Mobile terminal

• US 9,442,743 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Seho, Lim, Youngho, Ji, Kwangil
• Primary Examiner(s): Moon, Seokyun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson, Douglas M
• Application Number:
  US13/408,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20130027364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded; a first display allocated to the loaded first OS and a second display allocated to the loaded second OS; and a controller configured to receive an indication signal indicating a second OS related event has occurred on the mobile terminal, and to selectively execute a second operation corresponding to the second OS related event using the first OS and allocate at least a portion of the first display to an output of the executing second operation.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded;

a display including a first display area and a second display area; and

a controller configured to;

allocate the first OS to the first display area and the second OS to the second display area,

set up a priority order for operating a plurality of applications,

display a first operation for a first application related to the first OS on the first display area and a second operation for a second application related to the second OS on the second display area,

receive a request to perform an action by the second OS, the action related to a specific application of the plurality of applications, and differentiated from the first operation and the second operation,

transfer execution of the action to the first OS and

execute the action using the first OS when the action has a higher priority order than the first operation, and

execute the action using the second OS when the action has a lower priority order than the first operation, and

change the first display area from displaying the first operation to displaying the action when the action has a higher priority order than the first operation, and

change the second display area from displaying the second operation to displaying the action when the action has a lower priority order than the first operation.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively execute the action and allocate at least a portion of the first display area based on a type of at least one of the first operation executing on the first OS and the action.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively execute the action and allocate at least a portion of the first display area to the action, when an importance of the action is greater than a preset threshold.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the first OS is in an idle mode, the first operation is displaying an idle screen on the first display area, and

wherein the controller is further configured to determine the action is more important than the first operation when the first operation is displaying the idle screen.

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

a communication unit configured to form a communication network with an external device,

wherein the controller is further configured to output an execution result of the first operation to the external device.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to control the first OS to execute the first operation in a background, when outputting the execution result of the first operation to the external device.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to control the first OS to execute the first operation using input data generated by an input mechanism connected to the communication unit, or to control the external device to execute the first operation using the input data.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a sliding touch input on the second display area in a direction of the first display area, and expand an output result of the second operation on the second display area to the first display area.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first operation is one of an idle state, a web surfing operation, or an environment setting operation, and the action is one of a call reception, SMS message reception, MMS message reception, and a real time chat reception of an SNS.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication unit configured to form a communication network with an external device;

a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded;

a display including a first display area and a second display area; and

a controller configured to;

allocate the first OS to the first display area and the second OS to the second display area,

set up a priority order for operating a plurality of applications,

display a first operation for a first application related to the first OS on the first display area and a second operation for a second application related to the second OS on the second display area,

receive a request to perform an action by the second OS, the action indicating a third application related to the second OS, and differentiated from the first operation and the second operation,

transfer execution of the action to the first OS and execute the action using the first OS when the action has a higher priority order than the first operation, and execute the action using the second OS when the action has a lower priority order than the first operation,

change the first display area from displaying the first operation to displaying the action and transfer an output of the first operation to the external device when the action has a higher priority order than the first operation, and

maintain displaying of the first operation on the first display area and transfer the output of the action to the external device when the action has a lower priority order than the first operation.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively output an execution result of the first operation to the external device and to display the output of the action based on a type of at least one of the first operation executing on the first OS and the action.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the first OS to execute the first operation in a background, when outputting an execution result of the first operation to the external device.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the first OS to execute the first operation using input data generating by an input mechanism connected to the communication unit, or to control the external device to execute the first operation using the input data.