Method and apparatus for processing applications of mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyunghoon Han, Kyungmin Kim, Chaekyung Lee, Youngsun Shin
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Abstract
A method for processing an application in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a main application and at least one corresponding sub-application item, calling a corresponding sub-application when selecting the sub-application item, displaying the sub-application so as to overlay on a partial area of a main application screen, and processing information selected from the main application in the sub-application.
Claims19
A method of processing an application in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a main application screen including information and a sub-application set;
- detecting selection of the information within the displayed main application screen;
- detecting selection of at least one sub-application item from the sub-application set within the displayed main application screen;
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- executing a sub-application corresponding to the selected at least one sub-application item and displaying a screen of the sub-application including the selected information so as to overlay on a partial area of the main application screen in response to the selection of the information and the at least one sub-application item.
A method of processing an application of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a main application screen including information and a plurality of sub-application items;
- detecting selection of the information within the displayed main application screen;
- detecting selection of at least one sub-application from the plurality of sub-application items within the displayed main application screen;
- executing a sub-application corresponding to the selected at least one sub-application item and displaying a screen of the sub-application including the selected information so as to overlay on a partial area of the main application screen in response to the selection of the information and the at least one sub-application item;
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- returning to an operation of displaying the main application screen including the information and the plurality of sub-application items when the sub-application is terminated.
An apparatus for processing an application in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store a main application and a sub-application set corresponding to the main application;
- a display configured to display a main application screen including a plurality of sub-application items which are set in the sub-application set of the main application;
- an input device configured to select at least one sub-application item among the plurality of sub-application items;
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- at least one processor executing instructions stored in the memory is configured to:
- receive selected information within the displayed main application screen,
- receive selected at least one sub-application item from the sub-application set within the displayed main application screen, and
- execute a sub-application corresponding to the selected at least one sub-application item and display a screen of the sub-application including the selected information so as to overlay on a partial area of the main application screen in response to the selection of the information and the at least one sub-application item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.