Method and apparatus for managing screens in a portable terminal
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1. A method of managing a plurality of home screens of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a home screen of the plurality of home screens;
in response to detecting a request moving a particular icon of the displayed home screen, additionally displaying summary information including a plurality of summary icons on the home screen, each summary icon representing each of the plurality of home screens; and
in response to detecting an input moving the particular icon to one of the summary icons, moving the particular icon to a home screen corresponding to the one of the summary icons,wherein additionally displaying summary information comprises;
after a number of icons movable to a corresponding home screen is zero, displaying a particular summary icon highlighting the corresponding home screen.
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Abstract
A method of managing screens of a portable terminal includes: requesting a movement of an icon; displaying summary information corresponding to each of the screens in response to the request; requesting a movement and a rearrangement of the icon in relation to one piece of summary information among the displayed summary information; and moving the icon to and rearranging the icon on a screen corresponding to the summary information in relation to which the movement and the rearrangement of the icon is requested.
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1. A method of managing a plurality of home screens of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying a home screen of the plurality of home screens; in response to detecting a request moving a particular icon of the displayed home screen, additionally displaying summary information including a plurality of summary icons on the home screen, each summary icon representing each of the plurality of home screens; and in response to detecting an input moving the particular icon to one of the summary icons, moving the particular icon to a home screen corresponding to the one of the summary icons, wherein additionally displaying summary information comprises; after a number of icons movable to a corresponding home screen is zero, displaying a particular summary icon highlighting the corresponding home screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A screen management apparatus of a portable terminal, comprising:
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a display configured to display a home screen of a plurality of home screens in which icons can be arranged; and a controller configured to; in response to detecting a request moving a particular icon of the displayed home screen, additionally display summary information including a plurality of summary icons on the home screen, each summary icon representing each of the plurality of home screens; and in response to detecting an input moving the particular icon to one of the summary icons, move the particular icon to a home screen corresponding to the one of the summary icons wherein additionally displaying summary information comprises; after a number of icons movable to a corresponding home screen is zero, displaying a particular summary icon highlighting the corresponding home screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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