MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPLICATION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120159472A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Joowoo, HONG, Jipyo
• Application Number:
  US13/241,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20120159472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a controller configured to identify a sharing terminal within a defined distance of the mobile terminal and to pair the sharing terminal with the mobile terminal, the sharing terminal and the mobile terminal configured to share a first application with each other after the pairing, and a display unit configured to display an indicator for distinguishing the application that is shared between the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal, wherein the indicator identifies the sharing terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to identify a sharing terminal within a defined distance of the mobile terminal and to pair the sharing terminal with the mobile terminal, the sharing terminal and the mobile terminal configured to share a first application with each other after the pairing; and

a display unit configured to display an indicator for distinguishing the application that is shared between the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal,

wherein the indicator identifies the sharing terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a second application is simultaneously downloaded on the paired sharing terminal when the mobile terminal downloads the second application.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a second application is accessed by the paired sharing terminal when a user selects a sharing icon which appears after the second application has been downloaded.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller identifies the sharing terminal and pairs the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal during start-up of the mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller identifies the sharing terminal and pairs the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal after executing the first application on the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal may control a second application on the paired sharing terminal when the second application is only installed on the sharing terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to share a screen with the sharing terminal, such that the display unit is further configured to display the shared screen of the sharing terminal on the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the mobile terminal displays an icon to distinguish the shared screen of the sharing terminal when displayed on the mobile terminal.

9. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to identify a sharing terminal within a threshold distance of the mobile terminal and to pair the sharing terminal with the mobile terminal, the paired sharing terminal and the mobile terminal configured to share a first application with each other, and the controller further configured to download and install a second application on the mobile terminal; and

a display unit configured to display an icon for the downloaded second application on the mobile terminal and a sharing icon associated with the second application after the downloading unit has installed the second application,

wherein the paired sharing terminal is given access to the second application when a user selects the sharing icon.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the paired sharing terminal may download and install the second application when given access by the mobile terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the second application is simultaneously downloaded on the paired sharing terminal when the mobile terminal downloads the second application.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the second application is accessed by the paired sharing terminal when a user selects a sharing icon which appears after the second application has been downloaded.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller determines the sharing terminal and pairs the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal during the start-up of the mobile terminal.

14. A method of sharing application information on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

identifying a sharing terminal within a threshold distance of the mobile terminal;

pairing the sharing terminal with the mobile terminal in order to share a first application with each other after pairing; and

displaying an indicator for distinguishing the application that is shared between the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal,

wherein the indicator identifies a terminal having the corresponding application set thereon.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to share a screen with the sharing terminal, such that the display unit is further configured to display the shared screen of the sharing terminal on the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying an icon to distinguish the shared screen of the sharing terminal when displayed on the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

simultaneously downloading a second application on the paired sharing terminal when the mobile terminal downloads the second application.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

accessing a second application by the paired sharing terminal when a user selects a sharing icon which appears after the second application has been downloaded.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying the sharing terminal and pairs the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal during the start-up of the mobile terminal.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying the sharing terminal and pairing the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal after executing the first application on the mobile terminal.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

controlling a second application on the paired sharing terminal when the second application is only installed on the sharing terminal.

22. A method of sharing application information on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

identifying a sharing terminal within a threshold distance of the mobile terminal;

pairing the sharing terminal with the mobile terminal, the paired sharing terminal and the mobile terminal configured to share a first application with each other, and the controller further configured to download and install a second application on the mobile terminal; and

displaying an icon for the downloaded second application on the mobile terminal and a sharing icon associated with the second application when the downloading unit has installed the second application,

wherein the paired sharing terminal is given access to the second application when a user selects the sharing icon.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

downloading and installing the second application on the paired terminal when given access by the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

simultaneously downloading the second application on the paired sharing terminal when the mobile terminal downloads the second application.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

accessing the second application by the paired sharing terminal when a user selects a sharing icon which appears after the second application has been downloaded.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

identifying the sharing terminal and pairing the mobile terminal and the sharing terminal during the start-up of the mobile terminal.