Apparatus and method for operating a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorWoo-Up Kwon
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method provide a user interface in order to operate a portable terminal having a touch screen with only one hand. The method for providing a virtual keypad includes configuring the virtual keypad having at least one control menu according to the composition information of the virtual keypad, and displaying the virtual keypad in a portion of the touch screen according to the composition information of the virtual keypad.
Claims20
A method for providing a virtual keypad in a portable terminal with a touch screen, the method comprising:
- configuring the virtual keypad having at least one control menu according to composition information of the virtual keypad;
- and
- displaying the virtual keypad in a portion of the touch screen according to the composition information of the virtual keypad.
An apparatus for providing a virtual keypad in a virtual terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a controlling unit configured to configure a virtual keypad having at least one control menu according to composition information of the virtual keypad and display the virtual keypad in a portion of the touch screen according to the composition information.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the composition information of the virtual keypad comprises at least one of:
- a control menu included in the virtual keypad, a location of the virtual keypad, a shape of the virtual keypad, a size of the virtual keypad, a transparency of the virtual keypad, and a color degree of the virtual keypad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.