Mobile terminal and control method therefor
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a compressed-application memory configured to compress and store an application program;
a location-information acquirer configured to acquire location information of a location of the mobile terminal;
a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the application program stored in the compressed-application memory should be decompressed based on the location of the mobile terminal; and
a decompressor configured to decompress the application program when the determination unit has determined that the application program should be decompressed.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal for automatically decompressing a prescribed application program based on the location of the mobile terminal. A table is created to indicate relationships between application programs and their respective corresponding locations. The mobile terminal constantly acquires information of its own location. Based on the information of the table and the location of the mobile terminal, the corresponding application program is decompressed and ready to be used by the user.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a compressed-application memory configured to compress and store an application program; a location-information acquirer configured to acquire location information of a location of the mobile terminal; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the application program stored in the compressed-application memory should be decompressed based on the location of the mobile terminal; and a decompressor configured to decompress the application program when the determination unit has determined that the application program should be decompressed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising a location acquirer to acquire a location of the mobile terminal, wherein a compressed application program corresponding to a pre-registered particular location range is decompressed when the acquired location of the mobile terminal is found a prescribed number of times in succession in the pre-registered particular location range.
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