Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,203,948 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2011
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Hyesuk, Yi, Jaehwang
• Primary Examiner(s): Chea, Philip
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Van Kim T
• Application Number:
  US13/045,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20110244845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/227, 709/237
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The present invention includes a mobile terminal and controlling method including a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal, a display unit, and a controller, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit, configured to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indictor indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal;

a display unit; and

a controller configured to;

receive a text message from a text message server via the wireless communication unit,

determine whether the received text message is a widget update data text message including widget update data for updating a corresponding widget pre-installed on the mobile terminal or is a general text message not including the widget update data based on an indicator included in the received text message,

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the widget update data text message, forward the received text message to a widget module to update the corresponding widget with the widget update data are included in the received text message and not forward the received text message to a text message box, and

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the general update text message, forward the received text message to the text message box and not forward the received text message to the widget module,

wherein the text message comprises a short message service (SMS).

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the text message server receives the widget update data from a service server, and the service server generates the widget update data of a text message format using source data generated from a plurality of contents servers.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the widget update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the widget update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.

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

a user input unit configured to receive an input command from a user,

wherein when a list including the corresponding widget requiring an update is input by the user via the user input unit, the controller transmits the text message including the list to the text message server to inform the service server of the list.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the wireless communication unit further comprises:

a wireless internet module; and

a short-range communication module, and

wherein the controller determines whether to use the wireless internet module or the short-range communication module for an information field update of the corresponding widget according to a preset priority.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the corresponding widget is displayed on a prescribed region of the display unit, and at least two or more widgets are displayed simultaneously.

7. A method of updating application information in a mobile terminal, method comprising:

receiving a text message from a text message server via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal;

determining, by a controller of the mobile terminal, whether the received text message is a widget update data text message including widget update data for updating a corresponding widget pre-installed on the mobile terminal or is a general text message not including the widget update data based on an indicator included in the received text message;

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the widget update data text message, forwarding, by the controller, the received text message to a widget module to update the corresponding widget with the widget update data included in the received text message and not forward the received text message to a text message box; and

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the general update text message, forwarding, by the controller, the received text message to the text message box and not forward the received text message to the widget module,

wherein the text message comprises a short message service (SMS).

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining whether the text message includes a specific character string indicating the widget update data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining whether the widget update data includes an indicator for identifying a specific widget to update.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the text message server receives the widget update data from a service server, and the service server generates the widget update data of a text message format using source data generated from a plurality of contents servers.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the widget update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the widget update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

registering, by a user, a list of widgets requiring updates via a user input unit; and

sending the text message including the list of widgets to the text message server to inform the service server of the list.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the corresponding widget on a prescribed region of a display unit, wherein at least two or more widgets are displayed simultaneously.

14. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a plurality of contents servers configured to generate source data;

a service server configured to generate widget update data for updating a corresponding widget of a text message format using the source data, wherein the plurality of the contents servers provide the service server with the source data;

a text message server configured to request the widget update data to the service server, the text message server receiving the widget update data from the service server; and

a mobile terminal configured to;

receive a text message from the text message server via a wireless communication unit,

determine whether the received text message is a widget update data text message including widget update data for updating a corresponding widget pre-installed on the mobile terminal or is a general text message not including the widget update data based on an indicator included in the received text message,

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the widget update data text message, forward the received text message to a widget module to update the corresponding widget with the widget update data included in the received text message and not forward the received text message to a text message box, and

when the indicator indicates the received text message is the general update text message, forward the received text message to the text message box and not forward the received text message to the widget module,

wherein the text message comprises a short message service (SMS).

15. The wireless communication system of claim 14, wherein the service server converts the source data corresponding to the widget update data of the text message format, stores the converted source data, and sends the widget update data to the text message server, periodically or by a request from the mobile terminal.