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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Ji-woo Lee, Gumi-si, KR;
Sung-hyun Kim, Daegu, KR;
Ji-Woo Lee, Gumi-si, KR;
Sung-Hyun Kim, Daegu, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A device and a method for searching for an electronic book (e-book) in a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, a device and a method for searching for an e-book in a portable terminal, which can conveniently manage and search for a plurality of e-books in a portable terminal, are provided. The device includes a display unit for displaying categories of e-books that each include one or more e-books, and a controller for controlling such that an e-book is searched for by displaying and scrolling through the categories of e-books according to a detected shift of the portable terminal, a corresponding category is enlarged according to a touch to the corresponding category, and at least one of the one or more e-books included in the enlarged category is displayed.