Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 9,032,385 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jonghwan
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, RONGFA PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US13/523,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20130174137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading

Abstract

A mobile terminal capable of performing updating on an application and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a checking unit configured to check status information of the mobile terminal in relation to updating of an application; a detection unit configured to detect an application in which an update event has occurred, on the basis of the status information of the mobile terminal; and a controlled configured to perform updating on the application detected by the detection unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a checking unit configured to check status information of the mobile terminal in relation to updating of an application;

a sensing unit configured to sense an application in which an update event has occurred; and

a controller configured to perform updating on the application sensed by the sensing unit,

wherein the status information of the mobile terminal is associated with communication mode information, and

wherein the updating of the application sensed by the sensing unit is performed when a communication mode of a wireless communication unit meets an update condition according to the checking results.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the status information of the mobile terminal corresponds with a pre-set update condition, the detection unit detects the application in which an update event has occurred.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the application in which the update event has occurred is detected by the detection unit, the controller outputs update information with respect to the detected application.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the update information is output through a pop-up window displayed on a display unit, and the controller automatically performs updating on the detected application or performs updating on the basis of an update command applied through the pop-up window.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the status information of the mobile terminal is associated with at least one of time information, location information, battery information, capacity information of battery, information regarding the frequency of use of an application, and communication mode information.

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

a mobile terminal main body; and

a location information unit configured to collect location information of the main body,

wherein the checking unit checks whether or not the location information of the main body collected by the location information unit indicates that main body has entered a pre-set region.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the communication mode is changed, the controller compares a first communication rate corresponding to a previous communication mode before the change and a communication rate corresponding to the changed communication mode, and determines whether to perform updating on the detected application on the basis of the comparison results.

8. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a list of a plurality of update conditions with regard to a plurality of applications stored at the mobile terminal, wherein at least one of the plurality of update conditions is related to a communication mode; and

a controller configured to;

update at least one of the plurality of applications based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to a previously selected update condition related to the communication mode; and

cause the touch screen to display at least one icon representing the at least one of the plurality of applications.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein a plurality of progress bars is displayed with the icons.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller does not perform updating on the plurality of applications when a remaining battery capacity is under a reference value.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:

set another update conditions related to whether at least one of the plurality of applications is to be updated in response to a user'"'"'s input and

update only remaining applications different from the at least one application among the plurality of application , and not update the at least one application based on the set the another update condition, based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition of the list.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to a selected notification type, and

wherein the provided notification indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating, and wherein the selected notification type is one of plurality of different notification types.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein a notification type among a plurality of notification types is selected in response to a user input;

and

wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to the selected notification type to indicate that the plurality of applications needs updating.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition;

identify that the plurality of applications meets the update condition after the identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition; and

perform the updating the plurality of application after the identifying that the plurality of application meets the update condition.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to display, prior to the update, an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed, and

wherein the displaying of the indicator occurs in response to the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponding to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition of the list.

17. A method performed in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen, a list of a plurality of update conditions with regard to a plurality of applications stored at the mobile terminal, wherein at least one of the plurality of update conditions is related to a communication mode;

updating at least one of the plurality of applications based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to a previously selected update condition related to the communication mode; and

displaying, on the touch screen, at least one icon representing the at least one of the plurality of applications.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a plurality of progress bars is displayed with the icons.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein if a remaining battery capacity is under a reference value, updating on the plurality of applications doesn'"'"'t be performed.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

setting another update conditions related to whether at least one of the plurality of applications is to be updated in response to a user'"'"'s input and

updating only remaining applications different from the at least one application among the plurality of application , and not updating the at least one application based on the set the another update condition, based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition of the list.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing notification according to a selected notification type, and

wherein the provided notification indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating, and wherein the selected notification type is one of plurality of different notification types.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein a notification type among a plurality of notification types is selected in response to a user input;

and

wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to the selected notification type to indicate that the plurality of applications needs updating.

23. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition;

identifying that the plurality of applications meets the update condition after the identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition; and

performing the updating the plurality of application after the identifying that the plurality of application meets the update condition.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein prior to the update, an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed on the touch screen.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed on the touch screen, and

wherein the displaying of the indicator occurs in response to the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponding to the communication mode of the previously selected update condition of the list.