METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING WIDGET IN MULTI TICKER

• US 20090254860A1
• Filed: 10/07/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SEONG, Hye-young, SEO, Joon-kyu, HWANGBO, Kyoung-nyo, SHIN, Seung-chul
• Application Number:
  US12/246,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254860A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a multi widget that unitively manages/displays various widgets in a multi ticker. The method includes registering predetermined widgets, analyzing information types of the registered widgets, determining a display type of widget information according to the information types of the registered widgets, and displaying the corresponding widget information on a screen according to the display type of the widget information.

Claims

1. A method of processing a widget in a multi ticker, the method comprising:

registering a plurality of widgets;

analyzing information types of the registered widgets;

determining a display type of widget information according to the information types of the analyzed widgets; and

displaying corresponding widget information on a screen according to the display type of the widget information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing the information types of the registered widgets comprises extracting properties of contents included in the widgets.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the display type of the widget information comprises determining a display position, size, and properties of contents to be displayed on the screen according to the information types of the widgets.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises displaying updated information of a corresponding widget periodically received from a network, according to the display type of the widget information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information is performed using a manual display method or an automatic display method according to whether or not a key signal for changing a user information is detected.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises moving information in a corresponding widget in a direction at a position of the screen and displaying the information, and after all the information in the corresponding widget is displayed, moving to a next widget and displaying a next widget information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises:

checking whether or not display information of a specified widget exists;

displaying the corresponding widget information if the display information of the specified widget exists;

moving the displayed information in a direction on the screen;

performing movement of a next widget information after the movement of the displayed information is completed; and

if display information of the specified widget does not exist, an information movement process for a next widget is initiated.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises performing movement between information in a first one of the widgets or between the widgets at a position of the screen by using a movement button and displaying the information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a widget set menu screen for selecting and deleting the widget.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises enlarging a display area of the screen to a predetermined size when a user selects a display area of the widget information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the widget information comprises displaying desired widget information, formed by combining the display type of the widget information and upgraded information of a corresponding widget, on the screen.

12. An apparatus for processing a widget in a multi ticker, the apparatus comprising:

an information analyzing unit which analyzes an information type of a widget;

a storage unit which stores a display type of widget information;

a displaying unit which displays the widget information;

an information receiving unit which receives the widget information; and

a control unit which determines the display type of the widget information according to the information type of the widget analyzed in the information analyzing unit, and displays a corresponding widget information received from the information receiving unit on the displaying unit according to the display type of the widget information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a user input unit which generates a key signal for moving or selecting the widget information.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a widget set menu button for editing the widget.

15. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a method of processing a widget in a multi ticker, the method comprising:

registering a plurality of widgets;

analyzing an information type of the registered widgets;

determining a display type of widget information according to the information type of the analyzed widgets; and

displaying corresponding widget information on a screen according to the display type of the widget information.