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US 2013/0097538 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for displaying icons on mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSehwan PARK, Youngjoo Park
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for displaying icons on a mobile terminal by displaying icons, receiving an edit command for editing an arranged state of the icons, checking an arrangement rule corresponding to the edit command, and arranging and displaying the icons according to the arrangement rule. Because the arranged state of icons is edited and restored with a simple operation, intuitive use is improved.
Claims19
A method for displaying icons, the method comprising:
- displaying icons in an arranged state;
- receiving an edit command for editing the arranged state of the icons;
- checking an arrangement rule corresponding to the edit command;
- and
- arranging and displaying the icons according to the arrangement rule.
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An apparatus for displaying icons, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit for displaying icons in an arranged state;
- an input unit for receiving user input;
- and
- a controller for determining whether the user input received by the input unit includes an edit command for editing the arranged state of the icons, checking an arrangement rule corresponding to the edit command when the user input is the edit command, and arranging the icons according to the arrangement rule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.