# US 2018/0024710 A1 · Mobile device and method for executing particular function through touch event on communication related list > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024710 A1 - Document ID: US20180024710A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/719,865 - Filed: 2017-09-29 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2009-05-19 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyun Kyung SHIN; In Won JONG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024710A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - H04M 1/2747: Scrolling on a display - H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - 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 mobile device and a touch-based operation method allow a user to easily and conveniently use a desired communication-related function through a touch-sensitive interface. The mobile device displays a scrollable communication-related list that includes but is not limited to a call log list, a message list, a phonebook list, and an email list. When a specific item is selected in response to a first touch event, the mobile device determines whether or not a second touch event occurs on the selected item in a non-scrollable direction. Then the mobile device executes a particular function predefined in the selected item in response to the second touch event occurring in the non-scrollable direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: memory to store a specified application; communication circuitry; a touchscreen display; and a processor adapted to: execute the specified application, the executing including displaying, in a user interface corresponding to the specified application and displayed on the touchscreen display, an item including an identification corresponding to a message sent to or received from an external electronic device via the communication circuitry; display a first object indicative of a first specified function concurrently with at least one part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a first direction according to a first input received with respect to the item; display a second object indicative of a second specified function concurrently with at least another part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a second direction according to a second input received with respect to the item; and execute the first specified function or the second specified function based at least in part on a determination that movement of the item in a corresponding direction of the first direction and the second direction meets a specified condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: execute an email application as at least part of the specified application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: display the item as at least part of a list that is vertically scrollable and includes a plurality of items sequentially arranged. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: display, as at least part of the identification, a name of a sender corresponding to the message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: maintain a location of the first object in the user interface while the item is being moved in the first direction according to the first input. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: display, as at least part of a corresponding object of the first object and the second object, an icon related to a corresponding specified function of the first specified function and the second specified function. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: perform the displaying of the item such that the at least part of the item is displayed using a first visual effect; and perform the displaying of the first object such that the at least one part of the item is displayed using a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is adapted to: remove the second visual effect based at least in part on a third input to scroll vertically. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: perform the executing of the first specified function or the second specified function based at least in part on a determination that a location of a corresponding input of the first input and the second input is met as at least part of the specified condition. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: perform the executing of the first specified function or the second specified function based at least in part on a determination that a distance of a corresponding input of the first input and the second input is met as at least part of the specified condition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: delete the item from the touchscreen display based at least in part on the executing of a corresponding specified function of the first specified function and the second specified function. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to: as at least part of a corresponding specified function of the first specified function and the second specified function, change at least one visual effect for a corresponding part of the at least one part and the at least another part of the item. ### Claim 13 An apparatus comprising: memory to store a specified application; communication circuitry; and a processor adapted to: execute the specified application, the executing including displaying, in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, an item including an identification corresponding to a message sent to or received from an external electronic device via the communication circuitry; display a first object indicative of a first specified function concurrently with at least one part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a first direction according to a first input received with respect to the item; and display a second object indicative of a second specified function concurrently with at least another part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a second direction according to a second input received with respect to the item. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to: display, as at least part of a corresponding object of the first object and the second object, an icon and text related to a corresponding specified function of the first specified function and the second specified function. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to: perform the displaying of the item such that the at least part of the item is displayed using a first visual effect; and perform the displaying of the first object such that the at least one part of the item is displayed using a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is adapted to: remove the second visual effect based at least in part on a third input to scroll vertically. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: executing, at an electronic device, a specified application, the executing including displaying, in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, an item including an identification corresponding to a message sent to or received from an external electronic device; displaying a first object indicative of a first specified function concurrently with at least one part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a first direction according to a first input received with respect to the item; and displaying a second object indicative of a second specified function concurrently with at least another part of the item in the user interface in response to the item being moved in a second direction according to a second input received with respect to the item. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the displaying of the first object comprises: performing the displaying of the item such that the at least part of the item is displayed using a first visual effect; and performing the displaying of the first object such that the at least one part of the item is displayed using a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the displaying of the first object comprises: removing the second visual effect based at least in part on a third input to scroll the item vertically. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the displaying of the first object comprises: changing, as at least part of the second visual effect, a color of a background for the at least one part of the item.