Event display method and apparatus for mobile terminal

• US 8,041,400 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Min-Joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson; Keith
• Application Number:
  US12/036,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20080209546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/550.1, 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455 901- 903, 4554141-4144, 455/575.1, 345/346, 345/440, 345/440.2, 345/156, 345/157, 345/162
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

Disclosed is an event display method and apparatus for a mobile terminal, which displays events occurring in a mobile terminal on a multi time graphic (divided into a plurality of time graphics), thereby enabling easy checking and management of various types of events. For this, the event display method includes detecting at least one or more events in a mobile terminal, displaying a multi time graphic divided into a plurality of time graphics on a display screen, and locating the detected events on the multi time graphic.

Claims

1. An event display method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

detecting at least one or more events in a mobile terminal;

displaying a multi time graphic divided into a plurality of time graphics on a display screen;

locating the detected events on the multi time graphic; and

displaying another multi time graphic representing the past or the future time on the display screen based on an input conducted in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi time graphic is a plurality of time graphics divided into a plurality of quadrants.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

magnifying or reducing at least one or more of the plurality of time graphics.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is corresponding to dragging via a touch screen.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a window requesting a password on the display screen when the event is selected by a user; and

displaying information of the selected event on the display screen when a password inputted to the displayed window is identical to a pre-stored password.

6. An event display apparatus for a mobile terminal, comprising:

a sensing unit which senses at least one or more events in a mobile terminal; and

a control unit which displays a multi time graphic divided into a plurality of time graphics on a display screen, and locates the detected events on the multi time graphic,

wherein the control unit displays another multi time graphic representing the past or the future time on the display screen based on an input conducted in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the multi time graphic is a plurality of time graphics divided into a plurality of quadrants.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller magnifies or reduces at least one or more of the plurality of time graphics.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the input is corresponding to dragging via a touch screen.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the control unit magnifies or reduces the multi time graphic when the multi time graphic is dragged in a left or right direction via the touch screen.