TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20090282360A1
• Filed: 11/12/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Jae Pil, MOON, Byoung Pyo
• Granted Patent: US 8,713,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/786
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A terminal and method of controlling the same are presented. The terminal includes a touchscreen for displaying a list of items and a controller for controlling a scroll of a first list of items in a first direction and a scroll of a second list of items in a second direction, wherein the second list of items is related to an item selected from the first list of items, wherein the second list of items is scrolled in the second direction while the first list of items is displayed.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a touchscreen for displaying a list of items; and

a controller for controlling a scroll of a first list of items in a first direction and a scroll of a second list of items in a second direction, wherein the second list of items is related to an item selected from the first list of items, wherein the second list of items is scrolled in the second direction while the first list of items is displayed.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the first direction is horizontal and the second direction is vertical.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller further controls displaying a number of items comprising the second list of items adjacent to the item selected from the first list of items.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller further controls replacing the item selected from the first list of items with a first item selected from the second list of items.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller further controls replacing the first item selected from the second list with a second item from the second list of items if the first item selected from the second list is currently displayed on the first list of items.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein a plurality of items are selected from the first list of items and a list associated with each of the plurality of items is scrolled in a second direction.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller further controls displaying a plurality of first lists on the touchscreen.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of first lists is scrolled independently.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller further controls displaying a menu associated with the second list if the scroll is performed on the final item of the second list of items.

11. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the second item is from a list of items separate from the first list of items.

12. A terminal comprising:

a touchscreen for displaying a list of items; and

a controller for selecting a first item and displaying first information related to the selected first item,

wherein the controller controls a scroll to second information related to a second item in a first direction and a scroll to item information related to an item having displayed information in a second direction.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the first direction is horizontal and the second direction is vertical.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the second item is from a list of items separate from the first list of items.

16. A method of controlling a scroll, the method comprising:

displaying a list of items; and

controlling a scroll of a first list of items in a first direction and a scroll of a second list of items in a second direction, wherein the second list of items is related to an item selected from the first list of items, wherein the second list of items is scrolled in the second direction while the first list of items is displayed.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first direction is horizontal and the second direction is vertical.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying a number of items comprising the second list of items adjacent to the item selected from the first list of items.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising replacing the item selected from the first list of items with a first item selected from the second list of items.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising replacing the first item selected from the second list with a second item from the second list of items if the first item selected from the second list is currently displayed on the first list of items.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising selecting a plurality of items from the first list of items and scrolling a list associated with each of the plurality of items in a second direction.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying a plurality of first lists on the touchscreen.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein each of the plurality of first lists is scrolled independently.

25. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying a menu associated with the second list if the scroll is performed on the final item of the second list of items.

26. The terminal of claim 16, wherein the second item is from a list of items separate from the first list of items.

27. A method of controlling a scroll, the method comprising:

displaying a list of items;

selecting a first item and displaying first information related to the selected first item; and

controlling a scroll of second information related to a second item in a first direction or a scroll to item information related to an item having displayed information in a second direction.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the first direction is horizontal and the second direction is vertical.