Mobile terminal displaying application execution icon groups for corresponding predetermined events

• US 9,521,244 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Woosik, Park, Seungyong
• Primary Examiner(s): SUN, LI P
• Application Number:
  US12/988,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20120094719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,253 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/810, 715/765
• 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 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display module; and a controller configured to display information related to a predetermined event and a first application execution icon group including application execution icons respectively corresponding to applications capable of executing functions using the information related to the event on the display module when the event is generated. Further, the first application execution icon group is predetermined according to the event, and a part of the information related to the event is used to execute a function of an application corresponding to a selected application execution icon in the first application execution icon group.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

display a first screen on the touch screen, the first screen including a first region including a first plurality of application icons and a second region including a second plurality of application icons,

display a second screen on the first region when an incoming event is generated, wherein the second screen includes event information related to the generated incoming event displayed on one side of the first region and a third plurality of application icons respectively corresponding to applications configured to execute functions on the other side of the first region, and display a portion of the first screen including the second region including the second plurality of application icons respectively corresponding to applications configured to execute functions, and wherein applications corresponding to the third plurality of application icons are capable of executing functions using the event information of the generated incoming event,

in response to dragging the event information of the generated incoming event, replace the displayed second region including the second plurality of application icons with a delete icon,

in response to dragging and dropping the event information of the generated incoming event on one of the third plurality of application icons, execute a specific function of an application respectively corresponding to the one of the third plurality of application icons using at least part of the event information of the generated incoming event and display an execution screen corresponding to the specific function of the application, and

re-display the first screen including the first plurality of application icons on the first region and the second plurality of application icons on the second region when the dragged event information of the generated incoming event is dropped on the delete icon,

wherein the first plurality of application icons are different from the third plurality of application icons, and the third plurality of application icons are selected based on an attribute of the incoming event, and

wherein the second plurality of application icons are displayed in the second region during an idle state and independent from the incoming event.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first screen includes the second plurality of application icons different from the first plurality of application icons.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller selects the third plurality of application icons from icons stored in a memory of the mobile terminal based on at least one of attribute information of the generated event and the event information related to the generated event.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller changes the application icons included in the third plurality of application icons when the generated event is changed.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the one of the application icons is changed, the at least part of the event information, used to execute the specific function corresponding to the one of application icons, is changed.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the generated event related to at least one of transmission/receiving of a message including at least one of a SMS message, a MMS message and E-mail, transmission/receiving of a call, and alarm.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the third plurality of application icons are different for different events.