Method and apparatus for displaying translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on touch screen

• US 8,869,060 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2011
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Tae-gyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parker, Jeanette J
• Application Number:
  US13/086,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20110271222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 715/773, 715/708, 715/711, 715/805, 715/810, 715/808
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• 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 3/04886 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 displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen includes receiving a first touch input for selecting first information on the touch screen; displaying a first translucent pop-up including first additional information corresponding to the first information; receiving a second touch input for selecting second information located in a region of the first translucent pop-up, on the touch screen; and displaying a second translucent pop-up including second additional information corresponding to the second information.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen, the method comprising:

receiving a first touch input to select first information on the touch screen;

displaying a first translucent pop-up comprising first additional information corresponding to the first information on a first software keyboard;

receiving a second touch input to select second information located in a region of the first translucent pop-up, on the touch screen; and

displaying a second translucent pop-up comprising second additional information corresponding to the second information on the software keyboard,

wherein the second information is seen through the first translucent pop-up, but not included in the first additional information,

wherein the first translucent pop-up and the second translucent pop-up is translucent with regard to the software keyboard

wherein a character on the software keyboard is selectable through the first translucent pop-up without first activating the software keyboard; and

wherein the displaying of the first translucent pop-up comprises;

displaying a plurality of letters sequentially inputted on the software keyboard in the first translucent pop-up.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information and the second information are options that are selectable on the GUI displayed on the touch screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first additional information and the second additional information are respectively detailed descriptions regarding the first information and the second information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information and the second information include a plurality of letters of a software keyboard displayed on the touch screen.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first additional information and the second additional information include a plurality of letters of the software keyboard corresponding to the first information and the second information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a character on the software keyboard is selectable through at least one:

of the first translucent pop-up and the second translucent pop-up without first activating the software keyboard.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the second translucent pop-up comprises:

closing the displayed first translucent pop-up; and

displaying the second translucent pop-up.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising closing the displayed first translucent pop-up if a third touch input that does not select any option in the region of the first translucent pop-up is received on the touch screen.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first translucent pop-up and the displaying of the second translucent pop-up are performed only when a translucent help mode is set.

10. An apparatus for displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit to display a graphical user interface (GUI) and a translucent pop-up on the software keyboard;

an input unit to receive a first touch input for selecting first information and a second touch input to select second information located in a region of the displayed translucent pop-up, on the displayed GUI;

a storage to store additional information corresponding to each of a plurality of types of information;

an information extraction unit to extract first additional information corresponding to the selected first information and second additional information corresponding to the selected second information, from the storage;

a translucent pop-up generation unit to generate a first translucent pop-up comprising the extracted first additional information and a second translucent pop-up comprising the extracted second additional information; and

a control unit to control the display unit to display the generated first and second translucent pop-ups,

wherein the second information is seen through the first translucent pop-up, but not included in the first additional information,

wherein the first translucent pop-up and the second pop-up are translucent with regard to the software keyboard,

wherein a character on the software keyboard is selectable through at the first translucent pop up without first activating the software keyboard,

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display a plurality of letters sequentially inputted on the software keyboard in the first translucent pop-up.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first information and the second information are options that are selectable on the displayed GUI.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first additional information and the second additional information are respectively detailed descriptions regarding the first information and the second information.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, if the displayed GUI is a software keyboard, the first information and the second information include a plurality of letters of the software keyboard.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first additional information and the second additional information are a plurality of letters of the software keyboard corresponding to the first information and second information.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a character on the software keyboard is selectable through at least one:

of the first translucent pop-up and the second translucent pop-up without first activating the software keyboard.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to close the displayed first translucent pop-up and to display the second translucent pop-up.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to close the first translucent pop-up displayed on the display unit if the input unit receives a third touch input that does not select any option in the region of the first translucent pop-up.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the first translucent pop-up and to display the second translucent pop-up only when a translucent help mode is set.