USER INTERFACINIG METHOD USING TOUCH SCREEN IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A user interfacing method using a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
- a basic menu displaying step of displaying a zoom icon, an other page view icon, a move icon, a favorite icon, and an others icon on a portion of a touch screen, as basic menu icons for a user interface used in a web browser of a mobile communication terminal;
a zooming step of displaying a slider, which depicts a zooming rate of a current web page, on a side of the touch screen when the zoom icon is touched by a user, and zooming in and out a page in the browser depending upon a degree to which the slider is moved upwards/downwards by the user;
an other page viewing step of displaying previous, current and next pages on a left side, a center portion and a left side, respectively, of the touch screen when the other page view icon is touched by the user, and translucently displaying “
left/right move,”
“
page open,”
“
page close,” and
“
new page open”
command regions over the displayed pages, so that a command can be executed in conformity with the user'"'"'s choice;
a page opening step of displaying a backward move icon and a forward move icon on left and right sides, respectively, of the move icon when the move icon is touched by the user, and selectively opening a corresponding page in conformity with a touch from the user;
a favorite executing step of displaying icons of web pages, which are currently registered, in the shape of a ring or a portion of a ring when the favorite icon is touched by the user so that the user can rotate the icons clockwise or counterclockwise, and displaying a web page of an icon which is selected by the user; and
an other menu executing step of displaying a save icon, a context icon, a select icon, a setting icon, and an open icon adjacent to the basic menu icons when the others icon is touched by the user, and executing a command for an icon which is selected by the user among the displayed icons.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to technology that allows a user to interface more conveniently when executing a web browser in a mobile communication terminal mounted with a touch screen, using polygonal static icons and dynamic icons. A zoom icon, an other page view icon, a move icon, a favorite icon, and an others icon are displayed as basic menu icons on a side of a touch screen, and sub menus of the menu icon selected from the basic menu icons are displayed on the touch screen in a specified pattern so as to allow a user to easily execute a web browser. Also, polygonal context menus are displayed around a point touched by a user on a touch screen, and operation of deploying corresponding sub menus in several directions in response to a touch to a certain menu by a user is implemented.
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14 Claims
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1. A user interfacing method using a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a basic menu displaying step of displaying a zoom icon, an other page view icon, a move icon, a favorite icon, and an others icon on a portion of a touch screen, as basic menu icons for a user interface used in a web browser of a mobile communication terminal; a zooming step of displaying a slider, which depicts a zooming rate of a current web page, on a side of the touch screen when the zoom icon is touched by a user, and zooming in and out a page in the browser depending upon a degree to which the slider is moved upwards/downwards by the user; an other page viewing step of displaying previous, current and next pages on a left side, a center portion and a left side, respectively, of the touch screen when the other page view icon is touched by the user, and translucently displaying “
left/right move,”
“
page open,”
“
page close,” and
“
new page open”
command regions over the displayed pages, so that a command can be executed in conformity with the user'"'"'s choice;a page opening step of displaying a backward move icon and a forward move icon on left and right sides, respectively, of the move icon when the move icon is touched by the user, and selectively opening a corresponding page in conformity with a touch from the user; a favorite executing step of displaying icons of web pages, which are currently registered, in the shape of a ring or a portion of a ring when the favorite icon is touched by the user so that the user can rotate the icons clockwise or counterclockwise, and displaying a web page of an icon which is selected by the user; and an other menu executing step of displaying a save icon, a context icon, a select icon, a setting icon, and an open icon adjacent to the basic menu icons when the others icon is touched by the user, and executing a command for an icon which is selected by the user among the displayed icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A user interfacing method using a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a first step of, when a user touches using a toucher an optional region on a touch screen of a mobile communication terminal, displaying context menu icons having the shape of a polygon, which are related with contents of the touched region, around the touched region; and a second step of, when one of the context menu icons is touched by the user, executing a command for the touched context menu icon, or deploying and displaying sub menu icons in respective directions of the touched context menu icon and then executing a command for a sub menu icon touched by the user among the sub menu icons or further deploying and displaying sub menu icons in respective directions of the sub menu icons. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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