MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110302488A1
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sun Jung, Lee, Joo Woo, Seo, Kyung Hye, Hwang, Ho Young
• Granted Patent: US 8,533,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided that includes: a display unit configured to display a webpage having a plurality of sections; a wireless communication unit configured to provide Internet access; a memory unit configured to store history information regarding usage of the webpage; and a control unit configured to control a display of a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon an access of the webpage such that the preferred section is visually distinguishable from other sections of the plurality of sections, wherein display of the preferred section is based on the stored history information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a webpage having a plurality of sections;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide Internet access;

a memory unit configured to store history information regarding usage of the webpage; and

a control unit configured to control a display of a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon an access of the webpage such that the preferred section is visually distinguishable from other sections of the plurality of sections, wherein display of the preferred section is based on the stored history information.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to enlarge the display of the preferred section relative to a display of the other sections of the plurality of sections.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the stored history information to be updated during the access of the webpage.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to cumulatively record usage of each of the plurality of sections during the access of the webpage and to recognize a section of the plurality of sections used most frequently as the preferred section.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the preferred section includes an initially used section of the plurality of sections that is cumulatively used most frequently each time the webpage is accessed.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

determine a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predict a next user command to be input by a user based on the determined usage pattern upon input of a user command in the specific webpage.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to control a display of an object corresponding to the predicted next user command to be visually distinguishable from other displayed objects in order to facilitate an input of the predicted next user command.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit is further configured to enlarge the display of the object corresponding to the predicted next user command relative to the other displayed objects.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display an indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the preferred section if the preferred section is not viewably displayed by the display unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to terminate the display of the indicator upon scrolling of the webpage such that the preferred section is displayed on the display unit.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display information indicating a relative position of the preferred section with respect to a currently displayed section of the plurality of sections.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

determine a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predict a first most preferred section and a second most preferred section of the plurality of sections according to the determined usage pattern.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display a first indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the first most preferred section and a second indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the second most preferred section when the first most preferred section and the second most preferred section are not viewably displayed by the display unit.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the first indicator and the second indicator such that the first indicator and the second indicator are visually distinguishable from each other.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to terminate the display of the first indicator or the second indicator when the first most preferred section or the second most preferred section is displayed by the display unit.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a webpage;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide Internet access;

a memory unit configured to store history information regarding usage of the webpage; and

a control unit configured to;

determine a usage pattern based on the stored history information when the webpage is accessed; and

predict a next use command to be input and control display of an object or section of the webpage for receiving the predicted next use command such the object or section is visually distinguishable from other objects or sections displayed on the display unit when a use command for the webpage is input,

wherein the next use command is predicted based on the determined usage pattern.

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

storing history information regarding usage of a webpage having a plurality of sections;

accessing the webpage via the Internet; and

displaying a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon the access of the webpage such that the preferred section is visually distinguishable from other sections of the plurality of sections,

wherein displaying the preferred section is based on the stored history information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein displaying the preferred section comprises enlarging the display of the preferred section relative to a display of the other sections of the plurality of sections.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predicting a next user command to be input by a user based on the determined usage pattern.

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

storing history information regarding usage of a webpage;

accessing the webpage via the Internet;

determining a usage pattern based on the stored history information when the webpage is accessed;

predicting a next use command to be input based on the determined usage pattern when a use command for the webpage is input; and

displaying an object or section of the webpage for receiving the predicted next use command such the object or section is visually distinguishable from other displayed objects or sections.