Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,420,088 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, Keumsung, Park, Mihyun
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHAI MINH
• Application Number:
  US14/597,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/418, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to output at least one display object; a wireless communication unit configured to transceive data with at least one external terminal; and a controller configured to identify, via the wireless communication unit, a first external terminal existing within a predetermined communication distance from the mobile terminal, display a first display object in a first mode on the touch screen, when the first external terminal exists within the predetermined communication distance, and display the first display object on the touchscreen in a second mode when the first external terminal is no longer within the predetermined communication distance. Further, the first mode includes altering at least some of the information output with the first display object compared with the information output with the second mode.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to output at least one display object;

a wireless communication unit configured to transceive data with at least one external terminal; and

a memory configured to store identification information of external terminals; and

a controller configured to;

transmit via the wireless communication unit, beacon signals to surroundings of the mobile terminal,

identify, via the wireless communication unit, a first external terminal existing within a predetermined communication distance from the mobile terminal based on the transmitted beacon signals,

if the identified first terminal matches the stored identification information in the memory of the mobile terminal, share data between the identified first terminal and the mobile terminal depending on applications, contents, and a profile of the identified first terminal set by the mobile terminal, and

if the identified first terminal does not match the stored identification information stored in the memory of the mobile terminal;

display a first display object in a first mode on the touch screen, when the first external terminal exists within the predetermined communication distance, and

display the first display object on the touchscreen in a second mode when the first external terminal is no longer within the predetermined communication distance,

wherein the first mode includes blocking, limiting, or altering information displayed on the touchscreen based on the stored identification information of the first external terminal, and

wherein the controller is configured to output and display different information depending on applications executed in the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in the first mode or the second mode.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first display object comprises a notification indicator for identifying a prescribed notification.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein in the first mode, the at least some of the information identified by the notification indicator is displayed on the touchscreen in a hidden form.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein in the second mode, all information included identified by the notification indicator is displayed on the touchscreen.

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

identify a second external terminal is within the predetermined communication distance, and

display a second display object on the touchscreen corresponding to the second external terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the second display object comprises a notification indicator of a text message received from the second external terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to display a thumbnail list on the touchscreen for the stored at least one image data.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the first display object comprises a thumbnail image item on the thumbnail list, and

wherein the first mode is a mode for applying a prescribed filter effect to the thumbnail image item.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the prescribed filter effect comprises at least one of a mosaic effect and a blurred effect.

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

storing in a memory of the mobile terminal, identification information of external terminals;

transmitting, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, beacon signals to surroundings of the mobile terminal;

identifying, via the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, a first external terminal existing within a predetermined communication distance from the mobile terminal based on the transmitted beacon signals;

if the identified first terminal matches the stored identification information in the memory of the mobile terminal, sharing data between the identified first terminal and the mobile terminal depending on applications, contents, and a profile of the identified first terminal set by the mobile terminal; and

if the identified first terminal does not match the stored identification information stored in the memory of the mobile terminal;

displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, a first display object in a first mode on the touch screen, when the first external terminal exists within the predetermined communication distance; and

displaying the first display object on the touchscreen in a second mode when the first external terminal is no longer within the predetermined communication distance,

wherein the first mode includes blocking, limiting, or altering information displayed on the touchscreen based on the stored identification information of the first external terminal, and

wherein the method further comprises outputting and displaying different information depending on applications executed in the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in the first mode or the second mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first display object comprises a notification indicator for identifying a prescribed notification.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein in the first mode, the at least some of the information identified by the notification indicator is displayed on the touchscreen in a hidden form.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein in the second mode, all information included identified by the notification indicator is displayed on the touchscreen.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a second display object on the touchscreen corresponding to the second external terminal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second display object comprises a notification indicator of a text message received from the second external terminal.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a thumbnail list on the touchscreen for the stored at least one image data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first display object comprises a thumbnail image item on the thumbnail list, and

wherein the first mode is a mode for applying a prescribed filter effect to the thumbnail image item.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the prescribed filter effect comprises at least one of a mosaic effect and a blurred effect.