Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 9,575,742 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jonghwan
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, RONGFA PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US14/691,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20150227360A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading

Abstract

A mobile terminal capable of performing updating on an application and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a checking unit configured to check status information of the mobile terminal in relation to updating of an application; a detection unit configured to detect an application in which an update event has occurred, on the basis of the status information of the mobile terminal; and a controlled configured to perform updating on the application detected by the detection unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a list of a plurality of update conditions with regard to a plurality of applications stored at the mobile terminal, wherein at least one of the plurality of update conditions is related to a communication mode; and

a controller configured to;

update the plurality of applications based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to a previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode; and

cause the touch screen to display icons individually representing the updated plurality of applications.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a plurality of progress bars is displayed with the icons.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller does not perform updating on the plurality of applications when a remaining battery capacity is under a reference value.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to a selected notification type, and

wherein the provided notification indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating, and wherein the selected notification type is one of plurality of different notification types.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a notification type among a plurality of notification types is selected in response to a user input;

and

wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to the selected notification type to indicate that the plurality of applications needs updating.

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

identify that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode;

identify that the plurality of applications meets the update condition after the identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode; and

perform the updating the plurality of application after the identifying that the plurality of application meets the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to display, prior to the update, an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed, and

wherein the displaying of the indicator occurs in response to the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponding to the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode.

9. A method performed in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen, a list of a plurality of update conditions with regard to a plurality of applications stored at the mobile terminal, wherein at least one of the plurality of update conditions is related to a communication mode;

updating the plurality of applications based on that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to a previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode; and

displaying, on the touch screen, icons individually representing the updated plurality of applications.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein a plurality of progress bars is displayed with the icons.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein if a remaining battery capacity is under a reference value, updating on the plurality of applications doesn'"'"'t be performed.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing notification according to a selected notification type, and

wherein the provided notification indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating, and wherein the selected notification type is one of plurality of different notification types.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein a notification type among a plurality of notification types is selected in response to a user input;

and

wherein the controller is configured to provide notification according to the selected notification type to indicate that the plurality of applications needs updating.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode;

identifying that the plurality of applications meets the update condition after the identifying that the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponds to the communication mode of the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode; and

performing the updating the plurality of application after the identifying that the plurality of application meets the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein prior to the update, an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed on the touch screen.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein an indicator that indicates that the plurality of applications needs updating is displayed on the touch screen, and wherein the displaying of the indicator occurs in response to the communication mode of the mobile terminal corresponding to the previously selected at least one of the plurality of update conditions related to the communication mode.