Mobile terminal and method of controlling the mobile terminal

• US 8,723,812 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeon, Hyun Joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Haley, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): FRANK, EMILY J
• Application Number:
  US12/405,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20100066688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,883 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a web page screen on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; choosing a portion of the web page in response to a touch input to the touch screen; and if a movement of the mobile terminal is detected, selectively refreshing the chosen web page portion and displaying the refreshed web page portion. Therefore, it is possible to selectively refresh a portion of a web page chosen by a user.

Claims

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

displaying a web page on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;

choosing a portion of the web page having a predetermined size in response to a touch input to the touch screen;

determining whether a movement of a main body of the mobile terminal is detected while the portion of the web page is being chosen, the movement of the main body representing that the main body of the mobile terminal is rotated, shaken or tilted; and

selectively refreshing contents displayed within the chosen web page portion instead of refreshing the whole of the web page in response to the detection of the movement of the main body and displaying the refreshed web page portion on the touch screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the chosen web page portion is chosen again, performing an operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing of the operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion includes scaling up the chosen web page portion, displaying detailed information regarding the chosen web page portion, executing a multimedia file linked to the chosen web page portion and displaying a web page linked to the chosen web page portion.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the touch input and then a drag input are received for the web page, moving the web page in response to the drag input to show other parts of the web page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the choosing of a portion of the web page comprises choosing more than one portion of the web page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the chosen web page portion is a region of the web page in which at least one of email information, news information, product information and advertisement information is displayed.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a web page;

an acceleration sensor configured to determine a movement of a main body of the mobile terminal, the movement of the main body representing that the main body of the mobile terminal is rotated, shaken or tilted; and

a controller configured to choose a portion of the web page having a predetermined size in response to a touch input to the touch screen, and

exclusively refresh contents displayed within the chosen web page portion instead of refreshing the whole of the web page, when the movement of the main body of the mobile terminal is detected based on a measurement value provided by the acceleration sensor while the portion of the web page is being chosen,

wherein the touch screen displays the web page portion refreshed by the controller.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein, when the chosen web page portion is chosen again, the controller controls an operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion to be performed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein, when the web page is touched and then dragged, the controller moves the web page to show other portions of the web page.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a folder list;

an acceleration sensor configured to determine a movement of a main body of the mobile terminal, the movement of the main body representing that the main body of the mobile terminal is rotated, shaken or tilted; and

a controller configured to choose one of a plurality of folders included in the folder list in response to a touch input to the touch screen,

perform an operation corresponding to the chosen folder, when the movement of the main body of the mobile terminal is detected based on a measurement value provided by the acceleration sensor while the folder is being chosen, and

display a list including a plurality of files included in the chosen folder when the chosen folder is chosen again,

wherein the controller is further configured to update automatically email information included in the email folder in response to the detection of the movement of the main body, when the chosen folder is an email folder.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the operation corresponding to the chosen folder comprises rearranging a plurality of multimedia files included in the multimedia file folder and sequentially playing the rearranged multimedia files, when the chosen folder is a multimedia file folder.