Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 8,626,657 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2012
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Moon, Kyungjin, Choi, Huran
• Primary Examiner(s): JOHNSON, GREGORY L
• Application Number:
  US13/357,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/41
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/306 using TV related infrastructures external card used for payment with client device H04N21/4185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a control method of the mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may include a short range communication module, a memory for storing information regarding a payment method, and a controller for making a payment using a payment method corresponding to a location at which a communication link is set, based on the information regarding a payment method.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a location information module to identify a current location of the mobile terminal;

a short range communication module to provide a short range communication link with an electronic device;

a memory to store payment information corresponding to a specific location; and

a controller to display, on a first area of the display, an indicator to notify a lock state of the display, the controller to display, on a second area of the display, a window notifying at least one payment information available at a current location when the current location corresponds to at least one of the stored payment information of the specific location, and in response to receiving an input for selecting at least one of the payment information available, the controller to provide a payment to the electronic device having the short range communication link, based on the selected payment information.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display a map on the display and to display the payment information on the displayed map.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display a map on the display and to receive a user'"'"'s touch input,

wherein the controller is configured to display the payment information to be used for the payment in a specific area of the displayed map.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform an authentication process with respect to a corresponding payment method and to provide the payment to the electronic device when the authentication with respect to the corresponding payment method is successful.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the short range communication module includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module, a Bluetooth communication module or a WiFi communication module.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second area of the display is above the first area of the display.

6. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a location information module to identify a current location of the mobile terminal;

a memory to store information associated with payment corresponding to a specific location; and

a controller to display, on a lower display portion a lock state indicator and to display, on an upper display portion, a window to provide at least one available information associated with payment for the current location when the current location corresponds to at least one of the stored information associated with payment corresponding to the specific location.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display a map on the display and to display the information associated with payment available on the displayed map.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display a map on the display and to receive a user'"'"'s touch input,

wherein the controller is configured to display information associated with payment to be used for payment in a specific area on the displayed map based on the touch input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to perform an authentication based on the information associated with payment.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to receive an input to select one of the available information associated with payment.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display, at least one optimum information associated with payment available for the current location.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display, a discount rate of the information associated with payment.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display, a window notifying entrance to the current location while the display is in the lock state, when the current location corresponds to the stored specific location, wherein the window is displayed at an area above the lock state indicator, and wherein the window notifying entrance includes an upper part and a lower part.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the information associated with payment includes at least one of a type of card, a credit limit, an available amount and a discount, and the controller is configured to display, on the display, at least one of the type of card, the credit limit, the available amount and the discount.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the display, a payment history regarding payment.

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

obtaining a short range communication link between the mobile terminal and an electronic device;

storing information associated with payment corresponding to a specific location;

displaying, on a lower display portion of a display of the mobile terminal, a lock state indicator;

displaying, on an upper display portion of the display, a window to provide at least one available information associated with payment for the current location when the current location corresponds to at least one of the stored information associated with payment corresponding to the specific location; and

providing a payment to the electronic device having the short range communication link based on one of the displayed at least one available information associated with payment available for the current location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of a window includes:

displaying a map; and

displaying information associated with payment specific area on the displayed map.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the providing of a payment includes providing the payment when an authentication with respect to a corresponding payment method is successful.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the short range communication link is a Near Field Communication (NFC) link.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving an input to select one of the available information associated with payment.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, on the display, at least one optimum information associated with payment available for the current location.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, on the display, a discount rate of the information associated with payment.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, on the display, a window notifying entrance to the current location while the display is in the lock state, when the current location corresponds to the stored specific location, wherein the window is displayed at an area above the lock state indicator, and wherein the window notifying entrance includes an upper part and a lower part.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the information associated with payment includes at least one of a type of card, a credit limit, an available amount and a discount, and the method further comprises displaying, on the display, at least one of the type of card, the credit limit, the available amount and the discount.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, on the display, a payment history regarding payment.