Mobile terminal and method of providing information using the same

• US 8,560,967 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Heo, Keunjae
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R
• Application Number:
  US12/764,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• Field of Search: 715/802, 715/736, 715/838
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to display information; a wireless Internet module configured to wirelessly access the Internet; and a controller configured to display an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit, to group the web page images by categories, and to display the grouped web page images in the first area.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display information;

a wireless Internet module configured to wirelessly access the Internet; and

a controller configured to display an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit, to group the web page images by categories, and to display the grouped web page images in the first area,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine a number of the web pages previously accessed, to only group the web page images by categories when a number of the web page images to be displayed on the first area exceeds a predetermined number, and

wherein the controller is further configured to group the web page images corresponding to the web pages previously accessed having a same upper Internet protocol address as the categories.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a currently accessed web page in a second area of the display unit different from the first area.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of an external object with respect to the mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the Internet access history in the first area when the proximity sensor senses the external object approaching the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating a web page included in the Internet access history is selected, and to access and display the selected web page in the second area of the display unit.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating a group of web pages included in the Internet access history is selected, and to display web page images included in the selected group in the second area.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating one of the web page images displayed in the second area is selected, and to access and display a web page corresponding to the selected web page image in the second area.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an event signal indicating an event associated with a web page corresponding to one of the web page images has been generated, and to distinctively display the web page image corresponding to the generation of the event.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the event corresponds to one of 1) transmission/receiving of data to/from a web site corresponding to the web page image associated with the generation of the event, 2) a data download operation and 3) transmission/receiving of a message including e-mail.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to update at least a part of the web page images displayed in the first area by accessing the web pages corresponding to the web page images displayed in the first area according to a predetermined standard or a predetermined command.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to access the web pages corresponding to the web page images displayed in the first area sequentially or simultaneously considering data communication performance of the wireless Internet module.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the grouped web page images in a tree structure.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to display the group of web page images included in the Internet access history to overlap each other in the first area and to display the web page images included in the selected group not to overlap each other in the second area.

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

wirelessly accessing, via a wireless Internet module, the Internet;

displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit;

grouping, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the web page images by categories, and controlling the display unit to display the grouped web page images in the first area;

determining, via a controller, a number of the webpages previously accessed; and

only grouping, via the controller, the web page images by categories when a number of the web page images to be displayed on the first area exceeds a predetermined number,

wherein the grouping the web page images by categories comprises grouping the web page images corresponding to the web pages previously accessed having a same upper Internet protocol address as the categories.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying a currently accessed web page in a second area of the display unit different from the first area.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sensing, via a proximity sensor, a proximity of an external object with respect to the mobile terminal;

wherein the displaying the Internet access history displays the Internet access history in the first area when the proximity sensor senses the external object approaching the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal indicating a web page included in the Internet access history is selected; and

accessing and displaying the selected web page in the second area of the display unit.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal indicating a group of web pages included in the Internet access history is selected; and

displaying web page images included in the selected group in the second area.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal indicating one of the web page images displayed in the second area is selected; and

accessing and displaying a web page corresponding to the selected web page image in the second area.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving an event signal indicating an event associated with a web page corresponding to one of the web page images has been generated; and

distinctively displaying the web page image corresponding to the generation of the event.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the event corresponds to one of 1) transmission/receiving of data to/from a web site corresponding to the web page image associated with the generation of the event and 2) a data download operation and 3) transmission/receiving of a message including e-mail.

21. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display information;

a wireless Internet module configured to wirelessly access the Internet; and

a controller configured to display an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit, to group the web page images by categories, and to display the grouped web page images in the first area,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine a number of the web pages previously accessed to only group the web page images by categories when a number of the web page images to be displayed on the first area exceeds a predetermined number, and

wherein the controller is configured to group the web page images corresponding to the web pages previously accessed having a same access route initiated from a specific web page as the categories.

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

wirelessly accessing, via a wireless Internet module, the Internet;

displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit;

grouping, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the web page images by categories, and controlling the display unit to display the grouped web page images in the first area;

wherein determining, via the controller, a number of the webpages previously accessed; and

only grouping the web page images by categories when a number of the web page images to be displayed on the first area exceeds a predetermined number,

wherein the grouping the web page images by categories comprises grouping the web page images corresponding to the web pages previously accessed having a same access route initiated from a specific web page as the categories.