# US 9,438,709 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,438,709 B2 - Document ID: US9438709B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/860,383 - Filed: 2015-09-21 - Published: 2016-01-14 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-01-07 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Donghyun Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9438709B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/57: Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set (at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20) - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/165: {the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G09G 3/2092: {Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165)} - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - H04M 1/0269: {mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing} - H04M 1/0281: {for providing single handed use or left/right hand conversion} - H04M 1/22: Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - H01H 2219/039: Selective or different modes of illumination - H04M 2201/38: Displays - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) ## Abstract A portable terminal is provided having a front surface and a curved side surface in which the portable terminal is operated in a general mode in which an application is displayed on a main display area of the front surface, and in response to the occurrence of the event while in the general mode, the display is controlled to display event information related to the event on an auxiliary display area of the curved side surface and display the application on the main display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable device comprising: a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area, and a controller configured to: operate the portable device in one of a first mode in which information is displayed only on the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area, in response to an occurrence of a first event in the first mode, control the display to display information related to the first event only on the curved area, and in response to an occurrence of a second event while providing information associated with an application on the main area in the second mode, control the display to provide information related to the second event on the curved area and provide the information associated with the application on the main area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, further comprising: a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device, wherein the controller is further configured to operate the portable device in the one of the first mode and the second mode based on the detected state of the portable device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The portable device of claim 2, wherein the first mode is a silent alarm mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The portable device of claim 2, wherein the state comprises an orientation of the portable device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein the first event and the second event are alarms. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein the event information comprises at least one of a calling number, a caller's name, an identifying icon for the event of the event information, and a color bar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein the curved portion extends between a front surface and a rear surface of the portable device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the main area is flat. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the main area and the curved area are integrally formed in the display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein a size of the main area is greater than a size of the curved area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the size of the main area comprises a height of the main area and a width of the main area, wherein the size of the curved area comprises a height of the curved area and a width of the curved area, and wherein the width of the main area is greater than the width of the curved surface area and the height of the main area is equal to the height of the curved area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the curved area is convex and extends between a front surface and a rear surface of the portable device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the first event and the second event are receipt of an incoming telephone call. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the event information based on a type of the event.