MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150378590A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Daebum, YOUK, Eunmin
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a touchscreen and a controller controlling the touchscreen to output a running screen of a 1^st application including a prescribed information, the controller receiving a handwriting input through the touchscreen, the controller controlling the touchscreen to output a running screen of a 2^nd application mapped to the received 1^st handwriting input to a prescribed region on the outputted running screen of the 1^st application, wherein the running screen of the 2^nd application includes at least one portion of the prescribed information. Accordingly, a control of running an application and a control of sending a message are facilitated based on a handwriting input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory;

a touchscreen; and

a controller configured to;

store in the memory a mapping of a different symbol to each of a plurality of applications;

cause the touchscreen to display a first screen of a first application of the plurality of applications, wherein the first screen comprises content; and

cause the touchscreen to display a second screen of a second application of the plurality of applications when a first handwriting input received at the touchscreen is associated with a symbol that is mapped to the second application, wherein the second screen comprises a portion of the content displayed on the first screen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the portion of the content of the second screen is defined according to user selection of the portion of the content at the first screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the second application is a message application and wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to display in the second screen of the second application a party identifier for sending a message to a terminal associated with the party identifier, wherein the party identifier is defined according to a mapping of a second handwriting input received at the touchscreen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

attach the portion of the content of the second screen to the message for sending to the terminal associated with the party identifier.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to display in the second screen of the second application, text that corresponds to a third handwriting input received at the touchscreen; and

attach the text of the second screen to the message for sending to the terminal associated with the party identifier.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein a location of the touchscreen at which the third handwriting input is received is different from a location at which the text is displayed in the second screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the user selection of the portion of the content at the first screen is a touch and drag input forming a closed curve that encircles the portion of the content at the first screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first screen of the first application comprises a thumbnail list of a plurality of images, and wherein the portion of the content of the second screen comprises a first image of the plurality of images.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein a size of the first image as displayed in the second screen is smaller relative to a size of the first image as displayed in the thumbnail list.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second application comprises a plurality of user selectable functions that are accessible when operating in a first mode, and when operating in a second mode at least one of the plurality of user selectable functions are not accessible.

11. A display method for a mobile terminal having a touchscreen and memory, the method comprising:

storing in the memory a mapping of a different symbol to each of a plurality of applications;

displaying on the touchscreen a first screen of a first application of the plurality of applications, wherein the first screen comprises content; and

displaying on the touchscreen a second screen of a second application of the plurality of applications when a first handwriting input received at the touchscreen is associated with a symbol that is mapped to the second application, wherein the second screen comprises a portion of the content displayed on the first screen.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the portion of the content of the second screen is defined according to user selection of the portion of the content at the first screen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second application is a message application and wherein the method further comprises:

displaying on the touchscreen in the second screen of the second application a party identifier for sending a message to a terminal associated with the party identifier, wherein the party identifier is defined according to a mapping of a second handwriting input received at the touchscreen.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

attaching the portion of the content of the second screen to the message for sending to the terminal associated with the party identifier.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying on the touchscreen in the second screen of the second application, text that corresponds to a third handwriting input received at the touchscreen; and

attaching the text of the second screen to the message for sending to the terminal associated with the party identifier.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a location of the touchscreen at which the third handwriting input is received is different from a location at which the text is displayed in the second screen.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the user selection of the portion of the content at the first screen is a touch and drag input forming a closed curve that encircles the portion of the content at the first screen.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first screen of the first application comprises a thumbnail list of a plurality of images, and wherein the portion of the content of the second screen comprises a first image of the plurality of images.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a size of the first image as displayed in the second screen is smaller relative to a size of the first image as displayed in the thumbnail list.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the second application comprises a plurality of user selectable functions that are accessible when operating in a first mode, and when operating in a second mode at least one of the plurality of user selectable functions are not accessible.