MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING BROADCAST CHANNEL OF A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20090117943A1
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Ji-Yeon, Yoo, Won-Jae, Lee, Won-Jong
• Granted Patent: US 8,401,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/426 Receiver side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

A mobile terminal and method for converting a channel on a desired channel list is provided such that a channel list can be changed while receiving broadcast data without having to select a menu when a channel change is desired. An input method corresponding to a key or a touch input received while receiving a broadcast is detected and either a currently set channel list is changed to a different list or the currently set channel list is changed to a different channel list and a channel is simultaneously changed on the different channel list according to the detected input method.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit for receiving broadcast data;

an output unit for displaying the received broadcast data;

a manipulation unit for receiving at least one specific key input for changing a channel;

a touch screen for receiving at least one touch input for changing a channel; and

a controller for detecting an input method of the at least one specific key input or the at least one touch input and changing a channel of a specific channel list according to the detected input method while processing and displaying the received broadcast data on the output unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input method is one of a time period during which the at least one specific key or the at least one touch input is received, an area in which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received, a position or region in which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received, a number of specific key inputs or touch inputs simultaneously received, a number of successive specific key inputs or touch inputs, an input direction, or an input shape.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller further:

separately displays at least one of a first soft menu for channel change or a second soft menu for channel list change; and

either changes a channel list or changes a channel according to an input received on the at least one of the first soft menu or the second soft menu.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller displays the first soft menu for channel change and either changes a channel list according to a direction or shape of the input received on the first soft menu or changes a channel on the changed channel list.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller displays the first soft menu for channel change at a different position according to each of a plurality of channel lists and changes a channel on one of the plurality of channel lists corresponding to the first soft menu upon receiving a key or a touch for channel change.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller either changes a channel on a currently set channel list or changes the currently set channel list to a different channel list according to input information related to the at least one specific key input or the at least one touch input.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller changes the specific channel list and simultaneously performs channel change on the changed specific channel list upon receiving two or more specific key inputs or two or more touch inputs for channel change within a predetermined time period.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display at least one of a first soft menu for channel change or a second soft menu for changing a channel list upon receiving a specific key input or touch input for channel change.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast data comprises at least one of a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, or a data broadcast signal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast data comprises information associated with at least one of a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider.

11. A method for changing a broadcast channel of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

detecting at least one specific key input or at least one touch input while receiving broadcast data; and

either changing a currently set first channel list to a second channel list according to an input method of the detected at least one specific key input or at least one touch input or changing the currently set first channel list to the second channel list and simultaneously changing a channel on the second channel list while displaying the received broadcast data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input method of the detected at least one specific key input or at least one touch input comprises information for either a channel list change or a channel change.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining the input method according to at least one of a time period during which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received, an area in which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received, a position or region in which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received, a number of specific key inputs or touch inputs simultaneously received, a number of successive specific key inputs or touch inputs received, an input direction, or an input shape.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein, changing the channel comprises either changing a channel list or changing the channel on a specific channel list according to a direction in which the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is received or an input shape of the at least one touch input.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the input shape comprises either a straight line or a curved line.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying at least one of a first soft menu for channel change or a second soft menu for changing a channel list when the at least one specific key input or at least one touch input is detected.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the first soft menu at a position corresponding to a specific channel list and changing the channel on the specific channel list upon receiving a key or a touch for channel change on the first soft menu.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first channel list is changed to the second channel list and the channel on the second channel list is simultaneously changed upon simultaneously or successively receiving two or more specific key inputs or two or more touch inputs for channel change within a predetermining time period.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast data comprises at least one of a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, or a data broadcast signal.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast data comprises information associated with at least one of a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider.