Terminal having touchscreen and method for searching data thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin-Young CHANG, Hyung Min Yook, Seung Wook Nam
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Abstract
A terminal equipped with a touchscreen and data search method using the touchscreen is provided. The data search method displays a list of data items and a scroll button in first and second display regions defined on the touchscreen, respectively, checks, when a touch is detected on the scroll button, a part of the second region at which the scroll button is placed, presents a value of tag information matched with the part, and displays at least one data item identified by the value of the tag information in the first display region.
Claims20
A data search method for a terminal having a touchscreen, comprising:
- displaying a list of data items and a scroll button in a first display region and a second display region of the touchscreen, respectively;
- checking a current part of the second display region at which the scroll button is placed in response to a touch of the scroll button;
- presenting a value of tag information matched with the current part;
- and
- displaying, in response to a release of the touch of the scroll button, at least one data item identified by the value of the tag information in the first display region.
A terminal comprising:
- a touchscreen to display a list of data items in a first display region and to display a scroll button in a second display region, the touchscreen to sense a touch thereon;
- a storage unit to store the data items with values of tag information to sort the data items;
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- a control unit to check, in response to a touch of the scroll button, a part of the second display region corresponding to the scroll button's location, to present the value of the tag information matched with the part, and to display, in response to a release of the touch of the scroll button, at least one data item identified by the value of the tag information in the first display region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.