Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Min-Ji Lee

Min-Kyu Park

Yong-Seok Park

Jung-Ryul Kim

Jung-Woo Choi

Disclosed is a method for displaying a handler by an electronic device, the method includes displaying a handler for selecting a character on a screen of the electronic device; receiving a user's touch drag input to touch and move the handler; and highlighting and displaying an area regarding a character corresponding to a position of a touch with respect to the character and displaying the handler independent from the highlighted area with respect to the position of the touch, while the handler is touched as per the user's touch drag input.

Method for displaying handler and electronic device therefor

An apparatus and a method for setting a ping interval in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes transmitting a ping message to a server after a predefined time period corresponding to a set ping interval and determining whether a response message is received from the server, so as to determine whether a ping test succeeds, determining whether a short interval count value of the set ping interval is 0 by referring to a count table when the ping test is determined to be successful, and resetting the ping interval, and determining whether the short interval count value of the set ping interval is 0 by referring to the count table when the ping test fails, and resetting the ping interval.

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Seoul, South Korea

Min-Ji Lee