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Input and output method in touch screen terminal and apparatus therefor

  • US 10,282,081 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2012
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

  • displaying a main screen in a touch display of the electronic device wherein the main screen displays a page of a sequence of pages comprising a next page following the page in the sequence of pages;

    in response to a first touch input sensed on the main screen while the main screen is displaying the page, displaying, in a lower corner of the main screen, a virtual screen that is smaller than the main screen over the main screen wherein a region of the main screen except a region of the virtual screen is dimmed, and wherein the virtual screen is a smaller version of the main screen that reduces the main screen proportionately between a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the virtual screen displays a smaller version of the page;

    in response to a second touch input sensed on the virtual screen, adjusting a size of the virtual screen proportionately between the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, wherein the second touch input comprises a touch on a corner of the virtual screen followed by a touch drag of the touch on the touch display; and

    in response to a swiping gesture on the virtual screen, displaying the next page in the main screen and a smaller version of the next page in the virtual screen,wherein a touch input on the virtual screen is responsive, and a touch input sensed on the dimmed region of the main screen is nonresponsive while displaying the virtual screen.

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