Method and mobile communication terminal for changing a configuration of a screen displaying function items

• US 9,792,030 B1
• Filed: 06/14/2017
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Dong-Kook
• Primary Examiner(s): TAN, ALVIN H
• Application Number:
  US15/622,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20170285910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 125 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A function for configuring a screen reflecting user preference is implemented when formlets are displayed to indicate function items of a mobile communication terminal. The size, position and shape of a formlet on which an indicator is positioned are changed by user settings in a state in which multiple formlets are displayed, thereby increasing accessibility to a formlet of high preference to a user and also increasing display visibility.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device to cause the processor to at least:

control to provide blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein one of the blocks provides first information and is provided at a first position in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also provided in the first shape and in a first size;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, control to enter an edit mode by providing an edit menu object for providing an option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the option, control to provide a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, control to change the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, provide second information different from the first information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input for the one of the blocks, control to change a first position of an entire portion of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second position different from the first position, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first position is changed to the second position; and

based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second position with the other of the blocks in the first shape and the first size on the screen of the electronic device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook application.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first information includes an icon associated with a phonebook application.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second information includes information regarding a phone book list which is stored in a memory of the electronic device.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to at least;

control to provide blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein one of the blocks provides first information and is provided at a first position in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also provided in the first shape and in a first size;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, control to enter an edit mode by providing an edit menu object for providing an option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the option, control to provide a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, control to change the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, provide second information different from the first information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input for the one of the blocks, control to change a first position of an entire portion of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second position different from the first position, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first position is changed to the second position; and

based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second position with the other of the blocks in the first shape and the first size on the screen of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook application.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first information includes an icon associated with a phonebook application.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second information includes information regarding a phone book list which is stored in a memory of the electronic device.

11. A method for changing a configuration of a screen by an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein one of the blocks provides first information and is displayed at a first position in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also displayed in the first shape and in a first size;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, entering an edit mode by displaying an edit menu object for providing an option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the option, displaying a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, changing the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, providing second information different from the first information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, and displaying the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input for the one of the blocks, changing a first position of an entire portion of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second position different from the first position, and displaying the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first position is changed to the second position; and

based on exiting the edit mode, displaying the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second position with the other of the blocks in the first shape and the first size on the screen of the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook application.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first information includes an icon associated with a phonebook application.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the second information includes information regarding a phone book list which is stored in a memory of the electronic device.