MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140075355A1
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, MeeJeong
• Application Number:
  US14/012,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20140075355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller configured to display a first screen corresponding to a first application on the display and to automatically display at least one second application on the display when at least one object included in the first screen is copied. Accordingly, the second application can be automatically displayed on the display when an object included in the first screen corresponding to the first application is copied.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to display a first screen corresponding to a first application on the display and to automatically display at least one second application on the display when at least one object included in the first screen is copied.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller automatically displays the copied object on a second screen of the second application.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a list of copied objects on the display, and displays at least one object included in the list on the second screen displaying execution of the second application upon acquisition of a signal for selecting the at least one object included in the list.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein, when the display is a touchscreen and the selection signal is a touch, the controller maintains or deletes an object selected from the list according to the selection signal based on a touched point of the object included in the list.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller changes a position on the second screen at which the copied object will be displayed, based on a predetermined input signal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays at least one of an execution screen of the second application and a graphic object representing the second application on the display, and the graphic object includes at least one of an icon corresponding to the second application and a thumbnail image of the execution screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein, when a plurality of second applications are present, the controller displays a list of execution screens of the second applications in a horizontal or vertical scroll form.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays at least one of a currently executed application, an application capable of displaying the copied object and a frequently accessed application on the display.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller displays the currently executed application on the display preferentially.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller changes a position on the second screen at which the copied object will be displayed, based on a predetermined input signal.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to display a first screen corresponding to a first application on the display, to copy at least one object included in the first screen and to automatically display the copied object on a second screen corresponding to a second application.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller senses motion of the mobile terminal and displays the second screen on the display when the sensed motion meets predetermined standards.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller changes a position on the second screen at which the copied object will be displayed, based on a predetermined input signal.

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

displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application;

copying at least one object included in the first screen; and

automatically displaying at least one second application on the display.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising automatically displaying the copied object on a second screen displaying execution of the second application.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the automatically displaying of the copied object on the second screen comprises changing a position on the second screen at which the copied object will be displayed, based on a predetermined input signal.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying a list of copied objects on the display;

acquiring a signal for selecting at least one object included in the list; and

displaying the at least one object on the second screen displaying execution of the second application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, when the display is a touchscreen and the selection signal is a touch, the acquiring of the signal for selecting the at least one object included in the list comprises maintaining or deleting an object selected from the list according to the selection signal based on a touched point of the object included in the list.