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US 10,254,932 B2Granted
Method and apparatus of selecting item of portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunho Hyun, Youngkyoo Kim, Dongho Jang
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Abstract
An item selection method and an item selection apparatus of a portable terminal are provided. The item selection method in the portable terminal includes displaying one or more items in an arrangement according to a prescribed rule; receiving a start item setting input that sets a first item as a start item; receiving an end item setting input that sets a second item as an end item; and setting items included between the first item and the second item as selected items.
Claims12
A method of selecting an item of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of items in an arrangement according to a prescribed rule on a display screen of the portable terminal;
- receiving a selection input that selects at least one item among the plurality of items;
- receiving a start item setting input that sets a first item as a start item;
- when the start item leaves the display screen by user operation until receiving an end item setting input after receiving the start item setting input, displaying the start item to be fixed in a region of the display screen;
- receiving the end item setting input that sets a second item as an end item;
- setting items selected between the first item, the second item and the at least one item, as selected items;
- displaying a first item display region including a set number of items from among the selected items and an indicator, wherein the indicator is set to indicate a value that is the number of selected items minus the number of items currently displayed in the first item display region;
- displaying a second item display region including not-selected items;
- and
- if a selection input for the first item display region is received, displaying the selected items,
- wherein the first item display region is displayed to be fixed regardless of the end item setting input, if the number of the selected items is larger than the set number of items, and
- wherein the second item display region and the value associated with the indicator are displayed to be changed according to the end item setting input.
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A portable terminal for selecting an item, the portable terminal comprising:
- a memory;
- at least one processor coupled to the memory;
- a display, executable by the at least one processor, configured to display one or more items on a display screen of the portable terminal;
- and
- an item selection control unit, executable by the at least one processor, configured to:
- arrange a plurality of items for display according to a prescribed rule,
- receive a selection input that selects at least one item among the plurality of items,
- receive a start item setting input that sets a first item as a start item,
- display the start item to be fixed in a region of the display screen when the start item leaves the display screen by user operation until receiving an end item setting input after receiving the start item setting input,
- receive the end item setting input that sets a second item as an end item,
- set items selected between the first item, the second item and the at least one item as selected items,
- display a first item display region including a set number of items from among the selected items and an indicator, wherein the indicator is set to indicate a value that is the number of selected items minus the number of items currently displayed in the first item display region,
- display a second item display region including not-selected items, and
- display the selected items if a selection input for the first item display region is received,
- wherein the first item display region is displayed to be fixed regardless of the end item setting input, if the number of the selected items is larger than the set number of items, and
- wherein the second item display region and the value associated with the indicator are displayed to be changed according to the end item setting point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.