Screen control method and electronic device thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBo-Kun Choi, Doo-Suk Kang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a screen in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a pop-up window in a display area, disposed over another application displayed in the display area. If a movement of the pop-up window is detected, and a portion of the pop-up window reaches a predefined area of the display area, the pop-up window is removed from the display portion. A selectable icon is displayed allowing a user to redisplay the pop-up window or alter an operational state of the pop-up window.
Claims14
A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a processor operably coupled to the display;
- a memory operably coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile terminal apparatus to:
- display a pop-up window for reproducing a video content over a screen of an application;
- based on a touch drag input for moving the pop-up window, move the pop-up window to partially pass one of side edges of the display such that a portion of the pop-up window is moved off the display;
- when a position of the pop-up window with respect to the display satisfies a defined condition and at least a predetermined portion of the pop-up window for displaying the video content is still remaining on the screen as a result of the touch drag input continuing to move an additional portion of the pop-up window off the display, remove the predetermined portion of the pop-up window for displaying the video content completely from the display and replace the removed pop-up window with an icon with a representation of a video reproducing function;
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- in response to a user input for selecting the icon, display an entire portion of the pop-up window for reproducing the video content.
A method of operating a mobile terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying a pop-up window for reproducing a video content over a screen of an application on a display of the mobile terminal apparatus;
- based on a touch drag input for moving the pop-up window, moving the pop-up window to partially pass one of side edges of the display such that a portion of the pop-up window is moved off the display;
- when a position of the pop-up window with respect to the display satisfies a defined condition and at least a predetermined portion of the pop-up window for displaying the video content is still remaining on the screen as a result of the touch drag input continuing to move an additional portion of the pop-up window off the display, removing the portion of the pop-up window for displaying the video content completely from the display and replace the removed pop-up window with an icon with a representation of a video reproducing function;
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- in response to a user input for selecting the icon, displaying an entire portion of the pop-up window for reproducing the video content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.