MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120088554A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Taehyung, LEE, Hojoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,958,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a radio communication unit; a display displaying at least part of e-book contents; and a controller transmitting position information about the at least part of the e-book contents and a user'"'"'s input relating to the at least part of the e-book contents to a server through the radio communication unit when acquiring the user'"'"'s input. Accordingly, a user'"'"' input relating to part of the e-book contents can be transmitted to the server to share a user'"'"'s opinion on the e-book contents.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication unit;

a display configured to display at least part of an e-book (electronic book) contents; and

a controller configured to transmit position information about the at least part of the e-book contents and a user'"'"'s input relating to the at least part of the e-book contents to a server through the communication unit to acquire the user'"'"'s input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to add the acquired user'"'"'s input to the e-book contents.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display an indicator which indicates pages of the e-book contents,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the page corresponding to the specific point on the display.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the server is accessed only by users having authority to access the e-book contents.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to acquire input from a plurality of users and add the input the e-book contents.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the indicator provides the position of inputs provided by users.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the indicator provides the number of inputs for each position having inputs by a user.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the indicator provides india for new user inputs.

9. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication unit configured to acquire an additional information item relating to e-book contents from a server;

a display configured to display at least part of the e-book contents; and

a controller configured to display the additional information item in an area of the e-book contents corresponding to the additional information item.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to display an indicator indicating the area in the e-book corresponding to the additional information item.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to display a total number of acquired additional information items.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when at least one keyword acquired from a user of the mobile terminal is matched to the acquired additional information item, the controller is configured to output at least one of a display, a sound and a vibration.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the server is a server which transmits the additional information to users having authority to access the e-book contents.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying e-book contents on a display of the mobile terminal;

acquiring a user'"'"'s input relating to at least part of the displayed e-book contents; and

transmitting the user'"'"'s input with position information about the at least part of the e-book contents to a server.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying an indicator corresponding to pages of the e-book contents having the user'"'"'s input;

and displaying the page corresponding to a specific point when a signal for selecting the specific point of the indicator is received.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the indicator displays the number of user'"'"'s inputs for the specific point.

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

displaying e-book contents on a display of the mobile terminal;

acquiring additional information relating to the displayed e-book contents; and

displaying the acquired additional information in an area of the e-book contents corresponding to the additional information.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising displaying an indicator indicating the area in which the acquired additional information is displayed.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

acquiring at least one keyword from a user;

matching the at least one keyword to the acquired additional information; and

outputting an indication that at least one keyword corresponds to the acquired additional information through at least one of a display, a sound and a vibration when a match is made.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the indicator provides the number of user inputs.