Mobile terminal, display device and controlling method thereof

摘要

A device and method for playing desired multimedia content when a mobile terminal (DMC) gives a command for a display device (DMR) to play a desired multimedia content in a home network service, in case that the display device is already playing a different multimedia content. The method includes searching for one or more multimedia contents, selecting one of the found multimedia contents via a user input unit, searching for at least one or more external display devices via a wireless communication unit, selecting a first display device from the found external display devices via the user input unit, and determining whether the selected multimedia content is to be played by the first display device in accordance with an ongoing or reserved job schedule of the first display device.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a user input unit; a display unit; a wireless communication unit; and a controller operatively connected to the user input unit, the display unit and the wireless communication unit, the controller operable to search for one or more multimedia contents and then control one of any found multimedia contents to be selected via the user input unit, search for one or more external display devices via the wireless communication unit and then control a first display device to be selected from any found external display devices via the user input unit, determine whether the selected multimedia content is to be played by the first display device in accordance with an ongoing or reserved job schedule of the first display device, and if the first display device is already controlled to play a different multimedia content by a different control device, display a graphic interface for performing a forcible play of the selected multimedia content on the first display device, wherein the graphic interface for performing the forcible play is displayed together with information of the different multimedia content and the different control device.