Sectional user interface for controlling a mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHui Chul Yang, Jee Yeun Wang, Joong Hun Kwon, Yu Sic Kim, Kyu Sung Kim, Sun Young Park
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Abstract
A method for controlling a screen of a mobile terminal that simultaneously displays a plurality of execution screens is provided. The method preferably includes: displaying a layout composed of a plurality of sections when a magazine creation event is sensed; mapping applications to the plurality of sections in a one-to-one correspondence, respectively to create a magazine; and displaying the magazine, and an execution screen of an application mapped to each of the sections is arranged at the magazine.
Claims19
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a processor;
- a RF communication unit coupled to the processor;
- a touch screen coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a visual arrangement that includes a plurality of sections;
- based on detecting an input, display a list of applications which are insertable into a specified section of the plurality of sections;
- based on detecting a first touch input selecting a first application from the list of applications, associate the first application with a first section of the plurality of sections and store information related to the association in the memory;
- after associating the first application with the first section, control the touch screen to update the visual arrangement including displaying a first image representing the first application in the first section, wherein the visual arrangement includes at least a second image related to an execution screen of at least one other application in a second section of the plurality of sections, such that the first image and the second image are displayed simultaneously;
- after displaying the first image in the first section, detect a second touch input selecting the first image, and display a list including an item associated with the first application based on the second touch input;
- and
- after detecting selection of the item, display an execution screen of the first application in the first section in replacement of the first image.
A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a touch screen, a visual arrangement that includes a plurality of sections;
- based on detecting an input, controlling the touch screen to display a list of applications which are insertable into a first section of the plurality of sections;
- based on detecting a first touch input selecting a first application from the list of applications, associating by a processor the first application with the first section of the plurality of sections -and storing information related to the association;
- after associating the first application with the first section, controlling the touch screen to update the visual arrangement including displaying a first image representing the first application in the first section, wherein the visual arrangement includes at least a second image related to an execution screen of at least one other application in a second section of the plurality of sections, such that the first image and the second image are displayed simultaneously;
- after displaying the first image in the first section, detecting a second touch input selecting the first image, and displaying a list including an item associated with the first application based on the second touch input;
- and
- after detecting selection of the item, displaying an execution screen of the first application within the first section that replaces the first image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.