Mobile communication terminal, control method thereof, auxiliary terminal and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544414-B2
Application number	US-201514849666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2015
Priority date	Nov 3, 2014
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A mobile communication system provides new services to a mobile terminal mounted in a vehicle through an auxiliary terminal by connecting the auxiliary terminal to the mobile terminal. A mobile communication system includes a first terminal mounted in a vehicle, and a second terminal configured to detect application programs available in the first terminal and transmit an application program list indicating the detected application programs to the first terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile communication system comprising:
a first terminal mounted in a vehicle; and
a second terminal configured to transmit, to the first terminal, an application program list indicating application programs available in the first terminal,
wherein the first terminal is configured to output, on a display unit, the application program list and request the second terminal to execute a first application program included in the application program list,
wherein the second terminal is configured to execute the first application program in response to the request, and transmit, to the first terminal, a first execution screen according to an execution result of the first application program,
wherein the first terminal is configured to request the second terminal to execute a specific event within the first execution screen, and
wherein the second terminal is configured to execute the specific event within the first execution screen in response to the request for the execution of the specific event, and transmit, to the first terminal, a second execution screen according to an execution result of the specific event.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to detect the application programs available in the first terminal on the basis of attribute information relating to the first terminal.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the attribute information related to the first terminal includes a screen resolution, a screen size, and an application program list of the first terminal.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first application program is an application program which is not present in the application program list of the first terminal and is available in the first terminal.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the second terminal is configured to modify the first and second execution screens to match a screen resolution and a screen size of the first terminal, and transmit, to the first terminal, the modified first and second execution screens.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to detect the application programs available in the first terminal from a memory of the second terminal, a server, or an external mobile terminal.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to selectively transmit, to the first terminal, information received from a server or external mobile terminal.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to classify information received from a server or external mobile terminal according to preset priorities, and transmit the classified information to the first terminal according to the preset priorities.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to periodically detect a resource usage of the first terminal, use resources of the first terminal based on the resource usage of the first terminal exceeding a preset reference, and transmit, to the first terminal, result information in response to the use of the resources, or
wherein the first terminal is configured to periodically detect a resource usage of the second terminal, use resources of the second terminal based on the resource usage of the second terminal exceeding a preset reference, and transmit, to the second terminal, result information in response to the use of the resources.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to update an application program of the first terminal by receiving, from a server or an external mobile terminal, data for updating the application program of the first terminal and transmitting, to the first terminal, the received data.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is configured to output icons indicating the application programs included in the application program list on a vehicle home screen, and
wherein the second terminal is configured to change a graphic user interface theme corresponding to the vehicle home screen.

12. An auxiliary terminal comprising:
a controller that is configured to:
perform communication with a first terminal mounted in a vehicle,
transmit, to the first terminal, an application program list indicating application programs available in the first terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to execute a first application program included in the application program list in response to a request of the first terminal, and transmit, to the first terminal, a first execution screen according to an execution result of the first application program,
wherein the controller is further configured to, based on the first terminal requesting the auxiliary terminal to execute a specific event within the first execution screen, execute the specific event within the first execution screen in response to the request for the execution of the specific event, and transmit, to the first terminal, a second execution screen according to an execution result of the specific event.

13. A method for controlling a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to the first terminal, an application program list indicating the detected application programs available in the first terminal;
outputting, by the first terminal and on a display unit of the first terminal, the application program list;
requesting the second terminal to execute a first application program included in the application program list;
executing, by the second terminal, the first application program in response to the request;
transmitting, to the first terminal, a first execution screen according to an execution result of the first application program;
requesting, by the first terminal, the second terminal to execute a specific event within the first execution screen;
executing, by the second terminal, the specific event within the first execution screen in response to the request for the execution of the specific event; and
transmitting, to the first terminal, a second execution screen according to an execution result of the specific event.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein detecting, by the second terminal, application programs available in the first terminal comprises detecting, by the second terminal, the application programs available in the first terminal on the basis of attribute information relating to the first terminal.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the attribute information related to the first terminal includes a screen resolution, a screen size, and an application program list of the first terminal.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first application program is an application program which is not present in the application program list of the first terminal and is available in the first terminal.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising modifying, by the second terminal, the first and second execution screens to match a screen resolution and a screen size of the first terminal, and transmitting, to the first terminal, the modified first and second execution screens.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein detecting, by the second terminal, application programs available in the first terminal comprises detecting, by the second terminal, the application programs available in the first terminal from a memory of the second terminal, a server, or an external mobile terminal.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising selectively transmitting, by the second terminal and to the first terminal, information received from a server or external mobile terminal.

20. The method of claim 1

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Mingoo
• Kim Seungman
• Lee Kwangjae

Classifications

• H04M1/724098

  Interfacing with an on-board device of a vehicle (for hands-free speaking in vehicles H04M1/6075) · CPC title

• H04M1/72409

  by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free H04M1/60) · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title