Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,710,148 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Choongryeol, Oh, Byongdoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brahmachari, Mandrita
• Application Number:
  US13/018,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,360 Days
• Field of Search: 715733, 715778
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a memory including at least first and second OSs (Operating Systems) and applications dedicated to each of the first and second OSs; a display unit configured to display a first OS (Operating System) dedicated screen including the applications dedicated to the first OS among the first and second OSs; and a controller configured to control the display unit to switch the displaying of the first OS dedicated screen to a displaying of a second OS dedicated screen if a switching command for switching the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory including at least first and second OSs (Operating Systems) and applications dedicated to each of the first and second OSs;

a display unit configured to display a first OS (Operating System) dedicated screen including the applications dedicated to the first OS among the first and second OSs; and

a controller configured to switch the displaying of the first OS dedicated screen having a first OS indicator to a displaying of a second OS dedicated screen having a second OS indicator by deactivating the first OS dedicated screen and activating the second OS dedicated screen while the first and second OSs are simultaneously driven, if a switching command for switching the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input,

wherein the second OS is only being driven on the mobile terminal when the switching command is input and the controller switches the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen,

wherein the switching command includes a flicking touch action having a specific direction, and the controller is further configured to switch displaying the first OS dedicated screen to displaying the second OS dedicated screen when the flicking touch action has a direction from left to right on the display unit,

wherein if a specific application is selected from the first OS dedicated screen, the controller searches the second OS dedicated screen for at least one application providing a function equal or similar to that of the selected specific application, and the controller controls the display unit to display information of the found at least one application in a list in the first OS dedicated screen, or to display the found at least one application in a manner that the found application can be identified in the corresponding second OS dedicated screen by being represented with emphases, and

wherein if no application providing a function equal or similar to that of the specific application is found from the second OS dedicated screen, the controller controls the access to a web to search for an application having a function equal or similar to that of the selected specific application.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display first and second information indicating the first and second OSs are included in the mobile terminal and to highlight one of the first and second information to indicate which one of the first and second OSs is currently being driven.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a command is input requesting all of the OSs dedicated screens be displayed together on the display unit while the first OS dedicated screen is being displayed, the controller is further configured to display the second OS dedicated screen that is not currently being displayed together with the first OS dedicated screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to display the first OS dedicated screen as a main screen and to display the second dedicated OS screen as a subscreen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein if the second OS dedicated screen is selected, the controller is further configured to display the selected second OS dedicated screen as the main screen and to display the first OS dedicated screen as the subscreen.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if an execution command for a specific application within one of the first and second OSs dedicated screens is input, the controller is further configured to execute the specific application.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to display information corresponding to the executed specific application within said one of the first and second OSs dedicated screens or to display the information corresponding to the executed specific application as a full screen on the display unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if a command for shifting a specific application within the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input, the controller is further configured to shift the application into the second OS dedicated screen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

in response to a user command, generate a new OS dedicated screen by using the first OS dedicated screen and the second OS dedicated screen.

9. A method of a mobile terminal including at least first and second OSs (Operating Systems) and applications dedicated to each of the first and second OSs, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, a first OS (Operating System) dedicated screen including the applications dedicated to the first OS among the first and second OSs; and

switching, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the displaying of the first OS dedicated screen to a displaying of a second OS dedicated screen by deactivating the first OS dedicated screen having a first OS indicator and activating the second OS dedicated screen having a second OS indicator while the first and second OSs are simultaneously driven, if a switching command for switching the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input,

wherein the first OS is only being driven on the mobile terminal when the switching command is input and the controller switches the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen,

wherein the switching command includes a flicking touch action having a specific direction, and the switching step switches displaying the first OS dedicated screen to displaying the second OS dedicated screen when the flicking touch action has a direction from left to right on the display units,

wherein if a specific application is selected from the first OS dedicated screen, the method further comprises searching the second OS dedicated screen for at least one application providing a function equal or similar to that of the selected specific application, and displaying information of the found at least one application in a list in the first OS dedicated screen, or displaying the found at least one application in a manner that the found application can be identified in the corresponding second OS dedicated screen by being represented with emphases, and

wherein if no application providing a function equal or similar to that of the specific application is found from the second OS dedicated screen, the method further comprises accessing a web to search for an application having a function equal or similar to that of the selected specific application.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying first and second information indicating the first and second OSs are included in the mobile terminal; and

highlighting one of the first and second information to indicate which one of the first and second OSs is currently being driven.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein if a command is input requesting all of the OSs dedicated screens be displayed together on the display unit while the first OS dedicated screen is being displayed, the method further comprises displaying the second OS dedicated screen that is not currently being displayed together with the first OS dedicated screen.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the first OS dedicated screen as a main screen and displaying the second dedicated OS screen as a subscreen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein if the second OS dedicated screen is selected, the method further comprises displaying the selected second OS dedicated screen as the main screen and displaying the first OS dedicated screen as the subscreen.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein if an execution command for a specific application within one of the first and second OSs dedicated screens is input, the method further comprises executing the specific application.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises displaying information corresponding to the executed specific application within said one of the first and second OSs dedicated screens or displaying the information corresponding to the executed specific application as a full screen on the display unit.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein if a command for shifting a specific application within the first OS dedicated screen to the second OS dedicated screen is input, the method further comprises shifting the application into the second OS dedicated screen.