MOBILE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TRIGGER-BASED OBJECT DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140195973A1
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: WON, Sung-Joon, JIN, Hyung-Joo, JANG, Chul-Ho, YANG, Hui-Chul
• Application Number:
  US14/149,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/823
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method for controlling a mobile device to perform trigger-based object display is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects on a touch screen by arranging the plurality of objects on a grid with rows and columns intersecting each other, detecting a trigger occurring to at least one of the plurality of objects, and applying an emphasis effect to the at least one of the plurality of objects to which the trigger has occurred.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a mobile device to perform trigger-based object display, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects on a touch screen by arranging the plurality of objects on a grid with rows and columns intersecting each other;

detecting a trigger occurring to at least one of the plurality of objects; and

applying an emphasis effect to the at least one of the plurality of objects to which the trigger has occurred.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the plurality of objects comprises arranging the plurality of objects on the grid in a predefined sequence.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined sequence of arranging the plurality of objects on the grid is from top-left to bottom-right.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of objects are displayed by arranging the plurality of objects on the grid in a predefined sequence based on attributes of the plurality of objects.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the attributes of the plurality of objects comprise at least one of points in time when the plurality of objects are stored, alphabetical order of titles, data types, and data sizes of the plurality of objects.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger comprises at least one of a map trigger, a favorites trigger, a share setting trigger, a comment write trigger, an entry path trigger, and an event trigger.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of objects are expanded a size of the at least one object to occupy an adjacent row or column if the emphasis effect is expanding a size of the at least one object to which the trigger has occurred.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of objects with order of objects arranged before the at least one object to which the emphasis effect is applied being fixed and with order of objects arranged after the at least one object being rearranged.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the emphasis effect comprises at least one of expanding a size of the at least one object to which the trigger has occurred, changing color of the at least one object, applying an animation effect to the at least one object, and applying an outlining effect to the at least one object.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether the trigger that has occurred to the at least one object to which the emphasis effect is applied is lifted; and

eliminating the emphasis effect from the at least one object.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.

11. A mobile device for performing trigger-based object display, the mobile device comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a plurality of objects by arranging the plurality of objects on a grid with rows and columns intersecting each other; and

a controller configured to detect a trigger occurring to at least one of the plurality of objects, and configured to apply an emphasis effect to the at least one of the plurality of objects to which the trigger has occurred.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of objects are displayed by arranging the plurality of objects on the grid in a predefined sequence.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the predefined sequence of arranging the plurality of objects on the grid is from top-left to bottom-right.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the controller displays the plurality of objects by arranging the plurality of objects on the grid in a predefined sequence based on attributes of the plurality of objects.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the attributes of the plurality of objects comprise at least one of points in time when the plurality of objects are stored, alphabetical order of titles, data types, and data sizes of the plurality of objects.

16. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the trigger comprises at least one of a map trigger, a favorites trigger, a share setting trigger, a comment write trigger, an entry path trigger, and an event trigger.

17. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the plurality of objects are expanded a size of the at least one object to occupy an adjacent row or column if the emphasis effect is expanding the size of the at least one object to which the trigger has occurred.

18. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the controller displays the plurality of objects with order of objects arranged before the at least one object to which the emphasis effect is applied being fixed and with order of objects arranged after the at least one object being rearranged.

19. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the emphasis effect comprises at least one of expanding a size of the at least one object to which the trigger has occurred, changing color of the at least one object, applying an animation effect to the at least one object, and applying an outlining effect to the at least one object.

20. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the controller detects whether the trigger for the at least one object to which the emphasis effect is applied is lifted, and eliminates the emphasis effect from the at least one object.