Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016018965-A1
Application number	US-201514599304-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 16, 2015
Priority date	Jul 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by a user's reading history for the e-book content can be outputted through the progress bar. The present invention includes a display unit configured to display an e-book content and a controller, if a preset user input is received while a prescribed page of the e-book content is displayed, controlling a progress bar indicating a position of the prescribed page in a total amount of the e-book content to be outputted, the controller controlling a user's reading history for the e-book content to be outputted through the progress bar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal comprising:
a display configured to display contents of an e-book; and a controller configured to:
cause the display to display a progress bar on a page of the e-book in response to an input received while the page is displayed, the progress bar indicating a position of the displayed page among total pages of the e-book, and the progress bar comprising reading pattern information associated with at least one page of the e-book.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the reading pattern information comprises information related to a reading speed determined based on a number of pages of the e-book accessed and duration of the access to the pages for reading.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display at least one color indicator in the progress bar, the at least one color indicator corresponding to the reading speed such that various colors corresponding to various speeds are displayable in the progress bar when the various speeds are determined for different pages of the e-book.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
a position indicator on the progress bar, the position indicator indicating a position of the currently displayed page among the total pages of the e-book; and the information related to the reading speed within the position indicator.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a ratio of read and unread pages of the e-book via the progress bar.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
a movable position indicator on the progress bar, the position indicator indicating a position of the currently displayed page among the total pages of the e-book; an amount of the read pages on one side of the progress bar with respect to the position indicator; and an amount of the unread pages on the other side of the progress bar with respect to the position indicator.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display first time estimated for reading a remaining portion of the e-book based on second time counted for a read portion of the e-book, at least the first time displayed within the progress bar.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a touch screen and the controller is further configured to cause the display to display specific information in response to a first touch input received via the progress bar, the specific information determined based on a location of the progress bar on which the first touch input is received such that the specific information relates to page information of a page corresponding to the location of the progress bar or chapter information of a chapter corresponding to the location of the progress bar.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the page corresponding to the location of the progress bar in response to a second touch input received via the displayed specific information.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display a first page of the chapter corresponding to the location of the progress bar in response to a second touch input received via the displayed specific information.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a touch screen and the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a next or previous page in response to a first drag input received on the displayed page based on a first direction of the first drag input.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
a back side of the page being turned to display the next or previous page; and specific reading information associated with the page on the back side of the page being turned.

13 . The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the specific reading information comprises at least a reading speed associated with the page, duration of time the page was displayed, or a day on which the page was read.

14 . The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the back side of the page is represented in a first color if the page has been read previously and the back side of the page is represented in a second color that is different from the first color if the page has been read for the first time.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a memo associated with the page on the back side of the page being turned.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display another page linked to the page in response to a second drag input received instead of the first drag input, the second drag input received in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction.

17 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display remaining time estimated for finishing reading of the displayed page via the progress bar.

18 . The mobile terminal of claim 17 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
a position indicator on the progress bar, the position indicator indicating a position of the currently displayed page among the total pages of the e-book; and the remaining time within the position indicator.

19 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a graph on which reading speeds of read pages of the e-book are plotted.

20 . A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
displaying a page of an e-book; and displaying a progress bar in response to an input received while the page is displayed, wherein the progress bar indicates a position of the displayed page among total pages of the e-book, and the progress bar comprises reading pattern information associated with at least one page of the e-book.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Mihyun
• Song Hyewon

Classifications

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/04855

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F3/0486 Primary

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title