Mobile terminal and method of controlling the mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display;
a user identification unit configured to identify a user of the mobile terminal as an owner of the mobile terminal or a user other than the owner; and
a controller configured to;
control the display to display during a locked mode objects corresponding to a subset of all applications available on the mobile terminal,control the display to display icons representing less than all functions available in an application and to hide an icon for each function unavailable in the application when an object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode and when the user of the mobile terminal is yet to be identified as the owner, andcontrol the display to display icons representing all functions available in the application including the icon for each function unavailable in the application when the user of the mobile terminal becomes identified as the owner when the object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal including a display unit on which objects corresponding to at least one selected application from among multiple applications executable on the mobile terminal are output in a locked mode; a user identification unit that identifies at least one user of the mobile terminal and determines whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode; and a controller that only grants access for at least one individually assigned application among the multiple applications to the user authorized to cancel the locked mode of the mobile terminal. The at least one user has access to only at least one assigned function among multiple functions included in the at least one individually assigned application.
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18 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a display; a user identification unit configured to identify a user of the mobile terminal as an owner of the mobile terminal or a user other than the owner; and a controller configured to; control the display to display during a locked mode objects corresponding to a subset of all applications available on the mobile terminal, control the display to display icons representing less than all functions available in an application and to hide an icon for each function unavailable in the application when an object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode and when the user of the mobile terminal is yet to be identified as the owner, and control the display to display icons representing all functions available in the application including the icon for each function unavailable in the application when the user of the mobile terminal becomes identified as the owner when the object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
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outputting, on a display of the mobile terminal in a locked mode, objects corresponding to a subset of all applications available on the mobile terminal; identifying a user of the mobile terminal as an owner of the mobile terminal or a user other than the owner; displaying icons representing less than all functions available in an application and hiding an icon for each function unavailable in the application when an object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode and when the user of the mobile terminal is yet to be identified as the owner; and displaying, on the display, icons representing all functions available in the application including the icon for each function unavailable in the application when the user of the mobile terminal becomes identified as the owner when the object corresponding to the application is selected from the objects corresponding to the subset of all applications during the locked mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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