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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Joo-yeon Cho, Seoul, KR;
Min-jeong Moon, Seoul, KR;
Sun-hwa Kim, Seoul, KR;
Do-hyoung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeon-hee Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sun Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method for performing a function of a display apparatus including, displaying, in response to a first user input being received on an edge area among a plurality of edge areas of a screen, a menu on the screen, the displayed menu comprising at least one item, and performing, in response to a selection of the at least one item from the displayed menu, performing a function corresponding to the selected item, and when an item is selected from the menu, a function corresponding to the selected the at least one item, wherein the displayed menu corresponds to the edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the first user input is received, and wherein at least one other menu corresponds to at least one edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the user input was not received.