MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140220943A1
• Filed: 02/03/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sungchae Na
• Inventors: YANG, Yoonseok, Na, Sungchae
• Application Number:
  US14/170,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20140220943A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which such a content created in the course of meeting a counterpart as a photo, a video and the like can be shared with the counterpart more conveniently. The present disclosure includes determining at least one sharing target terminal located in a predetermined distance from the mobile terminal or at a preset place over a predetermined time and when a period for the determined at least one sharing target terminal to be located in the predetermined distance or at the preset place expires, sharing the contents created by the mobile terminal for the period and the contents created by the determined at least one sharing target terminal with the determined at least one sharing target terminal in part at least.

Claims

1. A method of sharing contents in a mobile terminal, comprising:

determining whether at least one sharing target terminal is located a prescribed distance from the mobile terminal or at a prescribed location over a prescribed amount of time; and

when a prescribed time period expires, sharing at least one of a first content or a second content with the determined at least one sharing target terminal,

wherein the prescribed time period includes a first time period in which the sharing target terminal is located within the prescribed distance or a second time period in which the sharing target terminal is located at the prescribed location, and

wherein the first content includes at least one content created by the mobile terminal during the prescribed time period, and the second content includes at least one content created by the sharing target terminal during the prescribed time period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sharing includes

establishing a data path with the sharing target terminal, and

while the first or second content is transmitted through the established data path, exchanging a comment associated with the transmitted content between the sharing target terminal and the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the exchanged comment is displayed by being linked to the transmitted content in a gallery application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving a sharing event information including a contact information and a sharing event period information, wherein the prescribed time period corresponds to the sharing event period information included in the sharing event information, and wherein the mobile terminal determines a terminal corresponding to a contact included in the sharing event information to be the sharing target terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying at least one of an image corresponding to the contact information and a social network service information corresponding to the contact information after saving the sharing event information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein when a sharing event period indicated by the sharing event period information has elapsed, the mobile terminal recognizes that the prescribed time period has expired.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering at least one candidate terminal;

receiving a first location information from the at least one candidate terminal; and

obtaining a second location information that corresponds to a location of the mobile terminal,

wherein the determining step is performed using the first location information and the second location information.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining a distance between the at least one candidate terminal and the mobile terminal using the first location information and the second location information, wherein when the determined distance deviates from the prescribed distance, the mobile terminal recognizes that the prescribed time period has expired.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a list of contents created by the sharing target terminal; and

displaying the received list,

wherein the sharing includes receiving the content selected from the list.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the contents created by the mobile terminal during the prescribed time period such that the content shared with the at least one sharing target terminal and the content not shared with the at least one sharing target terminal are discriminated from each other.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to control content sharing with a remote terminal through the wireless communication unit, wherein

the remote terminal is identified among one or more terminals for sharing the content, the remote terminal being identified based on at least one of a position of the remote terminal within a prescribed distance from the mobile terminal, a prescribed location of the remote terminal, or a prescribed time period, and at least one of a first content or a second content is shared between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal through the wireless communication unit,

wherein the prescribed time period includes at least one of a first time period in which the remote terminal is located within the prescribed distance, a second time period in which the remote terminal is located at the prescribed location, or a third time period at a prescribed point in time, and

wherein the first content includes at least one content created by the mobile terminal during the prescribed time period, and the second content includes at least one content created by the remote terminal during the prescribed time period.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein a data path with the remote terminal is established through the wireless communication unit, and wherein while the shared content is transmitted through the established data path, transmitting a comment associated with the transmitted content between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the comment is shared and displayed by being linked to the transmitted content in a gallery application.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further including a user input device configured to receive an input of a sharing event information including a contact information and a sharing event period information, wherein the prescribed time period corresponds to the sharing event period information included in the sharing event information, and wherein a terminal that corresponds to a contact included in the sharing event information is determined to be the remote terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising a touchscreen configured to display at least one of an image corresponding to the contact information and a social network service information corresponding to the contact information after saving the sharing event information.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein when a sharing event period indicated by the sharing event period information has elapsed, determining that the prescribed time period has expired.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a user input device configured to receive a command to designate at least one candidate terminal; and

a position location module configured to obtain a first location information corresponding to a location of the mobile terminal,

wherein when a second location information is received from the at least one candidate terminal through the wireless communication unit, the at least one candidate terminal is assigned as the remote terminal for content sharing using the first location information and the second location information.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein a distance between the at least one candidate terminal and the mobile terminal is determined using the first location information and the second location information, and wherein when the determined distance deviates from the prescribed distance, the mobile terminal determines the prescribed time period to have expired.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising a touchscreen, wherein a list of contents created by the determined at least one sharing target terminal is received through the wireless communication unit, the received list is displayed, and the content is selected from the list to be received.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising a touchscreen configured to display the contents created by the mobile terminal during the prescribed time period, wherein the contents created by the mobile terminal during the prescribed time period are displayed in a list in a manner in which contents shared with the remote terminal and contents not shared with the remote terminal are visually discriminated from each other.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising;

a microphone; and

a camera,

wherein each of the contents comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an audio content created through the microphone, a still image created through the camera and a video created through the camera.