Mobile terminal determining whether to transmit display data according to privacy property, and controlling method thereof

• US 8,996,999 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2011
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yi, Woojoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US13/088,899
• Publication Number:
  US 20110296308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/231, 709/232, 726/27, 715/733
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/52 during program execution, e.g. stack integrity ; Preventing unwanted data erasure; Buffer overflow
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display at least one display data, a communication unit configured to exchange the at least one display data externally, and a controller configured to establish a data path to an external display device via the communication unit, to control the at least one display data displayed on the display unit to be transmitted to and to be displayed on the external display device via the data path, and to determine whether to transmit the at least one display data according to a privacy property, wherein the privacy property indicates whether a sharing restriction is set for each of the at least one display data.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display at least one display data;

a communication unit configured to exchange the at least one display data externally; and

a controller configured to establish a data path to an external display device via the communication unit, to transmit, via the data path to the external device, the at least one display data displayed on the display unit which is to be displayed on the external display device, and to determine whether to transmit the at least one display data according to a privacy property,

wherein the privacy property indicates whether a sharing restriction is set for each of the at least one display data, and

wherein if the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction is set for a next display data to be transmitted to the external display device, the controller controls the display unit to display a prescribed visual effect indicating that the privacy property is set for the next display data via the display unit before displaying the next display data on the display unit when the at least one display data is sequentially transmitted to the external display device.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive a first command from a user, the first command corresponding to excluding the at least one display data having the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction,

wherein the controller generates a first list including the at least one display data, and wherein when the first command is received via the user input unit, the controller generates a second list excluding the at least one display data, which is included in the first list, with the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction and transmits the second list to the external display device.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction is set for a next display data to be transmitted to the external display device, the controller replaces the next display data with a preset image and displays the preset image on the external display device.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction is set for a next display data to be transmitted to the external display device, the controller maintains last displayed data on the external display device.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive a second and third commands from a user,

wherein when the second command for granting a transmission of the next display data is received via the user input unit, the controller transmits the next display data to the external display device.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein if the third command for restricting the transmission of the next display data is received via the user input unit, the controller displays a preset image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein if the third command for restricting the transmission of the next display data is received via the user input unit, the controller maintains last displayed data on the external display device.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed visual effect comprises an indication window indicating that the privacy property is set for the next display data, and the indication window includes a menu for selecting an option to transmit the next display data.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication unit further comprises:

at least one wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly exchange the at least one display data externally; and

an interface unit configured to exchange the at least one display data externally on wire.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one display data comprises a text included in a specific field, a still image data, and a video streaming data.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction is set for the at least one display data, the controller applies a prescribed visual effect to the privacy property set display data.

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

searching for external display devices via a communication unit;

establishing a data path to a specific external display device from the searched external display devices;

preparing display data displayed on a display unit to be transmitted to the specific external display device via the data path;

determining whether a privacy property indicating a sharing restriction is set for the display data; and

determining whether to transmit the display data via the data path according to a result of the privacy property determination,

wherein if the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction is set for a next display data to be transmitted to the external display device, the method further comprises displaying a prescribed visual effect indicating that the privacy property is set for the next display data via the display unit before displaying the next display data on the display unit when the at least one display data is sequentially transmitted to the external display device.

13. The method claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, via a menu, a first user input to transmit the privacy property set display data, wherein the prescribed visual effect includes the menu for selecting an option to transmit the privacy property set display data; and

transmitting the privacy property set display data to the specific external device.

14. The method claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, via the menu, a second user input to restrict transmission of the privacy property set display data to the specific external device; and

transmitting a preset image different from the privacy property set display data to the specific external device.

15. The method claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a second user input to restrict transmission the privacy property set display data to the specific external device via the menu; and

maintaining a previously displayed image on the specific external device.

16. The method claim 12, further comprising:

generating a first list including the display data;

receiving, via a user input unit, a command to exclude the display data having the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction;

generating a second list excluding the display data, which is included in the first list, with the privacy property indicating the sharing restriction based on the command; and

transmitting the second list to the specific external display device based on the command.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the display data comprises a text included in a specific field, a still image data, and a video streaming data.