Item display method and apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin Yong KIM
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Abstract
An item display method and apparatus that provides an easier and faster way to locate a desired item on a display. The method and apparatus receive a user gesture on display screen, and display one or both of items of a first category and items of a second category according to the user gesture. Items of the first category and items of the second category are displayed in various ways according to associated user gestures.
Claims20
An item display method comprising:
- displaying items of a first category on a display unit, and displaying a tab associated with the first category and a tab associated with a second category on a screen of the display unit;
- receiving by a processor a user gesture on the screen detected by an input unit;
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- displaying by the display unit, when the processor determines that the user gesture comprises a selection gesture selecting one of the tab associated with the first category or the tab associated with the second category, wherein the tabs are arranged in a vertical or horizontal direction, along with one or more of items of the first category and items of the second category, and
- displaying by the display unit, when the processor determines that the user gesture comprises a scroll gesture in a vertical or horizontal direction relative to a screen of the display unit, items of the second category immediately subsequent to displaying a last item of the first category.
An item display apparatus comprising:
- a display unit displaying items of a first category, a tab associated with the first category and a tab associated with a second category on a screen of the display unit;
- an input unit receiving a user gesture through the display unit displaying items of the first category;
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- a processor controlling an operation of displaying, when the user gesture comprises a selection gesture for selecting one of the tab associated with the first category and the tab associated with the second category, and for selecting one of the items of the first category and items of the second category, and displaying, when the user gesture comprises a scroll gesture in a vertical or horizontal direction relative to the screen, items of the second category immediately after displaying the last item of the first category.
A computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program comprises machine readable code that when executed by a processor implements an item display method comprising:
- displaying by a display unit items of a first category, a tab associated with the first category and a tab associated with a second category on the screen;
- receiving by a processor a user gesture on the screen by an input unit;
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- displaying, when the user gesture comprises a selection gesture for selecting one of the tab associated with the first category and the tab associated with the second category, one of items of the first category and items of the second category, and displaying, when the user gesture comprises a scroll gesture in a vertical or horizontal direction, items of the second category immediately after displaying the last item of the first category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.