INFORMATION LIST DISPLAY METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20080134081A1
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Min Hwa, LEE, Min Kyung, HONG, Nho Kyung, JEON, Jin Young
• Application Number:
  US11/945,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20080134081A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

An information list display method for a mobile terminal is disclosed. The information list display method includes registering an attribute option for information items stored in the mobile terminal; grouping the information items according to registered attribute options; displaying, in response to a list display request, an information list of the grouped information items; and increasing, in response to a zoom-out request, the number of displayed attributes in the information list, and decreasing, in response to a zoom-in request, the number of displayed attributes in the information list. The screen font size is decreased and increased accordingly. As a result, a user, in particular a weak-sighted user, can easily find and view a desired information item, thereby facilitating utilization of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. An information list display method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

registering an attribute option for information items stored in the mobile terminal;

grouping the information items according to registered attribute options;

displaying, in response to a list display request, an information list of the grouped information items; and

increasing, in response to a zoom-out request, a number of displayed attributes in the information list, and decreasing, in response to a zoom-in request, the number of displayed attributes in the information list.

2. The information list display method of claim 1, wherein the grouping the information items comprises:

extracting attribute values corresponding to the registered attribute options from each information item; and

comparing the extracted attribute values, for each registered attribute option, with each other to merge identical attribute values into one value.

3. The information list display method of claim 2, wherein the registered attribute options include multi-level attribute options, and wherein in the grouping the information items, the registered attribute options are used one at a time from a highest-level attribute option to a lowest-level attribute option for grouping the information items.

4. The information list display method of claim 3, wherein the information list comprises a title list, or a title list and at least one attribute list.

5. The information list display method of claim 4, wherein the displaying an information list comprises:

checking, in response to a zoom-out request, whether an undisplayed attribute list is present;

displaying, if an undisplayed attribute list is present, a lowest-level undisplayed attribute list in addition to a current information list; and

displaying, if an undisplayed attribute list is absent, the current information list.

6. The information list display method of claim 5, wherein the displaying the information list further comprises reducing a screen font size in response to the zoom-out request.

7. The information list display method of claim 4, wherein the displaying an information list comprises:

checking, in response to a zoom-in request, whether a displayed attribute list is present;

disabling, if a displayed attribute list is present, display of the highest-level displayed attribute list and displaying the information list without a disabled attribute list; and

displaying, if a displayed attribute list is absent, a current information list.

8. The information list display method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the information list further comprises increasing a screen font size in response to the zoom-in request.

9. The information list display method of claim 4, wherein the displaying the information list comprises:

checking, in response to a user request when a cursor is placed on a displayed information list, whether a displayed attribute list is present;

moving, if a displayed attribute list is present, the cursor to the highest-level displayed attribute list; and

placing, if a displayed attribute list is not present, the cursor on the information list without movement.

10. The information list display method of claim 4, wherein the displaying an information list comprises:

checking, in response to a user request when a cursor is placed on a displayed information list, whether the cursor is on the title list;

placing, if the cursor is on the title list, the cursor on the title list without movement; and

moving, if the cursor is not on the title list, the cursor to the title list.

11. The information list display method of claim 4, wherein the displaying the information list comprises:

checking, in response to a user request when the information list is displayed, whether the title list has an undisplayed item;

displaying, if the title list has an undisplayed item, items of an undisplayed title list; and

maintaining, if the title list has no undisplayed items, a current display state without action.