Patent ID: 8351904
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a communication unit configured to provide a communication function including at least one of an outgoing communication function and an incoming communication function; a controller configured to acquire surrounding data including at least one of image data or sound data corresponding to a surrounding of where the mobile terminal is located when the communication function is performed, and to match the acquired surrounding data with communication information indicating a first party of the outgoing communication function or a second party of the incoming communication function, wherein the first party and the second party are another party different from a user of the mobile terminal; and a display unit, wherein the communication history includes the communication information matched with the surrounding data, wherein the controller is further configured to acquire the surrounding data selectively based on a) a manual operation of the terminal or b) automatically without user intervention, wherein the controller is further configured to simultaneously display a communication history and the surrounding data in the form of a list including a plurality of communication items respectively corresponding to a plurality of other parties different from the user of the mobile terminal on the display unit when the communication history is retrieved in response to a command from the user, and wherein the controller is further configured to display the plurality of communication items such that the each communication item includes the corresponding communication information and the corresponding surrounding data.