Mobile terminal and memo management method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9639826-B2
Application number	US-201113187628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2011
Priority date	Sep 9, 2010
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal including executing, via a controller of the mobile terminal, an application; displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, a display screen including information output by the executing application; displaying, via the display unit, a memo writing window on the display screen including the information output by the executing application; receiving, via the controller, a memo written in the memo writing window; linking, via the controller, the written memo to the information displayed in the display screen when the memo was written in the memo writing window; storing, via a memory of the mobile terminal, the linked memo and information; and re-displaying the memo linked with the information on the display screen if the application is re-executed.

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, an application;
displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, an execution screen including information output by the executing application, the execution screen including one of a received e-mail, web page, e-book and video/TV screen;
displaying, via the display unit, a memo writing window on a portion of the execution screen;
displaying, via the display unit, a memo menu associated with the memo writing window, said memo menu including a link memo option for linking the memo to the information displayed in the display screen;
receiving, via the controller, a memo created by a user and input in the memo writing window by the user;
linking, via the controller, the memo to at least one display screen in response to the input of the user, the at least one display screen including the execution screen and another display screen;
storing, via a memory of the mobile terminal, the memo and linking information related to the at least one display screen;
automatically displaying the memo related to the at least one display screen based on the stored linking information on the at least one display screen when the at least one display screen having the memo is re-displayed;
wherein the linking the memo to at least one display screen comprises:
outputting a message indicating whether the memo is to be linked to another display screen when the execution display screen is changed to another display screen; and
selectively linking the memo to another display screen according to a user response with respect to a message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application executed on the mobile terminal is at least one of an e-mail application, a web page application, an e-book application, and a video/TV application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing step comprises:
receiving a storing signal requesting the memo be stored in the memory; and
automatically linking the memo to the information displayed in the display screen upon receiving the storing signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said memo menu further including a delete memo option for deleting the memo, a clipboard memo option for moving the memo to a clipboard, and an add memo option for adding links to stored memos.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when the link memo option is selected, the method further comprises hierarchically displaying the memo and a plurality of pages linked to the memo, and
wherein when the add memo option is selected, the method further comprises displaying a list of stored memos and a list of linked information in a screen-divided form.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information displayed in the display screen includes a plurality of information screens, and
wherein the storing step links the memo to each of the plurality of information screens or a selected one or more of the plurality of information screens.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a menu option for modifying contents of the memo and for changing the linking of the memo with the information on the display screen;
modifying the memo using the memo option;
providing a prompt asking whether the modified memo is to be applied to another display screen when the memo to be modified is linked to a plurality of pages; and
selectively modify the memo for all or only some screens linked according to a user response with respect to the prompt.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing step stores the memo and linked information in a file+memo form when the linked information is text or an e-mail, and stores the memo and linked information in a captured image+memo form when the linked information is a video/TV screen.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the memo and linked information as a thumbnail or icon with a particular text color and background color to identify a type of the linked information.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a timeline indicating a playing time of a video signal being displayed on the display screen, said video signal corresponding to the linked information; and
displaying a memo indication on the timeline indicating when the memo was linked to the video.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
reducing a size of the displayed memo to a folded form to include only a subject of the memo based on a received double touch action of the displayed memo; and
increasing the size of the displayed memo to its original form based on a received double touch action on the folded form of the memo.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, via a wireless communication unit, the memo and information to at least one other terminal using at one of an e-mail, SMS, MMS, or SNS.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the linking information is an address to re-display at least a portion of the information of the display screen.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the memo is automatically displayed on the display unit on a relevant date when the stored linking information is related to a schedule or alarm function having the relevant date.

15. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;
a display unit configured to display an execution screen including information output by executing an application, and to display a memo writing window on a portion of the execution screen, and display a memo menu associated with the memo writing window, said memo menu including a link memo option for linking the memo to the information displayed in the execution screen, the execution screen including one of a received e-mail, web page, e-book and video/TV screen; and
a controller configured to:
receive a memo created by a user and input in the memo writing window by the user,
link the memo to at least one display screen in response to the input of the user, the at least one display screen including the execution screen and another display screen,
store the memo and a linking information related to the at least one display screen in a memory of the mobile terminal,
automatically display the memo related to the at least one display screen based on the stored linking information on the execution screen when the at least one display screen having the memo is re-displayed,
output a message indicating whether the memo is to be linked to another display screen when the execution display screen is changed to another display screen, and
selectively link the memo to another display screen according to a user response with respect to the message.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the application executed on the mobile terminal is at least one of an e-mail application, a web page application, an e-book application, and a video/TV application.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a storing signal requesting the memo be stored in the memory, and to automatically link the memo to the information displayed in the display screen upon receiving the storing signal.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein said memo menu further includes a delete memo option for deleting the memo, a clipboard memo option for moving the memo to a clipboard, and an add memo option for adding links to stored memos.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18 , wherein when the link memo option

Assignees

• Yi Ilbyoung
• Lee Byoungkwon
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yi Ilbyoung
• Lee Byoungkwon

Classifications

• H04M2250/22

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

• G06F3/0483 Primary

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

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• H04B1/40

  Circuits · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title