Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,979,808 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Taehoon, Seol, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US14/995,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20160373569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 455566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof is provided via which a user'"'"'s state can be reflected in various activities performed in the mobile terminal by utilizing the set indicator information. The mobile terminal includes a controller to set an indicator indicating a user'"'"'s environment and a display unit to display information on the set indicator in response to a control command of the controller.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display information;

a communication module configured to transceive data; and

a controller configured to;

control the communication module to receive the data from a tag terminal when the mobile terminal is tagged to the tag terminal, wherein the data is related to a location where the tag terminal is installed;

set an indicator of a user environment using the received data; and

control the display unit to display information related to the set indicator and a list including message content for transmitting a message to another mobile terminal;

wherein the message content comprises a first message content and a second message content, wherein the first message content is generated based on the received data related to the location where the tag terminal is installed and the second message content is previously determined, and

wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively display the first message content to be distinguished from the second message content.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user input module, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a user selection of the displayed information via the user input module; and

control the communication module to transmit the received user selection to the tag terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a photo capture module, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a photo captured via the photo capture module; and

control the display unit to display the captured photo with information related to the received data added to the photo.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user input module, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a user input via the user input module; and

at least set the indicator or modify a name of the set indicator in response to the received user input.

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

control the communication module to transmit the information related to the set indicator to the another mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the information related to the set indicator is included in the message transmitted to the another mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to add information related to a location of a user of the mobile terminal to the information related to the set indicator.

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

receive a message from the another mobile terminal via the communication module, the message including indicator information; and

control the display unit to display the received message with the indicator information.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a navigation application to guide a user of the mobile terminal to a location of a user of the another mobile terminal when the indicator information comprises location information of the user of the another mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising a user input module, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a user input via the user input module; and

control the display unit in response to the user input to indicate a different user currently sharing the information related to the set indicator.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein, the controller is further configured to:

execute an application to initiate a phone call to the another mobile terminal; and

control the communication module to transmit the information related to the set indicator to the another mobile terminal when the phone call is initiated.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to:

execute an application to receive a phone call from the another mobile terminal;

receive indicator information from the another mobile terminal when the phone call is received; and

control the display unit to display the received indicator information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller further configured to:

execute an application to receive a phone call from the another mobile terminal; and

control the display unit to display a decline message list based on the information related to the set indicator when the phone call is received.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a photo capture module, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a photo captured via the photo capture module; and

control the display unit to display the captured photo with the information related to the set indicator added to the photo.

15. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving data from a tag terminal when the mobile terminal is tagged to the tag terminal, wherein the data is related to a location where the tag terminal is installed;

setting an indicator of a user environment using the received data; and

displaying information related to the set indicator and a list including message content for transmitting a message to another mobile terminal,

wherein the message content comprises a first message content and a second message content, wherein the first message content is generated based on the received data related to the location where the tag terminal is installed and the second message content is previously determined, and

wherein the first message content is distinctively displayed to be distinguished from the second message content.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a user input; and

at least setting the indicator or modifying a name of the set indicator in response to the received user input.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the information related to the set indicator is included in the message transmitted to the another mobile terminal.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the indicator is set by using the received data.