MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130007202A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jisun, Lee, Jungbin
• Granted Patent: US 9,207,853 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• 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 including a display; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other electronic device; and a controller configured to receive a request signal for requesting an exchange of content data between at least one first electronic device that stores content data and at least one second electronic device that reproduces content data, and to display the at least one first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device on particular areas of the display that intuitively indicate a direction of the exchange of content data.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other electronic device; and

a controller configured to receive a request signal for requesting an exchange of content data between at least one first electronic device that stores content data and at least one second electronic device that reproduces content data, and to display the at least one first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device on particular areas of the display that intuitively indicate a direction of the exchange of content data.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the exchange of content data is a playing operation, the controller is further configured to display the at least one first electronic device in an upper display area of the display and to display the at least one second electronic device in a lower display area of the display below the upper display area to intuitively indicate the direction of exchange of content data is from the at least one second electronic device to the at least one first electronic device.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the exchange of content data is a download operation, the controller is further configured to change the display of the at least one first electronic device to the lower display area and to change the display of the at least one second device to the upper display area to intuitively indicate the direction of exchange of content data is from the at least one second electronic device to the at least one first electronic device.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the exchange of content data is a upload operation, the controller is further configured to change the display of the at least one first electronic device to the lower display area and to change the display of the at least one second device to the upper display area to intuitively indicate the direction of exchange of content data is from the at least one first electronic device to the at least one second electronic device.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display an indicator representing a transmission direction of the exchange of content data at a border of the upper display area and the lower display area.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a list of content data stored in an electronic device selected from the at least one first electronic device.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change at least one of a size and a resolution of content data displayed on the display according to a type of the least one second electronic device.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one of an exchange state of the content data and a type of the exchanged content data.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to differently display at least one of a color and a shape of the first and second electronic devices according to at least one of selection of the first and second electronic devices and a communication state of the first and second electronic devices.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to reflect an attribute when one of the first and second electronic devices is selected.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to search for the first and second electronic devices that are currently in communication range with the mobile terminal based on a search input signal, and to display found first and second electronic devices based on a result of the search.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store index information of the first and second electronic devices that can communicate with the mobile terminal at a specific position,

wherein the controller is further configured to search for the first and second electronic devices that can communicate based on the stored index information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a list of content data stored in the first electronic device on the display and to reproduce a corresponding content data selected from the list of content data.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the corresponding content data is selected based on a touch action of the corresponding content data and a dragging and dropping action to the particular area in which the second electronic device is displayed.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store location information indicating locations of the first and second electronic devices,

wherein the controller is further configured to start communicating with the first and second electronic devices when the mobile terminal enters a location corresponding to the stored location information.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other electronic device; and

a controller configured to display a first object representing a first electronic device that stores content data and a second object representing a second electronic device that can reproduce the content data, to transmit the content data from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on an input to the first and second objects, and to change a display position of the first and second objects according to an exchange state of the content data.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the exchange state of the content data comprises at least one of a play state of reproducing the content, a download state of acquiring and storing the content data, and an upload state of transmitting and storing the content data.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to partition the display into a plurality of areas, and to display the first and second objects in different areas.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to differently display at least one of a color and a shape of the first and second objects according to at least one of whether the first and second electronic devices have been selected and a communication state of the first and second electronic devices.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to change the display of the first and second objects by reflecting an attribute of the selected first and second electronic devices, when a selection signal of the first and second electronic devices is acquired.

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

displaying a first object corresponding to a first electronic device storing content data and a second object corresponding to a second electronic device that can reproduce the content data;

transmitting the content data from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on an input to the first and second objects; and

changing a display position of the first and second objects according to an exchange state of the content data.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the changing of the display position comprises:

dividing the display into a first area and a second area; and

displaying the first object and the second object in the first area and the second area, respectively, based on a transmission direction of the content data.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the displaying of the first object comprises:

acquiring a selection signal of the first object;

searching for first electronic devices that can store the content data; and

displaying a list of the found first electronic devices.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

acquiring a selection signal of a corresponding first electronic device in the list of found electronic devices; and

displaying a list of content data stored in the selected corresponding first electronic device.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

changing, when the selection signal of the corresponding first electronic device is acquired, display of the first object by reflecting an attribute of the first electronic device corresponding to the acquired selection signal of the corresponding first electronic device.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the transmitting of the content comprises:

acquiring a selection signal of the second object;

searching for second electronic devices that can reproduce the content data;

displaying a list of the found second electronic devices; and

acquiring a selection signal of at least one corresponding second electronic device of the list of the displayed second electronic devices.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

changing, when the selection signal of at least one corresponding second electronic device is acquired, display of the second object by reflecting an attribute of the second electronic device corresponding to the acquired selection signal of at least one corresponding second electronic device.