Terminal and method for setting menu environments in the terminal

• US 9,372,542 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ha, Young-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R
• Application Number:
  US13/920,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20130339909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

An apparatus and method for setting a menu environment in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for switching to an environment setting mode of a menu according to a type of a gesture having occurred on the menu.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to;

if an icon among a plurality of icons displayed on a home screen of the display is selected by a first gesture, display an environment setting screen associated with an application corresponding to the selected icon,

if the icon is selected by a second gesture, execute the application corresponding to the selected icon, and

if the icon is selected by a third gesture, display, in a pop-up window, information associated with an environment setting.

2. The terminal of claim 1,

wherein the pop-up window is displayed within a predetermined distance of the selected icon.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

if the icon is selected by the first gesture while displaying the pop-up window, display the environment setting screen associated with the application corresponding to the selected icon,

if the icon is selected by the second gesture while displaying the pop-up window, execute the application corresponding to the selected icon, and

if the pop-up window is selected by the second gesture, display information associated with a current environment setting corresponding to the selected icon.

4. The terminal of claim 1,

wherein the first gesture is a long touch gesture,

wherein the second gesture is a short touch gesture, and

wherein the third gesture is a double touch gesture.

5. A terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to;

if a Wi-Fi icon displayed among a plurality of icons included in a quick panel is selected by a first gesture, display information associated with a current environment setting in a first pop-up window, and

if a second gesture is received in the first pop-up window, display an environment setting screen associated with a Wi-Fi application corresponding to the Wi-Fi icon.

6. The terminal of claim 5,

wherein the first pop-up window includes an indication of the current environment setting in the Wi-Fi application,

wherein the first pop-up window is displayed within a first predetermined distance of the Wi-Fi icon, and

wherein the first pop-up window includes information associated with at least one of a type and a current signal strength of a router currently connected to the terminal.

7. The terminal of claim 5, wherein, if a call notification icon among the plurality of icons is selected by the first gesture, the controller is further configured to:

display a second pop-up window including information associated with a current environment setting corresponding to a call notification application, the call notification application corresponding to the call notification icon, and

display information associated with at least one of a type and detailed information of the call notification icon in the second pop-up window,

wherein the second pop-up window is displayed within a second predetermined distance of the call notification icon.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein, if the second gesture is detected within the second pop-up window when the current environment setting is displayed, the controller is further configured to display an environment setting screen associated with the call notification application.

9. The method of claim 6,

wherein the first gesture corresponds to a long touch gesture, and

wherein the second gesture corresponds to a short touch gesture.

10. A method for setting a menu environment in a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of icons;

if an icon among the plurality of icons is selected by a first gesture, displaying an environment setting screen associated with an application corresponding to the selected icon;

if the icon is selected by a second gesture, executing the application corresponding to the selected icon; and

if the icon is selected by a third gesture, displaying, in a pop-up window, information associated with an environment setting.

11. The method of claim 10,

wherein the pop-up window is displayed within a predetermined distance of the selected icon.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

if the icon is selected by the first gesture while displaying the pop-up window, displaying the environment setting screen associated with the application corresponding to the selected icon;

if the icon is selected by the second gesture while displaying the pop-up window, executing the application corresponding to the selected icon; and

if the pop-up window is selected by the second gesture, displaying information associated with a current environment setting corresponding to the selected icon.

13. The method of claim 10,

wherein the first gesture corresponds to a long touch gesture,

wherein the second gesture corresponds to a short touch gesture, and

wherein the third gesture corresponds to a double touch gesture.

14. A method for setting a menu environment in a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of icons in a quick panel;

if a Wi-Fi icon displayed among the plurality of icons is selected by a first gesture, displaying information associated with a current environment setting in a first pop-up window, and

if a second gesture is received in the first pop-up window, display an environment setting screen associated with a Wi-Fi application corresponding to the Wi-Fi icon.

15. The method of claim 14,

wherein, if the Wi-Fi icon is selected by the first gesture, the method further comprises:

displaying, in the first pop-up window, an indication of the current environment setting in the Wi-Fi application,

displaying the first pop-up window within a first predetermined distance of the Wi-Fi icon; and

displaying information associated with at least one of a type and a current signal strength of a router currently connected to the terminal in the first pop-up window.

16. The method of claim 14,

wherein, if a call notification icon displayed among the plurality of icons is selected by the first gesture, the method further comprises:

displaying a second pop-up window including information associated with a current environment setting corresponding to a call notification application, the call notification application corresponding to the call notification icon; and

displaying information associated with at least one of a type and detailed information of the call notification icon in the second pop-up window,

wherein the second pop-up window is displayed within a second predetermined distance of the call notification icon.

17. The method of claim 16,

wherein, if the second gesture is detected within the second pop-up window when the current environment setting is displayed, the method further comprises displaying an environment setting screen associated with the call notification application.

18. The method of claim 14,

wherein the first gesture corresponds to a long touch gesture, and

wherein the second gesture corresponds to a short touch gesture.