MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION INFORMATION THEREIN

• US 20090017870A1
• Filed: 07/14/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Hyo Jin
• Granted Patent: US 8,301,174 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/565
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit receiving another user'"'"'s image for video communication and real-time location information of the other user; a display displaying the received other user'"'"'s image and the real-time location information of the other user; and a controller controlling the wireless communication unit and display such that both the real-time location information and the other user'"'"'s image are displayed together.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a user input unit for inputting a key signal;

a wireless communication unit receiving another user'"'"'s image for video communication and real-time location information of the other user;

a display displaying the received other user'"'"'s image and the real-time location information of the other user; and

a controller controlling the wireless communication unit and display such that the real-time location information and the other user'"'"'s image are displayed together.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the real-time location information is displayed over the other user'"'"'s image.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the real-time location information is displayed as an image including a map, text, or both the map and the text.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the text comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a longitude, a latitude, a location name, a time, a mobile trace of the other user, a distance from the other user to the mobile terminal, and a time difference between a time at the other user'"'"'s location and a time at a current location of the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein a mobile trace of the other user is indicated on the image including the map.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller controls the display such that the real-time location information is displayed over the other user'"'"'s image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller controls the display such that the real-time location information is displayed over the other user'"'"'s image using image information received from the other user'"'"'s mobile terminal and the image information comprises the other user'"'"'s image and the real-time location information of the other user.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the map is loaded in the mobile terminal or transmitted via the Internet.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory storing at least one selected from the group consisting of the received other user'"'"'s image and the received real-time location information of the other user.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller generates a data file including the received other user'"'"'s image and the real-time location information of the other user and then automatically stores the generated data file in the memory in response to a specific key signal input via the user input unit.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller sets an initial name for the generated data file.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the specific key signal is input by using a shortcut key provided to the user input unit.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller transmits the real-time location information of the other user to a third party user if the key signal is input via a shortcut key provided by the user input unit.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the real-time location information transmitted to the third party user is included in a message.

15. A mobile terminal comprising:

a user input unit for inputting a key signal;

a wireless communication unit transmitting a user image for video communication and real-time location information of the user, the wireless communication unit receiving an image of another user participating in the video communication;

a display displaying the user image and the real-time location information of the user;

a position-location module providing the real-time location information of the user; and

a controller controlling the wireless communication unit, the display, and the position-location module such that the real-time location information of the user and the user image are displayed together, and the real-time location information of the user is transmitted via the position-location module.

16. A method of displaying location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving another user'"'"'s image for video communication and real-time location information of the other user; and

displaying both the received other user'"'"'s image and the received real-time location information of the other user.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the real-time location information is displayed as an image including a map, text, or both the map and the text.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the real-time location information is displayed over the other user'"'"'s image.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing at least one selected from the group consisting of the received other user'"'"'s image and the received real-time location information of the other user.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting the real-time location information of the other user to a third party user.