Mobile communication device and method of controlling operation of the mobile communication device

• US 7,761,806 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bautista; X. L
• Application Number:
  US11/783,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20080189657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/765, 715/781, 715/784, 715/786, 715/810, 345/156, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile communication device, which includes displaying a menu list and a scroll bar for scrolling the menu list on a touch screen of the terminal, receiving a dragging signal if a dragging operation has been performed from the scroll bar directly to the menu list, receiving a direction signal indicating a direction in which the dragging operation is performed within the menu list, and scrolling the menu list based on the received direction signal.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

displaying a menu list and a scroll bar for scrolling the menu list on a touch screen of the terminal;

receiving a first touching signal indicating a touching of the scroll bar;

receiving a second touching signal indicating a touching and dragging operation has been performed from the scroll bar directly to the menu list;

receiving a direction signal indicating a direction in which the touching and dragging operation is performed within the menu list; and

scrolling the menu list in a same direction as the indicated direction in the direction signal only after receiving the second touching signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a touch signal indicating a menu item in the menu list has been touched.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

performing an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and an activation button is touched.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

performing an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and when the touched menu item is released from being touched.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step further displays a name of a menu corresponding to the menu list on the touch screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrolling step is performed to display a hidden menu item in the menu list, and

wherein the hidden menu item is selected by touching the hidden menu list after the scrolling step displays the hidden menu item as a non-hidden menu item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the touching and dragging operation includes horizontally dragging a pointer from the scroll bar to the menu list and then vertically dragging the pointer up or down in the menu list.

8. A method of controlling a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

displaying a menu list and a scroll bar for scrolling the menu list on a touch screen of the terminal;

receiving a double touch signal indicating if a double touching operation has been performed on the touch screen in which the double touching operation includes a first touching signal indicating the scroll bar has been touched and a second touching signal indicating the menu list has been touched;

receiving a direction signal indicating a direction in which a dragging operation is performed within the menu list; and

scrolling the menu list in a same direction as the indicated direction in the direction signal only after receiving the second touching signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the received double touch signal indicates if the double touching operation has been performed within a predetermined amount of time, and

wherein the scrolling step scrolls the menu list when the received double touch signal indicates the double touching operation has been performed within the predetermined amount of time.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

highlighting the scroll bar after receiving the first touching signal indicating the scroll bar has been touched,

wherein the scrolling step scrolls the menu list when the scroll bar is highlighted and the dragging operation is performed within the menu list.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a touch signal indicating if a menu item in the menu list has been touched.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

performing an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and an activation button is touched.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

performing an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and when the touched menu item is released from being touched.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying step further displays a name of a menu corresponding to the menu list on the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the scrolling step is performed to display a hidden menu item in the menu list, and

wherein the hidden menu item is selected by touching the hidden menu list after the scrolling step displays the hidden menu item as a non-hidden menu item.

16. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a display including a touch screen and configured to display a menu list and a scroll bar for scrolling the menu list on the touch screen; and

a controller configured to receive a first touching signal indicating a touching of the scroll bar and a second touching signal indicating a touching and dragging operation has been performed from the scroll bar directly to the menu list, to receive a direction signal indicating a direction in which the dragging operation is performed within the menu list, and to scroll the menu list in a same direction as the indicated direction in the direction signal only after receiving the second touching signal.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the controller further receives a touch signal indicating if a menu item in the menu list has been touched.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller performs an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and an activation button is touched.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller performs an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and when the touched menu item is released from being touched.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the controller displays a name of a menu corresponding to the menu list on the touch screen.

21. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the controller scrolls the menu list to display a hidden menu item in the menu list, and

wherein the hidden menu item is selected by touching the hidden menu list after the controller scrolls the hidden menu item to be displayed as a non-hidden menu item.

22. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the touching and dragging operation includes horizontally dragging a pointer from the scroll bar to the menu list and then vertically dragging the pointer up or down in the menu list.

23. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a display including a touch screen and configured to display a menu list and a scroll bar for scrolling the menu list on the touch screen; and

a controller configured to receive a double touch signal indicating if a double touching operation has been performed on the touch screen in which the double touching operation includes a first touching signal indicating the scroll bar has been first touched and second touching signal indicating the menu list has been touched touched, to receive a direction signal indicating a direction in which a dragging operation is performed within the menu list, and to scroll the menu list in a same direction as the indicated direction in the direction signal only after receiving the second touching signal.

24. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the received double touch signal indicates if the double touching operation has been performed within a predetermined amount of time, and

wherein the controller scrolls the menu list when the received double touch signal indicates the double touching operation has been performed within the predetermined amount of time.

25. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the controller highlights the scroll bar when the received double touch signal indicates the scroll bar has been touched and scrolls the menu list when the scroll bar is highlighted and the dragging operation is performed within the menu list.

26. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the controller scrolls the menu list in a same direction as the indicated direction in the direction signal.

27. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the controller further receives a touch signal indicating if a menu item in the menu list has been touched.

28. The mobile communication device of claim 27, wherein the controller performs an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and an activation button is touched.

29. The mobile communication device of claim 27, wherein the controller performs an operation corresponding to the touched menu item when the touch signal is received and when the touched menu item is released from being touched.

30. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the controller displays a name of a menu corresponding to the menu list on the touch screen.

31. The mobile communication device of claim 23, wherein the controller scrolls the menu list to display a hidden menu item in the menu list, and

wherein the hidden menu item is selected by touching the hidden menu list after the controller scrolls the hidden menu item to be displayed as a non-hidden menu item.