TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR ENTERING COMMAND IN THE TERMINAL

• US 20090066668A1
• Filed: 11/07/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Tae Hun, Woo, Boem Young, Han, Seung Sook, Ahn, Hyun Ju, Cheon, Ho Sang, Park, Jun Serk, Yoon, Jeong Hyuk
• Application Number:
  US12/267,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20090066668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A terminal including a touch-screen display configured to be touched by a user, and a controller configured to determine a portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user and to generate a delete signal to delete text data associated with the portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user. In addition, the text data includes a message service text data, and the controller is further configured to to provide a selectable deletion option to be selected by the user to indicate whether the text data rubbed or swiped on the touch-screen display is deleted.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a touch-screen display configured to be touched by a user; and

a controller configured to determine a portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user and to generate a delete signal to delete text data associated with the portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user,

wherein the text data comprises a message service text data, and

wherein the controller is further configured to provide a selectable deletion option to be selected by the user to indicate whether the text data rubbed or swiped on the touch-screen display is deleted.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a direction in which the user rubs or swipes the portion of the touch-screen.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the direction is a left or right direction on the touch screen display.

4. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

determining a portion of a touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by a user;

generating a delete signal to delete text data associated with the portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user; and

providing a selectable deletion option to be selected by the user to indicate whether the text data rubbed or swiped on the touch-screen display is deleted,

wherein the text data comprises a message service text data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a direction in which the user rubs or swipes the portion of the touch-screen.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the direction is a left or right direction on the touch screen display.