Method for displaying background screen in mobile device and mobile device adapted thereto

• US 9,423,934 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2014
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Youn Seog, Kim, Joon Woo, Kim, Young-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): WENG, PEI YONG
• Application Number:
  US14/321,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 715/702
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon that may represent a grouping of a first icon and a second icon respectively displayed on one of the plurality of background screens.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an icon in a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function;

receiving a first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, the first touch input corresponding to moving the first icon so as to at least partially overlap the second icon;

displaying a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon;

receiving a second touch input on the group icon;

in response to the second touch input on the group icon with the second touch input, displaying at least one of a third icon that is associated to the first function, and a fourth icon that is associated to the second function, wherein the third icon is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon is larger than the representation of the second icon;

receiving a third touch input corresponding to a selection of at least one of the third icon that is associated to the first icon, and the fourth icon that is associated to the second icon;

performing a function corresponding to the selected at least one of the third icon that is associated to the first icon, and the fourth icon that is associated to the second icon;

receiving a fourth touch input for ungrouping at least one of the third icon and fourth icon;

ungrouping the at least one of the third icon and the fourth icon from the group icon; and

displaying one of the first icon and the second icon, separated from the group icon, corresponding to the ungrouped at least one icon.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface on the touch screen, wherein the graphical user interface indicates whether the first icon and the second icon are grouped.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the representations of the first icon and the second icon are concurrently displayed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying at least one of the first icon and the second icon so as to be ungrouped in relation to the group icon comprises:

removing the at least one of the first icon and the second icon from the group icon.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input that is associated with setting the mobile terminal to an icon grouping mode; and

setting the mobile terminal to the icon grouping mode if the input that is associated with setting the mobile terminal to the icon grouping mode is received.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a fifth touch input that is associated with adding a fifth icon associated to a third function to the group icon; and

displaying the group icon on which a corresponding representation of the fifth icon is shown, wherein the representation of the fifth icon is smaller than the fifth icon.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the fifth touch input corresponds to at least one of:

a moving of the fifth icon to a preset region of the touch screen; and

a moving of the fifth icon to the group icon.

8. The method of claim 1 being performed by at least one processor that executes a set of instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

25. The method of claim 1,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the first icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the second icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the second touch input.

26. The method of claim 1,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the first icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the second icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the second touch input.

9. A method of displaying an icon in a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

when a first icon associated to a first function is moved so as to at least partially overlap a second icon associated to a second function, displaying a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon;

if the group icon is selected by a first touch input on the group icon, displaying at least one of a third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon and that is associated to the first function, and a fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon and that is associated to the second function;

receiving a second touch input corresponding to a selection of at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon;

performing a function corresponding to the selected at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon;

receiving a third touch input for ungrouping at least one of the third icon and fourth icon;

ungrouping the at least one of the third icon and the fourth icon from the group icon; and

displaying one of the first icon and the second icon, separated from the group icon, corresponding to the ungrouped at least one icon.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the first icon and the second icon on the touch screen; and

receiving a fourth touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface on the touch screen, wherein the graphical user interface indicates whether the first icon and the second icon are grouped on the touch screen.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the representations of the first icon and the second icon are concurrently displayed.

13. The method of claim 9 being performed by at least one processor that executes a set of instruction stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

27. The method of claim 9,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the first icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the second icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input.

28. The method of claim 9,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the first icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the second icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit;

a touch screen unit configured to display a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function; and

a control unit configured to;

receive a first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, the first touch input corresponding to an input of moving the first icon so as to at least partially overlap the second icon,

in response to the first touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon, control the touch screen unit to display a group icon on which representations of the first icon and the second icon are shown,

receive a second touch input on the group icon, wherein the representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and the representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon,

in response to the second touch input, control the touch screen unit to display at least one of a third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon and that is associated to the first function, and a fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon and that is associated to the second function,

receive a third touch input corresponding to a selection of at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon,

perform a function corresponding to the selected at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon,

receive a fourth touch input for ungrouping at least one of the third icon and fourth icon;

ungroup the at least one of the third icon and the fourth icon from the group icon; and

display one of the first icon and the second icon, separated from the group icon, corresponding to the ungrouped at least one icon.

15. The mobile device of claim 14,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the touch screen unit to display a graphical user interface, and

wherein the graphical user interface indicates whether the first icon and the second icon are grouped.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the touch screen unit to concurrently display the representations of the first icon and the second icon.

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to remove the at least one of the first icon and the second icon from the group icon.

18. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

receive an input that is associated with setting the mobile device to an icon grouping mode, and

set the mobile device to the icon grouping mode in response to the input that is associated with setting the mobile device to an icon grouping mode.

19. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

receive a fifth touch input that is associated with adding a fifth icon associated to a third function to the group icon, and

control the touch screen unit to display the group icon on which a corresponding representation of the fifth icon is shown, wherein the representation of the fifth icon is smaller than the fifth icon.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the fifth touch input corresponds to at least one of:

a moving of the fifth icon to a preset region of the touch screen unit; and

a moving of the fifth icon to the group icon.

29. The mobile device of claim 14,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the first icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the second icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the second touch input.

30. The mobile device of claim 14,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the first icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the second icon that is displayed before the group icon is displayed in response to the second touch input.

21. A mobile device comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit;

a touch screen unit configured to;

display a group icon on which corresponding representations of a first icon associated to a first function and a second icon associated to a second function are shown, when the first icon is moved so as to at least partially overlap the second icon,

wherein a representation of the first icon is smaller than the first icon and a representation of the second icon is smaller than the second icon; and

a control unit configured to;

in response to a first touch input on the group icon, control the touch screen unit to display at least one of a third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon and that is associated to the first function, and a fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon and that is associated to the second function,

receive a second touch input corresponding to a selection of at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon,

perform a function corresponding to the selected at least one of the third icon that is larger than the representation of the first icon, and the fourth icon that is larger than the representation of the second icon,

receive a third touch input for ungrouping at least one of the third icon and fourth icon;

ungroup the at least one of the third icon and the fourth icon from the group icon; and

display one of the first icon and the second icon, separated from the group icon, corresponding to the ungrouped at least one icon.

22. The mobile device of claim 21, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

control the touch screen unit to display the first icon and the second icon, and

receive a fourth touch input that is associated with grouping the first icon and the second icon.

23. The mobile device of claim 22,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the touch screen unit to display a graphical user interface, and

wherein the graphical user interface indicates whether the first icon and the second icon are grouped.

24. The mobile device of claim 21, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the touch screen unit to concurrently display the representations of the first icon and the second icon.

31. The mobile device of claim 21,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the first icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon corresponds to the second icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input.

32. The mobile device of claim 21,

wherein the third icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the first icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input, and

wherein the fourth icon that is displayed in response to the selection of the group icon is the same size as the second icon for which the representation is included in the group icon displayed before the group icon is selected by the first touch input.