Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544708-B2
Application number	US-201314026821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a linked application can be activated if an output of an alarm is ended. The present invention includes a display unit, a memory configured to store a set alarm time, and a controller configured to control an alarm to be outputted if a current hour becomes the set alarm time and automatically activate a first linked application by ending an output of the alarm when a first user input is applied during outputting the alarm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display unit;
a memory; and
a controller configured to:
cause the display unit to display, prior to a set alarm time, the set alarm time and information about a plurality of applications linked to the set alarm time, wherein the set alarm time is stored in the memory;
cause outputting of an alarm at the set alarm time;
cause the display unit to display unidentified event occurrence during the outputting of the alarm;
cause the display unit to display a linked application list in response to a first user input received during the outputting of the alarm; and
end the outputting of the alarm and activate a first linked application selected from the linked application list in response to releasing of the first user input, wherein the first user input is released from displayed information corresponding to the first linked application and included in the linked application list.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to end the outputting of the alarm without activating the first linked application when a second user input, instead of the first user input, is received during the outputting of the alarm.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
start a snooze period in response to the second user input; and
cause outputting of the alarm when the snooze period expires.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first user input is received at a first position on a touchscreen of the display unit and released from a second position on the touchscreen on which the information corresponding to the first linked application is displayed.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the first user input is moved from the first position to the second position prior to the releasing of the first user input from the second position.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to end the outputting of the alarm and automatically activate a second linked application selected from the linked application list in response to a second user input received during the outputting of the alarm.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein:
the first user input is applied in a manner of moving a first object displayed on the display unit in a first direction; and
the second user input is applied in a manner of moving the first object in a second direction that is different from the first direction.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to display guide information for guiding the first direction and the second direction during the outputting of the alarm.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate a second linked application included in the linked application list in response to a second user input received after the activation of the first linked application.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein a priority of the first linked application is higher than a priority of the second linked application.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the unidentified event occurrence information comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a number of new email receptions, a number of new text message receptions, a number of new instant message receptions, and a number of new incoming call receptions.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate the first linked application and a second linked application included in the linked application list simultaneously in response to the first user input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to:
display the first linked application at a first region of the display unit; and
display the second linked application at a second region of the display unit.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless communication unit, wherein the controller is further configured to communicate with an external device via the wireless communication unit and cause the external device to be turned on in response to the first user input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured cause mirroring of an output screen of the display unit at the external device when the external device is turned on.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to set applications, of which corresponding activate icons are located in a same folder in which an activate icon of an alarm application is located, as the plurality of applications linked to the set alarm time.

17. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
setting an alarm time;
displaying, prior to the set alarm time, the set alarm time and information about a plurality of applications linked to the set alarm time, wherein the set alarm time is stored in a memory;
outputting an alarm at the set alarm time;
displaying unidentified event occurrence during the outputting of the alarm;
displaying a linked application list in response to a first user input received during the outputting of the alarm; and
ending the outputting of the alarm and activating a first linked application selected from the linked application list in response to releasing of the first user input, wherein the first user input is released from displayed information corresponding to the first linked application and included in the linked application list.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ham Jihye
• Heo Jeongyun
• Kong Daejin
• Kim Jiyeon
• Yi Sohoon

Classifications

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G04B23/02

  Alarm clocks {(by other means G04B25/005; waking up by electric lamps G04C19/02; electrically released alarm signals G04C21/00; alarm clocks with electric contacts G04C23/06)} · CPC title

• H04W4/001 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/724 Primary

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• H04W4/50 Primary

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title