Terminal and method for hiding and restoring message

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020210617-A1
Application number	US-201916730711-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2019
Priority date	Feb 24, 2012
Publication date	Jul 2, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A terminal to hide a message includes an input unit to receive a signal to hide a message and a signal to restore a hidden message; a display unit to display the message and the hidden message; and a control unit to control display of the message. The terminal hides messages or applications on a separate screen. The separate screen may be a virtual screen or a different display screen. A hidden message may be displayed on the separate screen according to a conversation partner. A hidden message may be restored to a location in which the message would have originally been displayed. A portion of the stored message may be extracted and provided to an application of the terminal.

First claim

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving a first input to select an application on a first screen; moving the application to a second screen in response to the first input; and restoring the application to the first screen when a second input is received.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second screen is not visible on the first screen.

3 . An apparatus, comprising:
a touch screen display to display a first screen comprising at least one application, wherein the touch screen display is configured to receive at least a first input and a second input; a controller configured to move the application from the first screen to a second screen in response to the first input and to restore the application to the first screen in response to the second input.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the second screen is not visible on the first screen.

Assignees

• Goldpeak Innovations Inc

Inventors

• Yoon Ji-Sun
• Park Ui-Jun
• Suh Seung-Hyun

Classifications

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04M1/72436

  for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails · CPC title

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/01

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title