Mobile terminal and information transfer method thereof

摘要

A mobile terminal may always display an image (or icon) representing a specific object on a display screen and directly transmit certain information to the specific object by using the image (or icon). The mobile terminal may include a user input unit to receive a user's selection about at least one object to be floated from a user list, a display to display a floating icon indicating the selected object to be floated on one side of a display area, and a controller for transmitting certain information to the object to be floated when the certain information is dragged or moved onto the floating image (or icon) or when the floating image (or icon) is dragged or moved to the certain information.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a memory; an input unit configured to receive an input for selecting one or more receiving entities, wherein the selecting of the one or more receiving entities is performed by flicking a displayed object in a particular direction, and then displaying the at least one or more graphical images in a specific area of the screen for selection; a display unit configured to display a screen of an application being executed in the mobile terminal; a wireless communication unit; and a controller operatively connected to the memory, the input unit, the display unit and the wireless communication unit, the controller configured to:
determine whether transferable data is included at displayed on the screen of the application being executed;in response to the determination that transferable data is included at displayed on the screen of the application being executed, control the display unit to display, on the screen of the application being executed, one or more graphical images linked to each of the one or more receiving entities for transmitting the transferable data, wherein the displayed graphical images to be at a specific area of the screen, and the displayed graphical images include an icon corresponding to the selected receiving entity or an image corresponding to the selected receiving entity,wherein the one or more graphical images for transmitting the transferable data is not displayed on the screen of the application being executed when a result of the determination is that there is no transferable data included at the screen of the application being executed on the screen, andin response to the transferable data included at the screen of the application being executed is moved to the displayed at least one of the one or more graphical images or the displayed at least one of the one or more graphical images is moved to the transferable data included at the screen of the application being executed, determining a specific transferring method based on a specific type of the transferable data; andtransmitting the transferable data, based on the determined specific transferring method, to one or more external terminal corresponding to at least one receiving entity linked to the at least one of the one or more graphical images, wherein the transferring method is one of a Short Message Service (SMS), a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), an email and an instant message.