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Method for controlling screen and electronic device thereof

US9626102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 2014
Grant dateApr 18, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04842
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a screen of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of subscreens by dividing a screen, the plurality of subscreens comprising an overlapping region of a certain area with a neighboring subscreen, selecting one of the plurality of subscreens, displaying the selected one of the plurality of subscreen in a mirroring region, and displaying, when receiving a user drag from the selected one of the plurality of subscreens displayed in the mirroring region to a neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, the neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, in the mirroring region according to the drag.

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