APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING MUSIC IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20090091550A1
• Filed: 10/06/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Min-Taik, Chol, Hye-Jin, Kim, Tae-Hun, Yoon, Jeong-Hyuk
• Granted Patent: US 9,213,476 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method and mobile terminal for reproducing contents is provided. A list of a plurality of contents is displayed and a touch input is detected to select at least one of the plurality of contents from list, with the selected at least one of the plurality of contents reproduced either entirely or partially according to a type of the detected touch input.

Claims

1. A method for reproducing contents in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a list of a plurality of contents;

detecting a touch input to select at least one of the plurality of contents from list; and

reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents either entirely or partially according to a type of the detected touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents comprises determining the type of the detected touch input as either a single touch or a multiple touch.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced partially if one touch is detected within a specified period of time and the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced entirely if more than one touch is detected within the specified period of time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specified period of time for detecting the one touch and the duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents are set by a user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents comprises determining the type of the detected touch input as either a single-point touch or a multiple-point touch.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced partially if the single-point touch is detected and the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced entirely if the multiple-point touch is detected.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is set by a user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents comprises determining the type of the detected touch input as either a short touch or a long touch.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced partially if the touch is detected for shorter than a specified duration and the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is reproduced entirely if the touch input is detected for longer than the specified duration.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the specified duration for detecting the touch input and the duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents are set by a user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents comprises determining the type of the detected touch input as either a touch at a first region of a display or a touch at a second region of the display.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents is set by a user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents comprises reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents while the touch input is detected at a specific one of the first region or second region.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display displaying a list of a plurality of contents;

an input module detecting a touch input to select at least one of the plurality of contents; and

a controller determining the type of the detected touch input and reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents either entirely or partially according to a type of the detected touch input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller determines the touch input as either single touch or a multiple touch.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents partially if one touch is detected within a specified period of time and reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents entirely if more than one touch is detected within the specified period of time.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller determines the specified period of time and a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents according to a user input.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller determines the touch input as either a single-point touch or a multiple-point touch.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents partially if the single-point touch is detected and reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents entirely if the multiple-point touch is detected.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller determines a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents according to a user input.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller determines the touch input as either short touch or a long touch.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents partially if the touch is detected for shorter than a specified duration and reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents entirely if the touch is detected for longer than the specified duration.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller determines the specified duration for detecting the touch and a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents according to a user input.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller determines the touch input as either a touch at a first region of the display or a touch at a second region at the display.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the controller determines a duration for partially reproducing the selected at least one of the plurality of contents according to a user input.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 25, wherein the controller reproduces the selected at least one of the plurality of contents only while the touch input is detected at a specific one of the first region or the second region.