US 2019/0294316 A1Published application

Apparatus and method for grouping and displaying icons on a screen

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsYoung-Jun KIM, Youn Seog CHANG, Joon Woo KIM

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Abstract

A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon that may represent a grouping of a first icon and a second icon respectively displayed on one of the plurality of background screens.

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Dependent claims

A mobile device comprising:

a touch screen;
and
a controller configured to:
control the touch screen to display a group icon on which representations of a first icon and a second icon are shown, wherein the first icon associated to a first function and the second icon associated to a second function,
receive a first touch input on the group icon,
in response to the first touch input on the group icon, control the touch screen to display, in place of the group icon, at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon,
receive a second touch input to at least one of the first icon and the second icon, after the displaying of the at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon, and
in response to the second touch input, control to perform a function corresponding to the at least one of the first icon and the second icon.

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A method of displaying an icon in a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

controlling the touch screen to display a group icon on which representations of a first icon and a second icon are shown;
receiving a first touch input on the group icon, in response to the first touch input on the group icon, controlling the touch screen to display, in place of the group icon, at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon;
receiving a second touch input to at least one of the first icon and the second icon, after the displaying of the at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon;
and
in response to the second touch input, controlling to perform a function corresponding to the at least one of the first icon and the second icon.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/440,535Filed 13 Jun 2019
Priority: KR 10-2009-009725513 Oct 2009
Published: 26 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

G06F 3/04817
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/016
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements with force or tactile…
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…

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