Mobile terminal

• US 9,219,812 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Seho, Lee, Yeonhwa, Jung, Byeonghak, Park, Youngsun
• Primary Examiner(s): LONG, ANDREA NATAE
• Application Number:
  US13/553,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024814A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 715/708, 715/810, 715/847
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal may include a display module and a controller. The display module displays a plurality of icons on a background thereof. The controller changes the background to a specific background predetermined for a specific icon upon selection of the specific icon from the plurality of icons, and executes a specific application corresponding to the specific icon using information corresponding to a specific region of the changed background when the selected specific icon is moved to the specific region.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

cause the touch screen to display a plurality of applications on a first background screen;

cause the touch screen to display a second background screen in response to a first touch input received at the first background screen, the first touch input comprising selecting a first application from the plurality of applications;

execute a first function of the selected first application or a second function of a second application in response to a second touch input received at the second background screen, the second touch input comprising moving the selected first application to a specific location of the second background screen, the first function executed according to information relating to the specific location, the second function executed according to information of the selected first application; and

cause the touch screen to display information corresponding to the executed first function on the second background screen,

wherein the second background screen comprises an execution screen of the second application or a screen including information associated with the selected first application, and

wherein the first application is selected when the first application is touched by the first touch input and the selected first application is not moved until the second touch input is received.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

maintain the second background screen on the touch screen only when the first application is selected; and

restore the first background screen in response to cancellation of the selection of the first application.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to restore the first background screen after executing the first or second function.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to maintain the second background screen until a control signal for changing the second background screen to a different background screen is input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

maintain the second background screen in a deactivated state until a predetermined application corresponding to the second background screen is selected; and

activate a function of the second background screen, which corresponds to the predetermined application, when the predetermined application is selected.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display the selected first application and at least one of at least one predetermined application corresponding to the second background screen, on the second background screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to set a screen on which the selected first application and the at least one of the at least one predetermined application corresponding to the second background screen are displayed as a home screen page.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific location of the second background screen corresponds to one of a plurality of items displayed on the second background screen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first background screen is not displayed on the touch screen when the second background screen is displayed on the touch screen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications is no longer displayed on the touch screen while the selected first application and the second background screen are displayed on the touch screen.