METHOD FOR PROVIDING PAGES AND PORTABLE TERMINAL ADAPTED TO THE METHOD

• US 20100299598A1
• Filed: 05/10/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: VIKTOR, Paihonensami, SHIN, Seung Woo, JONG, In Won, LEE, Bong Won
• Application Number:
  US12/776,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299598A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• 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

Abstract

A method for providing pages and a portable terminal adapted thereto are disclosed. The display unit displays pages belonging to a same category or a different category, according to the generation of different input signals, wherein pages are displayed in accordance with their arrangement within a corresponding category

Claims

1. A method, operable in a controller, for providing a plurality of pages classified into N categories (N being an integer, N≧

2) in a portable terminal, the method comprising;

displaying a particular page belonging to a K-th category (K being an integer, 1≦

K≦

N) on a display unit; and

displaying, if a particular input signal is generated, one of the particular page belonging to the K-th category and to a J-th category (J being an integer, 1≧

J≦

N, J≠

K) on the display unit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, if a first touch event has occurred, another page belonging to the K-th category on the display unit; and

displaying, if a second touch event has occurred, a particular page belonging to the J-th category on the display unit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a particular page belonging to the J-th category comprises one of:

outputting, if the K-th category contains one page, a message notifying a user that there is no additional page, without performing a page replacement;

replacing, if the K-th category contains two pages, the currently displayed page with the other page s via toggling, according to the first touch event, and displaying the toggled page; and

displaying on the display unit, if the K-th category contains three or more pages in an order, one of;

a preceding and following page, with respect to a currently displayed page, according to a direction of the first touch event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first touch event is one of group consisting of:

a left direction touch drag event, a right direction touch drag event, a left direction flick event, and a right direction flick event.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a particular page belonging to the J-th category comprises:

displaying, if N is equal to or greater than 3 and the categories are arranged in an order, a particular page belonging to the K−

1-th or K+1-th category, with respect to the K-th category to which a currently displayed page belongs, according to the direction of the second touch event.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a particular page belonging to the J-th category comprises:

displaying one page among the pages belonging to another category, wherein the one page was recently displayed on the display unit before a particular page belonging to another category is displayed, according to the occurrence of the second touch event.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the second touch event is one of:

an upward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in the upward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the upward direction and then released from the display unit;

a downward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in a downward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged by a distance in the downward direction and then released from the display unit;

an upward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the upward direction on the display unit; and

a downward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the downward direction on the display unit.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the second touch event is one of:

an upward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in an upward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the upward direction and then released from the display unit;

a downward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in a downward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the downward direction and then released from the display unit;

an upward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the upward direction on the display unit; and

a downward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the downward direction on the display unit.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular input signal comprises at least one of:

a key input signal output from a keypad; and

an operation signal generated as a sensor detects at least one from among a motion state and a state change of the portable terminal.

10. A portable terminal comprising:

a storage unit for storing a plurality of pages classified into N categories (N being an integer, N≧

2);

a display unit for displaying a particular page belonging to a K-th category (K being an integer, 1≦

K≦

N); and

a controller, containing a processor, for replacing the particular page with another page, according to generation of a particular input signal,

wherein the controller displays, on the display unit, one of;

the other page, belonging to a K-th category if the particular input signal represents a first input signal, and a particular page belonging to a J-th category (J being an integer, 1≦

J≦

N, J≠

K).

11. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein, if one of the K-th category and the J-th category contains one page, the controller outputs a message notifying a user that there is no additional page if the first input signal is generated, without performing a page replacement.

12. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein, if one of the K-th category and the J-th category contain two pages, the controller replaces the currently displayed page with a second page via toggling, according to the first input signal, and displays the toggled page.

13. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein, if one of the K-th category and the J-th category contains three or more pages in an order, the controller displays one of a preceding and a following page on the display unit, with respect to a currently displayed page, according to a direction of the first input signal.

14. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the first input signal is one of group consisting of:

a left direction touch drag event, a right direction touch drag event, a left direction flick event, and a right direction flick event.

15. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein, if N is equal to or greater than 3 and the categories are arranged in an order, the controller displays a particular page belonging to the K−

1-th or K+1-th category, with respect to the K-th category to which a currently displayed page belongs, according to the direction of the second touch event.

16. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller displays one page among the pages belonging to the J-th category, which has a history of being the one page recently displayed on the display, according to the occurrence of the second touch event, when a particular page belonging to the J-th category is displayed.

17. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the second input signal is one from among the following:

an upward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in an upward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the upward direction and then released from the display unit;

a downward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in a downward direction by a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch is dragged a distance in the downward direction and then released from the display unit;

an upward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the upward direction on the display unit; and

a downward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the downward direction on the display unit.

18. The portable terminal of claim 16, wherein the second input signal is one of:

an upward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in an upward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the upward direction and then released from the display unit;

a downward direction touch drag event generated as a touch dragged in a downward direction to a boundary of the display unit;

a touch up event generated as a touch dragged a distance in the downward direction and then released from the display unit;

an upward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the upward direction on the display unit; and

a downward direction flick event that is generated as a touch flicked in the downward direction on the display unit.

19. The portable terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

an input signal generating module,

wherein the input signal generating module comprises at least one of;

a touch panel for generating an input signal according to a user'"'"'s touch;

a keypad for generating a key input signal; and

a sensor for detecting at least one from among a motion state and state change of the portable terminal.