MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100066688A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JEON, Hyun Joo
• Granted Patent: US 8,723,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• 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 mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a web page screen on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; choosing a portion of the web page in response to a touch input to the touch screen; and if a movement of the mobile terminal is detected, selectively refreshing the chosen web page portion and displaying the refreshed web page portion. Therefore, it is possible to selectively refresh a portion of a web page chosen by a user.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a web page on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;

choosing a portion of the web page in response to a touch input to the touch screen; and

if a movement of the mobile terminal is detected, selectively refreshing the chosen web page portion and displaying the refreshed web page portion on the touch screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the chosen web page portion is chosen again, performing an operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing of the operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion includes scaling up the chosen web page portion, displaying detailed information regarding the chosen web page portion, executing a multimedia file linked to the chosen web page portion and displaying a web page linked to the chosen web page portion.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the touch input and then a drag input are received for the web page, moving the web page in response to the drag input to show other parts of the web page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the choosing of a portion of the web page comprises choosing more than one portion of the web page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the chosen web page portion is a region of the web page in which at least one of email information, news information, product information and advertisement information is displayed.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a web page;

an acceleration sensor configured to determine a movement of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to selectively refresh a portion of the web page chosen in response to a touch input for the touch screen, based on a measurement value provided by the acceleration sensor if the movement of the mobile terminal is detected.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein, if the chosen web page portion is chosen again, the controller controls an operation corresponding to the chosen web page portion to be performed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein, if the web page is touched and then dragged, the controller moves the web page to show other portions of the web page.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a folder list;

an acceleration sensor configured to determine a movement of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to a folder chosen from the folder list in response to a touch input to the touch screen, based on a measurement value provided by the acceleration sensor if the movement of the mobile terminal is detected.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the folder list is associated with one of an email menu, a multimedia file play menu, and a background music play menu.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein, if the chosen folder is chosen again, the controller displays a list including a plurality of files included in the chosen folder.