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

• US 9,904,448 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2007
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• 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:
  US11/835,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,856 Days
• Field of Search: 715764, 715810, 715835, 455566, 345173, 3408154
• 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. An electronic device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

control to provide blocks associated with applications on a screen of the electronic device, a size or a shape of each of the blocks being changeable based on a corresponding input, and one of the blocks and another of the blocks being provided in a 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 the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

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

in response to 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

control to provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

in response to 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 larger than the first size; and

control 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

control to store information regarding the second shape and the second size of 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, in the memory.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phone book application of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, information regarding a phone book list that is stored in the memory is displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, items are displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks, the items corresponding to contacts on a phone book list that is stored in the memory.

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

control to provide blocks associated with applications on a screen of the electronic device, a size or a shape of each of the blocks being changeable based on a corresponding input, and one of the blocks and another of the blocks being provided in a 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 the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

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

in response to 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

control to provide the edit menu object with the one of the blocks, of which the first shape is changed to the second shape; and

in response to 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 larger than the first size; and

control 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, control to store information regarding the second shape and the second size of 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, in a memory.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phone book application of the electronic device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, information regarding a phone book list that is stored in the memory is displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, items are displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks, the items corresponding to contacts on a phone book list that is stored in the memory.

9. A method of providing a user interface in an electronic device, the method comprising:

controlling to provide blocks associated with applications on a screen of the electronic device, a size or a shape of each of the blocks being changeable based on a corresponding input, and one of the blocks and another of the blocks being provided in a 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 the one of the blocks and a second option for changing a size of the one of the blocks;

during the edit mode;

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

in response to 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

in response to 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 larger than the first size; 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 store information regarding the second shape and the second size of 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, in a memory.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one of the blocks corresponds to a phone book application of the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, information regarding a phone book list that is stored in the memory is displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the one of the blocks is enlarged, items are displayed within the enlarged one of the blocks, the items corresponding to contacts on a phone book list that is stored in the memory.