MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130067387A1
• Filed: 11/05/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Tae Hun, JUNG, Jang Jae
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,517 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• 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 3/04886 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 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

A broadcast receiver and method for controlling the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the broadcast receiver includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to establish an Internet access and receive a broadcast, and a control unit. The control unit displays on the display unit a text input box selectively usable for a first search category and a second search category, and displays a current category indicator indicating a current search category of the text input box. When the current category indicator is selected to change the current search category, the current search category of the text input box is changed from the first search category to the second search category, and an appearance of the current category indicator for the text input box is changed to indicate the changed search category.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiver, comprising:

a display unit;

a communication unit configured to establish an Internet access and receive a broadcast; and

a control unit configured to;

display the received broadcast on the display unit,

display on the display unit a text input box, the text input box selectively usable for a first search category and a second search category, and

display a current category indicator indicating a current search category of the text input box,

wherein, when the current category indicator is selected to change the current search category, the current search category of the text input box is changed from the first search category to the second search category, and an appearance of the current category indicator for the text input box is changed to indicate the changed search category,

wherein the changed appearance of the current category indicator is being displayed with the text input box, and

wherein the first search category is for searching information via the Internet access, and the second search category is for searching information within the broadcast receiver.

2. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to

distinguish between at least two input pattern types input into the text input box to produce a distinguished pattern type, and

automatically select one of the first and second search categories based upon the distinguished pattern type.

3. The broadcast receiver of claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to display a category selection screen when the control unit is unable to distinguish between the at least two input pattern types input into the text input box.

4. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the information within the broadcast receiver is various types of data including at least one of contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures and video within a memory of the broadcast receiver.

5. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display one of a color of the text input box, a location of the text input box within the display unit, a non-text image, and a text character as the current search indicator.

6. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein when the text input box is selected for inputting a text therein, the control unit is further configured to display a list of texts recently inputted to the selected text input box.

7. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the text input box to be selectively usable for a third search category in addition to the first search category and the second search category.

8. The broadcast receiver of claim 7, wherein the first search category is for searching information via a first Internet access and the third search category is for searching information via a second Internet access.

9. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display the current search indicator in a common body with the text input box.

10. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display the text input box on a specific image other than a web browser image.

11. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to:

display a plurality of icons corresponding to the first and second search categories as the current search indicator, and

select one of the first and second search categories in response to a selection of the corresponding touch icon.

12. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display one of at least two different virtual keypads on the display unit in response to a user input, and

wherein the displayed virtual keypad selected by the control unit is configured to match with a current one of the first and second search categories.

13. The broadcast receiver of claim 12, further comprising:

a keypad separate from the display unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to prevent the virtual keypad from being displayed when the keypad is activated.

14. The broadcast receiver of claim 12, further comprising:

a keypad separate from the display unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause a displayed virtual keypad to disappear when the keypad is activated

15. A method of controlling a broadcast receiver, comprising:

receiving a broadcast;

displaying the received broadcast;

establishing an Internet access;

displaying, by the broadcast receiver, a text input box, the text input box selectively usable for a first search category and a second search category; and

displaying, by the broadcast receiver, a current category indicator indicating a current search category of the text input box,

wherein, when the current category indicator is selected to change the current search category, the current search category of the text input box is changed from the first search category to the second search category, and an appearance of the current category indicator for the text input box is changed to indicate the changed search category,

wherein the changed appearance of the current category indicator is being displayed with the text input box, and

wherein the first search category is for searching information via the Internet access, and the second search category is for searching information within the broadcast receiver.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

distinguishing between at least two input pattern types input into the text input box to produce a distinguished pattern type; and

automatically selecting one of the first and second search categories based upon the distinguished pattern type.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying a category selection screen when the step of distinguishing is unable to distinguish between the at least two input pattern types input into the text input box.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the information within the broadcast receiver is various types of data including at least one of contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures and video within a memory of the broadcast receiver.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the text input box is selectively usable for a third search category in addition to the first search category and the second search category.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first search category is for searching information via a first Internet access and the third search category is for searching information via a second Internet access.