MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140337712A1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Jung Young
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile communication device and a method of controlling the same in which an image of a web page is stored as a thumbnail image when the web page is added to a list of favorites. When the list of favorites is requested from the mobile communication device, a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of web pages added to the list of favorites are displayed.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device used in a wireless communication, the mobile communication device comprising:

a memory configured to store data;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide an interface for web access;

a display unit configured to display information and to receive a touch input; and

a control unit configured to;

register a web page in a list of favorites;

acquire a thumbnail image from at least a portion of content of the web page and store the acquired thumbnail image in the memory;

control the display unit to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to each of web pages registered in the list of favorites when the list of favorites is retrieved;

receive a touch signal selecting one of the plurality of thumbnail images;

access a web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image and display content of the accessed web page on a display screen of the display unit in response to the touch signal; and

automatically update the selected thumbnail image by acquiring and storing an image from the displayed content of the accessed web page when the web page is accessed.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the updated thumbnail image on the display screen when the list of favorites is retrieved again.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images are arranged in a specific order on the display screen.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 3, wherein the specific order is set according to at least one of a user'"'"'s preference, a thumbnail image stored date, a website access date, and an alphabetic order.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store the plurality of thumbnail images along with a uniform resource locator (URL) address of each of the plurality of web pages, each URL address corresponding to each of the plurality of thumbnail images.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to update a thumbnail image of the web page that was previously accessed with an image of the web page that is newly accessed if the thumbnail image of the web page that was previously accessed is different from the image of the web page that is newly accessed.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the content of the accessed web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed with a name associated with the content on the display screen.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of web page information registered in the list of favorites is displayed as any one of a text format and a thumbnail image format according to a user setting.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the content of the accessed web page on an entire area of the display screen without a toolbar.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 1, the controller is configured to display a message notifying that the web page has been registered in the list of favorites for a predetermined time before displaying the plurality of thumbnail images on the display screen.

11. A mobile communication device used in a wireless communication, the mobile communication device comprising:

a memory configured to store data;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide an interface for web access;

a display unit configured to display information and to receive a touch input; and

a control unit configured to;

register a web page in a list of favorites;

acquire a thumbnail image from at least a portion of content of the web page and store the acquired thumbnail image in the memory;

control the display unit to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to each of web pages registered in the list of favorites when the list of favorites is retrieved;

in response to a user input pointing to one of the plurality of thumbnail images, display a pointer on a display screen and move the pointer on an area of a desired thumbnail image;

control the display unit to display an enlarged view of the desired thumbnail image on the display screen while the pointer is located on the area of the desired thumbnail image;

receive a touch signal selecting one of the plurality of thumbnail images; and

access a web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image and display content of the accessed web page on the display screen in response to the touch signal.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the enlarged view of the desired thumbnail image is displayed overlaying at least part of other thumbnail images on the display screen.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images are at least partially displayed as a background of the enlarged view of the desired thumbnail image.

14. The mobile communication device of claim 13, wherein the enlarged view of the desired thumbnail image is highlighted, and the plurality of thumbnail images at least partially displayed as the background are displayed in faded colors.

15. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to automatically update the selected thumbnail image by acquiring and storing an image from the displayed content of the accessed web page.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive another user input pointing to a different thumbnail image from the plurality of thumbnail images overlaid by the enlarged view of the desired thumbnail image; and

control the display unit to display a new enlarged thumbnail image corresponding to the different thumbnail image in response to the another user input.

17. A mobile communication device used in a wireless communication, the mobile communication device comprising:

a memory configured to store data;

a wireless communication unit configured to provide an interface for web access;

a display unit configured to display information and to receive a touch input; and

a control unit configured to;

register a web page in a list of favorites;

acquire a thumbnail image from at least a portion of content of the web page and store the acquired thumbnail image in the memory;

control the display unit to display a list of a plurality of items corresponding to each name of a plurality of web pages registered in the list of favorites when the list of favorites is retrieved;

in response to a user input pointing to one of the plurality of items, display a pointer on a display screen and move the pointer on an area of a desired item;

retrieve a thumbnail image of a web page corresponding to the desired item from the memory and display the retrieved thumbnail image on the display screen while the pointer is located on the area of the desired item;

receive a touch signal selecting one of the plurality of thumbnail images; and

access a web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image and display content of the accessed web page on the display screen in response to the touch signal.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the list of favorites in a thumbnail image format according to a user setting.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to display a message notifying that the web page has been registered in the list of favorites for a predetermined time before displaying the list of items on the display screen.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the retrieved thumbnail image is displayed overlaying at least part of the list of items on the display screen.