MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20120240075A1
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Miyoung, Song, Yoomee, Lee, Minjeong
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided that includes a touch screen configured to display an e-book including one or more pages. The mobile terminal further includes a controller configured to set a bookmark on a selected page of the one or more pages when a touch input applied in a touch direction from an inner portion of the selected page toward an outer portion of the selected page is detected. The controller is further configured to generate and display a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display an e-book comprising one or more pages; and

a controller configured to;

set a bookmark on a selected page of the one or more pages when a touch input applied in a touch direction from an inner portion of the selected page toward an outer portion of the selected page is detected; and

generate and display a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon is generated according to the touch direction.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to generate and display the first type bookmark icon on an edge of the selected page in a substantially horizontal manner when the touch direction is substantially horizontal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein at least one portion of the first type bookmark icon is displayed outside the selected page.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display a window including selectable items for changing at least a color, a pattern, or a type of at least one portion of the first type bookmark icon when the first type bookmark icon is selected.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the first type bookmark icon is at least an index tab, a flag, a detachable memo paper, or an attachable bookmark.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display a range setting object on the selected page for specifying content to be indicated by the first type bookmark icon when the touch input is detected and when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially horizontal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to consecutively display at least one page following the selected page while the touch input is applied until the touch input is completed to generate the first type bookmark icon for each of the at least one page following the selected page when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially horizontal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to generate the first type bookmark icon for the selected page and at least one page following the selected page as a unit in proportion to a period of time it takes to complete the touch input when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially horizontal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially display the at least one page following the selected page at a predetermined speed during the period of time.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the controller is further configured to generate the second type bookmark icon when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially vertical; and

the second type bookmark icon includes at least table of contents information corresponding to the selected page, information about a user of the mobile terminal, or information indicating a time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the controller is further configured to enter a collective reading mode for displaying at least one previously generated bookmark icon and to display at least one partial region of the e-book on the touch screen when a specific command is received via the touch screen;

at least one previously generated first type bookmark icon is displayed in a first region of the at least one partial region; and

at least one previously generated second type bookmark icon is displayed in a second region of the at least one partial region.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein:

the at least one previously generated second type bookmark icon corresponds to at least one bookmark previously set by a user of another mobile terminal; and

the at least one bookmark previously set by the user of another mobile terminal includes at least a name of the user of another mobile terminal, a current page, or a date.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the at least one partial region of the e-book is a partial region of a page displayed on the touch screen before a cover of the e-book or before the specific command is recognized.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein:

the first region comprises a right edge of the at least one partial region of the e-book; and

the second region comprises a bottom side of the at least one partial region of the e-book.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a list of bookmarks on the touch screen that correspond to the first type bookmark icon among the at least one previously generated bookmark icon when the first region is selected in the collective reading mode; and

display a list of bookmarks on the touch screen that correspond to the second type bookmark icon among the at least one previously generated bookmark icon when the second region is selected in the collective reading mode.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein:

the first region is selected via a drag or flicking touch input applied in a substantially horizontal direction on the first region; and

the second region is selected via a drag or flicking touch input applied in a substantially vertical direction on the second region.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising a communication module configured to exchange data with at least one external device via a wired or wireless connection,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

share information included in the second type bookmark icon with the at least one external device; and

display the shared information on the touch screen such that the shared information is sorted according to at least the table of contents information, the information about the user of the mobile terminal, or the information indicating the time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a shortcut to the selected page when the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon on the selected page is selected via a touch input.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to no longer display the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon when a touch input applied at a prescribed point on the selected page is detected having a touch direction from an outer portion of the selected page toward an inner portion of the selected page.

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

displaying an e-book comprising one or more pages;

detecting a touch input applied in a touch direction from an inner portion of a selected page of the one or more pages toward an outer portion of the selected page;

setting a bookmark on the selected page; and

generating and displaying a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon is generated according to the touch direction.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the first type bookmark icon is generated and displayed on an edge of the selected page in a substantially horizontal manner when the touch direction is substantially horizontal.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein generating and displaying the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon comprises:

generating and displaying the first type bookmark icon on an edge of the selected page in a substantially horizontal manner when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially horizontal; and

generating and displaying the second type bookmark icon when the touch direction of the touch input is substantially vertical,

wherein the second type bookmark icon includes at least table of contents information corresponding to the selected page, information about a user of the mobile terminal, or information indicating a time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.