# US 2014/0208269 A1 · Mobile terminal and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0208269 A1 - Document ID: US20140208269A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/940,922 - Filed: 2013-07-12 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-22 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Ashesh Chagana BOYANA; Rajesh Nagaraja RAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140208269A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - H04M 1/66: with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling (verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32) - H04M 1/72427: for supporting games or graphical animations - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit; and a controller to receive a lock screen input command, display a lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the lock screen input command, receive a predetermined touch input on the lock screen, display a home screen in an overlapping manner with the lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the predetermined touch input on the lock screen, identify an icon displayed at a position on the home screen corresponding to a position of the predetermined touch input among a plurality of icons included in the home screen, and release the lock screen and execute an application corresponding to the identified icon when the predetermined touch input is released. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit; and a controller to: receive a lock screen input command, display a lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the lock screen input command, receive a predetermined touch input on the lock screen, display a home screen in an overlapping manner with the lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the predetermined touch input on the lock screen, identify an icon displayed at a position on the home screen corresponding to a position of the predetermined touch input among a plurality of icons included in the home screen, and release the lock screen and execute an application corresponding to the identified icon when the predetermined touch input is released. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined touch input includes a touch and drag touch input starting a first position and ending at a second position on the home screen overlapped with the lock screen, and wherein the identified icon corresponds to an icon displayed at the second position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a transparency of the lock screen such that the lock screen and the home screen are displayed in the overlapping manner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a graphic object on the display unit corresponding to a position where the predetermined touch input is first touched on the display unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to shift a position of the graphic object in response to the predetermined touch input as the predetermined touch input is continuously moved. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of home screens are available on the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to display shortcut icons for displaying a corresponding home screen of the plurality of home screens, and wherein the controller is further configured to unlock the mobile terminal and display a home screen corresponding to a respective shortcut icon when the predetermined touch input is released on the respective shortcut icon. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the home screen includes a home icon and a lock release icon, and wherein when the predetermined touch input is released on the home icon, the controller is further configured to display the home screen in the overlapping manner with the lock screen, and when the predetermined touch input is released on the lock release icon, the controller is further configured to unlock the mobile terminal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the home screen includes a plurality of icons that change based on a time of the day. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined touch input includes simultaneously multiple touches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the home screen includes a plurality of home screens, the controller is further configured to display the plurality of home screens simultaneously on the display unit. ### Claim 11 A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: allowing, via a wireless communication unit, wireless communication with at least one other terminal; receiving, via a controller, a lock screen input command; displaying, via a display unit, a lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the lock screen input command; receiving, via the controller, a predetermined touch input on the lock screen; displaying, via the display unit, a home screen in an overlapping manner with the lock screen upon receiving the predetermined touch input on the lock screen; identifying, via the controller, an icon displayed at a position on the home screen corresponding to a position of the predetermined touch input among a plurality of icons included in the home screen; and releasing, via the controller, the lock screen and executing an application corresponding to the identified icon when the predetermined touch input is released. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined touch input includes a touch and drag touch input starting a first position and ending at a second position on the home screen overlapped with the lock screen, and wherein the identified icon corresponds to an icon displayed at the second position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: adjusting a transparency of the lock screen such that the lock screen and the home screen are displayed in the overlapping manner. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: displaying a graphic object on the display unit corresponding to a position where the predetermined touch input is first touched on the display unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: shifting a position of the graphic object in response to the predetermined touch input as the predetermined touch input is continuously moved. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein when a plurality of home screens are available on the mobile terminal, the method further comprises: displaying shortcut icons for displaying a corresponding home screen of the plurality of home screens; and unlocking the mobile terminal and display a home screen corresponding to a respective shortcut icon when the predetermined touch input is released on the respective shortcut icon. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the home screen includes a home icon and a lock release icon, and wherein when the predetermined touch input is released on the home icon, the method further comprises displaying the home screen in the overlapping manner with the lock screen, and when the predetermined touch input is released on the lock release icon, the method further comprises unlocking the mobile terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the home screen includes a plurality of icons that change based on a time of the day. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined touch input includes simultaneously multiple touches. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein when the home screen includes a plurality of home screens, the method further comprises displaying the plurality of home screens simultaneously on the display unit.