MOBILE TERMINAL AND PROCESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100298024A1
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Mun-Seok
• Granted Patent: US 8,346,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a first controller controlling an overall operation of the mobile terminal, a memory storing data including first data, an interface connecting with an external terminal, a second controller performing synchronization between the first data previously stored in the memory and second data stored in the external terminal in response to a synchronization request received from the external terminal, and a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal. The second controller performs the synchronization as a background process and the first controller processes the call signal upon receiving the call signal while the synchronization is performed as the background process.

Claims

1. A method of controlling processing in a mobile terminal comprising a plurality of controllers, the method comprising:

connecting with an external terminal;

synchronizing data stored in the external terminal with data previously stored within the mobile terminal in response to a synchronization request received from the external terminal, wherein the synchronization is performed by a second controller of the mobile terminal, the second controller notifying a first controller of the mobile terminal about the synchronization performed;

continuing, by the second controller, the synchronization when a call signal is received during the synchronization; and

processing, by the first controller, the received call signal while the synchronization is processed by the second controller as a background process.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first controller, whether the second controller is in an idle state upon receiving the call signal; and

sending, from the first controller, a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the second controller is in the idle state, the command signal instructing the second controller to perform the synchronization as the background process.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first controller, whether the data is necessary for processing the received call signal;

sending, from the first controller, a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the data is necessary for processing the received call signal, the command signal instructing the second controller to adjust a task priority in consideration of the data necessary for processing the received call signal; and

adjusting, by the first controller, the task priority and processing the received call signal based on the command signal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the data comprises multimedia contents and the data is used for a ringtone in response to the received call signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a synchronization screen, notifying a progress of the synchronization, on a display of the mobile terminal; and

displaying an indicator on a portion of the display while the received call is processed by the first controller, the indicator indicating that the synchronization is being processed as the background process.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying information related to the processing of the call signal on the display while the received call is processed by the first controller.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

checking, by the first controller, whether the synchronization is being performed by the second controller upon completing the processing of the received call signal;

continuing, by the second controller, the synchronization as a foreground process when the processing of the received call signal is completed; and

re-displaying the synchronization screen on the display while the synchronization is continued as the foreground process.

8. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first controller configured to control an overall operation of the mobile terminal;

a memory configured to store data comprising first data;

an interface configured to connect with an external terminal;

a second controller configured to perform synchronization between the first data previously stored in the memory and second data stored in the external terminal in response to a synchronization request received from the external terminal; and

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal,

wherein the second controller is further configured to perform the synchronization as a background process and the first controller is further configured to process the call signal upon receiving the call signal while the synchronization is performed as the background process.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first controller is further configured to determine whether the second controller is in an idle state upon receiving the call signal, the first controller sending a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the second controller is in the idle state, wherein the command signal instructs the second processor to perform the synchronization as the background process.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first controller is further configured to determine whether the first data is necessary for processing the received call signal, the first controller sending a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the first data is necessary for processing the received call signal, the command signal instructing the second controller to adjust a task priority in consideration of the first data necessary for processing the received call signal, and the second controller is further configured to adjust the task priority and process the received call signal based on the command signal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the first data and the second data comprise multimedia contents and at least the first data or the second data is used as a ringtone in response to the received call signal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the first controller is further configured to display a synchronization screen notifying a progress of the synchronization on a display of the mobile terminal, and to display an indicator on a portion of the display while the received call is processed by the first controller, the indicator indicating that the synchronization is being processed as the background process.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first controller is further configured to display information related to processing the call signal on the display while the received call is processed by the first controller.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first controller is further configured to check whether the synchronization is being processed by the second controller upon completing the processing of the received call signal, the second controller continuing the synchronization as a foreground process when the processing of the received call signal is completed, and the first controller is further configured to re-display the synchronization screen on the display while the synchronization is continued as the foreground process.

15. A method of controlling processing in a mobile terminal comprising a plurality of controllers, the method comprising:

processing a database (DB) build with data stored in a storage medium for a particular application to be performed in the mobile terminal;

receiving a call signal while the DB build is processed;

continuing processing of the DB build as a background process upon receiving the call signal; and

processing the received call signal while the DB build is processed as the background process.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of controllers comprises a first controller processing the received call and a second controller processing the DB build.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein continuing the processing of the DB build as the background process comprises:

comparing, by the second controller, current data information currently stored in the storage medium with previous data information in a database; and

building an updated database with the current data information upon determining that the current data information is not identical to the previous data information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the current data information comprises meta information of at least one or more media contents currently stored in the storage medium.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining, by the first controller, whether the data is necessary for processing the received call signal;

sending, from the first controller, a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the data is required for processing the received call signal, the command signal instructing the second controller to adjust a task priority in consideration of the data necessary for processing the received call signal; and

adjusting, by the second controller, the task priority and processing the received call signal based on the command signal.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the data comprises multimedia contents and the data is used for a ringtone in response to the received call signal.

21. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first controller configured to control an overall operation of the mobile terminal;

a second controller configured to process first data used in a particular application under a control of the first controller, the second controller processing a database (DB) build used for the particular application;

a memory configured to store data comprising the first data; and

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal,

wherein the second controller is further configured to continue the processing of the DB build with the first data stored in the memory as a background process and the first controller is further configured to process the call signal upon receiving the call signal while the DB build is processed as the background process.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, further comprising a display and wherein the first controller is further configured to display an indicator, indicating that the DB build is being processed as the background process, on the display.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the first controller controls the second controller to process the DB build with second data stored in an external memory in addition to the first data stored in the memory upon detecting connection of the external memory to the mobile terminal.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the second controller is further configured to compare current data information currently stored in the memory with previous data information in a database and to build an updated database with the current data information upon determining that the current data information is not identical to the previous data information.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the current data information comprises meta information of at least one or more media contents currently stored in the memory.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the first controller is further configured to determine whether the first data is necessary for processing the received call signal, the first controller sending a command signal to the second controller upon determining that the first data is necessary for processing the received call signal, the command signal instructing the second controller to adjust a task priority in consideration of the first data necessary for processing the received call signal, and the second controller is further configured to adjust the task priority and process the received call signal based on the command signal.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 26, wherein the first data comprises multimedia contents and the first data is used for a ringtone in response to the received call signal.