Mobile terminal and control method for the mobile terminal

• US 9,247,039 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jongseok
• Primary Examiner(s): Cai, Wayne
• Application Number:
  US14/252,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20140323123A1
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/419, 455/420, 455/566, 455 411- 412
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal from at least one other terminal, in which the call signal corresponds to at least one of a first call ID and a second call ID of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive an event on the mobile terminal after the call signal is received, transmit an event signal to an external terminal wirelessly connected with the mobile terminal using the corresponding first or second call ID to respond to the received event, and control the external terminal to display information on a display unit of the external terminal based on the event signal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an execution screen of an application;

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal from at least one other terminal; and

a controller configured to;

display call related information on the display unit in response to receiving the call signal, wherein the execution screen of the application is no longer displayed on the display unit when the call related information is displayed; and

transmit information related to the execution screen of the application to an external terminal if a call connection corresponding to the call signal is successfully established between the mobile terminal and said at least one other terminal such that the execution screen of the application, displayed on the mobile terminal before the call signal, is displayed on a display unit of the external terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein said call signal corresponds to at least one of a first call ID and a second call ID of the mobile terminal, and

wherein information displayed on the external terminal is a corresponding graphic user interface preset for the corresponding first or second call ID.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein if the received call signal is for the first call ID, the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display a first graphic user interface preset for the first call ID, and if the received call signal is for the second call ID, the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display a second graphic user interface for the second call ID.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the first call ID is a personal call ID and the second call ID is a business call ID.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second call IDs correspond to first and second phone numbers, respectively, or correspond to first and second subscriber identity modules (SIMS), respectively.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display the corresponding first or second call IDS on the display unit of the external terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display a list of applications on the display unit of the external terminal corresponding to one or more applications executing on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display information related to the corresponding first or second call ID on a first portion of the display unit of the external terminal and display information displayed on the external terminal before the call signal was received on a second portion of the display unit of the external terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display the execution screen displayed on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received on the display unit in a third portion of the display unit of the external terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if an event is received while the call connection is maintained, information related to the event is transmitted to the external terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event is an incoming message.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display a list of options for responding to the event on the display unit of the external terminal.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal from at least one other terminal, said call signal corresponding to at least one of a first call ID and a second call ID of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

receive an event on the mobile terminal after the call signal is received;

transmit an event signal to an external terminal wirelessly connected with the mobile terminal using the corresponding first or second call ID to respond to the received event;

control the external terminal to display information on a display unit of the external terminal based on the event signal;

display call related information on a display unit of the mobile terminal when the signal is received; and

control the external terminal to display screen information displayed on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received on the display unit of the external terminal,

wherein the information displayed on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received corresponds to at least one application executed on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received, and

wherein the at least one application includes a plurality of applications, and the controller is further configured to control the external terminal to display a list of applications on the display unit of the external terminal corresponding to the plurality of applications executing on the mobile terminal before the call signal was received.