Mobile terminal for displaying functions and display controlling method thereof
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch screen configured to;
display information; and
receive a touch input via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; and
a controller configured to;
determine whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen;
cause the touch screen to display a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the finger of the user;
determine whether the touch pen is a dedicated touch pen that is dedicatedly used for the mobile terminal when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen;
cause the touch screen to display a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the dedicated touch pen; and
execute the first function and the second function in a same application or execute the first function via a first application and execute the second function via a second application different from the first application; and
cause the touch screen to display a list including a plurality of contacts corresponding to a plurality of counterparts wherein the touch input is received at a specific contact included in the displayed list;
wherein one of the first function or the second function comprises causing the touch screen to display contact information related to the specific contact and the other of the first function or the second function comprises transmitting data to the specific contact.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a different function may be executed in accordance with whether a means for touching a touchscreen is a user finger or a touch pen.
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21 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch screen configured to; display information; and receive a touch input via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; and a controller configured to; determine whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; cause the touch screen to display a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the finger of the user; determine whether the touch pen is a dedicated touch pen that is dedicatedly used for the mobile terminal when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen; cause the touch screen to display a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the dedicated touch pen; and execute the first function and the second function in a same application or execute the first function via a first application and execute the second function via a second application different from the first application; and cause the touch screen to display a list including a plurality of contacts corresponding to a plurality of counterparts wherein the touch input is received at a specific contact included in the displayed list; wherein one of the first function or the second function comprises causing the touch screen to display contact information related to the specific contact and the other of the first function or the second function comprises transmitting data to the specific contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving a touch input on a touch screen of the mobile terminal via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; determining whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; displaying a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the finger of the user; determining whether the touch pen is a dedicated touch pen that is dedicatedly used for the mobile terminal when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen; displaying a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input is received via the dedicated touch pen; and executing the first function and the second function in a same application or executing the first function in a first application and executing the second function in a second application different from the first application; and displaying a list including a plurality of contacts corresponding to a plurality of counterparts wherein the touch input is received at a specific contact included in the displayed list; wherein one of the first function or the second function comprises displaying contact information related to the specific contact and the other of the first function or the second function comprises transmitting data to the specific contact.
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