METHOD FOR EXECUTING MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20110029547A1
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ryu, Eun Jeong, Jang, Ha Rim, Yi, So Hoon, Jeong, Kye Sook
• Application Number:
  US12/819,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20110029547A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

The present disclosure is related to a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method including displaying a data in a display unit of the mobile terminal; selecting at least a portion of the data which is displayed on the display unit through a user input unit; searching whether a data included in a first category data exists in the selected portion of the data; and setting up a first category execution item which is related to the first category data, if the first category data is searched in the selected portion of the data, and a mobile terminal using the same.

Claims

1. A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying data on a display unit of the mobile terminal;

selecting at least a portion of the displayed data through a user input unit;

searching the selected at least a portion of the displayed data to determine whether first category data exists; and

displaying a first category execution item on the first display unit related to the first category data when it is determined that the first category data exists.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first category data comprises a predetermined character string.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising

displaying a cursor block over the determined first category data of the displayed data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising;

automatically selecting the first category data in response to a first category data selection signal received through the user input unit.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the cursor block comprises displaying the cursor block in a color different from the displayed data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising

automatically using the determined first category data to execute a first category execution item when the first category execution item is selected.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first category data comprises web data, electronic book (e-book) data, image data, or text data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching the selected at least a portion of the displayed data to determine whether second category data exists.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a second category execution item on the display unit related to the second category data when it is determined that the second category data exists.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second category execution item is a phone number menu comprising a call function, a text message function, a contact list function, or a storage function.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the second category execution item is a search word menu comprising a schedule function, a message function, a copy function, and a search function.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the second category execution item is an address data menu comprising a contact list function, an area search function, or a memo function.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein searching the selected at least a portion of the displayed data comprises analyzing the selected at least a portion of the displayed data to identify phone number data, search word data or address data.

14. The method claim 13, wherein analyzing the selected at least a portion of the displayed data comprises comparing the selected at least a portion of the displayed data with an external database to determine whether the phone number data, search word data or address data exist.

15. A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying data in a display unit of the mobile terminal;

selecting at least a portion of the displayed data;

searching the selected at least a portion of the displayed data to determine whether first and second category data exist;

displaying a first category execution item on the display unit related to the first category data when it is determined that only the first category data exists; and

displaying a second category execution item on the display unit related to the second category data when it is determined that the first and second category data exist.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the first category data is phone number data, the second category data is image data, and the second category execution item is a multimedia text message menu.

17. The method of the claim 15, wherein the first category data is distinguishable from the second category data when the at least a portion of the displayed data is selected.

18. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display data;

a user input unit configured to receive an input to select a portion of the data displayed on the display unit; and

a controller configured to search the selected portion of the displayed data to determine whether first category data exists and control the display unit to display a first category execution item related to the first category data when it is determined that the first category data exists.

19. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the first category data comprises a predetermined character string.

20. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a cursor block over the determined first category data of the displayed data.

21. The mobile terminal of the claim 20, wherein the controller automatically selects the first category data in response to a first category data selection signal received through the user input unit.

22. The mobile terminal of the claim 20, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the cursor block in a color different from the displayed data.

23. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the controller automatically uses the determined first category data to execute a first category execution item when the first category execution item is selected.

24. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the first category data is web data, electronic book (e-book) data, image data, or text data.

25. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the first category data to be distinguishable from the second category data when the at least a portion of the displayed data is selected.

26. The mobile terminal of the claim 25, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the first category data to be distinguishable from the second category data according to color when the at least a portion of the displayed data is selected.

27. The mobile terminal of the claim 18, wherein the controller executes a function of the mobile terminal when the first category execution item is selected.