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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Chang-Ho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 2250/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for editing text in a portable terminal are provided. The device includes displaying content comprising at least one unit of text, receiving an input of at least one unit of text through a first display area, changing to an editing mode for editing the content when the input text is released from the first display area while dragging the input text to replace a specific word included in the content located at a second display area, and replacing the specific word with the input text when the input text is completely dragged to the specific word.