WEB BROWSING METHOD AND WEB BROWSING DEVICE

• US 20110022957A1
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Hyun-chul
• Application Number:
  US12/841,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022957A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A web browsing device employing a touch input method and a web browsing method used in the web browsing device are provided. The web-browsing method includes: receiving a panning input on a screen on which a first web page is being displayed; and displaying on the screen a second web page according to a type of the received panning input.

Claims

1. A web browsing method in a device employing a touch input method, the web browsing method comprising:

receiving a panning input on a screen on which a first web page is being displayed; and

displaying on the screen a second web page according to a type of the received panning input.

2. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page comprises, when the panning input is a panning performed rightwards or leftwards on the screen, displaying on the screen the second web page which is a previous web page or a next web page of the first web page in a browsing history.

3. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page comprises, when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the screen, displaying on the screen a window comprising the second web page, instead of a window comprising the first web page.

4. The web browsing method of claim 3, wherein the displaying the window comprising the second web page comprises:

when the window comprising the first web page is a first generated window and when the panning input is the panning performed upwards, displaying a finally generated window; and

when the window comprising the first web page is a finally generated window and when the panning input is the panning performed downwards, displaying the first generated window.

5. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page comprises, when the panning input is panning performed upwards or downwards on the screen, displaying a tab comprising the second web page instead of a tab comprising the first web page.

6. The web browsing method of claim 5, wherein the displaying the tab comprising the second web page comprises:

when a tab comprising the first web page is a first generated tab and when the panning input is the panning performed upwards on the screen, displaying a finally generated tab; and

when a tab comprising the first web page is a finally generated tab and when the panning input is a panning performed downwards on the screen, displaying a first generated tab.

7. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page comprises:

when the panning input is a panning performed leftwards or rightwards on the screen, displaying the second web page that was displayed on the current window or in the current tab at a different time from the first web page; and

when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the screen, displaying the second web page in a different window or tab.

8. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page comprises, when web browsing is performed in a zoom-in mode, displaying the second web page when the window is moved up to an end part of the first web page by the panning input and an additional panning input is received in a direction of the end part of the first web page.

9. The web browsing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second web page further comprises, when web browsing is performed in a zoom-in mode and a flick input is received, determining the second web page according to a type of the flick input and displaying the second web page.

10. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a web browsing method in a device employing a touch input method, the web browsing method comprises:

receiving a panning input on a screen on which a first web page is displayed; and

displaying on the screen a second web page according to a type of the received panning input.

11. A web browsing device employing a touch input method, the device comprising:

display unit including a screen that displays a web browser;

a touch input unit that receives a panning input performed on the screen of the display unit; and

a controlling unit for displaying on the screen a second web page according to a type of the panning input received by the touch input unit when a first web page is displayed on the screen.

12. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein the controlling unit determines a previous web page or a next web page of the first web page in a browsing history as the second web page when the panning input is a panning performed leftwards or rightwards on the screen.

13. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein the controlling unit displays on the screen a window comprising the second web page instead of a window comprising the first web page when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the screen.

14. The web browsing device of claim 13, wherein the controlling unit displays on the screen a finally generated window when the window comprising the first web page is a first generated window and the panning input is the panning performed upwards on the screen, and displays on the screen a first generated window when the window comprising the first web page is a finally generated window and the panning input is a downward panning.

15. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein the controlling unit displays on the screen a tab comprising the second web page instead of a tab comprising the first web page when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the screen.

16. The web browsing device of claim 15, wherein the controlling unit displays on the screen a finally generated tab when a tab comprising the first web page is a first generated tab and the panning input is the panning performed upwards, and displays on the screen a first generated tab when a tab comprising the first web page is a finally generated tab and the panning input is the panning performed downwards.

17. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein the controlling unit displays on the screen the second web page that was displayed in the current window or in the current tab at a different time from the first web page when the panning input is a panning performed leftwards or rightwards on the screen, and displays on the screen the second web page in a different window or tab when the panning input is a panning performed downwards or upwards.

18. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein, when web browsing is performed in a zoom-in mode, the controlling unit displays on the screen the second web page, when the screen is moved up to an end part of the first web page by the panning input and an additional panning input is received in a direction of the end part.

19. The web browsing device of claim 11, wherein, when web browsing is performed in a zoom-in mode and a flick input is received, the controlling unit determines the second web page according to a type of the flick input and displays the second web page.

20. A web browsing method comprising:

receiving a panning input on a touch screen on which a first web page is being displayed;

determining a web-browsing command based on the received panning input; and

performing the web-browsing command to display a second web page on the touch screen.

21. The web browsing method claim 20, wherein the web-browsing command is determined according to a direction of the panning input.

22. The web browsing method of claim 21, wherein when the panning input is a panning performed rightwards or leftwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying on the touch screen the second web page which is a previous web page or a next web page of the first web page in a browsing history.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying on the touch screen a window comprising the second web page, instead of a window comprising the first web page.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein when the panning input is panning performed upwards or downwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying a tab comprising the second web page instead of a tab comprising the first web page.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the displaying the tab comprising the second web page comprises:

when a tab comprising the first web page is a first generated tab and when the panning input is the panning performed upwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying a finally generated tab; and

when a tab comprising the first web page is a finally generated tab and when the panning input is a panning performed downwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying a first generated tab.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein when the panning input is a panning performed leftwards or rightwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying the second web page that was displayed on the current window or in the current tab at a different time from the first web page;

and

when the panning input is a panning performed upwards or downwards on the touch screen, the performing the web-browsing command comprises displaying the second web page in a different window or tab.