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US 2017/0255371 A1Published application
Method and device for executing object on display
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSe-hee HAN, Jun-hyung KIM, Jack LEE, Joo-yeol LEE, Ji-hye LEE
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Abstract
A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged.
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A method comprising:
- displaying first visual display elements on a touch screen of a mobile device, one of the first visual display elements being a container element displayed in a first size, wherein a size of each of the first visual display elements is individually changeable based on a corresponding touch input on the touch screen of the mobile device;
- based on a first touch input at a location associated with the container element displayed in a first size, changing the container element to a second size and displaying second visual display elements within the container element changed to the second size while a size of another of the first visual display elements displayed on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained, one of the second visual display elements being displayed in a third size;
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- based on a second touch input at a location associated with the container element displayed in the second size, changing a visual display element corresponding to the one of the second visual display elements to a fourth size while the size of the other of the first visual display elements on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained.
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A method comprising:
- controlling to present first visual display elements on a touch screen of a mobile device, one of the first visual display elements being a container element presented in a first size, wherein a size of each of the first visual display elements is individually changeable based on a corresponding touch input on the touch screen of the mobile device;
- based on a first touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the first size, controlling to change the container element to a second size and to present second visual display elements within the container element changed to the second size while a size of another of the first visual display elements presented on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained, one of the second visual display elements being presented in a third size;
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- based on a second touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the second size, controlling to change a visual display element corresponding to the one of the second visual display elements to a fourth size while the size of the other of the first visual display elements on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained.
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An mobile device comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
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- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- control to present first visual display elements on a touch screen of the mobile device, one of the first visual display elements being a container element presented in a first size, wherein a size of each of the first visual display elements is individually changeable based on a corresponding touch input on the touch screen of the mobile device;
- based on a first touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the first size, control to change the container element to a second size and to present second visual display elements within the container element changed to the second size while a size of another of the first visual display elements presented on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained, one of the second visual display elements being presented in a third size;
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- based on a second touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the second size, control to change a visual display element corresponding to the one of the second visual display elements to a fourth size while the size of the other of the first visual display elements on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an mobile device to cause the processor to at least:
- control to present first visual display elements on a touch screen of the mobile device, one of the first visual display elements being a container element presented in a first size, wherein a size of each of the first visual display elements is individually changeable based on a corresponding touch input on the touch screen of the mobile device;
- based on a first touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the first size, control to change the container element to a second size and to present second visual display elements within the container element changed to the second size while a size of another of the first visual display elements presented on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained, one of the second visual display elements being presented in a third size;
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- based on a second touch input at a location associated with the container element presented in the second size, control to change a visual display element corresponding to the one of the second visual display elements to a fourth size while the size of the other of the first visual display elements on the touch screen of the mobile device is maintained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.