Method for operating execution icon of mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSang-Won KIM
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Abstract
Functional applications (e.g., widgets) in the form of an icon are implemented to be merged or demerged, and a method for displaying, operating, and managing the widgets in a mobile terminal is provided. The concept of UI-wise merging and demerging is applied to simple widget functions to update the widget functions. Also, widgets can be effectively managed through various widget operations. The mobile terminal includes an input unit configured to detect a received input, a display unit configured to display a plurality of widgets and a controller configured to merge a plurality of widgets into an integrated widget based on the received input and to execute an integrated function related to a selected widget of the plurality of widgets merged into the integrated widget.
Claims18
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
- receive a first touch input for selecting a first icon of a first application from the plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
- receive a second touch input for selecting a second icon of a second application, from the plurality of icons corresponding to the applications, to be merged with the first icon of the first application;
- generate a merged icon related to the first icon of the first application and the second icon of the second application based on the first touch input and the second touch input, wherein the merged icon is displayed on the touch screen;
- and
- control the touch screen to display simultaneously first screen information of the first application and second screen information of the second application on the touch screen in a divided manner in response to a third touch input for selecting the merged icon.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- controlling a touch screen to display a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
- receiving a first touch input for selecting a first icon of a first application from the plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
- receiving a second touch input for selecting a second icon of a second application, from the plurality of icons corresponding to the applications, to be merged with the first icon of the first application;
- generating a merged icon related to the first icon of the first application and the second icon of the second application based on the first touch input and the second touch input, wherein the merged icon is displayed on the touch screen;
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- controlling the touch screen to display simultaneously first screen information of the first application and second screen information of the second application on the touch screen in a divided manner in response to a third touch input for selecting the merged icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.