METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION

• US 20090006956A1
• Filed: 01/22/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jung-won, Seo, Joon-kyu, BAE, Hee-jeong
• Application Number:
  US12/017,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006956A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/708
• 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

Abstract

An information display method and apparatus are provided. The information display method includes opening a popup window that displays information regarding a first location of a screen; moving the popup window to a second location if a movement command is input; and displaying information regarding the second location in the popup window.

Claims

1. An information display method comprising:

opening a popup window that displays information regarding a first location of a screen;

moving the popup window to a second location if a movement command is input; and

displaying information regarding the second location in the popup window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the popup window to the second location further comprises dragging and dropping the popup window to the second location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the first location and the second location is help information regarding a first function and a second function corresponding to the first and second locations.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the opening of the popup window further comprises if a help mode is selected, obtaining the help information regarding a function corresponding to a location that is currently selected on the screen and displaying the help information in the popup window.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if an execution mode is selected, continuously displaying the help information regarding the function corresponding to the second location on the popup window even if the popup window is moved to a third location.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the execution mode is selected, changing the screen to a mode where the function corresponding to the second location is executed while the popup window is maintained open.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

changing the help information displayed on the popup window according to a process of executing the function corresponding to the second location.

8. A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing an information display method comprising:

opening a popup window that displays information regarding a first location of a screen;

moving the popup window to a second location when a movement command is input; and

displaying information regarding the second location in the popup window.

9. An information display apparatus comprising:

an input unit to input commands;

a display unit which displays information;

a storage unit which stores information regarding one or more locations of a screen that are output on the display unit; and

a control unit which, when a movement command instructing a popup window to move from a first location to a second location is input through the input unit, obtains information regarding the second location from the storage unit and which controls the display unit to move the popup window to the second location and display the obtained information on the popup window.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the input unit is a touch screen.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the movement command is input when a user drags and drops the popup window to the second location.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the information regarding one or more locations is help information regarding a function corresponding to each location.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, if a help mode is selected through the input unit, the control unit obtains the help information regarding a function corresponding to a location that is currently selected on the screen, and displays the help information on the popup window.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, if an execution mode is selected through the input unit, the control unit continuously displays the help information regarding the function corresponding to the second location on the popup window although the popup window is moved to a third location.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, if the execution mode is selected through the input unit, the control unit changes the screen to a mode where the function corresponding to the second location is executed while maintaining the popup window open.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit changes the help information displayed on the popup window according to a process of executing the function corresponding to the second location.