CHANGING IDLE SCREENS

• US 20130159934A1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: KANG, Ji-Eun
• Application Number:
  US13/720,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159934A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

The disclosure is related to performing an idle screen change in a user terminal. One of a plurality of idle screens may be displayed. A user input for an idle screen change may be detected. An idle screen change procedure may be performed based on a predetermined idle screen change sequence when the user input is detected.

Claims

1. A method of performing an idle screen change operation in a user terminal, the method comprising:

displaying one of a plurality of idle screens;

detecting a user input for changing an idle screen; and

performing an idle screen change procedure based on a predetermined idle screen change sequence and the detected user input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying virtual layer recognition image indicating information associated with the plurality of idle screens.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the virtual layer recognition image is configured in one of a dog-eared type, a stack type, and an overlapping type.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual layer recognition image configured in the stack type indicates at least one of:

a number of idle screens; and

layer information on a currently displayed idle screen.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual layer recognition image in the overlapping type is formed by overlapping:

an uppermost idle screen including an active region displayed in a non-transparent type and an inactive region displayed in a transparent type; and

at least one idle screen excluding the uppermost idle screen, displayed in a semi-transparent type.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting detects one of at least a touch input on at least a portion of the virtual layer recognition image, a shaking input, and a key input.

7. The method of claim 2, the detecting includes:

determining whether the detected user input satisfies a predetermined reference input condition for the idle screen change.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined idle screen change sequence is determined based on a user preference.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing includes:

determining a next idle screen to be displayed, based on the predetermined idle screen change sequence when the user input is detected; and

displaying the determined next idle screen in place of a currently displayed idle screen.

10. A method of performing an idle screen change operation in a user terminal, the method comprising:

displaying one of a plurality of idle screens;

detecting a user input for changing an idle screen;

displaying an idle screen selection menu based on the detected user input;

receiving selection information from a user; and

performing an idle screen change procedure from a currently displayed idle screen to a selected idle screen.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user input is one of a touch input, a shaking input, and a key input.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a virtual layer recognition image associated with the plurality of idle screens.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the virtual layer recognition image is configured as a stack type.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying an idle screen selection menu includes:

detecting the touch input on at least a portion of the virtual layer recognition image; and

displaying the idle screen selection menu based on the detected touch input.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the detecting includes:

determining whether the detected user input satisfies a predetermined reference input condition for the idle screen change.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the idle screen selection menu includes at least one idle screen image arranged in a card array type.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the idle screen selection menu includes:

a stack image configured to be based on virtual layers and to indicate a virtual layer corresponding to a currently displayed idle screen; and

a thumbnail image of the currently displayed idle screen.

18. An apparatus for performing an idle screen change operation, the apparatus comprising:

a user input detection unit configured to detect a user input for changing an idle screen; and

an idle screen change unit configured to perform an idle screen change procedure based on at least one of predetermined idle screen change sequence and user selection information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the idle screen change unit is configured to:

provide a virtual layer recognition image indicating information associated with the plurality of idle screens; and

perform the idle screen change procedure based on the predetermined idle screen change sequence when the user input is detected.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the idle screen change unit is configured to:

provide an idle screen selection menu when the user input is detected;

obtain user selection information; and

perform the idle screen change procedure from a currently displayed idle screen to a next idle screen corresponding to the user selection information.