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US 12,468,431 B2Granted
Method of dividing screen areas and mobile terminal employing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung Min Yook, Sung Sik Yoo, Kang Won Lee, Myeong Lo Lee, Young Ae Kang, Hui Chul Yang, Yong Ki Min
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Abstract
A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
Claims19
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display, via the touch screen, a first functional view area and a second functional view area on a respective divided screen area of the touch screen, the first functional view area associated with a first application and the second functional view area associated with a second application, wherein the first functional view area and the second functional view area occupy a full display area of the touch screen;
- while the first and second functional view areas are displayed, in response to a user touch input detected via the touch screen, display, via the touch screen, a search view area displaying a plurality of icons representing respective applications on the touch screen, wherein the displayed search view area overlaps a portion of the divided screen areas;
- in response to selection and movement, through a touch and drag input, of an icon corresponding to a third application among the plurality of icons displayed in the search view area to a desired location where one of the first or second functional view areas is displayed, replace the displayed one of the first or second functional view areas at the desired location with a functional view area associated with the third application represented by the selected icon.
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A method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a first functional view area and a second functional view area on a respective divided screen area of a touch screen of the mobile terminal, the first functional view area associated with a first application and the second functional view area associated with a second application, wherein the first functional view area and the second functional view area occupy a full display area of the touch screen;
- while the first and second functional view areas are displayed, in response to a user touch input detected via the touch screen, displaying a search view area displaying a plurality of icons representing respective applications on the touch screen, wherein the displayed search view area overlaps a portion of the divided screen areas;
- in response to selection and movement, through a touch and drag input, of an icon corresponding to a third application among the plurality of icons displayed in the search view area to a desired location where one of the first or second functional view areas is displayed, replacing the displayed one of the first or second functional view areas at the desired location with a functional view area associated with the third application represented by the selected icon.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display, via the touch screen, a first functional view area and a second functional view area on a respective divided screen area of the touch screen, the first functional view area associated with a first application and the second functional view area associated with a second application, wherein the first functional view area and the second functional view area occupy a full display area of the touch screen;
- while the first and second functional view areas are displayed, in response to a user touch input detected via the touch screen, display, via the touch screen, a search view area displaying a plurality of icons representing respective applications on the touch screen, wherein the displayed search view area overlaps a portion of the divided screen areas;
- in response to selection and movement, through a touch and drag input, of an icon corresponding to a third application among the plurality of icons displayed in the search view area to a desired location where one of the first or second functional view areas is displayed, replace the displayed one of the first or second functional view areas at the desired location with a functional view area associated with the third application represented by the selected icon,
- wherein the icons associated with the first and second functional view areas currently displayed which are visually different from other icons in the search view area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.