MOBILE TERMINAL AND BROWSING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110083078A1
• Filed: 03/22/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JU, Seok-Hoon
• Application Number:
  US12/728,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20110083078A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal may be provided that accesses the web through a browser, searches data including a search keyword inputted by a user on the accessed web, displays a list of the searched results, loads web pages linked to at least one or more search results from among the searched results, and displays the loaded web pages on a display screen when a particular event is generated while displaying the search results list.

Claims

1. A browsing method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

executing a browser;

performing a search using the browser;

displaying a list of results from the search on a display screen;

loading web pages corresponding to at least one result from the search; and

displaying the loaded web pages on the display screen in response to a specific event occurring while displaying the list of results from the search.

2. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein performing the search comprises:

inputting a search keyword; and

searching data including the inputted search keyword on the Internet.

3. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein loading the web pages includes loading web pages corresponding to a predetermined number of results from among the results of the search.

4. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein loading the web pages includes loading web pages corresponding to a predetermined number of results in an order based on access frequency from among the results of the search.

5. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein loading the web pages includes loading web pages corresponding to a predetermined number of results in an order based on accuracy from among the results of the search.

6. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein loading the web pages includes loading web pages corresponding to a predetermined number of results in a order based on loading time from among the results of the search.

7. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein the specific event occurs based on an input for a three-dimensional (3D) browser execution.

8. The browsing method of claim 7, wherein displaying the loaded web pages comprises:

forming a display screen with a polyhedron when the input for the 3D browser execution is received; and

displaying a different one of the loaded web pages on each corresponding face of the polyhedron.

9. The browsing method of claim 1, wherein displaying the loaded web pages comprises:

detecting a touch drag while displaying the results of the search; and

displaying any one of the loaded web pages on the display screen in a predetermined order when the touch drag is detected.

10. The browsing method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order is determined based on a high-rank order or a low-rank order of the results of the search corresponding to the web page based on a touch drag direction.

11. A browsing method of a mobile terminal the method comprising:

executing a browser;

performing a search using the browser;

dividing a display screen into at least two regions; and

displaying a list of results of the search on a first one of the divided regions, and displaying, in a second one of the divided regions, a web page linked to one search result from among the results of the search.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit to access the Internet;

an input unit to input a search keyword; and

a controller to search data including the inputted search keyword and to display a list of results of the search on a display screen, and the controller to load web pages corresponding to at least one of the search results and to display the loaded web pages on the display screen in response to a specific event occurring while displaying the list of the results from the search.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller displays the loaded web pages on each face of a polyhedron respectively when a three-dimensional (3D) browser execution is requested while displaying the results of the search.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller displays the loaded web pages on each face of a polyhedron respectively when a touch drag is detected in a horizontal direction on the display screen displaying the results of the search.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller scrolls the results of the search displayed on the display screen when the touch drag is detected in a vertical direction.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the specific event is an input for a three-dimensional browser execution.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller divides the display screen into at least two regions, and displays a list of the results of the search on a first one of the divided regions, and the controller loads and displays, on a second one of the divided regions, a web page linked to one of the results of the search.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein results of the search are displayed based on a high-rank order or a low-rank order.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein results of the search are displayed based on an accuracy order.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein results of the search are displayed based on a loading time order.