IP Library Granted Patent US 10,185,484
Granted Patent B2
US 10,185,484 · App. 15/395,621 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Inventors: Inyong Hwang (Seoul, KR); Hyundong Kim (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,185,484
App. No.
15/395,621
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal displaying a first information of a first application on a first window, reducing a size of the first window and outputting a second window including a list of one or more applications in response to a first input. Further, the second window does not overlap with the first window and is positioned at a region where at least part of the first window has been output before the size of the first window is reduced. In response to a second input selecting a second application from the list, displaying a second information of the second application on the second window while the first information is still displayed on the first window. The list disappears from the second window when the second information is displayed on the second window.

Claims (38)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller to:

control the touch screen to display a first information of a first application on a first window;

control the touch screen to reduce a size of the first window and to output a second window including a list of one or more applications in response to a first input,

wherein the second window does not overlap with the first window and is positioned at a region where at least part of the first window has been output before the size of the first window is reduced; and

receive a second input to select a second application from the list; and

control, in response to the second input, the touch screen to display a second information of the second application on the second window in a state where the first information of the first application is still displayed on the first window,

wherein the list disappears from the second window when the second information is displayed on the second window.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is divided to display the first window and the second window together based on the first input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first application and the second application are multitasked on the first window and the second window.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller displays a graphic object at an edge of the first window and resizes the first window when the graphic object is dragged based on a third input applied to the touch screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein a size of the first window is adjusted based on a dragged position of the graphic object.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the first information which has been displayed through the main window before the resizing of the main window is displayed to correspond to the size of the resized first window based on the third input.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a position of the first window is interchanged with a position of the second window in response to a touch input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the size of the first window is enlarged to an entire screen if the second window is closed, and

wherein a size of the second window is enlarged to the entire screen if the first window is closed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first application executed in the first window is a different type of application from the second application executed in the second window.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first application executed in the first window is a message application, and

wherein the second application executed in the second window is a web browser application.

11. A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising:

controlling a touch screen to display a first information of a first application on a first window;

controlling the touch screen to reduce a size of the first window and to output a second window including a list of one or more applications in response to a first input;

wherein the second window does not overlap with the first window and is positioned at a region where at least part of the first window has been output before the size of the first window is reduced,

receiving a second input to select a second application from the list; and

controlling, in response to the second input, the touch screen to display a second information of the second application on the second window in a state where the first information of the first application is still displayed on the first window,

wherein the list disappears from the second window when the second information is displayed on the second window.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the touch screen is divided to display the first window and the second window together based on the first input.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application and the second application are multitasked on the first window and the second window.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: displaying a graphic object at an edge of the first window and to resize the first window when the graphic object is dragged based on a third input applied to the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein a size of the first window is adjusted based on a dragged position of the graphic object.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first information which has been displayed through the main window before the resizing of the main window is displayed to correspond to the size of the resized first window based on the third input.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein a position of the first window is interchanged with a position of the second window in response to a touch input.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the size of the first window is enlarged to an entire screen if the second window is closed, and

wherein a size of the second window is enlarged to the entire screen if the first window is closed.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application executed in the first window is a different type of application from the second application executed in the second window.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application executed in the first window is a message application, and

wherein the second application executed in the second window is a web browser application.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2010-0004903 · Jan 19, 2010 · national
KR 10-2010-0049297 · May 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
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