Method for operating an application and mobile terminal used therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-Seok Park
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for operating an application and a mobile terminal used therefor. A key input unit receives a key value to operate an application. A memory stores one or more applications and key values preset for the applications. A display unit displays a screen for operating the application in response to a key value input through the key input unit. A controller retrieves key values, preset for applications, including the key value input through the key input unit from the memory. The controller displays names of the applications mapped to the retrieved key values. When a key is input to operate a predetermined application among the applications of the displayed names, the controller operates the predetermined application.
Claims16
A method for operating an application in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving key values, preset for applications, corresponding to at least part of an input key value, the preset key valves being used to operate an application;
- displaying names of the applications mapped to the retrieved preset key values;
- and
- operating a predetermined application when a key input is received to operate the predetermined application from among the applications corresponding to the displayed names.
A mobile terminal for operating an application, comprising:
- a key input unit for receiving an input key value to operate an application;
- a memory for storing applications and preset key values for the applications;
- a display unit for displaying a screen for operating the application in response to an input key value, the input key value being input through the key input unit;
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- a controller for:
- receiving the input key value and retrieving the corresponding preset key values, preset for applications, from the memory
- displaying names of the applications mapped to the retrieved preset key values, and
- operating a selected application when a key is input to select the selected application from among the displayed names of applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.