Apparatus and method for grouping and displaying icons on a screen
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- a touch screen; and
a controller configured to;
control the touch screen to display a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function,receive a first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, the first touch input corresponding to an input of moving the first icon so as to at least partially overlap the second icon,in response to the first touch input, control the touch screen to display a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon,receive a second touch input on the group icon, andin response to the second touch input on the group icon, control the touch screen to display, in place of the group icon, at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon.
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Abstract
A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon that may represent a grouping of a first icon and a second icon respectively displayed on one of the plurality of background screens.
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a touch screen; and a controller configured to; control the touch screen to display a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function, receive a first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, the first touch input corresponding to an input of moving the first icon so as to at least partially overlap the second icon, in response to the first touch input, control the touch screen to display a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon, receive a second touch input on the group icon, and in response to the second touch input on the group icon, control the touch screen to display, in place of the group icon, at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of displaying an icon in a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:
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controlling the touch screen to display a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function, receiving a first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, the first touch input corresponding to an input of moving the first icon so as to at least partially overlap the second icon, in response to the first touch input, controlling the touch screen to display a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon, receiving a second touch input on the group icon, and in response to the second touch input on the group icon, controlling the touch screen to display, in place of the group icon, at least one of the first icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon or the second icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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