Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 8,478,257 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Soohwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US13/247,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20120077477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455418-420, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 4555561-557, 4555691-5692
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. Contents displayed in a mobile terminal may be optimized for and displayed on a different mobile terminal in communication therewith. The method for controlling a mobile terminal includes: outputting previously stored contents to a first mobile terminal; and controlling a transmission of the contents being outputted based on characteristic information of a second mobile terminal that is to receive at least a portion of the contents being outputted, wherein there is a difference between the contents being outputted to the first mobile terminal and the contents the second mobile terminal is to receive and output.

Claims

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

outputting, by the mobile terminal, previously stored contents; and

controlling a transmission of the contents being outputted, the step of controlling including receiving, by the mobile terminal, information concerning a second terminal;

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the contents to the second terminal if the received information meets a predetermined condition; and

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, data related to the contents to the second mobile terminal if the received information does not meet the predetermined condition,

wherein the received information includes speed information of the second terminal, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a speed threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents comprises at least one of a menu screen image, image data, voice data, and contents information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the contents information comprises at least one of a title of the contents, descriptive information regarding the contents, and storage data of the contents.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information concerning the second terminal further comprises at least one of list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the second terminal, and configuration information of the second terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being outputted comprises:

searching for an application program name included in first list information of at least one application program previously stored in the first-mobile terminal, the first list information including at least one of an application program name, an application program type, and an application program icon/emoticon, and second list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the second mobile terminal;

generating a menu list based on one or more application program names included in the first list information and the second list information; and

transmitting the generated menu list to the second mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the menu list comprises at least an application program name, an application program type, and an application program icon/emoticon of one or more applications that are controllable by the second terminal among at least one application program previously stored in the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being outputted comprises:

generating new contents based on the contents being outputted and video codec configuration information or audio codec configuration information of the second mobile terminal; and

transmitting the generated new contents to the second mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of generating new contents comprises:

magnifying or reducing a menu space with respect to menus included in the contents being outputted based on the video codec configuration information of the second mobile terminal;

magnifying or reducing with respect to text included in the contents being outputted based on the video codec configuration information of the second mobile terminal; and

adding a particular user interface or a particular graphic user interface to the contents being outputted.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being outputted comprises:

generating new contents based on the contents being outputted and horizontal display characteristic information included in display characteristic information of the second terminal or generating new contents based on the contents being outputted and vertical display characteristic information included in the display characteristic information of the second mobile terminal; and

transmitting the generated new contents to the second mobile-terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being outputted comprises:

checking whether the contents being outputted are included in particular contents for which a security function has been set; and

when the contents being outputted are included in the particular contents, transmitting pre-set second contents corresponding to the particular contents to the second terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being output further comprises:

when a pre-set event occurs, transmitting the contents being outputted in a background state to the second terminal, and simultaneously outputting second contents corresponding to the pre-set event.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of controlling the transmission of the contents being output further comprises:

when the outputting of the second contents is terminated, outputting the contents being transmitted to the second terminal in the background state, and

simultaneously transmitting the same to the second terminal.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to output contents previously stored in a storage unit; and

a controller operatively connected to the display unit and configured to

control a transmission of the contents being outputted, the controller configured to

receive information concerning a second terminal,

transmit the contents to the second terminal if the received information meets a predetermined condition, and

transmit data related to the contents to the second terminal if the received information does not meet the predetermined condition,

wherein the received information includes speed information of the second terminal, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a speed threshold.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the received information concerning the second terminal further comprises at least one of list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the second mobile-terminal, and configuration information of the second terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13,

wherein the contents comprises at least one of a menu screen image, image data, voice data, and contents information, and

wherein the contents information comprises at least one of a title of the contents, descriptive information regarding the contents, and storage data of the contents.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to

search for an application program name included in first list information of at least one application program previously stored in the mobile terminal, the first list information including at least one of an application program name, an application program type, and an application program icon/emoticon, and second list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the second terminal,

generate a menu list based on one or more application program names included in the first list information and the second list information, and

transmit the generated menu list to the second mobile-terminal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to

generate new contents based on the contents being outputted and video codec configuration information or audio codec configuration information of the second mobile terminal, and

transmit the generated new contents to the second mobile-terminal.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to

generate new contents based on the contents being outputted and horizontal display characteristic information included in display characteristic information of the second mobile terminal or generate new contents based on the contents being outputted and vertical display characteristic information included in the display characteristic information of the second mobile terminal, and

transmit the generated new contents to the second terminal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein when the contents being outputted is included in particular contents for which a security function has been set, the controller is configured to transmit pre-set second contents corresponding to the particular contents to the second terminal.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein when a pre-set event occurs, the controller is configured to

transmit the contents being outputted in a background state to the second mobile terminal, and

simultaneously output second contents corresponding to the pre-set event to the display unit.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein, when the outputting of the second contents is terminated, the controller is configured to

output the contents being transmitted in the background state to the display unit, and

simultaneously transmit the same to the second terminal.

22. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, information concerning the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal; and

receiving, by the mobile terminal, one of contents and data related to the contents from the another mobile terminal, the one of contents and data related to the contents being transmitted from the another mobile terminal based on the transmitted information,

wherein the another mobile terminal transmits the contents to the terminal if the transmitted information meets a predetermined condition,

wherein the another mobile terminal transmits the data related to the contents to the mobile terminal if the transmitted information does not meet the predetermined condition,

wherein the transmitted information includes speed information of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a speed threshold.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the transmitted information concerning the mobile terminal further comprises at least one of list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the mobile terminal, and configuration information of the mobile terminal.

24. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive contents transmitted from another mobile terminal;

a display unit; and

a controller operatively connected to the communication unit and the display unit, the controller configured to

transmit information concerning the mobile terminal to the another mobile terminal, and

receive one of contents and data related to the contents from the another mobile terminal, the one of contents and data related to the contents being transmitted from the another mobile terminal based on the transmitted information,

wherein the another mobile terminal transmits the contents to the terminal if the transmitted information meets a predetermined condition,

wherein the another mobile terminal transmits the data related to the contents to the mobile terminal if the transmitted information does not meet the predetermined condition,

wherein the transmitted information includes speed information of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a speed threshold.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the transmitted information concerning the mobile terminal further comprises at least one of list information regarding one or more application programs controllable by the mobile terminal, and configuration information.