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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
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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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