Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,459,793 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Bum Bae
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott
• Assistant Examiner(s): Velez-Lopez, Mario M
• Application Number:
  US14/088,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20140082553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42214 using alphanumerical characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display a keypad including a plurality of key buttons having assigned first alphabet characters, respectively; and a controller configured to receive a first key input of a first key button of the plurality of key buttons, to display a first alphabet character corresponding to the first key input on a display portion of the mobile terminal, to predict a word that starts with the first alphabet character, to receive a second key input of the first key button after the first key input, and to display a second alphabet character included in the predicted word on the display portion based on the second key input.

Claims

1. A digital television comprising:

a display unit configured to display a keypad including a plurality of key buttons assigned with different alphabet characters, respectively; and

a controller configured to;

receive a first selection of a first key button of the plurality of key buttons,

input a first alphabet character assigned to the first key button in a text input box of the display unit,

predict a word that starts with the first alphabet character,

generate a first sub key button assigned with a second alphabet character of the predicted word on the keypad, wherein the first sub key button is displayed at a location to adjoin the first key button on the keypad, the first sub key button partially overlapping a second key button neighboring to the first key button,

receive a second selection of the first sub key button,

input the second alphabet character next to the first alphabet character in the text input box, and

generate a second sub key button assigned with a third alphabet character of the predicted word, wherein the second sub key button is displayed at the same location as the first sub key button, the second sub key button partially overlapping the same second key button neighboring to the first key button.

2. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the first sub key button together with information about the predicted word on the display unit.

3. The digital television of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a third selection of the information about the predicted word, and

input the rest of the alphabet characters of the predicted word at the same time such that the rest of the alphabet characters are input next to the first and second characters in the text input box.

4. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to concurrently display both the first sub key button assigned with the second alphabet character and a third key button assigned with the same second alphabet character.

5. The digital television of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to replace the first sub key button with the second sub key button at the location.

6. The digital television of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to concurrently display both the second sub key button assigned with the third alphabet character and a fourth key button assigned with the same third alphabet character.

7. The digital television of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:

display the first and second alphabet characters of the predicted word in a first style, and

display the rest of the alphabet characters of the predicted word in a second style different from the first style.

8. A method of controlling a digital television, the method comprising:

displaying, via a display unit, a keypad including a plurality of key buttons assigned with different alphabet characters, respectively;

receiving, via a controller, a first selection of a first key button of the plurality of key buttons;

inputting, via the controller, a first alphabet character assigned to the first key button in a text input box of the display unit;

predicting, via the controller, a word that starts with the first alphabet character;

generating, via the controller, a first sub key button assigned with a second alphabet character of the predicted word on the keypad, wherein the first sub key button is displayed at a location to adjoin the first key button on the keypad, the first sub key button partially overlapping a second key button neighboring to the first key button;

receiving, via the controller, a second selection of the first sub key button;

inputting, via the controller, the second alphabet character next to the first alphabet character in the text input box; and

generating, via the controller, a second sub key button assigned with a third alphabet character of the predicted word, wherein the second sub key button is displayed at the same location as the first sub key button to adjoin the first key button on the keypad, the second sub key button partially overlapping the same second key button neighboring to the first key button.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the first sub key button together with information about the predicted word on the display unit.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

concurrently displaying both the first sub key button assigned with the second alphabet character and a third key button assigned with the same second alphabet character.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

replacing the first sub key button with the second sub key button at the location.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

concurrently displaying both the second sub key button assigned with the third alphabet character and a fourth key button assigned with the same third alphabet character.