MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110029891A1
• Filed: 06/07/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Hun, Lee, Dong Hyu, Hwang, Sun Young, Lee, Jin Won, Nam, Gung Hyun, Kim, Jin Young, Baek, Sung Min
• Granted Patent: US 8,661,350 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A mobile terminal and an operating method of the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal may be coupled, either wirelessly or by wire, to an external terminal and the mobile terminal may thus receive sync data including information regarding a webpage currently being displayed by the external terminal from the external terminal or a server. The mobile terminal may display the same webpage as is currently being displayed by the external terminal based on the received sync data.

Claims

1. An operating method of a mobile terminal, the operating method comprising:

receiving sync data including information regarding a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen being displayed by an external terminal; and

displaying, on a display module, the same webpage, the same messenger, the same email or the same word-processer screen as is displayed by the external terminal based on the received sync data.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the sync data includes user interface (UI) information regarding a UI set in the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen being displayed by the external terminal,

wherein the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed on the display module based on the received sync data is a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen corresponding to the UI information.

3. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, on the display module, an icon corresponding to the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen being displayed by the external terminal,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying the same webpage, the same messenger, the same email or the same word-processer screen on the display module in response to receipt of a command to select the icon.

4. The operating method of claim 3, wherein the icon includes an image or a number of characters included in the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen being displayed by the external terminal.

5. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting, from the received sync data, webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been displayed by the external terminal; and

displaying the webpage history information on the display module.

6. The operating method of claim 5, wherein displaying the webpage history information comprises displaying the webpage history information as a text list or using a number of tabs.

7. The operating method of claim 5, wherein displaying the webpage history information comprises displaying the webpage history information such that a popup window or a webpage having a low importance level is differentiated from other windows or webpages.

8. The operating method of claim 5, wherein the webpage history information includes at least one of information specifying a plurality of webpages displayed by the external terminal during a predetermined period of time or information specifying a plurality of webpages displayed by the external terminal on each date.

9. The operating method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a command to display one of the webpages listed in the webpage history information, and

displaying the corresponding webpage on the display module in response to receiving the command.

10. The operating method of claim 9, wherein when the display module is a touch screen, displaying the corresponding webpage comprises displaying the webpage listed in the webpage history information that has been touched.

11. The operating method of claim 9, further comprising, after displaying the corresponding webpage:

when the display module is a touch screen, determining whether a webpage displayed on the touch screen has been flicked; and

when the webpage displayed on the touch screen is determined to have been flicked, displaying a webpage listed in the webpage history information as having been accessed before the flicked webpage or displaying a webpage listed in the webpage history information as having been accessed after the flicked webpage on the touch screen.

12. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting, from the received sync data, webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages displayed by the external terminal;

storing webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been accessed by the mobile terminal; and

displaying the extracted webpage history information and the stored webpage history information differently on the display module so as to be distinguishable from each other.

13. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the sync data includes text information regarding a plurality of text strings input to the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed by the external terminal, and the method further comprises:

extracting the text information from the received sync data; and

when there is a match for a text string input to the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed on the display module from among the text strings specified in the extracted text information, executing a text auto-complete function.

14. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a command to transmit sync data has been received; and

when the command to transmit sync data is determined to have been received, transmitting sync data to a external terminal, the transmitted sync data including at least one of;

information regarding a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen being displayed on the display module,

text information regarding a plurality of text strings that have been input to a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen displayed on the display module, and

webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been displayed on the display module.

15. The operating method of claim 14, further comprising displaying, on the display module, an icon for issuing the command to transmit sync data,

wherein the determining comprises determining that the command to transmit sync data has been received when the icon has been selected.

16. The operating method of claim 14, further comprising determining whether a command to select a screen to be transmitted to the external terminal has been received,

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the sync data including information regarding the screen selected to be transmitted to the external terminal when the command to select a screen to be transmitted to the external terminal is determined to have been received.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display module;

a wireless communication unit to receive sync data including information regarding a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen being displayed by an external terminal; and

a controller to display, on the display module, the same webpage, the same messenger, the same email or the same word-processer screen as is displayed by the external terminal based on the received sync data.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the sync data includes user information (UI) information regarding a UI set in the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen being displayed by the external terminal,

wherein the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed on the display module is a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen corresponding to the UI information.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller displays, on the display module, an icon corresponding to the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen being displayed by the external terminal, and the controller displays the same webpage, the same messenger, the same email or the same word-processer screen on the display module in response to receipt of a command to select the icon.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller extracts, from the received sync data, webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been displayed by the external terminal, and the controller displays the webpage history information on the display module.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the mobile terminal receives a command to display one of the webpages listed in the webpage history information, and the controller displays the corresponding webpage on the display module in response to receiving the command.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller extracts, from the received sync data, webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages displayed by the external terminal, and webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been accessed by the mobile terminal is stored, and the controller displays the extracted webpage history information and the stored webpage history information differently on the display module so as to be distinguishable from each other.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the sync data includes text information regarding a plurality of text strings input to a webpage, a messenger, a email or a word-processer screen displayed by the external terminal, and the controller extracts the text information from the received sync data, and when there is a match for a text string input to the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed on the display module from among the text strings specified in the extracted text information, the controller executes a text auto-complete function.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller determines whether a command to transmit sync data has been received, and when the command to transmit sync data is determined to have been received, sync data is transmitted to an external terminal, the transmitted sync data including at least one of:

information regarding a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processes screen being displayed on the display module,

text information regarding a plurality of text strings that have been input to a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen displayed on the display module, and

webpage history information regarding a plurality of webpages that have been displayed on the display module.

25. A terminal sync system comprising:

a first terminal to display a webpage, a messenger, an email or a word-processer screen;

a server to receive sync data including information regarding the webpage, the messenger, the email or the word-processer screen displayed by the first terminal; and

a second terminal to display the same webpage, the same messenger, the same email or the same word-processer screen as is displayed by the first terminal based on the sync data.