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Granted Patent B2
US 9,271,150 · App. 14/462,111 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Inventors: Songyi Baek (Seoul, KR); Hoihan Kim (Seoul, KR); Yoonseok Yang (Seoul, KR); Donghoon Lee (Seoul, KR); Kwangsoo Park (Seoul, KR); Jiyeon Kim (Seoul, KR); Heekyung Kang (Seoul, KR); Kyungjin Moon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W12/06G06F3/048G06F21/32H04L63/0861H04M1/67H04M1/72563H04M2250/52H04W4/206
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Patent No.
US 9,271,150
App. No.
14/462,111
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit; and a controller configured to receive a fingerprint input on the display unit matching at least one of a first user's fingerprint and a second user's fingerprint, said first user being a main user of the mobile terminal and being different than the second user, and control at least one of the mobile terminal of the first user and a terminal of the second user based on the received fingerprint input.

Claims (56)

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication;

a display unit; and

a controller configured to:

register a first user's fingerprint corresponding to the mobile terminal and a second user's finger print corresponding to an external terminal,

receive both a first fingerprint input matching the first user's fingerprint and a second fingerprint input matching the second user's fingerprint on the display unit, and

control the display unit to display a first content list comprising at least one content contained in a photo album of the mobile terminal and a second content list comprising at least one content contained in a photo album of the external terminal on divided first and second screens of the display unit based on the received first and second fingerprint inputs.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

display an image on the display unit,

receive the second user's fingerprint on the displayed image, and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit the displayed image to the external terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a drag input from the first screen to the second screen,

display any one content included in the first content list also on the second screen according to the received drag input, and

transmit the any one content included in the first content list to the external terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

restrict a non-fingerprint-register user to only being able to use a camera capture mode when a non-fingerprint-registered user's fingerprint input that does not match either the first user's fingerprint or the second user's fingerprint in the camera capture mode is received.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive the second user's fingerprint on the display unit in a camera capture mode, and

display on the display unit at least one of content captured by the second user and content including an image of the second user.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the wireless communication unit to transmit said at least one of the content captured by the second user and the content including the image of the second user to the external terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a message on the display unit indicating a non-fingerprint-register user when a non-fingerprint-registered user's fingerprint input that does not match either the first user's fingerprint or the second user's fingerprint is received during an incoming call.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive the second user's fingerprint and corresponding security data transmitted from the external terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display unit to display a payment button for online payment,

request, via the wireless communication unit to the external terminal, a predetermined user's fingerprint when the payment button is touched, and

perform the online payment only when the predetermined user's fingerprint is input to the external terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

communicate with the external terminal, and

request a fingerprint input to the external terminal for registering the second user's fingerprint using the wireless communication unit.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

registering a first user's fingerprint corresponding to the mobile terminal and a second user's fingerprint corresponding to an external terminal;

receiving both a first fingerprint input matching the first user's fingerprint and a second fingerprint input matching the second user's fingerprint on the display unit; and

controlling the display unit to display a first content list comprising at least one content contained in a photo album of the mobile terminal and a second content list comprising at least one content contained in a photo album of the external terminal on divided first and second screens of the display unit.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying an image on the display unit;

receiving the second user's fingerprint on the displayed image; and

controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit the displayed image to the external terminal.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a drag input from the first screen to the second screen;

displaying any one content included in the first content list also on the second screen according to the received drag input; and

transmitting the any one content included in the first content list to the external terminal.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

restricting a non-fingerprint-register user to only being able to use a camera capture mode when a non-fingerprint-registered user's fingerprint input that does not match either the first user's fingerprint or the second user's fingerprint in the camera capture mode is received.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving the second user's fingerprint on the display unit in a camera capture mode; and

displaying on the display unit at least one of content captured by the second user and content including an image of the second user.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit said at least one of the content captured by the second user and the content including the image of the second user to the external terminal.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying a message on the display unit indicating a non-fingerprint-register user when a non-fingerprint-registered user's fingerprint input that does not match either the first user's fingerprint or the second user's fingerprint is received during an incoming call.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving the second user's fingerprint and corresponding security data transmitted from the external terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: BAEK, SONGYI; KIM, HOIHAN; YANG, YOONSEOK; LEE, DONGHOON; PARK, KWANGSOO; KIM, JIYEON; KANG, HEEKYUNG; MOON, KYUNGJIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0137128 · Nov 12, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0137129 · Nov 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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