Apparatus and method for application peel
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1. A method for managing applications in a mobile device, the method comprising:
- selecting a predetermined location within an active first application that is in a forefront state;
dragging the selected location to at least partially uncover an active second application; and
interacting directly with the second application while the selected location of the first application is held in the dragged state,wherein the first application is returned to the forefront by returning the selected location back to an original position thereof, andwherein the interaction with the second application is at a portion thereof uncovered by the dragging of the selected location.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for managing applications in a mobile device are provided. The method includes selecting a predetermined location within an active first application that is in a forefront state, and dragging the selected location to uncover an active second application. The first application is returned to the forefront by returning the selected location back to an original position thereof. The second application may be interacted with directly while the first application is in the dragged state.
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1. A method for managing applications in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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selecting a predetermined location within an active first application that is in a forefront state; dragging the selected location to at least partially uncover an active second application; and interacting directly with the second application while the selected location of the first application is held in the dragged state, wherein the first application is returned to the forefront by returning the selected location back to an original position thereof, and wherein the interaction with the second application is at a portion thereof uncovered by the dragging of the selected location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of interacting with an active application in a forefront state in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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selecting a predetermined location of the application; dragging the predetermined location to peel the application; determining whether the peeling at the predetermined location is defined as performing a predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location; performing, if the predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location is defined, the predetermined function of the application; if the predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location is not defined, determining whether the peeling is defined as performing a predetermined function of an operating system; and performing, if the predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location is not defined and the predetermined function of the operating system according to the peeled location is defined, the predetermined function of the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method of interacting with an application in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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partially peeling back the application; and touching and dragging in a creasing motion along an edge between a peeled portion of the application and a region uncovered by the peeling, the creasing motion corresponding to a folding of a corner of a paper page; determining whether a predetermined function corresponding to a location of the peeled portion is defined within the application; and performing, in response to the touching and dragging along the edge, the predetermined function according to the location of the peeled portion, wherein if the predetermined function corresponding to the location of the peeled portion is not defined within the application, then the predetermined function comprises a function defined within an operating system (OS). - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a display configured to display one or more active applications; an input unit configured to receive inputs; and at least one processor configured to control to; select a location within a first application that is in a forefront state, drag the selected location to at least partially uncover an active second application to the forefront state, return the first application to the forefront by returning the selected location to an original position thereof, and control input and output operations of the second application in the forefront state while the selected location of the first application is in the dragged state, wherein the input and output operations of the second application are at a portion thereof uncovered by the dragging of the selected location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A mobile device comprising:
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a display configured to display one or more active applications; an input unit configured to receive inputs; and at least one processor configured to control to; determine whether a peeling of a predetermined location of an application that is in a forefront state is defined as performing a predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location; perform, if the predetermined function of the application is defined for the predetermined location, the predetermined function of the application in response to a selection and drag of the predetermined location within the application that is in the forefront state to peel the predetermined location; if the predetermined function of the application according to the peeled location is not defined, determine whether the peeling of the location is defined as performing a predetermined function of an operating system; and perform, if the predetermined function of the application is not defined according to the peeled location and the predetermined function of the operating system according to the peeled location is defined, the predetermined function of the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A mobile device comprising:
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a display configured to display one or more active applications; an input unit configured to receive inputs; and at least one processor configured to control to; partially peel back an application that is in a forefront state, determine whether a predetermined function corresponding to a location of a peeled portion of the application is defined within the application, and perform the predetermined function, according to the location of the peeled portion, in response to a touch and drag in a creasing motion along an edge between the peeled portion of the application and a region uncovered by the peeling, the creasing motion corresponding to a folding of a corner of a paper page, wherein if the predetermined function corresponding to the location of the peeled portion is not defined within the application, then the predetermined function comprises a function defined within an Operating System (OS). - View Dependent Claims (28)
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