SMART OBJECT BASED GUI FOR TOUCH INPUT DEVICES
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal configured to execute a plurality of functions, comprising:
- a touch panel display; and
a circuitry configured to control the touch panel display and to respond to touching of the touch panel display, wherein;
the circuitry configures the touch panel display to display a plurality of functional icons, each of which is associated with one of the plurality of functions; and
when the circuitry detects one of the functional icons being dragged into a first region which is a designated area of the touch panel display and tapped or released by a user on the touch panel display, the mobile terminal executes the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated.
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Abstract
The mobile terminal, configured to execute a variety of functions, has a touch panel display and circuitry for controlling the touch panel display and responding to touching of the touch panel display. The touch panel display is configured to display a number of functional icons, each of which is associated with one of the functions of the mobile terminal. When the circuitry detects an icon being dragged into a first region which is a designated area of the touch panel display and tapped or released by a user, the mobile terminal executes the function with which the icon is associated. Further, when a destination icon associated with contact information is displayed and the circuitry detects that an icon is dragged and overlapped with the destination icon, the mobile terminal executes the function with which the icon is associated with respect to the contact information.
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45 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal configured to execute a plurality of functions, comprising:
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a touch panel display; and a circuitry configured to control the touch panel display and to respond to touching of the touch panel display, wherein; the circuitry configures the touch panel display to display a plurality of functional icons, each of which is associated with one of the plurality of functions; and when the circuitry detects one of the functional icons being dragged into a first region which is a designated area of the touch panel display and tapped or released by a user on the touch panel display, the mobile terminal executes the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile terminal configured to execute a plurality of functions, comprising:
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a touch panel display; and a circuitry configured to control the touch panel display and to respond to the touching of the touch panel display, wherein; the circuitry configures the touch panel display to display a destination icon associated with one of contact information including an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any contact information capable of receiving electronic data, and to display a content icon associated with one of text data, image data, sound data and program data stored in the mobile terminal; and when the circuitry detects that the destination icon overlaps with the content icon on the touch panel display, the mobile terminal sends the one of text data, image data, sound data and program data with which the content icon is associated to the one of an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any contact information capable of receiving electronic data with which the destination icon is associated.
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18. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, comprising steps of:
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displaying a plurality of functional icons, each of which is associated with one of the plurality of functions, on the touch panel display; detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner that one of the functional icons is dragged into a first region which is a designated area of the touch panel display and tapped or released by a user on the touch panel display; and responsive to the detecting, executing the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29)
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23. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, comprising steps of:
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displaying a plurality of functional icons, each of which is associated with one of the plurality of functions, on the touch panel display; displaying a destination icon associated with contact information; detecting the touching of the touch panel display in such a manner that one of the functional icons is dragged and overlapped with the destination icon on the touch panel display; and responsive to the detecting, executing the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated with respect to the contact information with respect to the contact information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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30. A method for operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel display, comprising steps of:
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displaying a destination icon associated with contact information including an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any destination information capable of receiving electronic data on the touch panel display; displaying a content icon associated with one of text data, image data, sound data and program data stored in the mobile terminal on the touch panel display; and detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner as to move one of the icons so that the destination icon overlaps with the content icon; and responsive to the detecting, sending the one of text data, image data, sound data and program data with which the content icon is associated to the one of an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any destination information capable of receiving electronic data with which the destination icon is associated. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a machine readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the medium for execution by a programmable controller of a mobile terminal having a touch panel display, wherein execution of the programming instructions by the programmable controller causes the mobile terminal to execute tasks comprising; displaying a plurality of functional icons on the touch panel display, each of the functional icons being associated with one of the plurality of functions; detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner that one of the functional icons is dragged into a first region which is a designated area of the touch panel display and tapped or released by a user; and responsive to the detecting, executing the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a machine readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the medium for execution by a programmable controller of a mobile terminal having a touch panel display, wherein execution of the programming instructions by the programmable controller causes the mobile terminal to execute tasks comprising; displaying a plurality of functional icons on the touch panel display, each of the functional icons being associated with one of the plurality of functions; displaying a destination icon associated with contact information; detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner that the one of the plurality of functional icons is dragged and overlapped with the destination icon; and responsive to the detecting, executing the function with which the one of the functional icons is associated with respect to the contact information. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 44)
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43. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a machine readable storage medium; and programming instructions embodied in the medium for execution by a programmable controller of a mobile terminal having a touch panel display, wherein execution of the programming instructions by the programmable controller causes the mobile terminal to execute tasks comprising; displaying a destination icon associated with contact information including an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any destination information capable of receiving electronic data on the touch panel display; displaying a content icon associated with one of text data, image data, sound data and program data stored in the mobile terminal on the touch panel display; and detecting touching of the touch panel display in such a manner that the destination icon overlaps with the content icon; and responsive to the detecting, sending the one of text data, image data, sound data and program data with which the content icon is associated to the one of an e-mail address, a web site address, a social networking site address and any destination information capable of receiving electronic data with which the destination icon is associated. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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