MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120038541A1
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SONG, Eungkyu, KIM, Woongchang, LEE, Byoungwook, HWANG, Jeongseop, ZHANG, Kangwon, LEE, Jongsung, YUN, Chanphill
• Application Number:
  US13/151,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/025 LAN communication management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a first display unit, an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit, and a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the mobile terminal to the external display device, to play a multimedia content on the first display unit, and to provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device and to control the external display device to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the mobile terminal has a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first display unit;

an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit; and

a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the mobile terminal to the external display device, to play a multimedia content on the first display unit, to provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device, and to control the external display device to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the mobile terminal has a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external display device to display a monitor window for displaying the multimedia content on the second display unit, when the mobile terminal is connected to the external display device and the mobile terminal has the forwarding authority for the multimedia content.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external display device to control an orientation direction of the monitor window displayed on the second display unit to automatically match with a display direction of the multimedia content displayed on the first display unit.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to provide corresponding audio information of the multimedia content to the external display device only when the mobile terminal has the forwarding authority for the multimedia content.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the mobile terminal does not include the forwarding authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to control the external display device to display guide information on the second display unit indicating that the mobile terminal does not include the forwarding authority for the multimedia content, and

wherein when the mobile terminal does include the forwarding authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to control the external display device to display guide information on the second display unit indicating that the mobile terminal does include the forwarding authority for the multimedia content.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the mobile terminal does not include the forwarding authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to provide the external display device with alternative video information instead of the video information for the multimedia content, and to control the external display device to display an alternative video corresponding to the alternative video information on the second display unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to pause the playing of the multimedia content on the first display unit for a predetermined amount of time, when the mobile terminal does not have the forwarding authority for the multimedia content.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a disconnection signal indicating the connection between the mobile terminal and the external display device is disconnected, and to pause the play of the multimedia content on the first display unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit an identifier of the multimedia content to the external display device and control the external display device to retrieve additional information about the multimedia content using the identifier and display the additional information on the second display unit.

10. A display device, comprising:

an interface unit configured to be connected to an external mobile terminal;

a second display unit; and

a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the display device to the external mobile terminal, to receive video information of a multimedia content being played on the first display unit of the external mobile terminal, and to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the display device has a play authority authorizing the display device to play the multimedia content on the second display unit.

11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to control the second display unit to display a monitor window for displaying the multimedia content, when the display device is connected to the external mobile terminal and the display device has the play authority for the multimedia content.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control an orientation direction of the monitor window displayed on the second display unit to automatically match with a display direction of the multimedia content displayed on the first display unit.

13. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive corresponding audio information of the multimedia content from the external mobile terminal only when the display device has the play authority for the multimedia content.

14. The display device of claim 10, wherein when the display device does not include the play authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to control the second display unit to display guide information indicating that the display device does not have the forwarding authority for the multimedia content, and

wherein when the display device includes the play authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to control the second display unit to display guide information indicating that the display device does include the play authority for the multimedia content.

15. The display device of claim 10, wherein when the display device does not include the play authority for the multimedia content, the controller is further configured to receive alternative video information instead of the video information for the multimedia content from the mobile terminal, and to control the second display unit to display an alternative video corresponding to the alternative vide information.

16. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external mobile terminal to pause the playing of the multimedia content on the first display unit when the display device does not have the play authority for the multimedia content.

17. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a disconnection signal indicating the connection between the display device and the external mobile terminal is disconnected, and to control the mobile terminal to pause the play of the multimedia content on the first display unit.

18. The display device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an identifier of the multimedia content from the external mobile terminal and to retrieve additional information about the multimedia content using the identifier and display the additional information on the second display unit.

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

connecting, via an interface unit on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal to an external display device having a second display unit;

receiving, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a connection signal indicating the connection of the mobile terminal to the external display device;

displaying a multimedia content on a first display unit of the mobile terminal; and

providing, via the controller, video information of the multimedia content to the external display device and to control the external display device to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the mobile terminal has a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device.

20. A method of controlling a display device, the method comprising:

connecting, via an interface unit on the display device, the display device to an external mobile terminal;

receiving, via a controller on the display device, a connection signal indicating the connection of the display device to the external mobile terminal;

receiving, via the controller, video information of a multimedia content being played on the first display unit of the mobile terminal and displaying the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the display device has a play authority authorizing the display device to play the multimedia content to the second display unit.