MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLICATION EXECUTION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110080356A1
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Min Jeong, KANG, Rae Hoon, Lee, Choon Jae, Im, Dong Gwan, Woo, Seung Hyun, Jee, Hyun Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,176,660 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

A mobile terminal and application execution controlling method in a mobile terminal are provided. The present invention includes executing a first application and a second application, displaying an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application, receiving a touch and drag action from the execution notification indicator of the second application to the execution picture of the first application, displaying information provided by the second application during the touch and drag action, and adding the information provided by the second application to information of the first application corresponding to an execution status of the first application.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to execute a first application providing first information corresponding to an execution status of the first application and a second application providing second information; and

a touchscreen configured to display an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application and to receive a first touch and drag action from the execution notification indicator of the second application to the execution picture of the first application,

wherein the controller is further configured to add the second information to the first information in response to the first touch and drag action.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller executes the first application in a foreground and executes the second application in a background.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen is further configured to move and display the second information to a position of the touchscreen touched during the touch and drag action.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen is further configured to:

display a specific portion of the second information to be added to the first application when the specific portion of the second information is specified; and

display information of the second information that may be selected as the specific portion to be added to the first application when the specific portion of the second information is not specified.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller adds the specific portion of the second information to the first information upon a termination of the first touch and drag action, receipt of a second touch and drag action after termination of the first touch and drag action or activation of a key displayed on the touchscreen after termination of the first touch and drag action.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein:

the touchscreen is further configured to receive a selection of the specific portion of the second information when the specific portion is not specified; and

the controller is further configured to add the selected specific portion of the second information to the first information.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the touchscreen is further configured to display a plurality of information input regions in the execution picture of the first application and to receive the first touch and drag action from the execution notification indicator of the second application to a specific one of the plurality of information input regions; and

the controller is further configured to add a specific portion of the second information corresponding to the specific one of the plurality of information input regions to the first information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen is further configured to display the second information that has been added to the first information within the execution picture of the first application.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user input unit configured to receive a command signal for providing an application list, wherein:

the touchscreen is further configured to display the application list including at least one executable application and to receive a second touch and drag action from a specific application included in the application list to the execution picture of the first application, and

the controller is further configured to add specific information provided by the specific application to the first information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the touchscreen is further configured to receive a second touch and drag action from the execution picture of the first application to the execution notification indicator of the second application; and

the controller is further configured to add a specific portion of the first information included in the execution picture of the first application to the second information.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the specific portion of the first information comprises information corresponding to a point touched in the execution picture of the first application at which the second touch and drag action begins.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the second information to another mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit when the first application is an information sharing application.

13. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to execute a first application and a second application; and

a touchscreen configured to display an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application and to receive a touch and drag action from the execution picture of the first application to the execution notification indicator of the second application,

wherein the controller is further configured to add specific information included in the execution picture of the first application to information of the second application corresponding to the touch and drag action.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the specific information added to the information of the second application corresponds to a point touched in the execution picture of the first application at which the touch and drag action begins.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the touchscreen is further configured to move and display the specific information to a position on the touchscreen touched during the touch and drag action.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the touchscreen is further configured to display an execution picture of the second application including the specific information that was added to the information of the second application.

17. A method of controlling execution of an application in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

executing a first application providing first information corresponding to an execution status of the first application and a second application providing second information via a controller;

displaying an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application on a touchscreen;

receiving a first touch and drag action on the touchscreen from the execution notification indicator to the execution picture;

displaying the second information on the touchscreen during the first touch and drag action; and

adding the second information to the first information in response to the first touch and drag action.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the first application is executed in a foreground; and

the second application is executed in a background.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a second touch and drag action on the touchscreen from the execution picture of the first application to the execution notification indicator of the second application; and

adding a specific portion of the first information included in the execution picture to the second information.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the second information to another mobile terminal via a wireless communication unit when the first application is an information sharing application.

21. A method of controlling execution of an application in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

executing a first application and a second application via a controller;

displaying an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application on a touchscreen;

receiving a touch and drag action on the touchscreen from the execution picture of the first application to the execution notification indicator of the second application; and

adding specific information included in the execution picture of the first application to information of the second application corresponding to the touch and drag action.