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US 9,804,772 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for generating a new menu item by dividing or merging a menu item displayed on a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-Hoon Oh, Nam-Il Lee, In-Yong Choi, Seok-Yeong Jung
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for managing a menu item in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, at least one item is selected from items displayed on a screen according to a user control. An attribute of selected at least one item is determined. A new item is generated by one of dividing and merging the at least one item depending on the determined attribute.
Claims6
A method for managing an item in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of items on a display of the portable terminal, wherein each item is associated with a command associated with content stored in the portable terminal;
- selecting at least two items from the plurality of items based on an input;
- identifying an attribute of the selected at least two items;
- identifying a parent attribute corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the identified attribute of the selected at least two items;
- determining whether parent items of the at least two items are equal by comparing the identified parent attribute of the selected at least two items;
- in response to determining that the parent items are equal, displaying a first item corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the identified parent attribute;
- in response to determining that the parent items are not the equal, determining whether a rule corresponding to the selected at least two items exists among merge rules;
- and
- in response to determining that the corresponding rule exists, displaying a second item corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the corresponding rule,
- wherein the attribute comprises a hierarchical attribute predefined in the portable terminal,
- wherein the display of the selected at least two items displayed on the display is removed, and
- wherein the input comprises at least one of a drag of touch input corresponding to the at least two items, and a closed curve-shaped touch to include the at least two items.
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An apparatus for managing an item in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display a plurality of items, wherein each item is associated with a command associated with content stored in the portable terminal;
- an input unit configured to receive an input;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- select at least two items from the plurality of items based on the received input,
- identify an attribute of the selected at least two items,
- identify a parent attribute corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the identified attribute of the selected at least two items,
- determine whether parent items of the at least two items are equal by comparing the identified parent attribute of the selected at least two items,
- in response to determining that the parent items are equal, control the display to display a first item corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the identified parent attribute,
- in response to determining that the parent items are not equal, determine whether a rule corresponding to the selected at least two items exists among merge rules, and
- in response to determining that the corresponding rule exists, control the display to display a second item corresponding to the selected at least two items based on the corresponding rule,
- wherein the attribute comprises a hierarchical attribute predefined in the portable terminal,
- wherein the display of the selected at least two items displayed on the display is removed, and
- wherein the input comprises at least one of a drag of touch input corresponding to the at least two items, and a closed curve-shaped touch to include the at least two items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.