System and method for controlling mobile terminal application using gesture
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
- executing a first application;
executing a second application while executing the first application, the first application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the first application;
determining the first application as a target application based on an application selection gesture if multiple background applications are being executed, and determining the first application as the target application without the application selection gesture if the first application is the only background application being executed;
identifying a target application control gesture corresponding to a contact signal, the contact signal being generated on a display screen in which a control interface of the target application is not displayed;
verifying a command event corresponding to the target application control gesture;
forwarding the command event to the determined target application; and
controlling the first application to perform the command event in a background application state if the first application is determined as the target application.
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Abstract
A system and a method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture may identify a gesture corresponding to a contact signal input to a display screen. The gesture may then be verified in an event table as corresponding to a command event for one of many possible different applications, and command event may be performed by an application associated with the gesture. The application may be running in the background of the mobile terminal, and may not be displayed on the mobile terminal display screen when the command event is executed. The method may include executing a first application, executing a second application while executing the first application, identifying a gesture corresponding to a contact signal, verifying a command event corresponding to the gesture, and controlling the first application to perform the command event.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
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executing a first application; executing a second application while executing the first application, the first application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the first application; determining the first application as a target application based on an application selection gesture if multiple background applications are being executed, and determining the first application as the target application without the application selection gesture if the first application is the only background application being executed; identifying a target application control gesture corresponding to a contact signal, the contact signal being generated on a display screen in which a control interface of the target application is not displayed; verifying a command event corresponding to the target application control gesture; forwarding the command event to the determined target application; and controlling the first application to perform the command event in a background application state if the first application is determined as the target application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
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executing a plurality of applications; determining a target application from among the plurality of executed applications based on a contact signal generated in a display screen if multiple background applications are being executed, and determining a first application as the target application without the contact signal if the first application is the only background application being executed, the target application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the target application; identifying a gesture corresponding to the contact signal, the contact signal being generated on the display screen in which the control interface of the target application is not displayed; verifying a command event corresponding to the gesture; determining whether the command event corresponding to the gesture is a command event of the target application; forwarding the command event to the determined target application; and controlling the target application to perform the command event in a background application state if the command event is a command event of the target application.
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10. A system to control a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
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an application executing unit to execute a first application, and to execute a second application while executing the first application as a background application, the first application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the first application; a gesture identifying unit to identify a target application control gesture corresponding to a contact signal, the contact signal being generated on a display screen in which a control interface of a target application is not displayed; a command event verifying unit to verify a command event corresponding to the target application control gesture; and a processor comprising an application controlling unit to forward the command event to the determined target application, and to control the target application to perform the command event in a background application state, wherein the application executing unit further determines the first application as the target application based on an application selection gesture if multiple background applications controllable by the target application control gesture are being executed, and determines the first application as the target application without the application selection gesture if the first application is the only background application being executed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A system to control a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
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an application executing unit to execute a plurality of applications, to determine a target application from among the plurality of executed applications based on a contact signal generated in a display screen if multiple background applications are being executed, and to determine a first application as the target application without the contact signal if the first application is the only background application being executed, the target application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the target application; a gesture identifying unit to identify a gesture corresponding to the contact signal, the contact signal being generated on the display screen in which the control interface of the target application is not displayed; a command event verifying unit to verify a command event corresponding to the gesture, and to determine whether the command event corresponding to the gesture is a command event of the target application; and a processor comprising an application controlling unit to forward the command event to the determined target application, and to control the target application to perform the command event in a background application state if the command event is a command event of the target application. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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