Mobile terminal and method for controlling mobile terminal

• US 8,654,091 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Minjoo, Byun, Isu, Kim, Jiwoon, Hwang, Inyong, Lee, Sanghyuck
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSARIO, NELSON M
• Application Number:
  US13/103,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20120046079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 715/835, 715/863, 715/765, 715/810, 715/811
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal comprises: a touchscreen controllable to display at least one home screen or a lock screen; and a controller configured to: control the touchscreen to display the at least one home screen when the mobile terminal is in a standby state, one of the at least one home screen displaying at least one application object including one or more widget objects; and control the touchscreen to display the lock screen when the mobile terminal is switched from the standby state to a locked state. The lock screen displays a specific widget object of the one or more widget objects if the specific widget object was selected by a user for the lock screen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display;

at least one home screen or a lock screen; and

a controller configured to;

control the touchscreen to display the at least one home screen when the mobile terminal is in a standby state, one of the at least one home screen including at least one object;

control the touchscreen to display the lock screen when the mobile terminal is switched to a locked state, wherein an unlock icon and an unlock path are displayed as a main unlock graphic on the lock screen; and

control the mobile terminal to be released from the locked state when the unlock icon is touch-dragged along the unlock path,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

in response to occurrence of a first event during the locked state, control the touchscreen to display a first event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic; and

in response to occurrence of a second event after the occurrence of the first event during the locked state, control the touchscreen to display a second event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator, and

wherein;

when the first event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding first event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a first event screen associated with the first event, and

when the second event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding second event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a second event screen associated with the second event,

wherein the first event indicator associated with the first event occurring earlier than the second event is displayed closer to the main unlock graphic than the second event indicator associated with the second event occurring later than the first event,

wherein a first event type of the first event is indicated within the first event indicator, and a second event type of the second event is indicated within the second event indicator;

wherein the first event is related to a first message from a first counterpart during the locked state, the second event is related to a call from a second counterpart after receiving the first message during the locked state; and

wherein the first and second event paths associated with the first and second events are longer than the unlock path of the main unlock graphic.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to shift display of one of the at least one object from the one of the at least one home screen to another of the at least one home screen in response to receipt of an input from a user.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the lock screen displays the one of the at least one home screen if the one of the at least one home screen was selected for the lock screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the lock screen displays only a specific region of the one of the at least one home screen if the specific region was selected for the lock screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the lock screen displays at least a portion of an image of an application corresponding to one of the at least one object if the mobile terminal is switched from the standby state to the locked state when the mobile terminal is executing the application.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein:

the lock screen displays a schematized version of the at least a portion of the image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the at least a portion of the image comprises a specific region of the image selected for the lock screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to refresh the display of the at least a portion of the image either based on a preset time interval or in response to receipt of a command from a user.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one object includes one or more widget objects, and the lock screen displays a specific widget object of the one or more widget objects if the specific widget object was selected for the lock screen, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to refresh a display of information corresponding to the specific widget object on the lock screen according to a preset time interval.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the lock screen further displays a second specific widget object of the one or more widget objects selected for the lock screen; and

the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to refresh a display of information corresponding to the second specific object on the lock screen according to a second preset time interval having a different length with respect to the preset time interval.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a battery, wherein the controller is further configured to stop refreshing the display of the information corresponding to the specific widget object if it is determined that a power level of the battery is below a threshold level.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to refresh a display of information corresponding to the specific widget object on the lock screen in response to receipt of a command from a user.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the lock screen displays a schematized version of the specific widget object.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first event path is displayed together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator and the second event indicator on the lock screen, and

wherein the second event path is displayed together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator and the second event indicator on the lock screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display the first event indicator together with a first correspondent identifier and a reception time of the first message as a first sub unlock graphic, and

display the second event indicator together with a second correspondent identifier and a reception time of the call as a second sub unlock graphic.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein both the first and second sub unlock graphics are displayed together with the main unlock graphic and a current time.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display the first sub unlock graphic closer to the main unlock graphic than the second sub unlock graphic.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a second message from a third counterpart after receiving the call during the locked state as a third event; and

in response to receiving the second message during the locked state, control the touchscreen to display a third event indicator on the lock screen together with and separately from the first event indicator.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to display the third event indicator together with a third correspondent identifier and a reception time of the second message as a third sub unlock graphic.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the first event indicator is touch-dragged along the first event path, the first event indicator including the indicated first event type is moved along the first event path, and

wherein when the second event indicator is touch-dragged along the second event path, the second event indicator including the indicated second event type is moved along the second event path.

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

controlling a touchscreen of the mobile terminal to display at least one home screen when the mobile terminal is in a standby state, one of the at least one home screen including at least one object;

controlling the touchscreen to display a lock screen when the mobile terminal is switched to a locked state, wherein an unlock icon and an unlock path are displayed as a main unlock graphic on the lock screen; and

controlling the mobile terminal to be released from the locked state when the unlock icon is touch-dragged along the unlock path,

wherein the method further comprises;

in response to occurrence of a first event during the locked state, controlling the touchscreen to display a first event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic; and

in response to occurrence of a second event after the occurrence of the first event during the locked state, controlling the touchscreen to display a second event indicator on the lock screen together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator, and

wherein;

when the first event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding first event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a first event screen associated with the first event, and

when the second event indicator is touch-dragged along its corresponding second event path on the lock screen, the mobile terminal is released from the locked state such that the lock screen is directly changed into a second event screen associated with the second event,

wherein the first event indicator associated with the first event occurring earlier than the second event is displayed closer to the main unlock graphic than the second event indicator associated with the second event occurring later than the first event,

wherein a first event type of the first event is indicated within the first event indicator, and a second event type of the second event is indicated within the second event indicator;

wherein the first event is related to a first message from a first counterpart during the locked state, the second event is related to a call from a second counterpart after receiving the first message during the locked state; and

wherein the first and second event paths associated with the first and second events are longer than the unlock path of the main unlock graphic.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the lock screen displays the one of the at least one home screen if the one of the at least one home screen was selected for the lock screen.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the one of the at least one home screen includes at least one application object including one or more widget objects, and the lock screen displays a specific widget object of the one or more widget objects if the specific widget object was selected for the lock screen, and

wherein the method further comprises controlling the touchscreen to refresh a display of information corresponding to the specific widget object on the lock screen according to a preset time interval.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising no longer refreshing the display of the information corresponding to the specific widget object if it is determined that a power level of a battery of the mobile terminal is below a threshold level.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the lock screen displays at least a portion of an image of an application corresponding to one of the at least one object if the mobile terminal is switched from the standby state to the locked state when the mobile terminal is executing the application.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the lock screen displays a schematized version of the at least a portion of the image.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the first event path is displayed together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator and the second event indicator on the lock screen, and

wherein the second event path is displayed together with the main unlock graphic and the first event indicator and the second event indicator on the lock screen.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

displaying the first event indicator together with a first correspondent identifier and a reception time of the first message as a first sub unlock graphic, and

displaying the second event indicator together with a second correspondent identifier and a reception time of the call as a second sub unlock graphic.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein both the first and second sub unlock graphics are displayed together with the main unlock graphic and a current time.

30. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

displaying the first sub unlock graphic closer to the main unlock graphic than the second sub unlock graphic.

31. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving a second message from a third counterpart after receiving the call during the locked state as a third event; and

in response to receiving the second message during the locked state, controlling the touchscreen to display a third event indicator on the lock screen together with and separately from the first event indicator.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

displaying the third event indicator together with a third correspondent identifier and a reception time of the second message as a third sub unlock graphic.

33. The method of claim 21, wherein when the first event indicator is touch-dragged along the first event path, the first event indicator including the indicated first event type is moved along the first event path, and

wherein when the second event indicator is touch-dragged along the second event path, the second event indicator including the indicated second event type is moved along the second event path.