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US 10,331,329 B2Granted
Electronic device and method for changing order or location of content
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoon-Hyun Cha, Yang-Su Kim, Jae-Wan Cho
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Abstract
An electronic device and a method for changing an order and location of content are provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a content from among a displayed plurality of contents, displaying, in a set region, a guide interface of expressing a current location of the selected content among the entire contents of a storage region, and changing the location of the selected content among the contents of the storage region according to sensing a control of the guide interface.
Claims14
A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of contents included in a list on a touch screen of the electronic device;
- receiving a first input for selecting, among the displayed plurality of contents, a content which is aligned at a first location in the list;
- in response to receiving the first input, displaying a guide interface embedded in the list in a region corresponding to a location at which the selected content is displayed in the touch screen, the guide interface including an icon and an indicator representing an order in which the selected content among entire contents of the list is aligned;
- changing the order according to a second input, the second input including an input dragging the icon in a first direction or a second direction in a state where a touch input on the icon is maintained, the second direction being a direction opposite to the first direction;
- and
- changing the first location to a second location corresponding to the changed order,
- wherein the changing of the order further comprises:
- changing a unit by which the order is changed in response to dragging the icon in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction which is different from the first direction or the second direction, and
- displaying, with the selected content, contents which are aligned by the changed unit on the touch screen while changing the order by the changed unit.
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An electronic device, the device comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a plurality of contents included in a list,
- receive a first input for selecting, among the displayed plurality of contents, a content which is aligned at a first location in the list,
- in response to receiving the first input, control the touch screen to display a guide interface embedded in the list in a region corresponding to a location at which the selected content is displayed in the touch screen, the guide interface including an icon and an indicator representing an order in which the selected content among entire contents of the list is aligned,
- change the order according to a second input, the second input including an input dragging the icon in a first direction or a second direction in a state where a touch input on the icon is maintained, the second direction being a direction opposite to the first direction, and
- change the first location to a second location corresponding to the changed order,
- wherein at least one processor is further configured to:
- change a unit by which the order is changed in response to dragging the icon in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction which is different from the first direction or the second direction, and
- control the touch screen to display, with the selected content, contents which are aligned by the changed unit while changing the order by the changed unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.