TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LIST SELECTION

• US 20130174089A1
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Inventors: KI, Kyung Jin
• Application Number:
  US13/595,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20130174089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A terminal to select a list object includes an interface to receive a first flick input for the list object, a controller to convert the list object into a group object, and a processing unit to process the group object according to a received command event. A method for selecting a list object includes receiving a first flick input for the list object, assigning a portion of a display of a terminal as a selected target display region, converting the list object into a group object by associating the list object with the selected target display region, and processing the group object based on a received command event.

Claims

1. A terminal to select a list object, comprising:

an interface to receive a first flick input for the list object;

a controller to convert the list object for which the first flick is input into a group object; and

a processing unit to process the group object according to a received command event.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the interface further receives a second flick input for the group object, and the controller further restores the group object as the list object in response to the receipt of the second flick input.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller assigns a first portion of a display as a selected target display region, and converts the list object into the group object by associating the list object with the selected target display region.

4. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller assigns the selected target display region on a side of the display based on a direction of the first flick input.

5. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller associates the list object with the selected target display region by moving the list object from a list region to the selected target display region.

6. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller associates the list object with the selected target display region by expanding the list object to be positioned in both a list region and the selected target display region.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller restores the group object as the list object if the second flick input for the group object is received in a first direction, and assigns a second portion of the display screen as a sub-selected target display region if the second flick input for the group object is received in a second direction.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller hides the list object and displays the group object if at least one of a touch-open event with respect to the selected target display region, a touch-narrow event with respect to a list region, and a motion event to position a view point in the selected target display region is detected.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller displays both the list object and the group object if a reference event is detected in a state in which the group object is displayed and the list object is hidden.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller moves the group object from a first group region of the selected target display region to a second group region of the selected target display region based on a reference arrangement criteria.

11. The terminal of claim 1 wherein the interface receives the first flick in a direction different from a scrolling direction of a screen used to display the list object.

12. A method for selecting a list object, comprising:

receiving a first flick input for the list object;

assigning a portion of a display of a terminal as a selected target display region;

converting the list object into a group object by associating the list object with the selected target display region; and

processing the group object based on a received command event.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a second flick input for the group object; and

reverting the group object back to the list object.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the selected target display region is assigned on a side of the display based on a direction of the first flick input.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the group object is reverted back to the list object if the second flick input is provided in a first direction, and assigns a second portion of the display screen as a sub-selected target display region if the second flick input is received in a second direction.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the list object is associated with the selected target display region by moving the list object from a list region to the selected target display region.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the list object is associated with the selected target display region by expanding the list object to be positioned in both a list region and the selected target display region.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

moving the group object from a first group region of the selected target display region to a second group region of the selected target display region based on a reference arrangement criteria.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

hiding the list object and displaying a group object selected by the first flick if at least one of a touch-open event with respect to the selected target display region, a touch-narrow event with respect to the list region, and a motion event for positioning a view point in the selected target display region is detected.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein both the list object and the group object are displayed if a reference event is detected in a state in which the group object is displayed and the list object is hidden.

21. A method for selecting a list object, comprising:

receiving a first flick input for the list object located on a list region;

assigning a portion of a display of a terminal as a selected target display region;

converting the list object into a group object by associating the list object with the selected target display region;

receiving a second flick input for the group object;

assigning the group object to a sub-group based on a reference criteria;

hiding the list region;

receiving a command event for the group object; and

processing the group object according to the command event.