Method and apparatus for providing user interface of portable device
First Claim
1. A mobile device comprising:
- a touch screen;
a memory; and
a processor configured to;
provide a user interface on the touch screen, wherein the user interface includes a first area for displaying menu items comprising a first menu item and a second menu item and a second area for displaying information that corresponds to one of the menu items on the first area;
in response to detecting a first gesture on the first area of the touch screen, form an extended first area extended from the first area, reduce a size of the second area and display a third menu item and a fourth menu item in the extended first area; and
in response to detecting a second gesture for selecting one of the third and fourth menu items which is displayed in the extended first area and dragging the selected menu item to a designation location of the first area, move the selected menu item from the extended first area to the first area and move one of the first and second menu items from the designated location of the first area to the extended first area,wherein each of the first menu item, the second menu item, the third menu item and the fourth menu item is selectable to allow the mobile device to perform a defined operation.
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Abstract
A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user'"'"'s gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user'"'"'s gesture; detecting a user'"'"'s additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user'"'"'s additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
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16 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a touch screen; a memory; and a processor configured to; provide a user interface on the touch screen, wherein the user interface includes a first area for displaying menu items comprising a first menu item and a second menu item and a second area for displaying information that corresponds to one of the menu items on the first area; in response to detecting a first gesture on the first area of the touch screen, form an extended first area extended from the first area, reduce a size of the second area and display a third menu item and a fourth menu item in the extended first area; and in response to detecting a second gesture for selecting one of the third and fourth menu items which is displayed in the extended first area and dragging the selected menu item to a designation location of the first area, move the selected menu item from the extended first area to the first area and move one of the first and second menu items from the designated location of the first area to the extended first area, wherein each of the first menu item, the second menu item, the third menu item and the fourth menu item is selectable to allow the mobile device to perform a defined operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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