TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-LANGUAGE

• US 20080319734A1
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Mi-Sun
• Granted Patent: US 8,321,212 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A device, computer program product and method for supporting multi-language of a mobile terminal comprising: receiving broadcast data; checking whether a selected broadcast channel supports multi-language based on additional information of the received broadcast data; and outputting an indication message when the broadcast channel supports the multi-language, whereby a user can flexibly set a broadcast language of his desired channel during or before broadcasting outputted, and also a use interface environment can be improved so as to facilitate the setup or change of the broadcast language.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal for supporting multi-language operations, comprising:

a receiver adapted to receive broadcast data via a plurality of broadcast channels;

a controller adapted to determine whether at least one of the broadcast channels support multi-language operations based on additional information of the broadcast data; and

an output unit adapted to display information as to whether the at least one broadcast channel supports the multi-language operations, and to display a language list of a channel selected by a user.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to set and change a broadcast language from the language list according to a user'"'"'s selection.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises an Electric Services Guide (ESG).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises an Electric Services Guide (ESG).

4. A method for supporting multi-language of a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving broadcast data via a plurality of broadcast channels;

determining whether at least one of the broadcast channels supports multi-language operations based on additional information of broadcast data;

displaying a language list of a channel selected by a user; and

setting and changing a broadcast language from the language list according to a user'"'"'s selection.

6. A mobile terminal for supporting multi-language, comprising:

an output unit adapted to display broadcast contents of a specific channel; and

a controller adapted to control the output Unit to display a language list of the specific channel on a portion of a screen if a user manipulates a predetermined key, wherein the controller is further configured to change a previously set broadcast language of the specific channel according to a user selection.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display the language list at one side of the output unit.

8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to display a corresponding language list setup menu and to receive an input for setting the broadcast language.

9. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to determine a language which the specific channel can support based on Electric Services Guide (ESG) information.

10. A method for supporting multi-language of a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying broadcast contents of a specific channel;

displaying a language list of the specific channel on a portion of a screen if a user manipulates a predetermined key; and

changing a previously set broadcast language of the specific channel according to a user selection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the language list comprises:

displaying a language list control menu; and

receiving the user selection to set the broadcast language.

12. A mobile terminal for supporting multi-language, comprising:

a receiver adapted to receive broadcast data and information identifying an initial language list of the broadcast data;

a controller adapted to add an additional language to the initial language list, based on additional information of the broadcast data corresponding to when the mobile terminal moves to the certain region; and

an output unit adapted to output a message indicating that the additional language is available.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein, when the mobile terminal goes into a specific region the controller is configured to

update the additional information;

determine, based on the updated additional information, whether a separate language not included in the initial language list is supported in the region; and

add the separate language to the language list as the additional language.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to change a broadcast language of a channel into the additional language in response to a user action.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein, when the user inputs a particular key, the controller is configured to

display a menu for setting a broadcast environment and one of the initial language list and an updated language list;

select a language from the one of the initial language list and the updated language list; and

change a broadcast language of a channel in response to a corresponding selection.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the additional information comprises an Electric Services Guide (ESG).

17. A method for supporting multi-language of a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving broadcast data and information identifying an initial language list of the broadcast data;

adding a language to the initial language list, based on additional information related to the broadcast data; and

outputting a message indicating that the additional language is available.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of adding the language to the language list comprises:

updating the additional information when the mobile terminal moves to the certain region;

determining whether the certain region supports a language not included in the initial language list; and

if the language not included in the initial language list is supported in the certain region, adding the language to the language list as the additional language.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising, when a user manipulates a predetermined key:

displaying a menu for setting a broadcast environment and one of the initial language list and an updated language list;

selecting a language from the one of the initial language list and an updated language list; and

changing a broadcast language of a channel in response to the step of selecting.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the additional information comprises an Electric Services Guide (ESG).