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US 10,592,099 B2Granted
Device and method of controlling the device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorTomasz Gdala
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Abstract
A method of controlling a device includes receiving an independent touch gesture with respect to locations of elements of a graphical user interface (GUI) on the device; providing an indication with respect to one of a plurality of applications and functions in a previously established order in response to the received touch gesture; receiving a user input with respect to the indication; and executing an application or function corresponding to the indication in response to the received user input.
Claims20
A method of controlling a device, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more first touch inputs independent of locations of a plurality of elements of a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the device, each of the plurality of elements belonging to one of a plurality of groups of applications and functions;
- determining a number of separate first touch point or first touch points in the one or more first touch inputs;
- determining a first group, among the plurality of groups, based on the number of the separate first touch point or first touch points;
- providing a first indication with respect to the first group;
- receiving one or more second touch inputs independent of the locations of the plurality of elements of the GUI after the first indication is provided;
- providing a second indication with respect to a first application or a first function, among a plurality of applications and functions in the first group in a previously established order based on the number of the separate first touch point or first touch points;
- receiving a third touch input independent of the locations of the plurality of elements of the GUI after the second indication is provided;
- and
- executing the first application or the first function from the first group based on the received third touch input,
- wherein each of the plurality of groups of applications and functions is uniquely associated with a different number of the first touch points in the one or more first touch inputs.
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A device comprising:
- a touch panel configured to receive one or more first touch inputs, one or more second touch inputs, and a third touch input, the one or more first touch inputs, the one or more second touch inputs and the third touch input are independent of locations of a plurality of elements of a graphical user interface (GUI) on the device, each of the plurality of elements belonging to one of a plurality of groups of applications and functions;
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- a controller configured to:
- determine a number of separate first touch point or first touch points in the one or more first touch inputs;
- determine a first group, among the plurality of groups, based on the number of the separate first touch point or first touch points;
- provide a first indication with respect to the first group;
- receive the one or more second touch inputs after the first indication is provided;
- provide a second indication with respect to one of a plurality of applications and functions in the first group in a previously established order based on the number of the separate first touch point or first touch points;
- receive the third touch input after the second indication is provided;
- execute an application or a function from the first group based on the received third touch input,
- wherein each of the plurality of groups of applications and functions is uniquely associated with a different number of the first touch points in the one or more first touch inputs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.