Mobile device supporting touch semi-lock state and method for operating the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang Soo Lee, Jae Hyeon Seo
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Abstract
A mobile device and a method support a touch semi-lock state. When entering into the touch semi-lock state, a predefined hot menu including items and a touch-lock icon are provided on a touch screen. An output area of the touch-lock icon on the touch screen is defined as a touch event allowable region. A specific item of the hot menu is selected in response to a user input that moves the touch-lock icon onto the specific item. A particular end-user function corresponding to the selected item is activated.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for operating a mobile device supporting a touch lock state, the method comprising:
- displaying, when the mobile device enters into the touch lock state, a plurality of icons on a screen, the plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon;
- receiving an indication of a user touch of the first icon;
- determining, based on the received indication of the user touch of the first icon, whether the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon;
- and
- executing, when the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon, a function corresponding to the second icon.
A mobile device supporting a touch lock state, the mobile device comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display a plurality of icons, the plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon, and receive a user touch of the first icon;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- control the touch screen to display, when the mobile device enters into the touch lock state, the plurality of icons including the first icon;
- determine, based on an indication of the user touch of the first icon, whether the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon;
- and
- execute, when the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon, a function corresponding to the second icon.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device in a mobile device that supports a touch lock state, the storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, when the mobile device enters into the touch lock state, a plurality of icons on a screen, the plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon;
- receiving an indication of a user touch of the first icon;
- determining, based on the received indication of the user touch of the first icon, whether the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon;
- and
- executing, when the first icon at least partially overlaps the second icon, a function corresponding to the second icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.