US 11,698,720 B2
Method for connecting mobile terminal and external display and apparatus implementing the same
Doyoun Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sungjin Park, Suwon-si (KR); Gwanglim Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Sangjin Lee, Ansan-si (KR); Boram Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Soochan Lim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/732,839.
Application 16/732,839 is a continuation of application No. 14/022,760, filed on Sep. 10, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/698,985, filed on Sep. 10, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/698,909, filed on Sep. 10, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2012-0104794 (KR), filed on Sep. 20, 2012; application No. 10-2012-0104823 (KR), filed on Sep. 20, 2012; and application No. 10-2013-0003465 (KR), filed on Jan. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0142566 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04842 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 2250/16 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a communication interface configured to communicatively connect to an electronic device;
a display; and
a controller configured to:
while the mobile terminal is communicatively connected to the electronic device via the communication interface, transmit information related to a desktop window screen via the communication interface, to the electronic device,
while the mobile terminal is communicatively connected to the electronic device via the communication interface, and while the electronic device is displaying, based on the transmitted information related to the desktop window screen, the desktop window screen including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of applications configured to execute on the mobile terminal and to execute in a desktop window environment, transmit, via the communication interface to the electronic device, based on a first user input selecting one icon related to a gallery application among the plurality of icons, a plurality of images in a first layout having first rows and first columns of individual images of the plurality of images in a first size corresponding to pictures stored at the mobile terminal, the plurality of images being included in a first gallery list related to the gallery application corresponding to the selected one icon, that is displayed by the electronic device,
while the mobile terminal is communicatively connected to the electronic device via the communication interface, transmit, based on a second user input selecting one of the plurality of images in the first gallery list while the electronic device is displaying the plurality of images in a first execution screen of the gallery application corresponding to the selected one icon that includes first user selectable window adjustment buttons for minimizing, maximizing, and closing the first execution screen, which is displayed via the desktop window screen while the plurality of icons are displayed, an image in a second size corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of images included in the first gallery list, via the communication interface to the electronic device, wherein the image in the second size is displayed by the electronic device in the first execution screen of the gallery application corresponding to the selected one icon that includes the first user selectable window adjustment buttons for minimizing, maximizing, and closing the first execution screen, which is displayed via the desktop window screen while the plurality of icons are displayed, and
while the mobile terminal is communicatively connected to the electronic device via the communication interface, and based on a third user input moving the first gallery list off the desktop window screen, display on a mobile terminal screen displayed on the display a second part of a second gallery list of the plurality of images displayed in a second layout that is different than the first layout and has second rows and second columns of the individual images of the plurality of images, the second part of the second gallery list of the plurality of images corresponding to a first part of the first gallery list not displayed on the desktop window screen based on the third user input, the second part of the second gallery list of the plurality of images being displayed on a second execution screen without second user selectable window adjustm ent buttons for minimizing, maximizing, and closing the second execution screen, and the second part of the second gallery list of the plurality of images being displayed on the mobile terminal screen while the first part of the first gallery list of the plurality of images is displayed on the desktop window screen,
wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and
wherein, while the mobile terminal is communicatively connected to the electronic device via the communication interface, the mobile terminal screen displayed on the display and the desktop window screen displayed by the electronic device are different.