METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF

• US 20110037714A1
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yu, Jihye, Park, Hyekyung, Choi, Eunkyung, Kim, Junhee, Lee, Sunjung, Kim, Kyunglack, SEO, Kyeonghye
• Granted Patent: US 8,400,414 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, via a display, a plurality of items on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; receiving, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a first touching signal indicating a first item of the plurality of items has been touched and held for a predetermined amount of time; displaying, via the display, a first preview screen corresponding to the selected first item when the first item has been touched and held for the predetermined amount of time; receiving, via the controller, a second touching signal indicating a flicking operation has been performed on the touch screen while the first touching signal is still being received; and displaying, via the display, a second preview screen of a next-priority item among the plurality of item instead of the first preview screen based on the received first and second touching signals.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, via a display, a plurality of items on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;

receiving, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a first touching signal indicating a first item of the plurality of items has been touched and held for a predetermined amount of time;

displaying, via the display, a first preview screen corresponding to the selected first item when the first item has been touched and held for the predetermined amount of time;

receiving, via the controller, a second touching signal indicating a flicking operation has been performed on the touch screen while the first touching signal is still being received; and

displaying, via the display, a second preview screen of a next-priority item among the plurality of items instead of the first preview screen based on the received first and second touching signals.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, a full screen mode selection signal while a corresponding one of the first and second preview screens is being displayed; and

displaying, via the display, contents corresponding to the displayed first or second preview screens in the full screen mode when receiving the full screen mode selection signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items include a plurality of messages, the first item corresponds to a first message of the plurality of messages, and the next-priority item corresponds to a second message having a next priority level compared to the first message among the plurality of messages.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying the first preview screen comprises displaying contents of the first message in a preview window, and

wherein the displaying the second preview screen comprises displaying contents of the second message in the preview window instead of the first message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, a biographical list display signal while the first or second preview screens are being displayed;

displaying, via the display, a biographical list extracted from a memory of the mobile terminal upon receiving the biographical list display signal; and

transmitting, via a wireless communication unit included on the mobile terminal, contents included within the first preview screen or second preview screens currently being displayed to at least one other mobile terminal corresponding to a selected biographical item.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items include a plurality of thumbnail images, the first item corresponds to a first thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images, and the next-priority item corresponds to a second thumbnail image having a next priority level compared to the first thumbnail image among the plurality of thumbnail images.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, a frame selection signal; and

displaying, via the display, a first frame configured to receive the first thumbnail image.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first touching signal corresponds to touching and holding the first frame,

wherein the displaying the first preview screen corresponds to displaying the first thumbnail image in the first frame, and

wherein the displaying the second preview screen includes displaying the second thumbnail image in the first frame based on the received first and second touching signals.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second touching signal correspond to one of touching with a user'"'"'s finger, touching with a stylus and proximity touching with the user'"'"'s finger or the stylus.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, via a display, a plurality of items on a touch screen;

selecting and highlighting a first item among the plurality of items upon receiving a selection signal generated by a first pointing device;

moving and rearranging, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the plurality of items except for the first item upon receiving a predetermined rearranging signal generated by a second pointing device; and

inserting, via the controller, the first item into a predetermined position among the rearranged plurality of items when a release signal is generated for the selected first item.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the selection signal includes at least one of a long touching operation, a single or double touch operation and a touch-and-hold operation on the first item, and wherein the release signal includes at least one of a flicking operation, a touch and drag operation, a scroll bar movement operation, a touch and drop operation, and a proximity touch operation.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a display configured to display a plurality of items on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to receive a first touching signal indicating a first item of the plurality of items has been touched and held for a predetermined amount of time,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a first preview screen corresponding to the selected first item when the first item has been touched and held for the predetermined amount of time, to receive a second touching signal indicating a flicking operation has been performed on the touch screen while the first touching signal is still being received, and to control the display to display a second preview screen of a next-priority item among the plurality of items instead of the first preview screen based on the received first and second touching signals.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a full screen mode selection signal while a corresponding one of the first and second preview screens is being displayed, and to control the display to display contents corresponding to the displayed first or second preview screens in the full screen mode when receiving the full screen mode selection signal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the plurality of items include a plurality of messages, the first item corresponds to a first message of the plurality of messages, and the next-priority item corresponds to a second message having a next priority level compared to the first message among the plurality of messages.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to display the first preview screen by displaying contents of the first message in a preview window, and display the second preview screen by displaying contents of the second message in the preview window instead of the first message.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a biographical list display signal while the first or second preview screens are being displayed, to control the display to display a biographical list extracted from a memory of the mobile terminal upon receiving the biographical list display signal, and to control the wireless communication unit to transmit contents included within the first preview screen or second preview screen currently being displayed to at least one other mobile terminal corresponding to a selected biographical item.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the plurality of items include a plurality of thumbnail images, the first item corresponds to a first thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images, and the next-priority item corresponds to a second thumbnail image having a next priority level compared to the first thumbnail image among the plurality of thumbnail images.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a frame selection signal, and to control the display to display a first frame configured to receive the first thumbnail image.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the first touching signal corresponds to touching and holding the first frame, and

wherein the controller controlling the display to display the first preview screen corresponds to displaying the first thumbnail image in the first frame, and displaying the second preview screen corresponds to displaying the second thumbnail image in the first frame based on the received first and second touching signals.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first and second touching signal correspond to one of touching with a user'"'"'s finger, touching with a stylus and proximity touching with the user'"'"'s finger or the stylus.