect to facets of the polyhedron is based on frequency of web site visits or user defined.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of facets display contents based on information type.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of facets display contents from different sections of the same web page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of facets display corresponding numbers and a facet is selected in response to a second external user input that comprises selecting a number.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an unfolded view of the polyhedron to display contents from all facets of the polyhedron.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first external user input is recognized using a touch screen.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a facet information list associated with content displayed on all facets to provide information about facets not viewable from a current perspective view.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each item of the facet information list is alterable by a user.

13. A mobile terminal for controlling display information, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display information;

a controller configured to display a polyhedron structure on a display wherein the polyhedron structure comprises a plurality of facets, each facet configured to display content obtained from remote servers; and

an external input interface operatively connected to the controller to recognize a user input, wherein the controller is further configured to rotating the polyhedron structure in a direction associated with the user input to display a different facet of the polyhedron structure.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least part of content information from a single facet of the polyhedron structure in response to a second external user input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein each facet of the polyhedron structure is associated with corresponding number and is user selectable by inputting a number.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller displays on the plurality of facets contents from a plurality of web sites.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller displays on the plurality of facets contents based on information type.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller displays on the plurality of facets contents from different sections of the same web page.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller displays on the plurality of facets corresponding numbers, and a facet is selected in response to a second external user input that comprises selecting a number.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display an unfolded view of the polyhedron to display contents from all facets of the polyhedron.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the first external user input is recognized using a touch screen.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the location of the web sites with respect to facets of the polyhedron is based on frequency of web site visits or user defined.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to display a facet information list associated with content displayed on all facets to provide information about facets not viewable from a current perspective view.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein each item of the facet information list is alterable by a user.