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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Junbong Eom, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Young-Hwan Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of shifting content on a display of an electronic device. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying the content, setting a first coordinate value for a touch as a reference point, setting at least one shift direction determination area based on the reference point, identifying a second coordinate value for the touch, setting the direction in which the content is to be shifted based on the shift direction determination area and the second coordinate value, and shifting the content in the set shift direction. Other embodiments are possible.


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