Method and device for managing tab window indicating application group including heterogeneous applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11422678-B2
Application number	US-202016905265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Priority date	Aug 2, 2013
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A method and a device for managing a tab window indicating a group including heterogeneous applications. The method includes outputting a display window comprising at least one or more objects for executing one or more applications on a terminal window, receiving a user input that selects the at least one or more objects and moves the selected at least one or more objects to a region excluding the display window, generating an application group comprising at least one or more applications corresponding to the selected at least one or more objects according to the received user input, and outputting a tab window indicating the generated application group to the terminal window.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of application grouping performed by a device, the method comprising:
including at least one first application selected based on a first input of a user into a first application group;
including at least one second application selected based on a second input of the user into a second application group;
displaying, based on a third input of the user, a first view indicating the first application group on a screen; and
displaying, based on a fourth input of the user, a second view indicating the second application group on the screen using a stored location and a stored region of the second view and a stored execution screen of an application included in the second application group,
wherein the including of the at least one first application selected based on the first input of the user into the first application group comprises:
while the first view is displayed on the screen:
displaying an application tray including icons for executing applications installed in the device on the screen,
selecting, based on the first input of the user, one of the icons included in the application tray,
including an application corresponding to the selected icon into the first application group and into a title bar of the first application group, and
displaying an execution screen of the application corresponding to the selected icon on at least partial region of the first view based on converting a previous execution screen into the execution screen of the application corresponding to the selected icon, and

wherein the stored location and the stored region of the second view indicates a location and a region of the second view at time when the second view ends and the stored execution screen of the application included in the second application group indicates an execution screen displayed at the time when the second view ends.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first view comprises an execution screen of the at least one first application included in the first application group and the second view comprises an execution screen of the at least one second application included in the second application group.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or second application group comprises a plurality of heterogeneous applications.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second input is an input of touching one of the icons included in the application tray.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the including of the at least one second application selected based on the second input of the user into the second application group comprises:
selecting, based on the second input of the user, a first application from among applications included in the first application group, and
moving, based on a fifth input of the user on the first application, the first application from the first application group to the second application group.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the including of the at least one second application selected based on the second input of the user into the second application group comprises:
selecting, based on the second input of the user, a first application from among applications included in the first application group, and
based on a fifth input of the user on the first application, creating the second application group, and moving the first application from the first application group to the second application group.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing information about the second view,
wherein the information comprises a list of applications included in the second application group and information about execution screens of the applications.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the displaying of the second view on the screen comprises displaying the second view on the screen based on the stored information.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
arranging and displaying, in a line on one side of the screen, a plurality of objects indicating each of a plurality of views.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a first application from among applications included in the second application group;
selecting data included in the first application; and
moving the selected data to a second application from among applications included in the second application group.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting, based on a fifth input of the user, a first application from among applications included in the second application group; and
displaying an entire execution screen of the first application for executing the first application on the screen.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying an object for displaying a view on an edge of the screen; and
while an execution screen of a first application is displayed on the screen, displaying, based on a fifth input of the user selecting the object for displaying a view, a view indicating an application group including the first application on the screen.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
selecting, based on a sixth input of the user, a second application included in the application group; and
removing the view indicating the application group and displaying an entire execution screen of the second application on the screen.

14. The method of claim 1 , the first view indicating the first application group on the screen is adjacent to the second view indicating the second application group on the screen.

15. A device comprising:
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
include at least one first application selected based on a first input of a user into a first application group,
include at least one second application selected based on a second input of the user into a second application group,
display, based on a third input of the user, a first view indicating the first application group on a screen, and
display, based on a fourth input of the user, a second view indicating the second application group on the screen using a stored location and a stored region of the second view and a stored execution screen of an application included in the second application group,
wherein, to include the at least one second application selected based on the second input of the user into the second application group, the at least one processor is further configured to:
while the second view is displayed on the screen:
display an application tray including icons for executing applications installed in the device on the screen,
select, based on the second input of the user, one of the icons included in the application tray,
include an application corresponding to the selected icon into the second application group and into a title bar of the first application group, and
display an execution screen of the application corresponding to the selected icon on at least partial region of the second view based on a conversion of a previous execution screen into the execution screen of the application corresponding to the selected icon, and

wherein the stored location and the stored region of the second view indicates a location and a region of the second view at time when the second view ends and the stored execution screen of the application included in the second application group indicates an execution screen displayed at the time when the second view ends.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first view comprises an execution screen of the at least one first application included in the first application group and

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Doo-Hwan
• Kim Kang-Tae
• Kim Chul-Joo
• Kim Tae-Soo
• Lee Young-Seok

Classifications

• G06F3/048 Primary

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F3/0483 Primary

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F9/445

  Program loading or initiating (bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title