MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIDGET ARRANGEMENT ON STANDBY SCREEN
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch-screen panel;
a state setting unit to store basic arrangement information for a plurality of widgets;
a widget operating unit to receiving the basic arrangement information, to parse the plurality of widgets, and to load the plurality of widgets on a standby screen of the touch-screen panel according to the basic arrangement information; and
a widget arranging unit to determine a current display state of the standby screen and a kind of a touch input if the touch input is made to the touch-screen panel, to change the current display state of the standby screen to an updated display state according to the determination result by controlling the widget operating unit, and to control the state setting unit to store arrangement information for the updated display state.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and includes a standby screen for displaying widgets. Basic arrangement information of the widgets is set to arrange selected widgets on the standby screen. Then, the widgets selected for a standby screen are parsed, and the widgets are loaded to a standby screen of the touch-screen panel according to the basic arrangement information. If a touch input is made to the touch-screen panel in which the widgets are loaded, the arrangement of the widgets on the standby screen is changed in various ways, such as dragged, minimized, or restored to an initial arrangement according to the kind, location, and duration of the touch input.
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch-screen panel; a state setting unit to store basic arrangement information for a plurality of widgets; a widget operating unit to receiving the basic arrangement information, to parse the plurality of widgets, and to load the plurality of widgets on a standby screen of the touch-screen panel according to the basic arrangement information; and a widget arranging unit to determine a current display state of the standby screen and a kind of a touch input if the touch input is made to the touch-screen panel, to change the current display state of the standby screen to an updated display state according to the determination result by controlling the widget operating unit, and to control the state setting unit to store arrangement information for the updated display state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a standby screen of a mobile terminal having a touch-screen panel, the method comprising:
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selecting a plurality of widgets and setting basic arrangement information for the plurality of widgets; parsing the plurality of widgets and loading the plurality of widgets to a standby screen of the touch-screen panel according to the basic arrangement information; and if a touch input is made to the touch-screen panel, determining a current display state of the standby screen and a kind of the touch input, changing the current display state of the plurality of widgets on the standby screen according to the determination result to an updated display state, and storing changed arrangement information for the updated display state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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