Mobile terminal and display controlling method therein

• US 8,806,225 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2012
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Hyekyung, Kim, Dongwoo, Lee, Joowoo, Kim, Hyehyun, Cho, Hyunah
• Primary Examiner(s): PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY
• Application Number:
  US13/475,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• US Class Current: 713/193
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 2213/78 Array wherein the memory cells of a group share an access device, all the memory cells of the group having a common electrode and the access device being not part of a word line or a bit line driver
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 5/04 Supports for storage elements , e.g. memory modules; Mounting or fixing of storage elements on such supports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0016 involving special memory structures, e.g. look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• 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: H04W 12/086 using security domains
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external terminal; a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; and a controller configured to execute the first operating system and activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system, display a first information screen on a display unit of the mobile terminal corresponding to the activated first mode, display an application execution history for the first mode and the second mode on a prescribed region of the first information screen of the first mode, and identifiably display whether applications included in the application execution history were executed in the first mode or the second mode.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external terminal;

a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; and

a controller configured to;

execute the first operating system and activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system,

display a first information screen on a display unit of the mobile terminal corresponding to the activated first mode,

simultaneously display a first application execution history for the first mode and a second application execution history for the second mode on a prescribed region of the first information screen of the first mode, wherein the first application history and the second application history are displayed on separate lines,

identifiably display whether applications included in the application execution history were executed in the first mode or the second mode, and

merge together the first application history and the second application history into a single line based on a predetermined touch action on the display unit,

wherein the memory includes first and second database storage regions corresponding to the first and second modes, respectively, and a common database region in common with the first and second modes, and

wherein the first and second storage regions are restricted based on the mode and the first and second modes share the common database region.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the applications included in the application execution history with reference to an application execution hour.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to sort and display the application execution history in accordance with one or more of an application executed mode, an application executed time period and an application belonging category.

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

a user input unit configured to receive an input of a selection action on a specific application executed in the second mode among the applications included in the application execution history,

wherein if the selection action is input, the controller is further configured to activate the second mode, deactivate the first mode and then execute the specific application in the activated second mode.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to request a prescribed authentication procedure to enter the second mode, and

wherein if the prescribed authentication procedure is validly performed, the controller activates the second mode and deactivates the first mode.

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

a user input unit configured to receive an input of a prescribed command action on the application execution history,

wherein if the prescribed command action is input, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display additional information on the applications included in the application execution history.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to limitedly display the additional information on applications executed in the second mode among the applications included in the application execution history.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the additional information includes one or more of a representative image of a corresponding application, a latest execution screen of the corresponding application and a history of data used in executing the corresponding application.

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

a user input unit configured to receive a prescribed command action on the application execution history,

wherein if the command action is input, the controller is further configured to control the display unit not to display at least one application corresponding to a partial section among the applications included in the application execution history.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a specific application in the activated first mode, and control the display unit to display a history of a plurality of data used in accordance with the execution of the specific application.

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

a memory configured to store execution related information on an application per mode under the control of the controller,

wherein the controller is further configured to generate the application execution history using the stored execution related information of the application.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second modes are identified from each other according to one or more of a mode indicator, a database storage region, an operating system, a user access authority, an application configuration, a content configuration, a data configuration and an application property.

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

allowing, via a communication unit of the mobile terminal, communication with at least one external terminal;

storing, via a memory of the mobile terminal, at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively;

executing, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the first operating system and activating the first mode corresponding to the first operating system;

displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, a first information screen corresponding to the activated first mode;

simultaneously displaying, via the display unit, a first application execution history for the first mode and a second application execution history for the second mode on a prescribed region of the first information screen of the first mode, wherein the first application history and the second application history are displayed on separate lines;

identifiably displaying, via the controller controlling the display unit, whether applications included in the application execution history were executed in the first mode or the second mode; and

merging together, via the controller, the first application history and the second application history into a single line based on a predetermined touch action on the display unit,

wherein the memory includes first and second database storage regions corresponding to the first and second modes, respectively, and a common database region in common with the first and second modes, and

wherein the first and second storage regions are restricted based on the mode and the first and second modes share the common database region.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying the applications included in the application execution history with reference to an application execution hour.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sorting and displaying the application execution history in accordance with one or more of an application executed mode, an application executed time period and an application belonging category.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, via a user input unit of the mobile terminal, an input of a selection action on a specific application executed in the second mode among the applications included in the application execution history; and

activating the second mode, deactivating the first mode and then executing the specific application in the activated second mode, if the selection action is input.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, via a user input unit of the mobile terminal, an input of a prescribed command action on the application execution history; and

displaying additional information on the applications contained in the application execution history, if the prescribed command action is input.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

limitedly displaying the additional information on applications executed in the second mode among the applications included in the application execution history,

wherein the additional information includes one or more of a representative image of a corresponding application, a latest execution screen of the corresponding application and a history of data used in executing the corresponding application.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, via a user input unit of the mobile terminal, a prescribed command action on the application execution history; and

not displaying at least one application corresponding to a partial section among the applications included in the application execution history on the application execution history, if the command action is input.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

executing a specific application in the activated first mode; and

displaying a history of a plurality of data used in accordance with the execution of the specific application.