Terminal and method of controlling the same

• US 10,437,456 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Seong Cheol, Seo, Jin, Park, Sang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhargava, Anil K
• Application Number:
  US15/242,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A terminal can include a touch screen, and a control unit to control at least one touch-available icon to appear on the touch screen in a first direction of a first touch-drag on the touch screen, in response to a touch input to one of the at least one touch-available icon, execute a specific function such that an execution image related to the executed specific function is displayed on the touch screen. Further, the control unit of the terminal can receive a message while the specific function is being executed, receive a second touch-drag in a second direction on the touch screen, and control a message window for the received message to appear on the touch screen.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a control unit configured to;

control at least one touch-available icon to appear on the touch screen in a first direction of a first touch-drag on the touch screen,

in response to a touch input to one of the at least one touch-available icon, execute an audio playing function such that an execution image related to the executed audio playing function is displayed on the touch screen,

receive a message while the audio playing function is being executed,

in response to reception of the message, display a notification for the received message together with the execution image related to the audio playing function on the touch screen,

receive a second touch-drag in a second direction on the touch screen when the execution image related to the audio playing function is displayed after the notification for the received message is displayed, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction,

in response to the second touch-drag, control a window for the received message to appear on the touch screen in the second direction such that the window for the received message covers the execution image related to the audio playing function on the touch screen,

receive a third touch-drag in a third direction opposite to the second direction on the touch screen, and

in response to the third touch-drag, control the window for the received message to disappear from the touch screen to reveal the execution image related to the audio playing function in the third direction.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the at least one touch-available icon to appear by sliding into the touch screen in the first direction.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the window for the received message to appear by sliding into the touch screen in the second direction.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the window for the received message to disappear by sliding out of the touch screen in the third direction.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

control the notification for the received message to disappear after the window for the received message appears on the touch screen.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the notification is displayed near a first side of the touch screen.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the second direction is from a second side opposite to the first side to the first side on the touch screen.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the at least one touch-available icon to appear by sliding into the touch screen via a third side of the touch screen, and

control the at least one touch-available icon to disappear by sliding out of the touch screen via the third side or a fourth side opposite to the third side.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the window for the received message includes at least one message-related icon for processing the received message.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the at least one message-related icon includes at least one of a delete icon for deleting the received message and a reply icon for replying to the received message.

11. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen activating key configured to activate the touch screen, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the at least one touch-available icon to move in response to manipulation of the touch screen activating key.

12. A method of controlling a terminal, comprising:

controlling at least one touch-available icon to appear on a touch screen in a first direction of a first touch-drag on a touch screen;

in response to a touch input to one of the at least one touch-available icon, executing an audio playing function such that an execution image related to the executed audio playing function is displayed on the touch screen;

receiving a message while the audio playing function is being executed;

in response to reception of the message, display a notification for the received message together with the execution image related to the audio playing function on the touch screen;

receiving a second touch-drag in a second direction on the touch screen when the execution image related to the audio playing function is displayed after the notification for the received message is displayed, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction;

in response to the second touch-drag, controlling a window for the received message to appear on the touch screen in the second direction such that the window for the received message covers the execution image related to the audio playing function on the touch screen;

receiving a third touch-drag in a third direction opposite to the second direction on the touch screen; and

in response to the third touch-drag, controlling the window for the received message to disappear from the touch screen to reveal the execution image related to the audio playing function in the third direction.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one touch-available icon appears by sliding into the touch screen in the first direction.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the window for the received message appears by sliding into the touch screen in the second direction.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the window for the received message disappears by sliding out of the touch screen in the third direction.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

controlling the notification to disappear after the window for the received message appears on the touch screen.