MOBILE TERMINAL AND TEXT CURSOR OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
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1. A text cursor operating method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- setting a cursor mode in an edition mode;
moving a cursor through a flicking operation in the cursor mode;
converting the cursor mode into a block mode according to a mode conversion input;
setting one or more blocks with respect to a text region by changing a touch range according to a multi-touch operation in a block mode; and
performing an edition operation with respect to the set blocks.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a text cursor operating method thereof. Through touch and multi-touch operations (flicking, touch & drag and multi-touch), may be controlled cursor movement on a text, a mode conversion between a cursor mode and a block mode, setting one or more blocks with respect to a text region in a block mode, and block movement. This may allow edition operations (selection, block addition, copy, cut and paste, search and replace, deletion and so on) to be performed with respect to each block or between blocks.
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36 Claims
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1. A text cursor operating method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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setting a cursor mode in an edition mode; moving a cursor through a flicking operation in the cursor mode; converting the cursor mode into a block mode according to a mode conversion input; setting one or more blocks with respect to a text region by changing a touch range according to a multi-touch operation in a block mode; and performing an edition operation with respect to the set blocks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A text cursor operating method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying a cursor and a cursor moving icon in a cursor mode; moving the cursor by touching the cursor moving icon; converting the cursor mode into a block mode when the cursor moving icon is long-touched; setting one or more blocks on a text region by touching or dragging the cursor moving icon in the block mode; and performing an edition operation with respect to the set blocks. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a display unit configured to display a cursor in a cursor mode; and a controller configured to move the cursor through a flicking operation on a text region in a cursor mode, configured to set one or more blocks on the text region by controlling a touch range through a multi-touch operation in a block mode, and configured to perform an edition operation with respect to the set blocks according to a user'"'"'s input. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a display unit configured to display a cursor and a cursor moving icon in a cursor mode; and a controller configured to; move the cursor according to a touch of the cursor moving icon, convert the cursor mode into a block mode when the cursor moving icon is long-touched, set one or more blocks on the text region based on a touch or a drag with respect to the cursor moving icon, and perform an edition operation with respect to the set blocks according to a user'"'"'s input. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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