Terminal and method of displaying content thereof

• US 7,950,009 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2007
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho; Ruay L
• Application Number:
  US11/954,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-277, 715700-867, 700701-866, 709201-229, 705 50- 79, 345 30-111, 348206-2319, 707/831, 717/107, 717/141, 717/174
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method of displaying contents on a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying a plurality of contents on a display of the mobile terminal, selecting a content from the plurality of displayed contents, and displaying the selected content and similar contents having a similar type as the selected content to be discriminated from other displayed contents that do not have the similar type as the selected content.

Claims

1. A method of displaying contents on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of contents on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving a selection signal indicating a selection of first content from the plurality of displayed contents;

automatically discriminately displaying the selected first content and second contents that are similar contents having a similar type as the selected first content from other displayed contents that do not have the similar type as the selected first content; and

traversing from the first content to the second contents while skipping non-selected and non-similar content located between the first and second contents based on an input traversing signal,

wherein the similar type of contents have a similar extension file name and are executed using a same program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step discriminately displays the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using a font color.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the discriminately displaying step discriminately displays the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using a font style.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the discriminately displaying step discriminately displays the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents by aligning the selected first content and the second contents together.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the discriminately displaying step discriminately displays the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using at least one of a font color, a font size, a font type, a font underlining style, a font effect, and a background color of the discriminated selected first content and the second contents.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected first content and second contents are displayed in a non-sequential order such that the traversing step skips over the other contents that do not have the similar type when traversing between the selected first content and the second contents.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input traversing signal is generated by a user touching a scroll region on a touch-screen on the mobile terminal or by manipulating a key button on the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a mapping table including a listing of types of contents, file extensions for the types of contents, and a font characteristic to be used when displayed the selected content and the similar contents,

wherein the mapping table includes groupings of file extensions that are similar.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the types of contents include a still picture file, a moving picture file, a music file, a sound file, a document file, and an animation file.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a plurality of contents;

an input unit configured to select a first content from the plurality of displayed contents; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to automatically discriminately display the selected first content and second contents that are similar contents having a similar type as the selected content from other displayed contents that do not have the similar type as the selected first content,

wherein the control unit is further configured to traverse from the first content to the second contents while skipping non-selected and non-similar content located between the first and second contents based on an input traversing signal, and

wherein the similar type of contents have a similar extension file name and are executed using a same program.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to discriminately display the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using a font color.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to discriminately display the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using a font style.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to discriminately display the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents by aligning the selected first content and the second contents together.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to discriminately display the selected first content and the second contents from the other displayed contents using at least one of a font color, a font size, a font type, a font underlining style, a font effect, and a background color of the discriminated selected first content and the second contents.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the input unit includes an up and down key to traverse between the selected first content and the second contents.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the selected first content and the second contents are displayed in a non-sequential order such that when either of the up and down keys are selected, a next similar content is selected by skipping over the other contents that do not have the similar type when traversing between the selected first content and the second contents.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the up and down key comprises a side key on the terminal or a soft key on a touch screen of the display unit.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit creates a mapping table including a listing of types of contents, file extensions for the types of contents, and a font characteristic to be used when displayed the selected content and the similar contents, and

wherein the mapping table includes groupings of file extensions that are similar.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the types of contents include a still picture file, a moving picture file, a music file, a sound file, a document file, and an animation file.