Mobile terminal and control method thereof
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a communication unit;
a display configured to display at least part of an electronic book (e-book) contents; and
a controller configured to;
transmit position information about the at least part of the e-book contents and a user'"'"'s input relating to the at least part of the e-book contents to a server through the communication unit to acquire the user'"'"'s input;
display an indicator of the e-book contents, the indicator displayed at a bottom of the display separated from the displayed e-book as a horizontal bar shape which corresponds to whole pages of the e-book;
display a page indicator on the displayed indicator displaying a current page of the e-book contents among the whole pages of the e-book;
change a displayed page of the e-book contents corresponding to a touch to the displayed indicator;
display an additional information indicator on the displayed indicator, the additional information indicator comprising at least one of a user'"'"'s comments about a specific part of the e-book contents and acquired information from a server through the communication unit;
display a number of comments, the number of comments displayed in the additional information indicator and reflecting a tagged number based on comments by users on the current page; and
display a new comments indicator, the new comments indicator displayed on a side of the additional information indicator and reflecting newly added comments by users on the current page,wherein the additional information indicator is a polygon displayed on the bar shape indicator and the tagged number is displayed in the polygon additional information indicator.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a radio communication unit; a display displaying at least part of e-book contents; and a controller transmitting position information about the at least part of the e-book contents and a user'"'"'s input relating to the at least part of the e-book contents to a server through the radio communication unit when acquiring the user'"'"'s input. Accordingly, a user'"'"' input relating to part of the e-book contents can be transmitted to the server to share a user'"'"'s opinion on the e-book contents.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a communication unit; a display configured to display at least part of an electronic book (e-book) contents; and a controller configured to; transmit position information about the at least part of the e-book contents and a user'"'"'s input relating to the at least part of the e-book contents to a server through the communication unit to acquire the user'"'"'s input; display an indicator of the e-book contents, the indicator displayed at a bottom of the display separated from the displayed e-book as a horizontal bar shape which corresponds to whole pages of the e-book; display a page indicator on the displayed indicator displaying a current page of the e-book contents among the whole pages of the e-book; change a displayed page of the e-book contents corresponding to a touch to the displayed indicator; display an additional information indicator on the displayed indicator, the additional information indicator comprising at least one of a user'"'"'s comments about a specific part of the e-book contents and acquired information from a server through the communication unit; display a number of comments, the number of comments displayed in the additional information indicator and reflecting a tagged number based on comments by users on the current page; and display a new comments indicator, the new comments indicator displayed on a side of the additional information indicator and reflecting newly added comments by users on the current page, wherein the additional information indicator is a polygon displayed on the bar shape indicator and the tagged number is displayed in the polygon additional information indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
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displaying electronic book (e-book) contents on a display of the mobile terminal; acquiring a user'"'"'s input relating to at least part of the displayed e-book contents; transmitting the user'"'"'s input with position information about the at least part of the e-book contents to a server; displaying an indicator of the e-book contents, the indicator displayed at a bottom of the display separated from the displayed e-book as a horizontal bar shape which corresponds to whole pages of the e-book; displaying a page indicator on the displayed indicator displaying a current page of the e-book contents among the whole pages of the e-book; changing a displayed page of the e-book contents corresponding to a touch to the displayed indicator; displaying an additional information indicator on the indicator, the additional information indicator comprising at least one of a user'"'"'s comments about a specific part of the e-book contents and acquired information from a server through the communication unit; displaying a number of comments, the number of comments displayed in the additional information indicator and reflecting a tagged number based on comments by users on the current page; and displaying a new comments indicator, the new comments indicator displayed on a side of the additional information indicator and reflecting newly added comments by users on the current page, wherein the additional information indicator is a polygon displayed on the bar shape indicator and the tagged number is displayed in the polygon additional information indicator. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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