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US 2012/0060117 A1Published application
User interface providing method and apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsIl Geun BOK, Ji Young KANG, Hyun Kyoung KIM
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a user interface are disclosed. The apparatus provides a visible area composed of a first touch region to receive a touch gesture for shifting list items and a second touch region to receive a touch gesture for changing selection status of each item.
Claims20
A method for providing a user interface, comprising:
- providing a visible area composed of a first touch region for displaying list items according to a hierarchical order and a second touch region for indicating selection status of each item;
- determining whether a touch gesture has occurred in the first touch region or in the second touch region;
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- shifting the items in the visible area responsive to the touch gesture in the first touch region, and changing the selection status of an item responsive to the touch gesture in the second touch region.
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An apparatus for providing a user interface, comprising:
- a display handler providing a visible area composed of a first touch region for displaying list items according to a hierarchical order and a second touch region for indicating selection status of each item;
- a touch recognizer detecting occurrence of a touch gesture in the visible area;
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- a control unit determining whether the touch gesture has occurred in the first touch region or in the second touch region, and shifting, when the touch gesture has occurred in the first touch region, the items in the visible area, and changing, when the touch gesture has occurred in the second touch region, selection status of an item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.