Terminal including a main display region and a side display region and method for displaying information at the terminal
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1. A terminal, comprising:
- a touchscreen comprising a main display region and a side display region located on a side of the main display region; and
a controller configured to;
execute a function corresponding to an icon displayed in the main display region each time an input selecting the icon is received;
in response to detecting that the input is received three or more consecutive times, cause the touchscreen to display, in the side display region, a virtual key corresponding to the icon;
cause the touchscreen to display the virtual key in the side display region only while the icon is displayed in the main display region, such that the virtual key is not displayed in the side display region when the icon is not displayed in the main display region; and
execute the function corresponding to the icon in response to an input selecting the virtual key.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a terminal and operating method thereof. The present invention includes determining an action performed in the terminal, displaying at least one virtual key according to the determined action on a side display region of the terminal, and performing an operation corresponding to one of the at least one virtual key in response to an input for selecting the one of the at least one virtual key.
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1. A terminal, comprising:
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a touchscreen comprising a main display region and a side display region located on a side of the main display region; and a controller configured to; execute a function corresponding to an icon displayed in the main display region each time an input selecting the icon is received; in response to detecting that the input is received three or more consecutive times, cause the touchscreen to display, in the side display region, a virtual key corresponding to the icon; cause the touchscreen to display the virtual key in the side display region only while the icon is displayed in the main display region, such that the virtual key is not displayed in the side display region when the icon is not displayed in the main display region; and execute the function corresponding to the icon in response to an input selecting the virtual key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of displaying information at a terminal, the method comprising:
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detecting an input selecting an icon displayed in a main display region of a touchscreen of the terminal; in response to detecting the input, executing a function corresponding to the icon displayed in the main display region; detecting that the input is received three or more times consecutively, wherein the function is executed each time the input is received during the three or more consecutive times; in response to detecting that the input is received three or more times consecutively, displaying, in a side display region located on a side of the main display region, a virtual key corresponding to the icon; displaying, in the side display region, the virtual key only while the icon is displayed in the main display region, and such that the virtual key is not displayed in the side region when the icon is not displayed in the main display region; detecting an input selecting the virtual key; and executing the function corresponding to the icon in response to the input selecting the virtual key.
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