IP Library Patent Application 13073602
Patent Application
App. No. 13/073,602

TASK DISPLAY SWITCHING METHOD PORTABLE APPARATUS AND PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS

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13/073,602
Abstract

A task display switching method, a portable apparatus and a portable communications apparatus which, when a plurality of software applications are activated and processed in parallel, make it possible to switch a display between each of the software applications with ease. According to the task display switching method, a portable apparatus capable of processing a plurality of tasks in parallel and of displaying a plurality of display regions for displaying data, an icon associated with a task displayed on a first display region is generated automatically or manually, and the generated icon is displayed in a second display region. When any icon thus generated is selected from a plurality of icons displayed on the second display region, the task associated with the selected icon is restored and displayed in the first display region.

Claims (3)

1 . A method of changing a display of a task for a portable communication apparatus capable of multi-processing a plurality of task and of providing a plurality of display regions for displaying data, the plurality of tasks including a communication task, the method comprising:

upon receiving a call, generating an icon associated with one of the plurality of tasks, which is being displayed in a first display region, the first display region serving as a main display region;

displaying the communication task in the first display region; and displaying the generated icon in a second display region, the second display region serving as a sub display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2017
From: MOBILEMEDIA IDEAS LLC
To: IRONWORKS PATENTS LLC
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