KR20090043140A

KR20090043140A - Contents aligning method in standby screen of mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: KR20090043140A
Application number: KR1020070108837A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이진성
Original assignee: (주) 엘지텔레콤
Priority date: 2007-10-29
Filing date: 2007-10-29
Publication date: 2009-05-06

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method of arranging contents on a standby screen of a mobile terminal. The content sorting method of the present invention includes a first step of receiving, by a mobile terminal displaying first content on a standby screen, second content; Arrange the second content on the standby screen, and determine whether the first content and the second content overlap, and if the overlap is overlapping, automatically moves the first content to a free space around the second content. It includes a second step.

According to the present invention, when the user displays new content on the standby screen of the mobile terminal, the existing content and the position of the new content are automatically aligned so that the user must manually adjust the position of the content by operating the keypad. Discomfort is eliminated.

Home screen, content, sort

Description

Contents aligning method in standby screen of mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to a method for arranging contents on a standby screen of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a content sorting method for automatically setting a position so as not to overlap with existing contents when displaying new contents on a standby screen.

With the development of mobile communication technology, recent mobile communication terminals provide not only voice calls but also functions to send and receive SMS (Short Message Service) messages, MMS (Multimedia Message Service) messages, and more. It also supports wireless Internet services that can connect to servers.

Therefore, the user of the mobile communication terminal can download the necessary content through the wireless Internet, and can also transmit the downloaded content to the mobile terminal of another person using the MMS service.

However, in order to download specific contents by accessing the wireless Internet in a mobile communication terminal, a user needs to operate a WAP browser to perform various steps, which causes inconvenience in use and long time.

Meanwhile, as Web 2.0, which emphasizes user participation, information connectivity and mobility, has become a trend in recent years, new applications that emphasize user convenience such as Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication (RSS), widgets, etc. It is actively provided around.

RSS is a technical standard that enables subscribers to easily check the update information of sites whose contents are frequently updated, such as news and blogs, and is based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) format.

A widget is an application that extracts information such as clock, weather, major news, and stock information from the website and provides it as a GUI (Graphic User Interface) on the computer desktop, even if the computer terminal does not run a web browser separately. By displaying the information in the form of an information window, the user can immediately check the necessary information.

Recently, a mobile communication company also provides such a widget service, and FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a configuration of a system for providing such a widget service.

That is, the mobile terminal 10, the widget service server 30 to communicate with the mobile terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 20, the information to communicate with the widget service server 30 through the Internet network 40 It includes a provision server (50).

The user who wants to use the widget service accesses the widget service server 30 through the mobile terminal 10 or the computer terminal (not shown) and selects the desired widget service, and the widget service server 30 corresponds to the selected widget service. Transmits the information to the mobile terminal 10.

The mobile terminal 10 displays the received information in the form of a graphic icon or an information window on the standby screen. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, such graphic icons or information windows will be referred to as "widget icons".

In order to display the widget icon on the standby screen, the mobile terminal 10 should be equipped with an application capable of expressing the received information in the form of a widget icon, and such an application may be pre-loaded before the launch of the mobile terminal 10 or the widget. It can also be downloaded by connecting to the service server (30).

The widget icon may be previously stored in the mobile terminal or may be set by downloading from the widget service server 30.

The widget service server 30 transmits the information stored in its storage unit or the information provided by the information providing server 50 to the mobile terminal 10 through a swap server for converting the information according to the wireless Internet standard.

The information providing server 50 is a server installed for providing information by Internet portal operators, broadcasters, securities companies, and the like.

Therefore, when the widget service server 30 processes the stored information or the information received from the external information providing server 50 and transmits it to the mobile terminal 10 of the service subscriber, the mobile terminal 10 of the service subscriber is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the received information is displayed on the standby screen using the widget icons 12a, 12b, and 12c.

In the meantime, when the user accesses the widget service server 30 through the mobile terminal 10 and applies for a new service while the widget icon is displayed on the standby screen, a new widget icon for the new service is displayed on the standby screen. .

However, since the existing widget icons are arranged on the standby screen of the mobile terminal 10, conventionally, when a new widget icon is displayed, the user has to inconvenience the keypad to align the position of each widget icon.

This problem is not limited to widget icons, and the same problem occurs when a plurality of contents of various formats such as icons and graphics are displayed on a standby screen.

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems, when the new content is displayed on the standby screen of the mobile terminal to automatically align the position of the existing content and the new content to solve the user's inconvenience caused by the content alignment Its purpose is to.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile terminal, comprising: a first step of receiving, by a mobile terminal displaying first content on a standby screen, second content; Arrange the second content on the standby screen, and determine whether the first content and the second content overlap, and if the overlap is overlapping, automatically moves the first content to a free space around the second content. A method of arranging contents on a standby screen of a mobile terminal, the method comprising the step of making a second step.

In the content sorting method, the second step may include determining whether the second content overlaps with the first content after arranging the second content in the center of the idle screen.

In the second step, after setting a first virtual outline including the first content and a second virtual outline including the second content therein, the first virtual outline overlaps the second virtual outline. It may be characterized by determining whether the first content and the second content overlap by determining whether or not.

The first virtual outline may have a vertical height and a maximum width of the first content vertically and horizontally, and the second virtual outline may have a vertical height and a maximum width of the second content vertically and horizontally. It may be characterized by.

In the second step, when there are a plurality of free spaces, the first content may be moved to a free space closest to an existing position of the first content.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIG. 1.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described using a widget icon displayed on a standby screen of a mobile terminal for convenience of description. However, the present invention can be applied equally to the case of displaying contents such as icons and graphics for other purposes on the standby screen.

First, in order for a user to use a new widget service, the user needs to select a desired widget service by accessing the widget service server 30 through the mobile terminal 10, and the widget service server 30 displays the new widget icon in response thereto. The information to be transmitted is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10. (ST11)

The mobile terminal 10 arranges the received new widget icon in an arbitrary position on the standby screen, preferably in the center. (ST12)

However, since the existing widget icons may already be arranged on the standby screen, the mobile terminal 10 first determines whether the positions of the new widget icons and the existing widget icons overlap.

At this time, since the shape of the widget icon is very diverse, set a virtual rectangle (hereinafter referred to as 'virtual outline') surrounding the outer edge of the existing widget icon and the new widget icon, and if the virtual outline overlaps each other, the existing widget icon and the new widget icon are mutually different. It is easy to determine that it is a duplicate.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the first virtual outline 14 of the new widget icon overlaps with the second virtual outline 15 of the existing widget icon, it is determined that they overlap each other. At this time, the virtual outline is preferably set to the maximum height and the maximum width of each widget icon vertically and horizontally. (ST13)

If it is determined in the step that the position is overlapped, it is determined whether there is a free space for the existing widget icon in the periphery of the first virtual outline (14).

The presence or absence of the free space may be determined from the x, y coordinate data of each vertex of the first virtual outline 14 and the size data obtained from the coordinates of the second virtual outline 15 surrounding the existing widget icon. (ST14)

If there is a free space for entering the existing widget icon in step ST14, as shown in FIG. 5, the existing widget icon is automatically moved to the corresponding free space.

However, since a large number of such free spaces may exist or it may be difficult to set the location, it is preferable to limit the positions of the free spaces or to set priorities in advance.

For example, it is more preferable to give priority to the free space closest to the existing position. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, even when a free space for accommodating the second virtual outline 15 exists near each corner of the standby screen, it is preferable to move to the upper right side of the screen closest to the existing position. Of course, it is not necessarily limited thereto.

If there are a large number of existing widget icons, priority is given to position movement of each widget icon. Then, the priority widget icon may be moved to the priority free space first, and then the next priority widget icon may be moved. (ST15)

On the other hand, if there is no free space to accommodate the second virtual outline in step ST14, it is preferable to reduce the size of the existing widget icon to the size of the current free space to move to the free space.

Conversely, it is possible to increase the size of the free space by reducing the size of the new widget icon disposed in the center. (ST16)

On the other hand, as described above, the same applies to the case where the widget icon is placed on the standby screen of the present invention as well as the case where other types of contents are displayed.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a general widget service system

2 is a view illustrating a widget icon displayed on a standby screen;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of arranging widget icons (contents) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are views showing the appearance of the standby screen is automatically arranged widget icons (contents) are superimposed according to an embodiment of the present invention

Claims

A first step of receiving, by the mobile terminal displaying the first content on the idle screen, the second content;

Arrange the second content on the standby screen, and determine whether the first content and the second content overlap, and if the overlap is overlapping, automatically moves the first content to a free space around the second content. Making a second step;

Arranging contents in the standby screen of the mobile terminal including a

The method of claim 1,

In the second step, after arranging the second content in the center of the standby screen, it is determined whether or not overlap with the first content, the content sorting method on the standby screen of the mobile terminal.

The method of claim 1,

In the second step, after setting a first virtual outline including the first content and a second virtual outline including the second content therein, the first virtual outline overlaps the second virtual outline. Determining whether or not the first content and the second content overlap by determining whether or not the content overlaps on the idle screen of the mobile terminal

The method of claim 3,

The first virtual outline is a rectangle having a maximum height and a maximum width of the first content as vertical and horizontal, respectively.

And the second virtual outline is a rectangle having a maximum height and a maximum width of the second content vertically and horizontally, respectively.

The method of claim 1,

And in the second step, when there are a plurality of free spaces, the first content is moved to a free space closest to an existing location of the first content.