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Patent No.:

US 10452333 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2016

User terminal device providing user interaction and method therefor

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hee-seok Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;

Se-jin Kwak, Seoul, KR;

Hyun-jin Kim, Seoul, KR;

Shi-yun Cho, Anyang-si, KR;

Yeo-jun Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;

Moon-joo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Nipun Kumar, Suwon-si, KR;

Joon-kyu Seo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

John T Repsher, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G04G 21/00 (2010.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G04G 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1692 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0339 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01); H04M 1/236 (2013.01); H04M 2250/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user interaction method of a user terminal device including a bent touchscreen includes: establishing a connection between the user terminal device and an external device located external to the user terminal device, such that the user terminal device and the external device are able to communicate with each other; displaying a UI element associated with the external device on a sub-region of the bent touch screen; and performing a function associated with the UI element in response to a user gesture selecting the UI element.

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