MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WIRELESS DEVICES THEREOF

• US 20120009924A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dong Hyun Lee
• Original Assignee: Dong Hyun Lee
• Inventors: LEE, Dong-Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 8,351,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/434
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with wireless devices to be connected with the mobile terminal, a display unit configured to display information about the wireless devices, an input unit configured to input search information including at least one of a distance range to search for the wireless devices and a type of the wireless devices, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to search for the wireless devices based on the input search information and to control the display unit to display responding wireless devices that responded to the search by the wireless communication unit according to the input search information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with wireless devices to be connected with the mobile terminal;

a display unit configured to display information about the wireless devices; and

a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to search for the wireless devices based on search information and to control the display unit to display responding wireless devices that respond to the search by the wireless communication unit according to the search information,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of concentric regions indicating a signal strength from the mobile terminal for each of the displayed wireless devices.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of regions are separated from one another by lines.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further divided into sectors, each sector displaying a different type of wireless device.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display information relating to each wireless device in a corresponding region.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the concentric regions are oval.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an input unit configured to input search information including at least one of a distance range to search for the wireless devices and a type of the wireless devices.

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

searching for wireless devices, via the wireless communication unit, based on search information;

wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit, with wireless devices that respond to the search by the wireless communication unit according to the search information;

displaying responding wireless devices on a display unit;

displaying, via the display unit, information about the wireless devices; and

displaying a plurality of concentric regions indicating a signal strength from the mobile terminal for each of the responding wireless devices.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising separating the plurality of regions from one another by lines.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising dividing the display unit into sectors, each sector displaying a different type of wireless device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying information relating to each responding wireless device in a corresponding region.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the concentric regions are oval.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising inputting search information including at least one of a distance range to search for the wireless devices and a type of wireless device.