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Mobile terminal and broadcast controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Seok Ko, Jae Sun Han, Ki Hoa Nam, Beom Seok Cho
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AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Seok Ko, Jae Sun Han, Ki Hoa Nam, Beom Seok Cho
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A mobile terminal and broadcast controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a broadcast control information on a broadcast content from an external terminal, identifying the broadcast content corresponding to the received broadcast control information using a broadcast relevant information, setting the received broadcast control information on the identified broadcast content, and controlling an output operation of the identified broadcast content according to the set broadcast control information.
A mobile terminal comprising:
A method of controlling a broadcast in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
A communication system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile…
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: providing Remote…
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data: for defining user preferences, e.g.…
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Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2009-0059742, filed on Jul. 1, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and broadcast controlling method thereof. Although the present invention is suitable for a wide scope of applications, it is particularly suitable for controlling a broadcast content output operation.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2A is a front perspective diagram of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;
In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawing figures which form a part hereof, and which show by way of illustration specific embodiments of the invention. It is to be understood by those of ordinary skill in this technological field that other embodiments may be utilized, and structural, electrical, as well as procedural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or similar parts. The suffixes ‘module’ and ‘unit’ for the elements used in the following description are given or used in common by considering facilitation in writing this disclosure only but fail to have meanings or roles discriminated from each other.
First of all, mobile terminals described in this disclosure can include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a PDA (personal digital assistants), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation system and the like.
Except a case applicable to a mobile terminal only, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the configurations according to an embodiment described in this disclosure is applicable to such a stationary terminal as a digital TV, a desktop computer and the like.