TERMINAL AND CONTENTS SHARING METHOD FOR TERMINAL

• US 20120060109A1
• Filed: 04/12/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hansu, HAN, Hyoyoung, Yun, Jungjae, Song, Jungeun
• Granted Patent: US 9,159,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed is a terminal and corresponding control method, one embodiment of the terminal including a display unit; a wireless communication unit configured to form a network with at least one external terminal; and a controller configured to set up at least two second display regions displayed on a first display region of the external terminal, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit information corresponding to the second display regions to the external terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a wireless communication unit configured to form a network between the mobile terminal and an external terminal; and

a controller operatively connected to the display unit and the wireless communication unit, the controller configured to

set up at least two second display regions on the external terminal, the at least two second display regions of the external terminal displayed with or on a first display region of the external terminal, and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the external terminal, information corresponding to the second display regions of the external terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display any one of the first display region of the external terminal and the at least two second regions of the external terminal on a predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to create the at least two second display regions of the external terminal by dividing the first display region of the external terminal based on one of a number of contents, a content attribute, and a user input.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein controller is configured to receive the user input from a key displayed on the display unit, the key configured to select a number and an arrangement of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the at least two second display regions of the external terminal comprises at least one of a region size, a region arrangement, content to be displayed, a content play mode, and an application.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to

receive and check a size of the first display region of the external terminal, and

determine a size and an arrangement of each of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal according to one of a number of contents, a content attribute and a user input based on the checked size of the first display region of the external terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to

control the display unit of the mobile terminal to display overlapped regions corresponding to the at least two second regions of the external terminal, and

arrange the overlapped regions based on a priority.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 2,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display unit of the mobile terminal to display regions corresponding to the at least two second regions of the external terminal, and

in response to a touch input to one of the regions displayed on the display unit, control the display unit of the mobile terminal to display a list of contents being executed or contents executable on the at least two second display regions of the external terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control content that has been displayed on the first display region of the external terminal or content that has been displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal to be seamlessly displayed on one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to

generate notification information for notifying an occurrence of an event, and

control the display unit of the mobile terminal to display at least one of the event and the notification information.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit to the external terminal a control signal for displaying at least one of the event and the notification information on any one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the wireless communication unit to receive a notification of an event that has occurred in the external terminal.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to change or reconfigure any one of a size, an arrangement and a number of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal when an event is generated or notified.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event is one of a change of a number of contents for displaying on the external terminal;

a change of a content attribute;

an input from the user;

a message reception;

a voice call reception; and

a video call reception.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit of the mobile terminal to display a first icon corresponding to an application being executed in the mobile terminal or a second icon corresponding to an application being executed according to an event generated on a region of the display unit of the mobile terminal distinguished from the predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to control an application corresponding to the first icon or the second icon to be displayed on the external terminal when a touch input for dragging the first icon or the second icon to the predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal is generated.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein content transmitted by the mobile terminal is displayed on one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal or content downloaded from a server according to the contents information transmitted by the mobile terminal is displayed on one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal.

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

a user input unit operatively connected to the controller,

wherein the controller is configured to control the wireless communication unit to

extract a play mode corresponding to sound or video outputted when reproducing contents to be displayed on the first display region of the external terminal or one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal based on information received through the user input unit, and

transmit the extracted play mode to the external terminal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the play mode is any one of a sound elimination mode, a video elimination mode, a sound volume control method, and a video size control method.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the received information is a gesture received through a touch sensor, a gesture received through a motion sensor or a gesture received through a camera, or a voice received through a microphone.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to control the extracted play mode to be synchronized with the sound or video of the contents displayed on the external terminal.

22. A method of sharing contents in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

forming a network between the mobile terminal and an external terminal;

setting up at least two second display regions on the external terminal, the at least two second display regions of the external terminal displayed with or on a first display region of the external terminal; and

transmitting, to the external terminal, information corresponding to the second display regions of the external terminal.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

displaying any one of the first display region of the external terminal and the at least two second regions of the external terminal on a predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the information corresponding to the at least two second display regions of the external terminal comprises any one of a region size, a region arrangement, a content to be displayed, a content play mode, and an application.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein said setting step comprises:

receiving and checking a size of the first display region of the external terminal; and

determining a size and an arrangement of each of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal according to one of a number of contents, a content attribute, and a user input based on the checked size of the first display region of the external terminal.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

generating notification information for notifying an occurrence of an event; and

displaying at least one of the event and the notification information.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

generating a control signal for displaying at least one of the event and the notification information on any one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal; and

transmitting the generated control signal to the external terminal.

28. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

receiving a notification of an event that has occurred in the external terminal.

29. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

changing or reconfiguring any one of a size, an arrangement and a number of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal when an event is generated.

30. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

displaying a first icon corresponding to an application being executed in the mobile terminal or a second icon corresponding to an application being executed according to an event generated on a region of the display unit of the mobile terminal distinguished from the predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

displaying on the external terminal an application corresponding to the first icon or the second icon when a touch input for dragging the first icon or the second icon to the predetermined region of the display unit of the mobile terminal is generated.

32. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving information through a user input unit; and

extracting a play mode corresponding to sound or video outputted when reproducing contents to be displayed on the first display region of the external terminal or one of the at least two second display regions of the external terminal based on the received information.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the play mode is any one of a sound elimination mode, a video elimination mode, a sound volume control method, and a video size control method.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the received information is a gesture received through a touch sensor, a gesture received through a motion sensor or a gesture received through a camera, or a voice received through a microphone.