MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING WEB BROWSING FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100029255A1
• Filed: 08/03/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: HAM, Kang Sic, KIM, Jong Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 8,213,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A mobile terminal capable of providing a web-browsing function and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. According to the mobile terminal and the method of controlling the mobile terminal, it is possible to display a text-input area included in a webpage in a certain part of a display region of the mobile terminal in response to the manipulation of a key or the movement of the mobile terminal. In addition, it is possible to sequentially enlarge or highlight one or more text-input areas displayed in the display region of the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible to quickly input text into an address window, an identifier (ID)/password input window or an address window included in a webpage without the need to scroll through the webpage.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal capable of providing a web browsing function, the method comprising:

displaying a webpage in a display region;

determining whether a tab/cursor move command has been input; and

if the tab/cursor move command is determined to have been input, moving either the webpage including at least one text-input area into which text can be input or a web browser in which the webpage is displayed so that the at least one text-input area can be displayed in a certain part of the display region, or enlarging or highlighting the at least one text-input area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one text-input area is at least one of a search window, an identifier (ID)/password input window, a text-input window for a bulletin board, and an address window into which the address of a webpage can be input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tab/cursor move command is issued by manipulating a hard key, a joystick, a jog wheel, or a trackball of the mobile terminal or a soft key displayed in the display region.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing a gyro-sensor to generate a gyro signal in response to the movement of the mobile terminal,

wherein the determining of whether the tab/cursor move command has been input comprises determining that the tab/cursor move command has been input if a gyro signal is generated by the gyro-sensor.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising extracting motion information including at least one of a moving direction, a moving speed, a number of times of movement and a pattern of movement of the mobile terminal from the gyro signal generated by the gyro-sensor,

wherein the moving of the webpage or the web browser or the enlarging or highlighting of the at least one text-input area comprises moving the web page or the web browser based on the motion information so that at least two text-input areas included in the webpage can be sequentially displayed in the certain part of the display region, or sequentially enlarging or highlighting the at least two text-input areas based on the motion information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the display region includes a display region displayed on a touch screen, displaying at least one of a keyboard, a keypad and a handwriting-input window on the touch screen.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window comprises displaying the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window in a certain part of the display region or displaying the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window while preventing the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window from overlapping the at least one text-input area.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the webpage or the web browser or the enlarging or highlighting of the at least one text-input area comprises enlarging the at least one text-input area or a portion of the webpage or the web browser including the at least one text-input area in accordance with a size of the display region.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the webpage or the web browser or the enlarging or highlighting of the at least one text-input area comprises moving the web page or the web browser so that at least two text-input areas included in the webpage can be sequentially displayed in the certain part of the display region, or sequentially enlarging or highlighting the at least two text-input areas,

wherein the method further comprises setting an order in which to display the at least two text-input areas in the certain part of the display region or to enlarge or highlight the at least two text-input areas.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the moving of the webpage or the web browser or the enlarging or highlighting of the at least one text-input area, displaying text in the at least one text-input area.

11. A mobile terminal capable of providing a web browsing function, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display region; and

a controller configured to display a webpage in a display region and determine whether a tab/cursor move command has been input, wherein, if the tab/cursor move command is determined to have been input, the controller moves either the webpage including at least one text-input area into which text can be input or a web browser in which the webpage is displayed so that the at least one text-input area can be displayed in a certain part of the display region, or enlarges or highlights the at least one text-input area.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one text-input area is at least one of a search window, an ID/password input window, a text-input window for a bulletin board, and an address window into which the address of a webpage can be input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the tab/cursor move command is issued by manipulating a hard key, a joystick, a jog wheel, or a trackball of the mobile terminal or a soft key displayed in the display region.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein, if a gyro-sensor generates a gyro signal in response to the movement of the mobile terminal, the controller determines whether the tab/cursor move command has been input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller extracts motion information including at least one of a moving direction, a moving speed, a number of times of movement and a pattern of movement of the mobile terminal from the gyro signal generated by the gyro-sensor, and then moves the web page or the web browser based on the motion information so that at least two text-input areas included in the webpage can be sequentially displayed in the certain part of the display region, or sequentially enlarges or highlights the at least two text-input areas based on the motion information.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein, if the display region includes a display region displayed on a touch screen, the controller displays at least one of a keyboard, a keypad and a handwriting-input window on the touch screen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller displays the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window in a certain part of the display region or displays the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window while preventing the at least one of the keyboard, the keypad, and the handwriting-input window from overlapping the at least one text-input area.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller enlarges the at least one text-input area or a portion of the webpage or the web browser including the at least one text-input area in accordance with a size of the display region.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller moves the web page or the web browser so that at least two text-input areas included in the webpage can be sequentially displayed in the certain part of the display region, or sequentially enlarges or highlights the at least two text-input areas,

wherein the method further comprises setting an order in which to display the at least two text-input areas in the certain part of the display region or to enlarge or highlight the at least two text-input areas.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller displays text in the at least one text-input area after the moving of the webpage or the web browser or the enlarging or highlighting of the at least one text-input area.