Mobile terminal and method of sharing information therein

• US 9,178,981 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Hyunah, Kim, Hyehyun, Kim, Ki Seo, Kim, Dongwoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): STITT, ERIK V
• Application Number:
  US13/169,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 715/764, 715/778
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/71 to assure secure computing or processing of information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/086 using security domains

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal; a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; and a controller configured to execute the first and second operating systems, to simultaneously display first and second information screens on a display unit of the mobile terminal corresponding to the first and second modes, to receive a sharing signal requesting information from one of the first and second information screens be shared with the other of the first and second information screens, and to selectively share the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a predetermined criterion.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal;

a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; and

a controller configured to execute the first and second operating systems, to simultaneously display first and second information screens on a display unit of the mobile terminal corresponding to the first and second modes, to receive a sharing signal requesting information from one of the first and second information screens be shared with the other of the first and second information screens, and selectively share the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a predetermined criterion,

wherein the display unit comprises a touch screen,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

display the first information screen on a main region of the touch screen and display at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode on a sub-region of the touch screen, the main region being positioned on a first side of the touch screen and the sub region being positioned on a second side of the touch screen,

gradually display at least a part of the second information screen according to a touch input applied on the sub-region, by moving the sub-region from the second side to the first side, so that the first information screen gradually disappears, and

display at least one transceived event that occurred in the first mode on the sub-region together with the second information screen, while the sub-region is positioned on the first side, and the first information screen is not displayed,

wherein the at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode and the at least one transceived event that occurred in the first mode are events in which a user has not previously interacted with, and

wherein the at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode displayed in the sub-region disappears while the sub-region is moving.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first mode is activated and the second mode is not activated, the first mode and the second mode are both activated, or the second mode is activated and the first mode is not activated when the sharing signal is received.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to simultaneously execute the first and second operating systems or to first execute the first operating system and then execute the second operating system after receiving the switching signal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second modes are discriminated from each other by at least one of a mode indicator indicating the first or second modes, a database storage region storing information for the first and second modes, a user access authority for accessing the first and second modes, an application configuration for the first and second modes, a content configuration for the first and second modes, a data configuration for the first and second modes and an application for the first and second modes.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens includes at least one of a restriction level of the requested information and a restriction level of the first and second modes.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens includes a performed authentication procedure, and

wherein the controller is further configured to selectively share the requested information between the first and second information screens by not allowing the requested information be shared between the first and second information screens, by sharing partial information of the requested information between the first and second information screens, or by sharing all of the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a result of the authentication procedure.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the sharing signal is received when at least one of a command for sharing the requested information is input on the mobile terminal, and the requested information needs to be stored and managed in common with the first and second modes.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the requested information to be shared between the first and second information screens includes information related to a first application executable in the first mode and information related to a second application executable in the second mode.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to automatically share the requested information when the first and second applications are common applications to both the first and second modes or when the first and second applications have at least one similar or identical function.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the request for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens corresponds to a copy and paste operation or a cut and paste operation between the first and second information screens.

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

allowing, via a communication unit of the mobile terminal, with at least one other terminal;

storing, in a memory of the mobile terminal, at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively;

executing, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the first and second operating systems;

simultaneously displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, first and second information screens corresponding to the first and second modes;

receiving, via the controller, a sharing signal requesting information from one of the first and second information screens be shared with the other of the first and second information screens; and

selectively sharing, via the controller controlling the display unit, the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a predetermined criterion,

wherein the display unit comprises a touch screen,

wherein the method further comprises;

displaying the first information screen on a main region of the touch screen and displaying at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode on a sub-region of the touch screen, the main region being positioned on a first side of the touch screen and the sub region being positioned on a second side of the touch screen,

gradually displaying at least a part of the second information screen according to a touch input applied on the sub-region, by moving the sub-region from the second side to the first side, so that the first information screen gradually disappears, and

displaying at least one transceived event that occurred in the first mode on the sub-region, while the sub-region together with second information screen, is positioned on the first side, and the first information screen is not displayed,

wherein the at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode and the at least one transceived event that occurred in the first mode are events in which a user has not previously interacted with, and

wherein the at least one transceived event that occurred in the second mode displayed in the sub region disappears while the sub-region is moving.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first mode is activated and the second mode is not activated, the first mode and the second mode are both activated, or the second mode is activated and the first mode is not activated when the sharing signal is received.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the simultaneously executing step simultaneously executes the first and second operating systems, or first executes the first operating system and then executes the second operating system after receiving the switching signal.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second modes are discriminated from each other by at least one of a mode indicator indicating the first or second modes, a database storage region storing information for the first and second modes, a user access authority for accessing the first and second modes, an application configuration for the first and second modes, a content configuration for the first and second modes, a data configuration for the first and second modes and an application for the first and second modes.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined criteria for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens includes at least one of a restriction level of the requested information and a restriction level of the first and second modes.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined criteria for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens includes a performed authentication procedure, and

wherein the selectively sharing step selectively shares the requested information between the first and second information screens by not allowing the requested information be shared between the first and second information screens, by sharing partial information of the requested information between the first and second information screens, or by sharing all of the requested information between the first and second information screens based on a result of the authentication procedure.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the sharing signal is received when at least one of a command for sharing the requested information is input on the mobile terminal, and the requested information needs to be stored and managed in common with the first and second modes.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the requested information to be shared between the first and second information screens includes information related to a first application executable in the first mode and information related to a second application executable in the second mode.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the selectively sharing step comprises automatically sharing the requested information when the first and second applications are common applications to both the first and second modes or when the first and second applications have at least one similar or identical function.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the request for sharing the requested information between the first and second information screens corresponds to a copy and paste operation or a cut and paste operation between the first and second information screens.