Apparatus and method for processing data of mobile terminal

• US 8,161,400 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Seo-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Ke, Simon
• Assistant Examiner(s): TILLERY, RASHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US11/425,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20070036346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,128 Days
• Field of Search: 715/769, 715/702, 715/810, 715/825, 715/828, 715/864
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An apparatus and method for processing data of a mobile terminal are disclosed to easily and quickly process data stored in a mobile terminal. When particular data is associated with a particular menu linked to a program for processing the particular data by a user, the program linked to the particular menu is automatically executed to automatically process the particular data.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a storage unit for storing data and at least one application for processing the data;

a touch screen display unit for displaying the data on a first screen region of the touch screen display unit and two or more menu icons on a second screen region of the touch screen display unit, each of the two or more menu icons being linked to a corresponding one of the at least one application and the touch screen display unit receiving a drag-and-drop input;

a controller operatively coupled with the storage unit and the display unit and configured to process a selected one of the stored data by executing an application linked to a selected menu icon of the two or more menu icons, wherein the controller is further configured to;

cause displaying of a plurality of image lists on the touch screen display unit, at least one of the plurality of image lists comprising two or more of the stored data,

receive a selection of the at least one of the plurality of image lists,

cause displaying of the two or more stored data included in the selected at least one of the plurality of image lists on the first screen region,

cause displaying of a plurality of menu icons of the two or more menu icons on the second screen region,

receive a selection of one of the two or more stored data,

stop displaying of menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are not linked to applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data in response to the selection of the one of the two or more stored data,

cause displaying of only menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data such that a number of menu icons decreases in response to the selection of the one of the two or more stored data when not all of the plurality of menu icons are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the two or more stored data,

receive the drag-and-drop input comprising dragging the selected one of the two or more stored data from the first screen region and dropping the dragged one of the two or more stored data onto a selected one of the plurality of menu icons displayed on the second screen region, the second screen region displaying only the menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the dragged one of the two or more stored data, and

process the selected one of the two or more stored data by executing the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons in response to the drag-and-drop input; and

a notification unit operably coupled with the controller and generating a notification message for notifying completion of the processing, the notification message being displayed on the touch screen display unit upon completing the processing of the selected one of the two or more stored data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is image data and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons reproduces image data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is image data and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons sets image data as wallpaper.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is image data and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons is an email application.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the image data is automatically attached to an e-mail as an attachment file.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is video data, and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons reproduces video data.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is music data and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons reproduces music data.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is a phone number and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons processes call functions.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected one of the two or more stored data is a phone number and the application linked to the selected one of the plurality of menu icons processes the phone number into a list of contacts.

10. A method for processing data of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of image lists on a touch screen display unit, the touch screen display unit receiving a drag-and-drop input;

selecting one image list among the plurality of image lists;

displaying a plurality of data included in the selected one image list on a first screen region of the touch screen display unit and a plurality of menu icons on a second screen region of the touch screen display unit, each of the plurality of menu icons being linked to a corresponding application, upon selection of the one image list;

receiving selection of one of the plurality of data;

stopping displaying of menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are not linked to applications that can process the selected one of the plurality of data in response to the selection of the one of the plurality of data;

displaying only menu icons among the plurality of menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the plurality of data such that a number of menu icons decreases in response to the selection of the one of the plurality of data when not all of the plurality of menu icons are linked to the applications that can process the selected one of the plurality of data;

selecting a menu icon of the displayed plurality of menu icons in response to the drag-and-drop input comprising dragging the selected one of the plurality of data from the first screen region and dropping the dragged one of the plurality of data onto the selected menu icon displayed on the second screen region, the second screen region displaying only the menu icons that are linked to the applications that can process the dragged one of the plurality of data;

processing the selected one of the plurality of data by executing an application linked to the selected menu icon; and

notifying completion of the processing by generating and displaying a notification message on the touch screen display unit upon completing the processing of the selected one of the plurality of data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is image data and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to display image data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is image data and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to attach image data to an email message.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is video data and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to reproduce video data.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is music data and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to reproduce music data.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is a phone number and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to initiate a phone call to the phone number.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is a phone number and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to register the phone number.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data is a data file and the application linked to the selected menu icon is an application to process the data file.