MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20120274581A1
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Seunghoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,563 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display method in a mobile terminal includes displaying a plurality of menu items on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different function that is executable at the mobile terminal. Further operations include selecting a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, the selecting occurs responsive to user input, and displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item. Additional features include displaying first data and second data in the first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item.

Claims

1. A display method in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of menu items on a display of the mobile terminal, wherein each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different function that is executable at the mobile terminal;

selecting a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, wherein the selecting occurs responsive to user input;

displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item; and

displaying first data and second data in the first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises:

receiving user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item, wherein the user touch input comprises a dragging which terminates at an area of the display which generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises:

receiving user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item, wherein the user touch input comprises a dragging which terminates at an area of the display which generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises:

receiving first user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item;

receiving second user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item; and

wherein the first user touch input and the second user touch input each comprise a dragging that each terminates at a generally same region of the display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises:

receiving first user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item;

receiving second user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item; and

wherein the selecting of the first menu item and the second menu item occurs when the first user touch input and the second user touch input each occur for a threshold amount of time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a particular item of the second data displayed in the first screen responsive to further user input; and

displaying a second screen on the display, the second screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying third data and fourth data in the second screen, the third data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item, and the fourth data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the different functions that individually correspond to one of the plurality of menu items comprises an application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

terminating the displaying of the plurality of menu items after the first screen is displayed.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory configured to store menu data for a plurality of menu items, wherein each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different function that is executable at the mobile terminal;

a display configured to display the plurality of menu items; and

a controller configured to;

select a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, wherein the selecting occurs responsive to user input;

control the display to display a first screen, the first screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item; and

control the display to display first data and second data in the first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item, wherein the user touch input comprises a dragging which terminates at an area of the display which generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item, wherein the user touch input comprises a dragging which terminates at an area of the display which generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect first user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item;

detect second user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item; and

wherein the first user touch input and the second user touch input each comprise a dragging that each terminates at a generally same region of the display.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect first user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the first menu item;

detect second user touch input at the display at an area that generally corresponds to a displayed area of the second menu item; and

wherein the selecting of the first menu item and the second menu item occurs when the first user touch input and the second user touch input each occur for a threshold amount of time.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

select a particular item of the second data displayed in the first screen responsive to further user input; and

control the display to display a second screen, the second screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display to display third data and fourth data in the second screen, the third data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item, and the fourth data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein each of the different functions that individually correspond to one of the plurality of menu items comprises an application.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display to terminate the displaying of the plurality of menu items after the first screen is displayed.

19. A display method in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of menu items on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal, wherein each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different application that is executable at the mobile terminal;

selecting a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, wherein the selecting occurs responsive to user touch input received at the touch screen display;

executing a first application that corresponds to the selected first menu item, wherein the executing of the first application causes displaying simultaneously of first data and second data in a first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the application that corresponds to the selected second menu item; and

executing a second application that corresponds to the selected second menu item in response to user selection of a particular item of the second data displayed in the first screen, wherein the executing of the second application causes displaying of a second screen on the display, wherein the second screen relates to the second application.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first application is a contact list that comprises contact information of a first group of a plurality of parties, and the second application is a scheduler which comprises schedule information of a second group of a plurality of parties, wherein a least one party is included in both the first group and the second group.