Mobile communication terminal for downloading contents and method thereof

• US 7,783,595 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2006
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Han-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam; Shahid A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bromell; Alexandria Y
• Application Number:
  US11/499,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20070038639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,478 Days
• Field of Search: 707/609, 707/913, 707/999.107, 707/104.1, 700/94, 709/234
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal for downloading contents and a method thereof. The mobile communication terminal comprises: a memory for storing at least one multimedia data to be outputted while downloading contents; a controller for outputting at least one control signal to control an output of the stored multimedia data when prediction time for downloading the contents is more than a preset time; and at least one output device for outputting the stored multimedia data based on the outputted control signal.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal configured to download contents from a remote device, comprising:

a memory configured to store multimedia data;

a controller configured to output at least one control signal, while downloading contents, to control an output of the stored multimedia data when a predicted time for downloading the contents is more than a preset time,

wherein the preset time is pre-determined by a user; and

at least one output device configured to output the stored multimedia data based on the outputted at least one control signal,

wherein the multimedia data is stored in the memory prior to downloading the contents,

wherein the stored multimedia data includes at least two groups of multimedia data,

wherein the controller is configured to control the at least two stored groups to be outputted sequentially,

wherein the at least two groups of multimedia data includes a first group of audio data and a second group of video data, text data, or image data,

wherein at least one output device configured to output the audio data according to a first control signal of the at least one control signal, or output at least one of text data, image data, or video data according to a second control signal of the at least one control signal, and

wherein the controller is configured to calculate the predicted time to download the contents by comparing a difference between a download start time and a predicted download end time, and

wherein the contents downloading has been completed, the controller is configured to end the output of the stored multimedia data and output at least one of a preset ending sound and a preset message.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to store a group of the at least two groups of multimedia data of which output has been ended while the contents downloading is performed, and then output the stored group of multimedia data of which output has been ended.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the output device includes at least one of:

an audio processor configured to output the audio data; and

a display unit configured to output the at least one of the text data, image data, and video data according to a second control signal.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the display unit is configured to output the at least one of the text data, the image data, and the video data at an upper portion of the display unit, and output a downloading rate of the contents at a lower portion of the display unit.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a portable phone, a personal digital assistant, a notebook, a portable multimedia player.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to

determine if the predicted time is less than or greater than the preset time,

while downloading the contents, continue to download the contents when the prediction time is less than the preset time, and

display a corresponding downloading rate of the contents.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one control signal comprises:

the first control signal when the content includes the audio data; and

the second control signal when the content includes the at least one of the video data, text data, or image data.

8. A method for downloading contents from a remote device by a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

storing multimedia data prior to downloading contents;

while downloading the contents, outputting at least one control signal to control an output of the stored multimedia data when a predicted time for downloading the contents is more than a preset time,

wherein the preset time is pre-determined by a user; and

outputting the stored multimedia data based on the at least one outputted control signal,

wherein the multimedia data includes at least two groups of multimedia data, and

wherein the step of outputting the stored multimedia data comprises;

outputting the at least two stored groups sequentially,

wherein the at least two groups of multimedia data includes a first group of audio data and a second group of video data, text data, or image data,

wherein the step of outputting the stored multimedia data includes at least one of;

outputting the audio data according to a first control signal of the at least one control signal; and

outputting at least one of the text data, image data, and video data according to a control signal of the at least one control signal,

the method further comprising;

calculating the predicted time to download the contents by comparing a difference between a download start time and a predicted download end time;

ending the output of the stored multimedia data; and

outputting at least one of preset ending sound and messages when the contents downloading has been completed.

9. The method of claim 8, storing a group of the at least two groups of multimedia data of which output has been ended while the contents downloading is performed;

and

outputting the stored group of multimedia data of which output has been ended.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of outputting at least one control signal comprises:

when the predicted time is more than the preset time, judging whether preset multimedia data to be outputted during the contents downloading exists.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining if the predicted time is less than or greater than the preset time;

while downloading the contents, continuing to download the contents when the prediction time is less than the preset time; and

displaying a corresponding downloading rate of the contents.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one control signal comprises:

the first control signal when the content includes the audio data; and

the second control signal when the content includes the at least one of the video data, text data, or image data.