MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL TO BE USED THROUGH HOST

• US 20100312919A1
• Filed: 12/11/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Won, Kim, Kyung Hwan, Won, Jong Pil, LEE, Uee Song, Lee, Jung Su, Ha, Ju Ho
• Application Number:
  US12/636,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal to be used through a host device are disclosed. The method for controlling the mobile terminal to be used through the host device includes transmitting a virtualization engine and driver programs of user modes of the mobile terminal to the host device; selecting one of the user modes; and transmitting information of the selected one user mode to the host device, wherein the transmitted virtualization engine is recognized as a part of an operating system (OS) of the host device, and is programmed to drive a driver program corresponding to each of the user modes within the host device.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal to be used through a host device, the method comprising:

transmitting a virtualization engine and driver programs of user modes of the mobile terminal to the host device;

selecting one of the user modes; and

transmitting information of the selected one user mode to the host device,

wherein the transmitted virtualization engine is recognized as a part of an operating system (OS) of the host device, and is programmed to drive a driver program corresponding to each of the user modes within the host device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recognizing a communication connection to the host device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the communication connection between the host device and the mobile terminal is formed through a universal serial bus (USB).

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting of the one of the user modes is performed before the transmitting of the information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the virtualization engine and the driver programs, and the transmitting of the information of the selected user mode are performed together.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a connection mode of the mobile terminal;

determining the selected user mode; and

transmitting an autorun program to drive the connection mode.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein one of the user modes includes an Internet access mode.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

automatically driving, when the mobile terminal is released from the host device and is then re-connected to the host device, a driver program corresponding to the selected one user mode without re-transmitting the virtualization engine.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit which provides a display image used to select user modes;

a storage unit which stores a virtualization engine and programs implementing the user modes; and

a controller which transmits the virtualization engine and the programs stored in the storage unit to the host device, controls the display for selection of one of the user modes, and transmits information of the selected user mode to the host device,

wherein the transmitted virtualization engine is recognized as a part of an operating system (OS) of the host device, and is programmed to drive a driver program corresponding to each of the user modes within the host device.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the controller further recognizes a communication connection to an external host device.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 10, further comprising:

a universal service bus (USB) module which establishes the communication connection to the host device.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein controller controls the display for the selection of one of the user modes before transmitting the information of the selected user mode to the host device.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the controller transmits the virtualization engine and the driver programs together with the information of the selected user mode.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the controller further determines a connection mode of the mobile terminal, determines the selected user mode, and transmits an autorun program to drive the connection mode.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein one of the user modes includes an Internet access mode.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the controller, when the mobile terminal is released from the host device and is then re-connected to the host device, automatically drives a driver program corresponding to the selected user mode without re-transmitting the virtualization engine.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the controller also transmits a program implementing the selected user mode among the programs stored in the storage unit to the host device.