Mobile terminal and method of controlling mobile terminal

• US 8,533,591 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Joo Woo, Seo, Kyung Hye, Hwang, Ho Young, Lee, Sun Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LUDWIG, MATTHEW J
• Application Number:
  US13/006,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20110302488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 715/204, 715/243, 715/253, 715/273, 715/802
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided that includes: a display unit configured to display a webpage having a plurality of sections; a wireless communication unit configured to provide Internet access; a memory unit configured to store history information regarding usage of the webpage; and a control unit configured to control a display of a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon an access of the webpage such that the preferred section is visually distinguishable from other sections of the plurality of sections, wherein display of the preferred section is based on the stored history information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a webpage having a plurality of sections;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide Internet access;

a memory unit configured to store history information regarding usage of the webpage; and

a control unit configured to control a display of a region substantially including a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon an access of the webpage,

wherein the region substantially including the preferred section is enlarged relative to a display of other sections of the plurality of sections by the display unit,

wherein the display of the preferred section is based on the stored history information,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control a display of at least one object enlarged, when a bottom portion of the webpage is displayed in response to user command,

wherein the at least one object is predicted to be selected based on the stored history information, when the user command is received, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display a currently displayed section of the plurality of sections and a direction indicator indicating a direction for scrolling the webpage to view the preferred section.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the stored history information to be updated during the access of the webpage.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the control unit is further configured to cumulatively record usage of each of the plurality of sections during the access of the webpage and to recognize a section of the plurality of sections used most frequently as the preferred section.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the preferred section includes an initially used section of the plurality of sections that is cumulatively used most frequently each time the webpage is accessed.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

determine a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predict a next user command to be input by a user based on the determined usage pattern upon input of a user command in the specific webpage.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the control unit is further configured to control a display of an object corresponding to the predicted next user command to be visually distinguishable from other displayed objects in order to facilitate an input of the predicted next user command.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to enlarge the display of the object corresponding to the predicted next user command relative to the other displayed objects.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display an indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the preferred section if the preferred section is not viewably displayed by the display unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to terminate the display of the indicator upon scrolling of the webpage such that the preferred section is displayed on the display unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

determine a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predict a first most preferred section and a second most preferred section of the plurality of sections according to the determined usage pattern.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display a first indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the first most preferred section and a second indicator indicating a scroll direction for scrolling the webpage to view the second most preferred section when the first most preferred section and the second most preferred section are not viewably displayed by the display unit.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the first indicator and the second indicator such that the first indicator and the second indicator are visually distinguishable from each other.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to terminate the display of the first indicator or the second indicator when the first most preferred section or the second most preferred section is displayed by the display unit.

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

storing history information regarding usage of a webpage having a plurality of sections;

accessing the webpage via the Internet;

displaying a region substantially including a preferred section of the plurality of sections of the webpage upon the access of the webpage;

displaying at least one object enlarged, when a bottom portion of the webpage is displayed in response to user command; and

displaying a currently displayed section of the plurality of sections and a direction indicator indicating a direction for scrolling the webpage to view the preferred section,

wherein the region substantially including the preferred section is enlarged relative to a display of other sections of the plurality of sections by the display unit,

wherein displaying the preferred section is based on the stored history information, and

wherein the at least one object is predicted to be selected based on the stored history information, when the user command is received.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern based on the stored history information; and

predicting a next user command to be input by a user based on the determined usage pattern.