Method and mobile communication terminal for changing a configuration of a screen displaying function items

• US 9,733,817 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Dong-Kook
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Alvin
• Application Number:
  US14/737,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• 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 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A function for configuring a screen reflecting user preference is implemented when formlets are displayed to indicate function items of a mobile communication terminal. The size, position and shape of a formlet on which an indicator is positioned are changed by user settings in a state in which multiple formlets are displayed, thereby increasing accessibility to a formlet of high preference to a user and also increasing display visibility.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device to cause the processor to:

control to provide blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein a size or a shape of each of the blocks is changeable based on a corresponding input, one of the blocks provides first information and is provided in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also provided in the first shape;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, control to enter an edit mode by providing an edit menu object for providing a first option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the first option, providing a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, control to change the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input on the second option, control to change a first size of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second size different from the first size, provide second information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size, the second information being different from the first information, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size; and

based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second size with the other of the blocks in the first shape on the screen of the electronic device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to, based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape, the second size, and a second color different from a first color.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

control to provide blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein a size or a shape of each of the blocks is changeable based on a corresponding input, one of the blocks provides first information and is provided in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also provided in the first shape;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, control to enter an edit mode by providing an edit menu object for providing a first option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the first option, control to provide a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, control to change the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input on the second option, control to change a first size of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second size different from the first size, provide second information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size, the second information being different from the first information, and provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size; and

based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second size with the other of the blocks in the first shape on the screen of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions to, based on exiting the edit mode, control to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape, the second size, and a second color different from a first color.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook.

9. A method for changing a configuration of a screen by an electronic device, the method comprising:

controlling to provide blocks associated with a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, wherein a size or a shape of each of the blocks is changeable based on a corresponding input, one of the blocks provides first information and is provided in a first shape, and another of the blocks is also provided in the first shape;

based on an input on the one of the blocks, controlling to enter an edit mode by providing an edit menu object for providing a first option for changing a shape of only the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of only the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

based on an input on the first option, controlling to provide a list of shapes;

based on a selection of a shape among the list of shapes, controlling to change the first shape of the one of the blocks to a second shape different from the first shape, and controlling to provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

based on an input on the second option, controlling to change a first size of the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape, to a second size different from the first size, controlling to provide second information on the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size, the second information being different from the first information, and controlling to provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape and the first size is changed to the second size; and

based on exiting the edit mode, controlling to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape and the second size with the other of the blocks in the first shape on the screen of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the input on the one of the blocks comprises a touch input at a location on the one of the blocks.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising, based on exiting the edit mode, controlling to provide the one of the blocks in the second shape, the second size, and a second color different from a first color.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phonebook.