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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Tomasz Gdala, Plewiska, PL;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a device includes receiving an independent touch gesture with respect to locations of elements of a graphical user interface (GUI) on the device; providing an indication with respect to one of a plurality of applications and functions in a previously established order in response to the received touch gesture; receiving a user input with respect to the indication; and executing an application or function corresponding to the indication in response to the received user input.