Electronic device and method for providing content according to field attribute

• US 10,088,977 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2014
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Tae-Yeon, Koh, Sang-Hyuk, Kim, Hee-Jin, Sim, Bo-Hyun, Lee, Hye-Mi, Jang, Si-Hak
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Daeho D
• Application Number:
  US14/475,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 715708, 715780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting an area corresponding to at least one field of a page displayed through a display of the electronic device on the basis of an input; confirming an attribute corresponding to the at least one field among a plurality of attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute; and selectively providing a content corresponding to the attribute among at least one content including a first content and a second content according to the confirmed attribute.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a touch-screen; and

at least one processor coupled to the touch-screen, wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

control the touch-screen to display a user interface (UI) including an object capable of inputting text data;

detect an input means of a first type over the object by a user, wherein an end of the input means of the first type is positioned in a first position spaced apart from the object being displayed in the touch-screen;

in response to detecting, the input means of the first type, control the touch-screen to display, in the object, a visual affordance for guiding that the object is capable of receiving a handwritten text inputted by the user;

detect an input means of a second type over the object by the user, wherein the end of the input means of the second type is moved from the first position in contact with the object to a second position in which the visual affordance is displayed;

in response to detecting, the input means of the second type, control the touch-screen to display an input area and a result area which are superimposed on the object, wherein the input area is usable for receiving the handwritten text; and

in response to receiving the handwritten text on the input area, display the handwritten text in the input area and display a text in the result area with a designated font changed from the handwritten text.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input of the first type corresponds to a hovering input and the input of the second type corresponds to a touch input.

3. The apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in response to detecting an input of a third type, distinct from the first type and the second type, on the object, control the touch-screen to display a window superimposed on the UI, comprising a plurality of contents which are capable of being inputted via the object, instead of displaying the visual affordance or the input area for receiving the handwritten text.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect that the text, inputted to the input area, is inputted in a designated area located at one end of the input area, wherein the designated area is included in the input area, and

in response to detecting that the text, inputted to the input area, is inputted in the designated area, enlarge the input area downward so that the input area comprises an extra area below the text.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in response to detecting a designated gesture, convert the text included in the input area, according to the detected gesture; and

control the touch-screen to display the converted text in the input area.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control the touch-screen to display another object for setting a time for a schedule;

in response to detecting the input of the first type on the another object, control the touch-screen to display a first window for displaying a predetermined time information; and

in response to detecting the input of the second type on the another object, control the touch-screen to display a second window for receiving a time information from an input tool, instead of displaying the first window.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

enlarge the input area downward as the text is inputted in the input area,

when the input area is maximally enlarged downward, enlarge the input area upward as the text is inputted in the input area.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the input of the first type and the input of the second type corresponds to at least one of a hovering input, a hovering and holding input, a touch input, a touch and hold input, a hovering input by pressing a button on a stylus pen, a hovering and holding input by pressing a button on a stylus pen, and a touch input by pressing a button on a stylus pen.

9. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a user interface (UI) including an object capable of inputting text data;

detecting an input means of a first type over the object by a user, wherein an end of the input means of the first type is positioned in a first position spaced apart from the object being displayed in the touch-screen;

in response to detecting, the input means of the first type, displaying, in the object, a visual affordance for guiding that the object is capable of receiving a handwritten text inputted by the user;

detect an input means of a second type over the object by the user, wherein the end of the input means of the second type is moved from the first position in contact with the object to a second position in which the visual affordance is displayed;

in response to detecting, the input means of the second type, displaying an input area and a result area which are superimposed on the object, wherein the input area is usable for receiving the handwritten text; and

in response to receiving the handwritten text on the input area, displaying the handwritten text in the input area and displaying a text in the result area with a designated font changed from the handwritten text.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the input of the first type corresponds to a hovering input and the input of the second type corresponds to a touch input.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to detecting an input of a third type, distinct from the first type and the second type, on the object, displaying a window superimposed on the UI, comprising a plurality of contents which are capable of being inputted via the object, instead of displaying the visual affordance or the input area for receiving the handwritten text.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting that the text, inputted to the input area, is inputted in a designated area located at one end of the input area, wherein the designated area is included in the input area, and

in response to detecting that the text, inputted to the input area, is inputted in the designated area, enlarging the input area downward so that the input area comprises an extra area below the text.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to detecting a designated gesture, converting the text included in the input area, according to the detected gesture; and

displaying the converted text in the input area.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying an another object for setting a time for a schedule;

in response to detecting the input of the first type on the another object, displaying a first window for displaying a predetermined time information; and

in response to detecting the input of the second type on the another object, displaying a second window for receiving a time information from an input tool, instead of displaying the first window.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

enlarging the input area downward as the text is inputted in the input area,

when the input area is maximally enlarged downward, enlarging the input area upward as the text is inputted in the input area.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the input of the first type and the input of the second type corresponds to at least one of a hovering input, a hovering and holding input, a touch input, a touch and hold input, a hovering input by pressing a button on a stylus pen, a hovering and holding input by pressing a button on a stylus pen, and a touch input by pressing a button on a stylus pen.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-screen; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the touch to display a user interface (UI) including a first object into which a content to be attached for the UI is displayed and a second object for receiving an input for selecting the content to be attached in the UI;

in response to detecting that an end of an input means is positioned in a first position hovering over the second object being displayed in the touch-screen, determine one or more contents among a plurality of contents attachable via the second object, based on information stored as being associated with the plurality of contents;

in response to determining the one or more attachable contents, control the touch-screen to display one or more thumbnail images, which are superimposed on the UI, representing the determined one or more attachable contents;

in response to receiving a flick input on an area associated with the displayed one or more thumbnail images, display the one or more thumbnail images which move in a direction of the flick input; and

in response to detecting that the end of the input means is in contact with a thumbnail image among the displayed one or more thumbnail images, display the thumbnail image to be attached within the first object.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second object is for receiving an input for attaching a picture in the UI, wherein the one or more contents are one or more pictures among a plurality of pictures stored in the apparatus, and wherein the one or more thumbnail images are one or more thumbnail images of the one or more pictures.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the one or more contents among the plurality of contents based on at least one of whether the one or more contents are recently used, whether the one or more contents are recently generated, whether the one or more contents are recently modified, and whether the one or more contents are frequently used.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second object is for receiving an input for attaching a contact of a receiver in a message application, wherein the one or more contents are one or more contacts among a plurality of contacts stored in the apparatus, and wherein the one or more thumbnail images are one or more thumbnail images regarding the one or more contacts.