Apparatus and method for reproducing music in mobile terminal

• US 9,213,476 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2008
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Min-Taik, Yoon, Jeong-Hyuk, Kim, Tae-Hun, Choi, Hye-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghebretinsae, Temesgh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ketema, Benyam
• Application Number:
  US12/246,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,626 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 715/863
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method and mobile terminal for reproducing contents is provided. A list of a plurality of contents is displayed and a touch input is detected to select at least one of the plurality of contents from list, with the selected at least one of the plurality of contents reproduced either entirely or partially according to a type of the detected touch input.

Claims

1. A method for reproducing audio content in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, a list of a plurality of regions each associated with audio content and including an icon and a title associated with corresponding audio content; and

reproducing specific audio content among the audio content in different intervals based on at least a portion of the display where a touch input is applied or a time duration during which the touch input is detected on the display,

wherein the specific audio content is reproduced from beginning to end if the touch input is applied to the title included in a region associated with the specific audio content among the plurality of regions,

wherein only a predetermined portion of the specific audio content is reproduced if the touch input is applied to the icon included in the region associated with the specific audio content, the predetermined portion reproduced only while the touch input is maintained on the icon.

2. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display configured to display a list comprising a plurality of regions each associated with audio content, including an icon and a title associated with corresponding audio content; and

a controller configured to reproduce specific audio content among the audio content in different intervals based on at least a portion of the display where a touch input applied is applied or a time duration during which the touch input is detected on the display,

wherein the specific audio content is reproduced from beginning to end if the touch input is applied the title included in a region associated with the specific audio content among the plurality of regions,

wherein only a predetermined portion of the specific audio content is reproduced if the touch input is applied the an icon included in the region associated with the specific audio content, the predetermined portion reproduced only while the touch input is maintained on the icon.