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Portable terminal capable of invoking program by sign command and program invoking method therefor

  • US 7,004,394 B2
  • Filed: 02/17/2004
  • Issued: 02/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable terminal comprising:

  • a storage for storing programs and symbols linked to the programs;

    a user interface for sensing an external contact;

    a controller for detecting a figure represented by a signal sensed at the user interface according to a path in which the external contact is made and, in the presence of a symbol matching the figure, invoking a program corresponding to the symbol from the storage; and

    a display for displaying the symbol linked to the program for a predetermined time after the program has been invoked and thereafter displaying the operation state of the program.

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