Mobile terminal and method for displaying wireless devices thereof
A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit for searching for wireless devices for pairing with the mobile terminal, a controller for determining a priority of each of the searched wireless devices according to a specific condition, and a display unit for displaying the searched wireless devices, wherein each searched wireless device is particularly displayed on a display region with respect to the other searched wireless devices according to its determined priority.
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication unit;
a display unit; and
a controller configured to:
display on the display unit a search list including at least one wireless device that has not been registered to a pairing list of wireless devices previously paired with the mobile terminal in response to an input for activating a wireless device search mode according to a preconfigured priority option,
wherein a wireless device in the search list having a higher priority in the preconfigured priority option is displayed larger in size and closer in proximity to a center of the display unit than the wireless device in the search list having a lower priority in the preconfigured priority option, and
wherein the wireless device search mode is automatically triggered without activation input when there is no wireless device registered to the pairing list;
register a selected one of the at least one wireless device upon selection from the search list to the pairing list;
display on the display unit a newly aligned pairing list of wireless devices that includes the wireless device previously paired with the mobile terminal and the selected one of the at least one wireless device upon activation of a wireless connection mode,
wherein the pairing list includes respective PIN codes or passwords of the wireless device and the at least one wireless device; and
automatically connect a specific wireless device among the wireless devices in the newly aligned pairing list to the mobile terminal upon selection of the specific wireless device from the newly aligned pairing list.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display on the display unit a specific image for the at least one wireless device in the search list.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display on the display unit a name for the at least one wireless device in the search list.
4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the preconfigured priority option is based on at least a device number of pairing frequencies, an alphabetical device name order, recent access to device, a device access time, a device signal reception sensitivity, a device range, a device type, or a service capability of a device.
5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the selection from the search list to the pairing list is performed in response to a touch or button input.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the specific wireless device from the newly aligned pairing list is performed in response to a touch or button input.
7. A method of searching and pairing of at least one wireless device with a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying on a display unit of the mobile terminal a search list including the at least one wireless device that has not been registered to a pairing list of wireless devices previously paired with the mobile terminal in response to an input for activating a wireless device search mode according to a preconfigured priority option,
wherein a wireless device in the search list having a higher priority in the preconfigured priority option is displayed larger and closer to a center of the display unit than the wireless device in the search list having a lower priority in the preconfigured priority option, and
wherein the wireless device search mode is automatically triggered sans the input for activating the wireless device search mode if there is no wireless device registered to the pairing list;
registering a selected one of the at least one wireless device upon selection from the search list to the pairing list;
displaying on the display unit of the mobile terminal a newly aligned pairing list of the wireless devices that comprises the wireless devices previously paired with the mobile terminal and the selected one of the at least one wireless device upon activation of a wireless connection mode,
wherein the pairing list comprises respective PIN codes or passwords of the wireless devices and the selected one of the at least one wireless device; and
automatically connecting a specific wireless device among the wireless devices in the newly aligned pairing list to the mobile terminal upon selection of the specific wireless device from the newly aligned pairing list.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a name for each of the at least one wireless device in the search list is displayed on the display unit.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a specific image for each of the at least one wireless device in the search list is displayed on the display unit.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the preconfigured priority option is based on at least a device number of pairing frequencies, an alphabetical device name order , recent access to device, a device access time, a device signal reception sensitivity, a device range, a device type, or a service capability of device.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selection from the search list to the pairing list is performed in response to a touch or button input.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selection of the specific wireless device from the newly aligned pairing list is performed in response to a touch or button input.