Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9451071-B2
Application number	US-201514596956-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various kinds of convenient functions can be provided in manner of interworking with a watch type mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to exchange signals with a watch type mobile terminal and a controller, if a first signal is received from a watch type mobile terminal while executing a first function by the mobile terminal, transmitting information related to the first function to the watch type mobile terminal in order for the information related to the first function to be output from the watch type mobile terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
executing, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a first function;
receiving a first signal from a watch type mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is executing the first function;
transmitting, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, information related to the first function to the watch type mobile terminal, in response to the receiving of the first signal;
controlling the watch type mobile terminal to output the information related to the first function on the watch type mobile terminal;
interrupting an execution of the first function and executing a second function on the mobile terminal, in response to an occurrence of an event related to the second function;
transmitting information related to the second function to the watch type mobile terminal, in response to the interrupting the execution of the first function; and
removing at least one portion of a user interface corresponding to the first function from a display of the mobile terminal, in response to the interrupting the execution of the first function.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal is received by the mobile terminal, in response to a specific motion gesture of the watch type mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the first function comprises at least one of a time information of a content related to the first function, an information on a remaining battery level in accordance with the execution of the first function, a free-of-charge service time information of the first function, and an hour information configuring a user interface corresponding to the first function.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a user interface of the first function including an input window, the information related to the first function comprises at least one of a text input to the input window, a multimedia content, and a web link.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving a second signal from the watch type mobile terminal; and
inputting information related to the first function and corresponding to the second signal to the input window.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
dividing the information into part contents; and
sequentially displaying the part contents by the watch type mobile terminal.

7. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display;
a wireless communication unit configured to exchange signals with a watch type mobile terminal; and
a controller configured to:
execute a first function,
receive a first signal from the watch type mobile terminal while executing the first function,
transmit information related to the first function to the watch type mobile terminal to output the information related to the first function on the watch type mobile terminal,
interrupt the execution of the first function and execute a second function, in response to an occurrence of an event related to the second function,
transmit information related to the second function to the watch type mobile terminal, in response to the interrupting the execution of the first function, and
remove at least one portion of a user interface corresponding to the first function from the display of the mobile terminal, in response to an interruption of the execution of the first function.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the first signal is received, in response to a specific motion gesture of the watch type mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the information related to the first function comprises at least one of a time information of a content related to the first function, an information on a remaining battery level in accordance with the execution of the first function, a free-of-charge service time information of the first function, and an hour information configuring a user interface corresponding to the first function.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a user interface of the first function including an input window, the information related to the first function comprises at least one of a text input to the input window, a multimedia content, and a web link.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a second signal from the watch type mobile terminal, and
input the information related to the first function and corresponding to the second signal to the input window, in response to receiving the second signal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to divide the information into multiple part contents to be sequentially displayed by the watch type mobile terminal.

13. A watch type mobile terminal comprising:
a touch screen display;
a wireless communication unit configured to exchange signals with a mobile terminal; and
a controller configured to:
recognize a predetermined event while the mobile terminal is executing a first function and displaying a user interface of the first function including an input window,
transmit a first signal to the mobile terminal in response to the predetermined event,
receive information related to the first function from the mobile terminal, wherein the information related to the first function comprises at least one of a text input to the input window, a multimedia content, and a web link,
display the information related to the first function on the touch screen display, and
transmit to the mobile terminal a second signal corresponding to one of the received information related to the first function, such that the information corresponding to the second signal is input to the input window in response to the transmitted second signal.

14. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the information related to the first function is displayed with a current time.

15. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined event is at least one of a predetermined motion of the watch type mobile terminal corresponding to a specific gesture and a voice command.

16. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the information is divided into part contents and the controller is further configured to sequentially display the part contents on the touch screen display of the watch type mobile terminal.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seo Youngyeon
• Kang Hokyun
• Kim Jieun
• Lee Minho

Classifications

• H04M1/575

  Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party · CPC title

• H04M1/72519 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/7253

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B2001/3861

  carried in a hand or on fingers · CPC title

• H04M1/271 Primary

  controlled by voice recognition · CPC title