MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20160330327A1
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Junsup, SEO, Sangwon, SHIM, Bojun, KIM, Jaebok
• Granted Patent: US 10,992,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method therefore. The control method of the mobile terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of executing a mobile messenger, selecting a specific other user pre-registered in the mobile messenger, receiving a first command which is for the selected specific other user as a recipient; controlling the state of the at least one device according to the received first command; and controlling the controlled state of the at least one device to be maintained or to be changed according to whether the first command and a second command are in conflict with each other when the second command which is for the specific other user as a recipient is received through another mobile terminal in which the mobile messenger is executed.

Claims

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

executing a mobile messenger;

selecting a specific counterpart registered at the mobile messenger in advance;

receiving a first command by designating the selected specific counterpart as a recipient;

controlling a status of at least one or more devices according to the received first command; and

if a second command is received by designating the specific counterpart as a recipient via a different mobile terminal in which the mobile messenger is executed, controlling the controlled status of the at least one or more devices to be maintained or changed according to whether or not the first command and the second command are in conflict with each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step considers as the first command and the second command are in conflict with each other only when a difference between time of receiving the first command and time of receiving the second command is greater than a predetermined time interval.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step determines whether or not a conflict occurs according to a position of a mobile terminal of the first command and a position of a different mobile terminal of the second command.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific counterpart is controllable by the mobile terminal and corresponds to at least one or more devices connected with each other by a network.

5. The method of claim 1, if the first command and the second command are in conflict with each other, further comprising the step of displaying an option for inquiring whether to maintain a current status of a device according to the first command or change the current status of the device according to the second command.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying step outputs the option in a vote form.

7. The method of claim 1, if the first command and the second command are in conflict with each other, further comprising the step of automatically executing a group chatting containing the different mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

analyzing texts contained in the automatically executed group chatting; and

controlling the controlled status of the, at least one or more devices to be maintained or changed according to a result of the analysis.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting step and the receiving step are performed via a touch interface or a voice interface.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal corresponds to a mobile phone, a tablet PC, or a laptop (notebook).

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an application manager configured to execute a mobile messenger;

a touch interface module configured to select at least one or more users registered at the mobile messenger in advance;

a display module configured to display conversation contents with the at least one or more selected users; and

a controller configured to determine a specific device as a control target among at least one or more devices connected with the mobile terminal by a network, the controller configured to control a specific function among at least one or more functions of the specific device corresponding to the control target to be executed according to the displayed conversation contents.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to control the displayed conversation contents to be analyzed and control at least one or more keywords which are extracted according to an analyzed result to be outputted.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to set a limit on an analysis range of conversation contents on the basis of time.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to set a limit on an analysis range of conversation contents according to a selection of a user recognized by the touch interface module.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising a memory configured to store a specific device corresponding to the extracted keyword and data to which each of functions of the specific device is mapped.