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Granted Patent B2
US 10,776,001 · App. 16/834,705 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Portable device comprising a touch-screen display, and method for controlling same

Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo (Seongnam-si, KR); Kyung-a Kang (Seoul, KR); Ji-yeon Kwak (Seoul, KR); Hyun-Jin Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyun-Jung Song (Seoul, KR); Sung-Sik Yoo (Yongin-si, KR); Ju-youn Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Dong-Seok Ryu (Seoul, KR); Min-Kyu Park (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,776,001
App. No.
16/834,705
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.

Claims (39)

1. A method of controlling an electronic device comprising a first touch display mounted to a first housing, a second touch display mounted to a second housing, and a hinge connecting the first housing and the second housing, the method comprising:

displaying, on the first touch display, a first page of a home screen of the electronic device;

displaying, on the second touch display, an execution screen of an application of the electronic device among applications of the electronic device that is being executed by the electronic device;

receiving, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, a user input to change from displaying the first page of the home screen of the electronic device on the first touch display to a second page of the home screen of the electronic device; and

replacing, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, the first page of the home screen with the second page of the home screen in response to receiving the user input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the home screen comprises a plurality of pages including the first page of the home screen and the second page of the home screen.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each page of the home screen among the plurality of pages of the home screen comprises an area in which to display at least one icon corresponding to at least one application of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first page of the home screen of the electronic device is a current page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen is a next page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first page of the home screen of the electronic device is a current page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen is a previous page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein each of the first page of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen of the electronic device comprises a dock area displayed in a predetermined position of the first touch display.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the dock area comprises a plurality of docked shortcut icons corresponding to docked applications among the applications of the electronic device that are docked to the dock area.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined position comprises a bottom area of the first touch display.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user input comprises a touch and drag input, a flick input, or a swipe input.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user input is in a first direction from the first touch display to the second touch display or in a second direction from the second touch display to the first touch display.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a first touch display mounted on the first housing;

a second housing;

a second touch display mounted on the first housing; and

a hinge connecting the first housing and the second housing; and

at least one processor that is configured to control to:

display, on the first touch display, a first page of a home screen of the electronic device;

display, on the second touch display, an execution screen of an application of the electronic device among applications of the electronic device that is being executed by the electronic device;

receive, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, a user input to change from displaying the first page of the home screen of the electronic device on the first touch display to a second page of the home screen of the electronic device; and

replace, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, the first page of the home screen with the second page of the home screen in response to receiving the user input.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the home screen comprises a plurality of pages including the first page of the home screen and the second page of the home screen.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein each page of the home screen among the plurality of pages of the home screen comprises an area in which to display at least one icon corresponding to at least one application of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first page of the home screen of the electronic device is a current page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen is a next page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first page of the home screen of the electronic device is a current page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen is a previous page among the plurality of pages of the home screen of the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein each of the first page of the home screen of the electronic device and the second page of the home screen of the electronic device comprises a dock area displayed in a predetermined position of the first touch display.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the dock area comprises a plurality of docked shortcut icons corresponding to docked applications among the applications of the electronic device that are docked to the dock area.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the predetermined position comprises a bottom area of the first touch display.

19. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the user input comprises a touch and drag input, a flick input, or a swipe input.

20. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the user input is in a first direction from the first touch display to the second touch display or in a second direction from the second touch display to the first touch display.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling an electronic device comprising one or more processors, a first touch display mounted to a first housing, a second touch display mounted to a second housing, and a hinge connecting the first housing and the second housing, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, controlling the electronic device to at least:

display, on the first touch display, a first page of a home screen of the electronic device;

display, on the second touch display, an execution screen of an application of the electronic device among applications of the electronic device that is being executed by the electronic device;

receive, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, a user input to change from displaying the first page of the home screen of the electronic device on the first touch display to a second page of the home screen of the electronic device; and

replace, on the first touch display while displaying the execution screen of the application on the second touch display, the first page of the home screen with the second page of the home screen in response to receiving the user input.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 16741377 · Jan 13, 2020
Continuation 16414476 · May 16, 2019
Continuation 15344665 · Nov 7, 2016
Continuation 14790496 · Jul 2, 2015
Continuation 13984805
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