Method of dividing screen areas and mobile terminal employing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung Min YOOK, Sung Sik YOO, Kang Won LEE, Myeong Lo LEE, Young Ae KANG, Hui Chul YANG, Yong Ki MIN
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Abstract
A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
Claims20
A portable communication terminal comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a graphical user interface combined with a first graphical user interface representing a first application and a second graphical user interface representing a second application,
- receive, via the touch screen, an input with respect to the graphical user interface, and
- control the touch screen to display, in response to the input, a first content corresponding to the first application in a first region of the touch screen and a second content corresponding to the second application in the second region of the touch screen.
A portable communication terminal comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a dual menu item corresponding to a first menu item representing a first application and a second menu item representing a second application,
- perform, in response to an input with respect to the dual menu item, the first application and the second application, and
- control the touch screen to display a first content corresponding to the first application in a first region of the touch screen and a second content corresponding to the second application in the second region of the touch screen.
The portable communication terminal of the claim 18, wherein the processor further configured to:
- select, using an another input, at least one menu item from the one or more menu items, and
- control the touch screen to display a content corresponding to an application related to the at least one menu item in a corresponding one region of the first region of the touch screen and the second region of the touch screen.
A portable communication terminal comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a graphical user interface combined with a first graphical user interface representing a first application and a second graphical user interface representing a second application,
- receive, via the touch screen, an input with respect to the graphical user interface,
- perform, in response to the input, the first application and the second application, and
- control the touch screen to display a first content corresponding to the first application in a first region of the touch screen and a second content corresponding to the second application in the second region of the touch screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.