Mobile terminal and control method

• US 10,904,714 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2019
• Issued: 01/26/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Tae Young, Kim, Tae Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Danh C
• Application Number:
  US16/694,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20200092684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 4555501, 455418, 455445
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A mobile terminal and control method to share content with a device and control the device are provide. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with a host and the device; a search unit to receive content information and device information; an input unit to receive a content selection signal and a device selection signal; and a control unit to control the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives content information from a host and selects content to be outputted to a device selected from device information from the host. The mobile terminal controls the selected device using control commands transmitted to the selected device based on a control mode. If the control mode is not stored in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal may receive the control mode from the host.

Claims

1. A control method of a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving content information and device information;

receiving a content selection signal and a device selection signal from a user;

generating a control command for controlling a content corresponding to the content selection signal; and

transmitting the control command to a host,

wherein the device information includes at least one of model information of a device and category information of the device.

2. A control method of a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving content information and device information;

displaying the received content information on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving, using an input interface, a first signal selecting a content and a second signal controlling an output of the selected content;

generating a first command selecting the content to be outputted to a device and a second command controlling output of the selected content to the device; and

transmitting the generated first command and second command to a host,

wherein the device information includes at least one of model information of the device and category information of the device.