# US 2013/0157722 A1 · Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0157722 A1 - Document ID: US20130157722A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/659,820 - Filed: 2012-10-24 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Daeun KIM; Jinhwa JOUNG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157722A1 ## CPC - H04W 52/0251: {using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity} - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - H04W 52/0274: {by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A mobile terminal including a first wireless communication module; a second wireless communication module; a display unit configured to display an activated screen of a specific application when the specific application is activated; a memory configured to store a control value indicating which specific wireless communication module among the first and second wireless communication modules is to be used when the specific application is activated; and a controller configured to receive an activation signal indicating an activation of the specific application, automatically activate the specific wireless communication module designated by the control value stored in the memory when the specific application is activated, and deactivate the specific wireless communication module, when the specific application is deactivated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a first wireless communication module; a second wireless communication module; a display unit configured to display an activated screen of a specific application when the specific application is activated; a memory configured to store a control value indicating which specific wireless communication module among the first and second wireless communication modules is to be used when the specific application is activated; and a controller configured to: receive an activation signal indicating an activation of the specific application, automatically activate the specific wireless communication module designated by the control value stored in the memory when the specific application is activated, and deactivate the specific wireless communication module, when the specific application is deactivated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific application is activated when the specific application is started and the specific application is deactivated when the specific application is ended, or the specific application is activated when the specific application enters a background mode from a foreground mode and the specific application is deactivated when the specific application enters the foreground mode from the background mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the mobile terminal enters a sleep mode from a normal mode, the controller is further configured to deactivate the specific wireless communication module, and if the mobile terminal enters the normal mode from the sleep mode, the controller is further configured to activate the specific wireless communication module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the specific application is activated on a first time zone, the controller is further configured to activate the specific wireless communication module, and if the specific application is activated on a second time zone different from the first time zone, the controller is further configured not to activate the specific wireless communication module. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the specific application is activated in a first area, the controller is further configured to activate the specific wireless communication module, and if the specific application is activated in a second area different from the first area, the controller is further configured not to activate the specific wireless communication module. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to obtain location information of the mobile terminal from another wireless communication module different from the specific wireless communication module. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein said another wireless communication module includes at least one of a position location module and a mobile communication module. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein whether another wireless communication module different than the specific wireless communication unit is activated has no relation with whether the specific application is activated. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication module includes one of a wireless internet module, a short range communication module, a position location module and a mobile communication module, and the second wireless communication module includes one of the wireless internet module, the short range communication module, the position location module and the mobile communication module excluding the specific wireless communication unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module include a wireless internet module and a mobile communication module, respectively, and if both of the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are in active mode, the controller is further configured to access the internet using either the first wireless communication module or the second wireless communication module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to access the internet to be preferentially performed via the first wireless communication module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein if an AP (access point) accessible to the first wireless communication module is absent, the controller is further configured to access the internet via the second wireless communication module. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module include a wireless internet module and a mobile communication module, respectively, and the controller is further configured to determine whether to activate the first wireless communication module based on AP (access point) information received from a base station via the second wireless communication module. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display an indicator on a corresponding icon of the specific application to indicate whether the first wireless communication module will be automatically activated or deactivated. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the memory stores at least two applications including the specific application, and wherein if applications belonging to a specific group including the specific application are activated, the controller is further configured to activate the first wireless communication module, and if the applications belonging to the specific group are deactivated, the controller is further configured to deactivate the first wireless communication module. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to an indicator on a corresponding icon or folder of the specific group to indicate that the first wireless communication module will be automatically activated or deactivated. ### Claim 17 A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal an activated screen of a specific application when the specific application is activated; storing, via a memory of the mobile terminal, a control value indicating which specific wireless communication module among first and second wireless communication modules of the mobile terminal is to be used when the specific application is activated; receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, an activation signal indicating an activation of the specific application; automatically activating, via the controller, the specific wireless communication module designated by the control value stored in the memory when the specific application is activated; and deactivating, via the controller, the specific wireless communication module, when the specific application is deactivated. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the specific application is activated when the specific application is started and the specific application is deactivated when the specific application is ended, or the specific application is activated when the specific application enters a background mode from a foreground mode and the specific application is deactivated when the specific application enters the foreground mode from the background mode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein if the mobile terminal enters a sleep mode from a normal mode, the method further comprises deactivating the specific wireless communication module, and if the mobile terminal enters the normal mode from the sleep mode, activating the specific wireless communication module. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein if the specific application is activated on a first time zone, the method further comprises activating the specific wireless communication module, and if the specific application is activated on a second time zone different from the first time zone, not activating the specific wireless communication module.