Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touchscreen; and
a controller configured to;
cause the touchscreen to display a screen comprising data;
cause the touchscreen to display a region indicator according to a first input received at the touchscreen, wherein a portion of the data of the screen that is located within a boundary defined by the region indicator is continued to be displayed while the first input is being received at the touchscreen;
cause the touchscreen to display a menu when contact with the touchscreen of the first input has ended, wherein the menu is displayed at a first region of the touchscreen that corresponds to the region indicator, wherein a size of the first region depends on the first input, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items is associated with an application executable at the mobile terminal; and
cause the touchscreen to display an executing application, that is associated with a first item of the plurality of items, at a second region that corresponds to the first region, wherein the displaying of the executing application is in response to an input received at the first item.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a selection and/or execution of an application can be designated using a list of applications currently executed in a multitasking environment. The present invention includes a display unit, a user input unit configured to receive an input of a command from a user, and a controller, when a plurality of applications are being executed, if there is a first input via the user input unit, controlling a list of a plurality of the currently executed applications to be displayed on a first region, the controller, if one of at least one or more applications running in the background in the list is selected by a second input via the user input unit, controlling the selected application to be displayed on a second region of the display unit by having a prescribed visual effect applied thereto.
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39 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touchscreen; and a controller configured to; cause the touchscreen to display a screen comprising data; cause the touchscreen to display a region indicator according to a first input received at the touchscreen, wherein a portion of the data of the screen that is located within a boundary defined by the region indicator is continued to be displayed while the first input is being received at the touchscreen; cause the touchscreen to display a menu when contact with the touchscreen of the first input has ended, wherein the menu is displayed at a first region of the touchscreen that corresponds to the region indicator, wherein a size of the first region depends on the first input, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items is associated with an application executable at the mobile terminal; and cause the touchscreen to display an executing application, that is associated with a first item of the plurality of items, at a second region that corresponds to the first region, wherein the displaying of the executing application is in response to an input received at the first item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touchscreen; and a controller configured to; cause the touchscreen to display a screen comprising data; cause the touchscreen to display a region indicator according to a first input received at the touchscreen, wherein a portion of the data of the screen that is located within a boundary defined by the region indicator is continued to be displayed while the first input is being received at the touchscreen; cause the touchscreen to display a menu when contact with the touchscreen of the first input has ended, wherein the menu is displayed at a first region having a location that corresponds to a location of the touchscreen at which the first input is received, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items is associated with an application executable at the mobile terminal; and cause the touchscreen to display an executing application, that is associated with a first item of the plurality of items, at a second region that corresponds to the first region, wherein the displaying of the executing application is in response to an input received at the first item. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touchscreen; and a controller configured to; cause the touchscreen to display a screen comprising data; cause the touchscreen to display a region indicator according to a first input received at the touchscreen, wherein a portion of the data of the screen that is located within a boundary defined by the region indicator is continued to be displayed while the first input is being received at the touchscreen; cause the touchscreen to display a menu when contact with the touchscreen of the first input has ended, wherein the menu is displayed at a first region having a location that corresponds to a location of the touchscreen at which the first input is received, wherein a size of the first region depends on the first input, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items is associated with an application executable at the mobile terminal; and cause the touchscreen to display an executing application, that is associated with a first item of the plurality of items, at a second region that corresponds to the first region, wherein the displaying of the executing application is in response to an input received at the first item. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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