Patent ID: 8565819

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a first display unit; an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit; and a controller configured to: display and play a multimedia content on the first display unit, provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device, display the multimedia content on the second display unit, when the mobile terminal is connected to the external display device, and change a display region of the multimedia content on the second display unit according to a display direction of the multimedia content displayed on the first display unit, such that when the multimedia content is displayed in a portrait direction on the first display unit, the controller is further configured to display the multimedia content on a first region within the second display unit, and such that when the multimedia content is displayed in a landscape direction on the first display unit, the controller is further configured to change the display region from the first region of the second display unit to a second region of the second display unit so as to display the multimedia content on the second region within the second display unit, wherein the first region is different from but overlapped with the second region, and wherein the controller is further configured to check if the mobile terminal includes a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device, and to pause the playing of the multimedia content on the first display unit when the mobile terminal does not include the forwarding authority of the multimedia content.