# US 2013/0159902 A1 · User terminal device and method for displaying background screen thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0159902 A1 - Document ID: US20130159902A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/617,371 - Filed: 2012-09-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-08 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ji-yeon KWAK; Hyun-jin KIM; Joon-kyu SEO; Sang-keun JUNG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159902A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - H04M 1/72427: for supporting games or graphical animations - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A user terminal device and a method are provided. The user terminal includes a display unit for displaying a plurality of UI lines, each including displayed objects of different categories, and a background image corresponding to one of the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines; and a control unit for controlling the display unit to change the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines in accordance with an update state of the objects, reconfigure the changed objects, and display the reconfigured objects; wherein a length of each of the plurality of UI lines is changeable individually. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user terminal device, comprising: a display unit for displaying a plurality of UI lines, each including displayed objects of different categories, and a background image corresponding to one of the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines; and a control unit for controlling the display unit to change the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines in accordance with an update state of the objects, reconfigure the changed objects, and display the reconfigured objects, wherein a length of each of the plurality of UI lines is changeable individually. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of UI lines is displayed along one side of the background image, each of the plurality of UI lines is divided into a plurality of object regions in which objects of a corresponding category are displayed, and a most recently updated object from among the objects displayed on each corresponding UI line is moved to and displayed in an object region at an end of each corresponding UI line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit controls at least one of a displayed length of the plurality of UI lines and a displayed size of the object regions according to an amount of updates in each of the objects. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, upon detecting a user input corresponding to a touch and drag with respect to one of the plurality of UI lines, the control unit increases or reduces a length or width of the touched UI line along a direction in which the touched UI line is dragged. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein, upon detecting a user input corresponding to a touch upon one of the plurality of UI lines, the control unit controls the display unit to display, at an end of the touched UI line, an indication of whether the touched UI line can be dragged. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if no user input is detected for more than a predetermined period of time, the control unit enters a lock mode and controls the display unit to display an idle screen including a content list in which a plurality of content version information items is arranged in update order, wherein, upon detecting a user input corresponding to a drag on the content list, the display unit displays a preview image corresponding to each of the plurality of content version information items along one side of the idle screen according to the drag, and wherein, upon receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of content version information items from the content list, the control unit cancels the lock mode and controls the display unit to display an execution screen corresponding to the selected content version information item. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the background screen includes a fixed menu region displaying at least one fixed menu, and, upon receiving a selection of a fixed menu item from the fixed menu region, the control unit executes a function corresponding to the selected fixed menu item and, wherein upon detecting a predetermined user input with respect to the fixed menu region, the control unit converts the background screen into a full menu screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to sequentially output images corresponding to the objects displayed on each of the plurality of UI lines as the background image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon detecting a user input corresponding to a touch with respect to an object from one of the plurality of UI lines, the control unit ends the display of the plurality of UI lines and controls the display unit to display, near the selected object, at least one other object related to the selected object. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the objects include at least one of a photo, a video, an image, a text, an icon, and a widget screen. ### Claim 11 A method for displaying a background screen of a user terminal device, comprising: displaying a background screen having a plurality of UI lines, each including displayed objects of different categories, and a background image corresponding to one of the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines; and changing the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines in accordance with an update state of the objects, reconfiguring the changed objects, and displaying the reconfigured objects, wherein a length of each of the plurality of UI lines is individually changeable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the plurality of UI lines is displayed along one side of the background image, each of the plurality of UI lines is divided into a plurality of object regions in which category objects corresponding to the UI lines are displayed, and a most recently updated object from among objects displayed on each corresponding UI line is moved to the object region at an end of each corresponding UI line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one of a displayed length of each of the plurality of UI lines or a displayed size each of the object regions is adjusted differently according to an amount of updates in each of the categories and displayed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method claimed in claim 11, further comprising: performing, upon detecting a user input corresponding to a touch and drag with respect to one of the plurality of UI lines, an increase or reduction of a length or a width of the touched UI line along a direction in which the touched UI line is dragged. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method claimed in claim 11, further comprising: displaying, upon detecting a user input corresponding to a touch upon one of the plurality of the UI lines, at an end of the touched UI line, an indication of whether the touched UI line can be dragged. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method claimed in claim 11, further comprising: entering, if no user input is detected for more than a predetermined period of time, a lock mode and displaying an idle screen including a content list in which a plurality of content version information items is arranged; displaying, upon receiving a user input corresponding to a drag with respect to the content list, a preview image corresponding to each of the plurality content version information items along one side of the idle screen according to the drag; and cancelling, upon receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of content version information items from among the content list, the lock mode and displaying an execution screen corresponding to the selected content version information item. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: executing, upon receiving a selection of a fixed menu item included in a fixed menu region in the background screen, a function corresponding to the selected fixed menu item; and switching, upon detecting a predetermined user input corresponding to the fixed menu region, the background screen over a full-menu screen. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: removing, upon detecting a user input corresponding to touch upon an object of one of the plurality of UI lines, the plurality of UI lines and displaying, near the selected object, at least one other object related to the selected object. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the objects include as at least one of a picture, a video clip, an image, a text, an icon and a widget screen. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory recording media storing a program to employ a method for displaying a background screen, the method comprising: displaying a background screen having a plurality of UI lines, each including displayed objects of different categories and a background image corresponding to one of the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines; and changing the objects displayed on the plurality of UI lines in accordance with an update state of the objects, reconfiguring the changed objects, and displaying the reconfigured objects, wherein each of the plurality of UI lines is divided into a plurality of object regions in which category objects corresponding to each of the UI lines are displayed, and a length of each of the plurality of UI lines is individually changeable.