Input and output method in touch screen terminal and apparatus therefor
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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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Abstract
A method and apparatus for further implementing a virtual screen which interworks with a screen of a terminal is provided. The method preferably includes determining a virtual screen which interworks with a screen of the terminal, providing the screen of the terminal and the determined virtual screen together, and displaying an operation according to touch input on the provided virtual screen on the virtual screen and the screen of the terminal, which interworks with the virtual screen. The virtual screen can be overlaid on a software screen and can further visually distinguish the virtual screen from the main screen.
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1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 21, 23, 25)
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10. An electronic device, comprising:
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a touch display; and a controller to control operations of; displaying a main screen on the touch display 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. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24)
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26. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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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; 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.
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