Mobile terminal and method for providing user interface using the same

• US 9,141,250 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2011
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Woosik, Yang, Jeonghwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Application Number:
  US13/227,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20120260198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42228 the reprogrammable keys being displayed on a display screen in order to reduce the number of keys on the remote control device itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display; an interface unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from an external display apparatus displaying information including an input region and a non-input region; and a controller configured to control the interface unit to receive data from the external display apparatus corresponding to the information displayed on the external display apparatus, to control the display to display a first screen including the input-region displayed on the external display apparatus and a second display screen including at least a portion of the non-input-region displayed on the external display apparatus.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

an interface unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from an external display apparatus, said external display apparatus including a processor configured to display information including an input region and a non-input region on the external display apparatus, wherein the input region includes a first text input box; and

a controller configured to;

receive data via the interface unit and interacting with the external display apparatus corresponding to the information displayed on the external display apparatus;

display on the display of the mobile terminal a first display screen including a second text input box corresponding to the first text input box of the input-region displayed on the external display apparatus and a second display screen including at least a portion of the non-input-region displayed on the external display apparatus, wherein the second text input box is displayed at a first position on the display;

display on the display of the mobile terminal a keypad for inputting information into the second text input box while no keypad is displayed on the external display apparatus, wherein the keypad is displayed at a second position on the display;

maintain the second text input box and the keypad displayed at the first position and the second position on the display of the mobile terminal, respectively, when the at least the portion of the non-input region is moved in the second display screen;

receive identification information about an internet browser application being executed in the external display apparatus from the external display apparatus;

determine whether a corresponding internet browser application is present in the mobile terminal based on the identification information;

execute the corresponding internet browser application on the mobile terminal according to the received identification information when the internet browser application is present in the mobile terminal; and

access the same web site displayed on the external display apparatus,

wherein when the corresponding internet browser application is not present on the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to;

receive environment information about the internet browser application from the external display apparatus;

optimize the received environment information based on the mobile terminal;

execute an internet browser application on the mobile terminal according to the optimized environment information; and

access an appropriate web site based on the optimized environmental information.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a keypad window including the keypad at least partially overlaying the second display screen, and to control the interface unit to transmit the information input into the input region displayed in the first display screen to the input region displayed on the external display apparatus.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an input command instructing said at least the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen be moved, and to control the display to move the non-input region within the second display screen based on the input command such that more or less of the partial portion of the non-input region is displayed in the second display screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the input command includes at least one of 1) a zoom-in instruction for zooming in on the non-input region displayed in the second display screen, 2) a zoom-out instruction for zooming out on the non-input region displayed in the second display screen, 3) a rotating instruction for rotating the non-input region displayed in the second display region, and 4) a moving instruction for moving the non-input region displayed in the second display region.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, further comprising:

a sensing unit configured to sense a physical movement of the mobile terminal and to convert the sensed physical movement of the mobile terminal into the input command instructing said at least the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen be moved.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the information displayed on the external display apparatus is updated, the controller is further configured to control the display to correspondingly update the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the external display apparatus displays the information including the input region and the non-input region in a first region of the external display apparatus and displays information currently displayed on the mobile terminal in a second display region of the external apparatus, and a signal is received dragging from the first region into the second region, the controller is further configured to control the display of the mobile terminal to display the information including the input region and the non-input region currently displayed on the external display apparatus as a full screen on the display of the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the controller determines the application is not present in the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to control the interface unit to only receive the data from the external display apparatus corresponding to the information displayed on the external display apparatus and to control the display of the mobile terminal to display the received data in the first and second display screens.

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

transmitting and receiving data, via an interface unit of the mobile terminal, to and from an external display apparatus, said external display apparatus including a processor configured to display information including an input region and a non-input region on the external display apparatus, wherein the input region includes a first text input box;

controlling, via a controller of the mobile terminal interacting with the external display apparatus, the interface unit to receive data from the external display apparatus corresponding to the information displayed on the external display apparatus;

displaying, via a display of the mobile terminal, a first display screen including a second text input box corresponding to the first text input box of the input-region displayed on the external display apparatus and a second display screen including at least a portion of the non-input-region displayed on the external display apparatus, wherein the second text input box is displayed at a first position on the display;

displaying on the display of the mobile terminal a keypad for inputting information into the second text input box while no keypad is displayed on the external display apparatus, wherein the keypad is displayed at a second position on the display;

maintaining the second text input box and the keypad displayed at the first position and the second position on the display of the mobile terminal, respectively, when the at least the portion of the non-input region is moved in the second display screen;

receiving identification information about an internet browser application being executed in the external display apparatus from the external display apparatus;

determining whether a corresponding internet browser application is present in the mobile terminal based on the identification information;

executing the corresponding internet browser application on the mobile terminal according to the received identification information when the internet browser application is present in the mobile terminal; and

accessing the same web site displayed on the external display apparatus,

wherein when the corresponding internet browser application is not present on the mobile terminal, the method further comprises;

receiving environment information about the internet browser application from the external display apparatus;

optimizing the received environment information based on the mobile terminal;

executing an internet browser application on the mobile terminal according to the optimized environment information; and

accessing an appropriate web site based on the optimized environmental information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying, on the display of the mobile terminal, a keypad window including the keypad at least partially overlaying the second display screen for inputting information into the input region displayed in the first display screen; and

transmitting, via the interface unit, the information input into the input region displayed in the first display screen to the input region displayed on the external display apparatus.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, an input command instructing said at least the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen be moved; and

controlling, via the controller, the display to move the non-input region within the second display screen based on the input command such that more or less of the partial portion of the non-input region is displayed in the second display screen.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input command includes at least one of 1) a zoom-in instruction for zooming in on the non-input region displayed in the second display screen, 2) a zoom-out instruction for zooming out on the non-input region displayed in the second display screen, 3) a rotating instruction for rotating the non-input region displayed in the second display region, and 4) a moving instruction for moving the non-input region displayed in the second display region.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sensing, via a sensing unit of the mobile terminal, a physical movement of the mobile terminal and converting the sensed physical movement of the mobile terminal into the input command instructing said at least the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen be moved.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein when the information displayed on the external display apparatus is updated, the method further comprises controlling the display to correspondingly update the portion of the non-input region displayed in the second display screen.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein when the external display apparatus displays the information including the input region and the non-input region in a first region of the external display apparatus and displays information currently displayed on the mobile terminal in a second display region of the external apparatus, and a signal is received dragging from the first region into the second region, the method further comprises controlling the display of the mobile terminal to display the information including the input region and the non-input region currently displayed on the external display apparatus as a full screen on the display of the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein when the application is not present in the mobile terminal, the method further comprises:

controlling the interface unit to only receive the data from the external display apparatus corresponding to the information displayed on the external display apparatus; and

controlling the display of the mobile terminal to display the received data in the first and second display screens.