MOBILE TERMINAL AND DATA DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20100073315A1
• Filed: 09/22/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Seung Woo, KIM, Kyung Hwa, OH, Jung Yeob, LEE, Myeong Lo
• Granted Patent: US 8,547,349 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27467 Methods of retrieving data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of displaying data for the same are disclosed. The data display method includes displaying one or more tags, checking whether a motion of the mobile terminal is detected, identifying the terminal motion if terminal motion is detected, and displaying rearranged tags when the identified terminal motion is related to tag rearrangement.

Claims

1. A data display method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying at least one tag;

determining whether a motion of the mobile terminal is detected;

identifying the motion if the motion is detected;

rearranging, if the identified motion is associated with tag rearrangement, the tags; and

displaying the rearranged tags.

2. The data display method of claim 1, wherein rearranging and displaying the tags comprises:

grouping data items associated with the tags; and

displaying each tag and a number of the data items associated with each tag together.

3. The data display method of claim 2, wherein grouping data items comprises:

identifying data items having related tags; and

grouping the data items having related tags.

4. The data display method of claim 1, wherein determining whether a motion of the mobile terminal is detected comprises using one of a gyroscope, a vibration sensor, and an acceleration sensor.

5. The data display method of claim 1, wherein the tags are arranged and displayed based on alphabetical order, creation date, or data size.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit to display tags and data associated with the tags;

a motion sensing unit to detect a motion of the mobile terminal for rearranging the tags;

a storage unit to store the tags, the data associated with the tags, event information, and motion information; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to display at least one tag, to compare, if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected through the motion sensing unit, the detected motion with the motion information stored in the storage unit, to rearrange the tags if the detected motion is associated with tag rearrangement, and to control the display unit to display the rearranged tags.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the control unit groups data items associated with each tag stored in the storage unit, and controls the display unit to display each tag and a number of the data items associated with each tag.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit groups all data items associated with the tags stored in the storage unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the motion sensing unit comprises one of a gyroscope, a vibration sensor, and an acceleration sensor.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the tags are arranged and displayed based on an alphabetical order, creation date, or data size.

11. A data display method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying tags in a first arrangement;

detecting a movement of the mobile terminal; and

displaying the tags in a second arrangement if the movement is associated with tag rearrangement,

wherein the second arrangement differs from the first arrangement.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising comparing the detected movement with stored movement information to determine if the detected movement is associated with tag rearrangement.

13. A method for displaying data in a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying, in the mobile terminal, at least one tag in a first arrangement, the at least one tag corresponding to data stored in the mobile terminal;

determining if an input event is detected;

displaying the at least one tag in a second arrangement different from the first arrangement if the input event is detected, the second arrangement being associated with the detected input event;

determining, if no input event is detected, if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected; and

displaying the at least one tag in a third arrangement different from the first arrangement if the motion is detected, the third arrangement being associated with the detected motion.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if an input event is detected comprises determining if a tap event, a flick event, a double-flick event, or a drag event is detected.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected comprises determining if the mobile terminal is shaken by a user of the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected comprises determining if the mobile terminal is moved in a circular or cross-shaped gesture.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the at least one tag in a second arrangement or a third arrangement comprises displaying the at least one tag in at least one of an alphabetical order, an order based on creation date, and an order based on data size.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the at least one tag in the third arrangement comprises displaying the at least one tag and a number of data items associated with the at least one tag.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising comparing the detected input event with stored event information.