METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-WINDOW IN TOUCH DEVICE

• US 20140089833A1
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JEONG, Hyesoon, HWANG, Daesik, KIM, Jeonghoon, LEE, Dongjun, OH, Jonghwa
• Application Number:
  US14/035,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20140089833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method of executing an application in a touch device is provided. The method includes displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen, receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application, configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window, and independently displaying screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows.

Claims

1. A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:

displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen;

receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application;

configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window; and

independently displaying screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution event is an event for selecting an execution icon of the second application to be additionally executed from a tray and moving the selected execution icon into a screen.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a feedback for a window corresponding to an updated location of an execution icon when an execution icon is moved and is not released.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the outputting of the feedback comprises confirming a window of a region where the execution icon is moved and currently located through a location trace of the execution icon.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising releasing the execution icon by dropping the execution icon on a window where the execution icon is currently located.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the independently displaying of the screens comprises respectively displaying a screen corresponding to a size of a corresponding window in which the first application and the second application are executed.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a screen of a plurality of applications through the multi-window;

receiving an input of an execution event for an additional application while displaying the screen of the plurality of applications;

executing the additional application through a window selected to execute the additional application; and

processing an application previously executed through the selected window as a background, and displaying a screen of the additional application through the selected window.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising comparing the number of currently executed execution windows with a split information, and determining whether the number of execution windows corresponds to a value set to the split information when the input of the execution event for selecting the additional application is received.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the tray is moved to another region in the screen according to a user input.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein a floating key pad is provided when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window during an operation by the multi-window.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the floating key pad is moved to another region in the screen according to a user input.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein an input character by the floating key pad is input to a text input window provided from the application of the specific window and is displayed.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein respective windows of the multi-window are separated by a separator.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the sizes of the respective windows are changed according to a movement of the separator.

15. A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:

executing a first application corresponding to user selection and displaying the application through one window as a full screen;

receiving a first event input for selecting and moving a second application when the first application is executed;

determining a multi-window split scheme and a region to which the first event is input;

outputting a feedback for a window in which the second application is able to be executed and the region to which the first event is input;

receiving a second event input of executing the second application;

configuring the multi-window in response to the second event input; and

independently displaying a screen of the first application and a screen of the second application respectively through corresponding windows separated by the multi-window.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first event comprises an event for selecting an execution icon of the second application to be additionally executed from a tray and moving the selected execution icon into a screen.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second event comprises moving the execution icon and releasing the execution icon from a current window when the first event is not released.

18. A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:

displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen;

sliding-in a tray including an execution icon of an application according to a user input when the first application is executed;

receiving an input for selecting an execution icon of a second application from the tray and dragging the selected execution icon into the full screen;

receiving an input for dropping the execution icon in a specific window while the execution icon is dragged;

executing the second application in response to the drop input of the execution icon;

splitting a full screen into windows for displaying screens of the first application and the second application; and

displaying a screen of the second application through the specific window in which the execution icon is dropped, and displaying the screen of the first application through another split window.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising sliding-out the tray when the execution icon is selected and is moved to the full screen.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

blanking a region to which the execution icon is allocated in the tray when the execution icon is selected and is moved to the full screen; and

restoring again the blanked region when the tray is slid-out.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising outputting a feedback for the specific window into which the execution icon is dragged while the execution icon is moved on the full screen according to the drag.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

popping-up a floating key pad when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window from among the split windows; and

inputting a text for the application of the specific window according to a user input using the floating key pad.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising moving the floating key pad to another region in a screen to input a text for an application of another window.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the windows for displaying the screens of the first application and the second application are split through a separator.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising changing sizes of the windows according to a movement of the separator.

26. A touch device comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a screen interface of a multi-window environment, to display screens of a plurality of applications through a plurality of windows separated in the screen interface, and to receive an event input for operating the plurality of applications; and

a controller configured to control execution of the plurality of applications in the multi-window environment, and to control to independently display screens of at least two applications according to a user selection from among a plurality of executed applications through the plurality of windows.

27. The touch device of claim 26, wherein the controller receives an input of an execution event for executing a second application when an execution screen of a first application is displayed as a full screen, configures a multi-window according to a split scheme when the execution event is released from a specific window, and controls to independently display screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows.

28. The touch device of claim 27, wherein the controller controls a feedback output for a window of a moved location while an execution icon is moved in a state in which the execution event is not released.

29. The touch device of claim 27, wherein, when execution of an additional application is received while displaying screens of the plurality of applications through the multi-window, the controller executes the additional application through a selected window for executing the additional application, processes an application previously executed through the selected window as a background, and controls to display a screen of the additional application through the selected window.

30. The touch device of claim 26, wherein the screen interface comprises an execution icon of an application and a tray moved to another region in a screen according to a user input.

31. The touch device of claim 26, wherein the screen interface comprises a floating key pad which is popped up when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window, and moved to another region in a screen according to a user input.

32. The touch device of claim 26, wherein the screen interface comprises a separator for separating respective windows according to the multi-window environment and changing sizes of the respective windows according to a user input.

33. The touch device of claim 32, wherein the controller determines a changing size of the respective windows according to movement of the separator.

34. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a process comprising receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application when an execution screen of a first application is displayed as a full screen, configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window, and independently displaying screens of the first application and the second applications through respective split windows.

35. The recording medium of claim 34, wherein the program further comprises outputting a feedback for a window of a moved location when an execution icon is moved and when the execution icon is not released.