Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

• US 9,286,296 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2011
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Kyeongjong
• Primary Examiner(s): JAKOVAC, RYAN J
• Application Number:
  US13/156,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20120003966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,741 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may include a radio communication interface, a storage device configured to store a content playlist, and a controller configured to update the content playlist. The controller may acquire content information corresponding at least one streaming content from on a web page accessed through the radio communication unit interface. The content information may include address information for retrieving the at least one streaming content. The controller may update the content play list to include the at least one streaming content based on the acquired content information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a radio communication interface;

a display for displaying multimedia content;

a storage device configured to store a content playlist; and

a controller configured to update the content playlist,

wherein the controller is configured to;

access a web page;

acquire content information corresponding to streaming content in the web page, wherein the content information including address information for accessing the web page for retrieving the streaming content;

add the streaming content to the content playlist stored in the storage device and display the streaming content and an icon indicating that an added content is for a streaming content in the content playlist based on the acquired content information on the display, wherein a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page is mapped to the icon, and wherein the playlist includes at least one content stored in the storage device, wherein the icon displayed in the content playlist is maintained after terminating accessing the web page;

receive an input requesting playing of the streaming content included in the content playlist;

stream the streaming content through the radio communication interface in response to the input and play the streamed streaming content;

acquire additional content information about the streaming content when the streaming content is downloaded, wherein the additional content information includes at least one of an artist, title, album, or genre information associated with the streaming content; and

update the content playlist to include the additional content information,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

add the streaming content to the content playlist as a background music mode,

acquire content information about a changed streaming content from the web page if a streaming content of the web page is changed,

update the content playlist by replacing the displayed streaming content with the changed streaming content, and

display an icon indicating that the streaming content has been added as a background music mode in the content playlist, if the added streaming content is a background music of the web page.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller acquires the content information by parsing the web page.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller generates a list of the streaming content included in the web page and adds the streaming content to the content playlist when the streaming content is selected from the displayed list.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the downloaded streaming content is stored in the storage device.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the downloaded streaming content is buffered to be streamed and discarded after playback.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to sequentially playback streaming content and the at least one content stored in the storage device based on the playlist.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller periodically accesses a web page associated with the streaming content included in the playlist to update the content information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls a display to display the web page associated with the streaming content.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one streaming content is one of a streaming audio, streaming video, or streaming multimedia content.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to generate one or more keywords based on content included in the playlist and to search a plurality of web sites for streaming content using the one or more keywords.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to display the web page associated with the streaming content during playback.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, if the back ground music of the web page is changed, wherein the controller is configured to acquire content information about a changed streaming content from the web page, update the content playlist by replacing the displayed streaming content with the changed streaming content.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

accessing a web page;

acquiring content information corresponding to one streaming content on the web page, the content information including address information for accessing the web page for retrieving the streaming content;

adding the streaming content to a content playlist stored in a storage device based on the acquired content information and displaying the streaming content and an icon indicating that an added content is for a streaming content in the content playlist based on the acquired content information on a display, wherein a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page is mapped to the icon, and wherein the playlist includes at least one content stored in the storage device, wherein the icon displayed in the content playlist is maintained after terminating accessing the web page;

receiving a request to play the at least one streaming content;

accessing the web page corresponding to the address information;

streaming the streaming content from the web page and playing the streamed streaming content;

acquiring additional content information about the streaming content when the streaming content is downloaded; and

updating the content playlist based on the additional content information,

wherein the method further comprising;

adding the streaming content to the content playlist as a background music mode,

acquiring content information about a changed streaming content from the web page if a streaming content of the web page is changed,

updating the content playlist by replacing the displayed streaming content with the changed streaming content, and

displaying an icon indicating that the streaming content has been added as a background music mode in the content playlist, if the added streaming content is a background music of the web page.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the web page associated with the streaming content during playback on the display.