Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 8,958,850 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taehyung, Lee, Hojoon
• Primary Examiner(s): SAMS, MATTHEW C
• Application Number:
  US13/102,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20120088554A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 715/202, 715/203, 715/230, 715/751, 715/754, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

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.

Claims

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.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to add the acquired user'"'"'s input to the e-book contents.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the page corresponding to the specific point on the display.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the server is accessed only by users having authority to access the e-book contents.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to acquire input from a plurality of users and add the input the e-book contents.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the indicator provides the position of inputs provided by users.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the indicator provides the number of inputs for each position having inputs by a user.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the indicator provides an indicator for new user inputs.

9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

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.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the indicator displays the number of user'"'"'s inputs for the specific point.