Method and terminal for displaying a plurality of pages, method and terminal for displaying a plurality of applications being executed on terminal, and method of executing a plurality of applications

• US 9,477,370 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Doo-hwan, Han, Jong-won, Sun, Kwang-won, Kim, Kang-tae, Kim, Eun-young, Kim, Chul-joo, Kim, Duck-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/861,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20130290887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 715/835, 715/716, 715/839, 715/863, 715/702
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0482 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of displaying a plurality of pages on a screen of a terminal is provided. The method includes detecting a user'"'"'s gesture that requests movement of the plurality of pages, identifying a movement mode relating to the movement of the plurality of pages, and moving and displaying a first page displayed on the screen and a second page connected to the first page displayed on the screen according to the identified movement mode, wherein the movement mode is one of a discrete mode and a continuous mode.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a plurality of pages on a screen of a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting a user'"'"'s gesture that requests movement of the plurality of pages;

identifying a movement mode relating to the movement of the plurality of pages; and

moving and displaying a first page displayed on the screen and a second page connected to the first page displayed on the screen according to the identified movement mode,

wherein the movement mode is one of a discrete mode and a continuous mode, and

wherein the first page displays content of a first execution window and the second page displays content independent of the first execution window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving and displaying comprises, in the discrete mode, moving the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page in units of page, and in the continuous mode, moving the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page in units of pixel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving and displaying comprises, when the identified movement mode is the discrete mode, moving the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page and displaying the second page in an entire region of the screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving and displaying comprises, when the identified movement mode is the continuous mode, moving the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page and displaying a part of the first page and a part of the second page together on the screen.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a size of the part of the first page displayed on the screen and a size of the part of the second page displayed on the screen based on a length of the user'"'"'s gesture.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting a user'"'"'s input that requests execution of at least one application; and

displaying an execution window of the at least one application on the part of the first page displayed on the screen and the part of the second page displayed on the screen in response to the user'"'"'s input.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting a user'"'"'s mode change request that changes the movement mode from the continuous mode to the discrete mode;

changing the movement mode from the continuous mode to the discrete mode in response to the user'"'"'s mode change request;

selecting one of the first page and the second page; and

displaying the execution window of the at least one application on the one selected page.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selecting of the one of the first page and the second page comprises selecting the one of the first page and the second page based on a ratio of a first portion of the execution window of the at least one application displayed in the first page to a second portion of the execution window of the at least one application displayed in the second page.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the changing of the movement mode from the continuous mode to the discrete mode comprises:

selecting one of the first page and the second page based on a ratio of the part of the first page displayed on the screen to the part of the second page displayed on the screen; and

displaying the one selected page of the first page and the second page in an entire region of the screen.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting the movement mode in advance based on a user'"'"'s input.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the movement mode comprises identifying the movement mode based on a type of the user'"'"'s gesture, and

wherein the user'"'"'s gesture comprises at least one of a drag gesture and a flick gesture.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying of the movement mode comprises, if the user'"'"'s gesture comprises a one-finger drag input, determining that the movement mode is the discrete mode, and if the user'"'"'s gesture comprises a two-finger drag input, determining that the movement mode is the continuous mode.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the second page is a page connected to the first page in at least one selected from a group consisting of a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, and a diagonal direction.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s pinch input on the screen;

displaying all of the plurality of pages as thumbnails on the screen;

as one page is selected from the plurality of pages displayed as thumbnails and the selected page is dragged and dropped, changing positions where the plurality of pages is arranged; and

as an execution window of an application displayed on a third page from among the plurality of pages displayed as thumbnails is selected and is dragged and dropped to a fourth page, moving the execution window of the application from the third page to the fourth page and displaying the execution window of the application on the fourth page.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of at least one application that is executed by the terminal on the screen;

receiving a selection of at least one application from the list of the at least one application; and

displaying a page where an execution window of the selected application is included, from among the plurality of pages, on the screen of the terminal.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

as an execution window of an application included in the first page displayed on the screen is selected and flicked in a direction of the second page, moving the execution window of the selected application from the first page displayed on the screen to the second page connected to the first page; and

displaying the second page to which the execution window of the application is moved, on the screen.

17. A terminal for displaying a plurality of pages, the terminal comprising:

a display;

a user input unit; and

a processor configured to;

control the user input unit to detect a user'"'"'s gesture that requests movement of a plurality of pages,

identify a movement mode relating to the movement of the plurality of pages, and

control the display to move and display a first page displayed on a screen of the display and a second page connected to the first page displayed on the screen according to the identified movement mode,

wherein the movement mode is one of a discrete mode and a continuous mode, and

wherein the first page displays content of a first execution window and the second page displays content independent of the first execution window.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein, when the identified movement mode is the discrete mode, the processor is further configured to control the display to move the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page, and display the second page in an entire region of the screen, and

wherein, when the identified movement mode is the continuous mode, the processor is further configured to control the display to move the first page displayed on the screen and the second page connected to the first page, and display a part of the first page and a part of the second page together on the screen.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a size of the part of the first page displayed on the screen and a size of the part of the second page displayed on the screen based on a length of the user'"'"'s gesture.

20. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the user input unit is further configured to detect a user'"'"'s input that requests execution of at least one application, and the display is further configured to display an execution window of the at least one application on the part of the first page displayed on the screen and the part of the second page displayed on the screen in response to the user'"'"'s input.

21. The terminal of claim 20, wherein the user input unit is further configured to detect a user'"'"'s mode change request that changes the movement mode from the continuous mode to the discrete mode, and the processor is further configured to change the movement mode from the continuous mode to the discrete mode and selects one of the first page and the second page, and control the display so that the execution window of the at least one application is displayed on the one selected page in response to the user'"'"'s mode change request.

22. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to set the movement mode in advance based on a user'"'"'s input.

23. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to identify the movement mode based on a type of the user'"'"'s gesture.

24. The terminal of claim 23, wherein, if the user'"'"'s gesture comprises a one-finger drag input, the processor is further configured to determine that the movement mode is the discrete mode, and if the gesture comprises a two-finger drag input, the processor is further configured to determine that the movement mode is the continuous mode.

25. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the user input unit is further configured to receive a user'"'"'s pinch input on the screen, the display is further configured to display all of the plurality of pages as thumbnails on the screen, as one page is selected from the plurality of pages displayed as thumbnails and the selected page is dragged and dropped, the processor is further configured to change positions where the plurality of pages is arranged, and as one page is selected from the plurality of pages displayed as thumbnails and the selected page is dragged and dropped, the processor is further configured to change positions where the plurality of pages is arranged.

26. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the display is further configured to display a list of at least one application that is executed by the terminal on the screen, the user input unit is further configured to receive a selection of at least one application from the list of the at least one application, and the display is further configured to display a page where an execution window of the selected application is included, from among the plurality of pages, on the screen of the terminal.

27. The terminal of claim 17, wherein, as an execution window of an application included in the first page displayed on the screen is selected and flicked in a direction of the second page, the processor is further configured to move the execution window of the selected application from the first page displayed on the screen to the second page connected to the first page.