MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130063373A1
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sunho, Roh, Hyeongseok
• Granted Patent: US 9,329,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, after a search for informations related to an inputted search word have been performed, while the found informations are displayed, partial informations respectively representing the displayed informations by including the search word are extracted from the displayed informations. Finally, the extracted informations are enlarged and displayed as a list.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a search result screen comprising information items associated with a search term; and

a controller configured to;

detect a command for extracting at least one partial information item from the displayed information items;

extract the at least one partial information item when the command is detected;

display a list comprising the extracted at least one partial information item on the search result screen such that the extracted at least one partial information item is distinguished from other items on the list,

wherein the at least one partial information item includes the search term.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the information items comprise an Internet hyperlink to a webpage related to the search term.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the information items comprise at least a word, a sentence or a paragraph from a document related to the search term.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the information items comprise at least one application; and

the search term is used to find the at least one application from a plurality of different applications.

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

a microphone configured to receive an auditory input, the auditory input comprising a vocal enunciation of the search term, wherein the information items are found using the search term.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one partial information item comprises a title including the search term.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially extract one or more partial information items proximate to a touch pattern that proceeds in a specific direction on the search result screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein:

the touch pattern comprises a dragging motion in a specific direction; and

the controller is further configured to detect the dragging motion and extract partial information items in order of proximity to the specific direction of the dragging motion.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to display a visual effect showing a shift and alignment of the extracted one or more partial information items to a location proximate to a completion point of the touch pattern, wherein the shifted and aligned partial information items are distinguished from other displayed partial information items.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to extract the at least one partial information item from a corresponding part of the search result screen when a received touch pattern exceeds a predetermined time duration.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially extract partial information items located proximate to a scrolled region when the search result screen is scrolled in a specific direction.

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

a memory configured to store a list comprising the extracted at least one partial information item that are distinguished from the other items on the list, wherein the controller is further configured to assign a title to the list and save the title in the memory.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to initiate a full screen display of an information item associated with a particular one of the extracted at least one partial information item when the particular partial extracted information item is selected from the list.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display on the list a position of the information item corresponding to the extracted at least one partial information item.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect selection of a particular one of the at least one extracted partial information item from the list, and

display a user interface comprising an editing function that allows editing of the selected partial information item using an editing scheme corresponding to the editing function.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the search result screen comprises a first page and a second page, the second page either preceding or following the first page; and

the controller is further configured to not display the list when the first page is turned to the second page.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the search result screen comprises a first page and a second page, the second page either preceding or following the first page;

the list comprises a first list with partial information items extracted from the first page and a second list with partial information items extracted from the second page; and

the controller is further configured to turn the first page to the second page and display the second list on the second page when a touch command is received for turning from the first list to the second list.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a number of search terms found within each of the extracted at least one partial information item and to display on the list the number of search terms found.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to terminal display of the list when a touch command for display interruption of the list is received.

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

displaying a search result screen comprising information items associated with a search term;

detecting a touch command for extracting at least one partial information item from a displayed information item;

extracting the at least one partial information item when the touch command is detected; and

displaying on the search result screen a list comprising the extracted at least one partial information item such that extracted at least one partial information item is distinguished from other items on the list,

wherein the extracted partial information item includes the search term.