Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9405455-B2
Application number	US-201414168870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2014
Priority date	Jan 31, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a touchscreen configured to display information; and a controller that partitions the touchscreen into a first region and second region, displays a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region, displays data different than the chat window in the second region, receives a touch input applied to a first point inside the second region and a second point inside the first region, and transmits data in the second region to the at least one counterpart terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a camera;
a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;
a touchscreen configured to display information; and
a controller configured to:
partition the touchscreen into a first region and second region,
display a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region,
display a preview image received via the camera in the second region, and
control the camera to automatically take a picture and transmit the picture to the counterpart terminal communicating by the chat window when a drag input dragging a pointer from one of the first and second regions to the other one of the first and second regions is received.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to partition the first and second regions via a display agent bar.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to change sizes of the first and second regions based on a shifting of the display agent bar.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display an output image, which has been output before the touchscreen is partitioned into the first and second regions, on one of the first and second regions and display an application list on the other of the first and second regions.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the application list comprises at least one of a list of most recently activated applications, a list of applications currently running in background state and a list of frequently-used applications.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to partition the touchscreen into the first and second regions in response to an occurrence of an event in the mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the event comprises at least one of a reception of a text message, a reception of an instant message, a reception of an email and a reception of a call signal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the chat window displayed in the first region is a group chat window for a group chat with a plurality of group members including the at least one counterpart terminal, and
wherein the controller is further configured to:
display another chat window with another counterpart terminal, and
transmit a message from the other counterpart terminal to a group member specified by the first point.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the chat window displayed in the first region is a group chat window for a plurality of group members including the at least one counterpart terminal, the controller is further configured to transmit the data only to a specified group member specified by the first point.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, information;
partitioning, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the touchscreen into a first region and second region;
displaying, via the touchscreen, a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region;
displaying, via the touchscreen, a preview image received via a camera in the second region; and
automatically taking a picture via the camera and transmitting, via a wireless communication unit, the picture to the counterpart terminal communication by the chat window when a drag input dragging a pointer from one of the first and second regions to the other one of the first and second regions is received.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Leem Chaesung
• Ko Eulina
• Kim Hosoo

Classifications

• H04M1/27475

  using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• H04M2250/52

  including functional features of a camera · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F3/0486 Primary

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title