MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110244845A1
• Filed: 03/10/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Hyesuk, Yi, Jaehwang
• Granted Patent: US 9,203,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The present invention includes a mobile terminal and controlling method including a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal, a display unit, and a controller, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit, configured to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indictor indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal;

a display unit; and

a controller, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit, configured to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indictor indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific application comprises a widget.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the text message server receives application update data from a service server, and the service server generates the application update data of a text message format using source data generated from a plurality of contents servers.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the application update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the application update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive an input command from a user, wherein if a list including the specific application requiring an information update is inputted by the user via the user input unit, the controller controls the text message including the list to be transmitted to the text message server to inform the service server of the list.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication unit further comprises:

a wireless internet module; and

a short-range communication module,

wherein the controller determines whether to use the wireless internet module or the short-range communication module for an information update of the specific application according to a preset priority.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific application is displayed on a prescribed region of the display unit, and at least two or more specific applications are displayed simultaneously.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a widget module configured to process the application update data; and

a message module configured to process the text message,

wherein if the controller determines that the text message includes the application update data, the text message is forwarded to the widget module and not to the message module.

9. A method of updating application information in a mobile terminal, method comprising:

receiving a text message from a text message server via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal;

determining, by the mobile terminal, whether the text message includes application update data; and

if the text message includes the application update data as a result of the determining step, updating, by the mobile terminal, information of a corresponding application using the application update data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining whether the text message includes a specific character string indicating the application update data.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining whether the application update data includes an indicator for identifying a specific application to update.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the text message server receives the application update data from a service server, and the service server generates the application update data of a text message format using source data generated from a plurality of contents servers.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the application update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the application update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the corresponding application comprises a widget.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

registering, by a user, a list of applications requiring information updates via a user input unit; and

sending the text message including the list of applications to the text message server to inform the service server of the list.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

if the text message includes the application update data, forwarding the text message to a widget module and not to a message module.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the corresponding application on a prescribed region of a display unit, wherein at least two or more applications are displayed simultaneously.

18. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a plurality of contents servers configured to generate source data;

a service server configured to generate application update data of a text message format using the source data, wherein the plurality of the contents servers provide the service server with the source data;

a text message server configured to request the application update data to the service server, the text message server receiving the application update data from the service server; and

a mobile terminal configured to update at least one of an application status and display information according to the application update data via a text message received from the text message server.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 18,

wherein the text message server receives the application update data from the service server, and the service server generates the application update data of a text message format using source data generated from a plurality of contents servers.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 19, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the application update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the application update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.