Mobile terminal and method of displaying information therein

• US 8,958,851 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dongwoo, Cho, Hyunah, Kim, Ki Seo, Kim, Hyehyun, Sakong, Kyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US13/205,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20120165075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/566, 715/778, 715/764, 715/765
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/086 using security domains

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal; a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; a controller configured to execute the first operating system, and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and a display unit configured to display a first information screen corresponding to the activated first mode. Further, the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

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

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

a controller configured to execute the first operating system, and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and

a display unit configured to display a first information screen corresponding to the activated first mode,

wherein the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information,

wherein if the second application information is counterpart information, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display state information of a counterpart terminal corresponding to the counterpart information, and

wherein the state information includes at least one of an online status of the counterpart terminal and that the counterpart terminal is currently activating the second mode.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first information screen including the first application information and the second application information is an integrated same screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the first mode is switched to the second mode or the second mode is switched to the first mode, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display information reflecting the mode change.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an input command requesting the controller control the display unit to display the identifier identifying the first and second application information.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second application information includes tag information indicating the first and second application information corresponds to the first and second modes, respectively.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to partially display some of the second application information corresponding to the second mode while the first mode is currently activated based on at least one of an authentication procedure for displaying the second application information and a prescribed level of content included in the second application information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to sort the first and second application information according to a prescribed reference.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of the second program information, and to control the display unit to display at least one function that can executed in the second mode.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

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

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

a controller configured to execute the first operating system, and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and

a display unit configured to display a first information screen corresponding to the activated first mode,

wherein the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information, and

wherein if the second application information includes a group of counterpart terminals, the controller is further configured to display identification information indicating what mode the counterpart terminals are currently activating.

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

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

storing, in 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;

activating, via the controller, the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and

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

wherein the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information,

wherein if the second application information is counterpart information, the method further comprises displaying state information of a counterpart terminal corresponding to the counterpart information, and

wherein the state information includes at least one of an online status of the counterpart terminal and that the counterpart terminal is currently activating the second mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first information screen including the first application information and the second application information is an integrated same screen.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein if the first mode is switched to the second mode or the second mode is switched to the first mode, the method further comprises displaying information reflecting the mode change.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, an input command requesting the displaying step displays the identifier identifying the first and second application information.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second application information includes tag information indicating the first and second application information corresponds to the first and second modes, respectively.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying step comprises partially displaying some of the second application information corresponding to the second mode while the first mode is currently activated based on at least one of an authentication procedure for displaying the second application information and a prescribed level of content included in the second application information.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

sorting the first and second application information according to a prescribed reference.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal indicating a selection of the second program information; and

displaying at least one function that can executed in the second mode.

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

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

storing, in 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;

activating, via the controller, the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and

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

wherein the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information, and

wherein if the second application information includes a group of counterpart terminals, the method further comprises displaying identification information indicating what mode the counterpart terminals are currently activating.