MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100105362A1
• Filed: 03/23/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YANG, Seung Wan
• Granted Patent: US 8,565,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/50 Telephonic communication in combination with video communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes acquiring channel information of a broadcasting program received by at least one other mobile terminal through a client program, arranging and displaying the acquired channel information according to a specific standard, receiving a selection signal corresponding to a selection at least one channel information item from the displayed channel information, and receiving and displaying the broadcasting program corresponding to the selected channel information item.

Claims

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

acquiring channel information of a broadcasting program received by at least one other mobile terminal through a client program;

arranging and displaying the acquired channel information according to at least one specific standard;

receiving a selection signal corresponding to a selection at least one channel information item from the displayed channel information; and

receiving and displaying the broadcasting program corresponding to the selected channel information item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the acquiring step, the client program requests the at least one other mobile terminal to provide the channel information and acquires the channel information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client program is an instant messaging client program connected to the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one specific standard indicates that the acquired channel information is to be arranged based on at least one of a channel name of the broadcast program, a channel number name of the broadcast program, a program title name of the broadcast program, detailed information name of the broadcast program and whether or not the broadcast program is received by the at least one other mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcasting program is received through one of the Internet and a digital broadcasting network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific standard includes multiple specific standards, and

wherein the arranging and displaying step arranges and displays the channel information according to a first specific standard in the multiple specific standards and arranges and displays the channel information according to at least a second specific standard in the multiple specific standards.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a chatting message transmitted/received to/from the at least one other mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying at least two of the chatting message, the channel information and the broadcasting program in an overlapping manner or displaying at least two of the chatting message, the channel information and the broadcasting program in separate windows.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

controlling a transparency of the first region overlapping with at least one of the second region and the third region such that the overlapped portions can be simultaneously recognized.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the selected channel information to at least one other mobile terminal that is not receiving the broadcasting program.

18. The method of claim 7, wherein the display unit is further configured to display at least two of the chatting message, the channel information and the broadcasting program in an overlapping manner or to display at least two of the chatting message, the channel information and the broadcasting program in separate windows.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to control a transparency of the first region overlapping with at least one of the second region and the third region such that the overlapped portions can be simultaneously recognized.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an Internet module configured to connect to the Internet;

a controller configured to acquire channel information of a broadcasting program received by at least one other mobile terminal through a client program connected to the Internet;

a display unit configured to arrange and display the acquired channel information according to at least one specific standard; and

an input unit configured to select at least one channel information item from the displayed channel information,

wherein the controller is further configured to receive the broadcasting program corresponding to the selected channel information item and to control the display unit to display the broadcasting program.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein controller is further configured to control the client program to request the at least one other mobile terminal to provide the channel information and to acquire the channel information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the client program is an instant messaging client program connected to the Internet.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one specific standard indicates that the acquired channel information is to be arranged based on at least one of a channel name of the broadcast program, a channel number name of the broadcast program, a program title name of the broadcast program, detailed information name of the broadcast program and whether or not the broadcast program is received by the at least one other mobile terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to receive the broadcasting program through one of the Internet and a digital broadcasting network.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the specific standard includes multiple specific standards, and

wherein the display unit is further configured to arrange and display the channel information according to a first specific standard in the multiple specific standards and arrange and display the channel information according to at least a second specific standard in the multiple specific standards.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the display unit is further configured to display a chatting message transmitted/received to/from the at least one other mobile terminal.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a transmitting unit configured the selected channel information to at least one other mobile terminal that is not receiving the broadcasting program.