Mobile terminal and method for controlling the mobile terminal to display bookmark icons for an e-book

• US 9,098,480 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Miyoung, Song, Yoomee, Lee, Minjeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/282,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20120240075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 715/776, 715/805
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided that includes a touch screen configured to display an e-book including one or more pages. The mobile terminal further includes a controller configured to set a bookmark on a selected page of the one or more pages when a touch input applied in a touch direction from an inner portion of the selected page toward an outer portion of the selected page is detected. The controller is further configured to generate and display a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display an e-book comprising one or more pages;

a communication module configured to exchange data with at least one external device via a wired or wireless connection; and

a controller configured to;

set a bookmark on a selected page of the one or more pages when a touch input applied in a touch direction from an inner portion of the selected page toward an outer portion of the selected page is detected; and

cause the touch screen to display a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page according to the touch direction of the touch input,

wherein when the touch direction of the applied touch input is a first direction, the first type bookmark icon is displayed,

wherein when the touch direction of the applied touch input is a second direction, the second type bookmark icon is displayed,

wherein the first type bookmark icon is a content-based bookmark, which indicates a specific page or a range of content of the e-book,

wherein the second type bookmark icon includes at least information about a user of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the controller is further configured to;

receive information about at least one second type bookmark generated by at least one user of an external mobile terminal, the received information including information for identifying the at least one user of the external mobile terminal;

cause the touch screen to display a plurality of second type bookmark icons comprising at least one second type bookmark icon associated with the at least one user of the external mobile terminal and corresponding to the received information and the second type bookmark icon associated with the user of the mobile terminal;

recognize selection of one second type bookmark icon among the plurality of second type bookmark icons; and

cause the touch screen to display the selected second type bookmark icon together with at least one first type bookmark information previously set by a user corresponding to the selected second type bookmark icon.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to generate and display the first type bookmark icon on an edge of the selected page in a substantially horizontal manner.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein at least one portion of the first type bookmark icon is displayed outside the selected page.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a window including selectable items for changing at least a color, a pattern, or a type of at least one portion of the first type bookmark icon when the first type bookmark icon is selected.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first type bookmark icon is at least an index tab, a flag, a detachable memo paper, or an attachable bookmark.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a range setting object on the selected page for specifying content to be indicated by the first type bookmark icon when the touch input is detected and when the touch direction of the touch input is the first direction.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to consecutively display at least one page following the selected page while the touch input is applied until the touch input is completed to generate the first type bookmark icon for each of the at least one page following the selected page when the touch direction of the touch input is the first direction.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to generate the first type bookmark icon for the selected page and at least one page following the selected page as a unit in proportion to a period of time it takes to complete the touch input when the touch direction of the touch input is the first direction.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to sequentially display the at least one page following the selected page at a predetermined speed during the period of time.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein

the second type bookmark icon further includes at least table of contents information corresponding to the selected page or information indicating a time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the controller is further configured to enter a collective reading mode for displaying at least one previously generated bookmark icon and to cause the touch screen to display at least one partial region of the e-book on the touch screen when a specific command is received via the touch screen;

at least one previously generated first type bookmark icon is displayed in a first region of the at least one partial region; and

at least one previously generated second type bookmark icon is displayed in a second region of the at least one partial region.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one bookmark previously set by the user of another mobile terminal includes at least a name of the user of another mobile terminal, a current page, or a date.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one partial region of the e-book is a partial region of a page displayed on the touch screen before a cover of the e-book or before the specific command is recognized.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the first region comprises a right edge of the at least one partial region of the e-book; and

the second region comprises a bottom side of the at least one partial region of the e-book.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to:

display a list of bookmarks on the touch screen that correspond to the first type bookmark icon among the at least one previously generated bookmark icon when the first region is selected in the collective reading mode; and

display a list of bookmarks on the touch screen that correspond to the second type bookmark icon among the at least one previously generated bookmark icon when the second region is selected in the collective reading mode.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein:

the first region is selected via a drag or flicking touch input applied in a substantially horizontal direction on the first region; and

the second region is selected via a drag or flicking touch input applied in a substantially vertical direction on the second region.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10,

wherein the controller is further configured to

cause the touch screen to display the shared information such that the shared information is sorted according to at least the table of contents information, the information about the user of the mobile terminal, or the information indicating the time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a shortcut to the selected page when the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon on the selected page is selected via a touch input.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to no longer display the first type bookmark icon or the second type bookmark icon when a touch input applied at a prescribed point on the selected page is detected having a touch direction from an outer portion of the selected page toward an inner portion of the selected page.

20. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying an e-book comprising one or more pages on the touch screen;

detecting a touch input applied on the touch screen in a touch direction from an inner portion of a selected page of the one or more pages toward an outer portion of the selected page;

setting a bookmark on the selected page; and

displaying a first type bookmark icon or a second type bookmark icon corresponding to the bookmark set on the selected page according to the touch direction of the touch input,

wherein when the touch direction of the applied touch input is a first direction, the first type bookmark icon is displayed,

wherein when the touch direction of the applied touch input is a second direction, the second type bookmark icon is displayed,

wherein the first type bookmark icon is a content-based bookmark, which indicates a specific page or range of content of the e-book, and

wherein the second type bookmark icon includes at least information about a user of the mobile terminal;

receiving information about at least one second type bookmark generated by at least one user of an external mobile terminal, the received information including information for identifying the at least one user of the external mobile terminal;

displaying a plurality of second type bookmark icons comprising at least one second type bookmark icon associated with the at least one user of the external mobile terminal and corresponding to the received information and the second type bookmark icon associated with the user of the mobile terminal;

recognizing selection of one second type bookmark icon among the plurality of second type bookmark icons; and

displaying the selected second type bookmark icon together with at least one first type bookmark information previously set by a user corresponding to the selected second type bookmark icon.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first type bookmark icon is generated and displayed on an edge of the selected page in a substantially horizontal manner.

22. The method of claim 20,

wherein the second type bookmark icon further includes at least table of contents information corresponding to the selected page or information indicating a time at which the second type bookmark icon was generated.