Patent ID: 8776141
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising: wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, with an external reproduction device reproducing content on a display of the reproduction device; inputting, via an input unit of the mobile terminal, a search request requesting information about at least one item identifiable in the reproducing content, wherein the input search request includes timing information including a timing at which the search request is input; controlling, via the controller of the mobile terminal, the external reproducing device to transmit image information to the mobile terminal, wherein the image information includes an image captured before the timing at which the search request is input, an image captured at the timing the search request is input, and an image captured after the time at which the search request is input; displaying, on the display unit of the mobile terminal, only the captured images before, at and after the timing at which the search request is input; selecting, via the input unit, one of the images captured before, at and after the timing at which the search request is input; searching, via a controller of the mobile terminal, said selected one of the images for the information about said at least one item; displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, the information found during the search; storing at least a user-specified item in a memory associated with the mobile terminal; searching if the stored user-specified item is displayed on the external reproducing device when the content is reproduced on the external reproducing device; and searching for information about the stored user-specified item and displaying said information about the stored user-specific item on the display unit when the stored user-specified item is displayed on the external reproducing device.