MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120166975A1
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Soohyun, OH, Sesook, KIM, Namki, LEE, Seungmyoung
• Application Number:
  US13/220,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user'"'"'s convenience. The present invention includes simultaneously executing a first web browser and a second web browse, displaying the executed first web browser on the touchscreen, if a first touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays a first current webpage, controlling the first web browser to display a first previous webpage or a first next webpage, and if a second touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays the first current webpage, controlling the first web browser to disappear and controlling the second web browser to appear. Accordingly, the present invention facilitates a switching to a different webpage from the displayed webpage in further consideration of user'"'"'s convenience despite a user input unit of a limited type and a display screen of a limited size in the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen;

a wireless communication unit for internet access; and

a controller configured to;

simultaneously execute a first web browser and a second web browser;

display the executed first web browser on the touchscreen;

if a first touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays a first current webpage, control the first web browser to display a first previous webpage or a first next webpage; and

if a second touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays the first current webpage, control the first web browser to disappear and control the second web browser to appear.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the second web browser not to be displayed when the first web browser is displayed and wherein the controller controls the first web browser not to be displayed when the second web browser is displayed.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls a third web browser to be further executed and wherein each time the second touch action is performed, the controller controls the first to third web browsers to be sequentially displayed on the touchscreen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the first touch action is performed while the first web browser displays the first current webpage, the controller controls a list of the first previous webpage or the first next webpage to be displayed and wherein if a specific one webpage is selected from the list, the controller controls the selected webpage to be displayed on the first web browser.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller controls the list to be displayed as a thumbnail in a manner of being overlaid on the first current webpage.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the first touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the second web browser displays a second current webpage, the controller controls the second web browser to display a second previous webpage or a second next webpage.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein if the second touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the second web browser displays the second current webpage, the controller controls the second web browser to disappear and also controls the first web browser to be displayed.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a first icon and a second icon for receiving an input of the first touch action, wherein if the first icon is touched with a pointer as the first touch action, the controller controls the first web browser to go to the first previous webpage from the first current webpage, and wherein if the second icon is touched with the pointer as the first touch action, the controller controls the first web browser to go to the first next webpage from the first current webpage.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein if at least one of the first icon and the second icon is touched with the pointer and the pointer is then dragged in a specific direction, the controller controls the second touch action to be inputted.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls a first touch &

drag performed along a first trace to be recognized as the first touch action and wherein the controller controls a second touch &

drag performed along a second trace to be recognized as the second touch action.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein if the first or second touch &

drag is inputted while the first current webpage is displayed on the first web browser by being fully zoomed out, the controller controls the inputted first or second touch &

drag to be recognized as the first or second touch action and wherein if the first or second touch &

drag is inputted while the first current webpage is displayed on the first web browser by being zoomed in, the controller controls the inputted first or second touch &

drag to be recognized as a scroll command for scrolling the first current webpage in a corresponding trace direction.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the first trace is a straight line trace in a left or right direction and wherein the second trace is a trace different from a straight line.

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

simultaneously executing a first web browser and a second web browser;

displaying the executed first web browser on the touchscreen;

if a first touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays a first current webpage, controlling the first web browser to display a first previous webpage or a first next webpage; and

if a second touch action is performed on the touchscreen while the first web browser displays the first current webpage, controlling the first web browser to disappear and controlling the second web browser to appear.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second web browser is not displayed when the first web browser is displayed and wherein the first web browser is not displayed when the second web browser is displayed.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising further executing a third web browser, wherein each time the second touch action is performed, the first to third web browsers are sequentially displayed on the touchscreen.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the first previous webpage or the first next webpage comprises:

if the first touch action is performed while the first web browser displays the first current webpage, displaying a list of the first previous webpage or the first next webpage; and

if a prescribed one webpage is selected from the list, displaying the selected webpage on the first web browser.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the list is displayed as a thumbnail in a manner of being overlaid on the first current webpage.