Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130232439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURNING PAGES IN TERMINAL - Provided are a method for turning pages in a terminal including an electronic book reader function for turning pages according to user input information associated with pages and an apparatus thereof. The method of turning pages in a portable terminal having a touch screen includes: displaying a page of an electronic book on the touch screen; detecting a touch in a first corner region of the page of the electronic book; changing the first corner region into a second corner region in response to the touch; detecting a continuous motion of the touch in the second corner region; and turning the displayed page in response to the continuous motion of the touch. | 09-05-2013 |
20130268847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGES OF E-BOOK - A system and method that displays pages of an e-book on a display of a mobile device, according to a user's input information related to the pages is provided. The page display method of a mobile device with a touch screen, includes displaying at least one page of an e-book on the touch screen, detecting a touch in a first corner area of one of the at least one displayed page, deforming the first corner area to a second corner area in response to the touch, detecting a first touch moving from the second corner area, and folding the displayed page according to the movement of the first touch. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED WITH E-BOOK IN MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method that provides various types of feedback associated with an e-book in a mobile device with an e-book reader function are provided. The method includes displaying a page of an e-book on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch on the page, detecting a movement of the touch, beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation. | 10-10-2013 |
20130276063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK LINK BETWEEN PORTABLE TERMINALS - A method of establishing a WLAN link between portable terminals using a cellular network and a sound, the method including: transmitting a connection request message including a first partial security key being a portion of a first security key to a second portable terminal through a cellular network by a first portable terminal; outputting a sound including a second partial security key being a remaining portion of the first security key after transmitting the connection request message; receiving a request of a WLAN connection including a second security key from the second portable terminal having received the sound through a WLAN; and establishing the WLAN link with the second portable terminal when the second security key corresponds to the first security key. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294358 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONTENT CASTING SERVICES - A method and device for content casting services using Wi-Fi communication are disclosed are provided. The device includes a first band communication module for communicating with external devices over a first frequency band and a second band communication module for communicating with external devices over a second frequency band. The method includes detecting occurrence of a cast request event indicating content delivery, selecting, upon detection of the cast request event, a first external device possessing the indicated content, receiving the content from the selected first external device through the first band communication module, and transmitting the received content to a second external device through the second band communication module. | 11-07-2013 |
20130300697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS OF PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING BENDED DISPLAY - A portable terminal having a bended display divided into a main region of a front surface and a sub-region of a side of the portable terminal and operating functions of the portable terminal in connection with the main region and the sub-region, and a method of operating the same are provided. The method of operating functions of a portable terminal having a bended display, includes receiving an input of an event, determining a type of the input event, outputting event information, according to an internal event input based on the bended display, through at least one of a main region and a sub-region of the bended display when the input event is the internal event, and outputting event information, according to an external event input from an outside source, through the sub-region of the bended display when the input event is the external event. | 11-14-2013 |
20130314341 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING VISUAL EFFECTS ON A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A graphical user interface, method and apparatus for providing visual effects on a touchscreen display, including: displaying a first screen; detecting a multi-point touch on the first screen; detecting a first touch event based on the multi-point touch; turning the first screen into a garbage object in response to the first touch event; and removing the garbage object by moving the garbage object to a trash bin icon. | 11-28-2013 |
20140089831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPLIT VIEW IN PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus and a method of changing a content display area on a screen of a portable device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of applications as a split view by respectively corresponding each of the plurality of applications to each of a plurality of split display areas of a display unit, and extending a display area of an application selected from the split view to be displayed as a main screen, and reducing a display area of an unselected application to be displayed as a sub screen. | 03-27-2014 |