KR20190134580A - Apparatus and method for processing an applications of mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing an application of a mobile terminal. The method for processing an application of a mobile terminal comprises: displaying a main application and at least one corresponding sub-application item; calling a corresponding sub-application when selecting a sub-application item to overlay and display the corresponding sub-application on a partial area of a main application screen; and processing information selected in the main application by the sub-application.

Description

Apparatus and method for processing mobile terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN APPLICATIONS OF MOBILE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to an application processing apparatus and method of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an interworking apparatus and method between a main application and a sub application.

When the mobile terminal executes one application, the portable terminal uses a sub-application of an additional function for executing the application. In the current technology, the following methods are used to add additional functions to the main application.

One way is to have additional functions in the main application. That is, if there is an additional function required in addition to the main application, the method is included in the main application. However, this method is easy to closely link the add-on with the main application, but as the number of additional functions increases, the main application becomes large. For example, in the case of the Readers Hub Viewer application, a dictionary function of an add-on is installed in the viewer application, thereby displaying a dictionary search result of a selected word in the eBook content. In addition, even if the additional function included in the main application is an additional function that can be commonly used in various applications, there is a problem in that the additional functions must be duplicated independently for each application.

Secondly, it provides a small pop-up window with additional functions needed by several main applications. However, this method can use the additional functions provided as mini apps in many applications in common, but since they are provided in a completely separate form from the main application, there is a limitation in interworking between the main application and the mini app.

The present invention proposes a structure of a set of sub-applications that can interoperate with various main applications, and proposes an interworking method between a main application and a sub-application.

An application processing method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a main application and at least one corresponding sub application item, and calling the corresponding sub application when selecting the sub application item to display the main application screen. And overlaying the display on a partial area and processing the information selected by the main application in the sub-application.

In addition, the application processing method of the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the process of displaying a main application and a plurality of corresponding sub-application items, and calling the corresponding sub-application when selecting the sub-application item of the main application screen Overlaying and displaying a portion of the area, processing information selected by the main application in the sub-application, and displaying a main application and a plurality of corresponding sub-application items when the sub-application is terminated. It is characterized by.

In addition, the application processing apparatus of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a memory for storing a main application and a set of sub-applications corresponding to the main application, sub-application items set in the main application and the sub-application set of the corresponding main application A display unit for displaying the display unit, an input unit for selecting the sub-application item, and a control unit of the display unit when the sub-application item of the main application is selected to call a corresponding sub-application and display the overlaid part of the main application screen. And a control unit for processing the information selected in the main application in the sub-application.

The present invention can provide functions that require additional use in the form of a toolkit in a situation where multiple application functions must be used at the same time, thereby allowing a user to concentrate on the main application (main application, main task) and add additional functions. The advantage is that the function can be used effectively. That is, the present invention provides a toolkit framework that facilitates interworking of a main application and sub-applications of additional functions, and adds-on to various applications by tooling various additional functions in the toolkit framework. Make it available. In addition, the data exchange procedure between applications such as copying and pasting content and executing a function by interworking the contents of the main application and the additional functions of the subapplication can be greatly simplified.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A and 2C are diagrams for describing an interlocking operation between a main application and a sub application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a sub application set (tool kit set) in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a configuration of a main application and a sub application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing showing an example
4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for interworking and processing operations of a main application and a sub-application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure when a sub-application is selected after selecting information of a main application in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing an interlocking operation between a main application and a sub application in FIG. 5. FIG.
7A to 7F are diagrams for describing an operation example of each sub-application in the process of performing the procedure as shown in FIG. 6.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure when a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention selects a sub application from a main application and then executes a sub application by selecting information or selects a sub application after selecting information of the main application.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for setting a sub-application of a main application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10A to 10D illustrate an example of setting a sub-application set by the same procedure as in FIG. 9.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. It should be noted that the same components in the figures represent the same numerals wherever possible.

In addition, in the following description, specific details of information (eg, names, words, expressions, etc.) between the main application and the sub-applications are shown, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and may be viewed without these specific details. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations will be omitted when it is determined that the detailed descriptions may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

The present invention provides a tool kit frame of sub-applications of an additional function performed in a main application, displays sub-applications available when the main application is executed as an item, and a sub-application of a corresponding additional function when a user selects an item. To display the overlay on the main application screen. That is, when the user executes the main application to perform the main task, the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention displays the main application in the entire screen area and the sub-application of the additional function that can be used in the main application. Display items at a specific location in the screen area. In this case, the user of the mobile terminal can call or drag a sub application item (which can be configured as a tab-shaped button) displayed at a specific position on the screen to call a sub application (sub task). This sub-application (hereinafter referred to as Toolkit) is displayed in the form of an overlay on the main application.

In the following description, the main application and the main task will be used in the same sense, and the sub-application, the auxiliary task, and the tool kit will be used in the same sense.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The portable terminal may be various digital devices such as a mobile phone, an MP3 terminal, a tablet, and a computer including a smart phone.

Referring to FIG. 1, the communication unit 120 performs a wireless communication function with a base station or another device. The communication unit 120 may include a transmitter for frequency up converter and power amplification of a transmission signal, a receiver for low noise amplification and a frequency down converter of a received signal, and the like. In addition, the communication unit 120 may include a modulator and a demodulator. Here, the modulator modulates the transmission signal and transmits it to the transmitter, and the demodulator demodulates the signal received through the receiver. In this case, the modulation and demodulation unit may be LTE, WCDMA, GSM, etc., may also be WIFI, WIBRO, etc., may be NFC, Bluetooth, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the communication unit 120 includes LTE, WIFI, and bluetooh communication units.

The controller 100 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal, and displays the items of the corresponding sub-applications when the main application is executed according to an embodiment of the present invention, and overlays the sub-applications corresponding to the selected item on the main application screen to the main application. Control the interlocking operation between the and sub-applications.

The memory 110 may include a program memory for storing an operating program of the terminal and a program according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a data memory for storing tables for operating the terminal and data generated during program execution. The memory 110 also stores a main application and a set of sub-applications corresponding to the main application. The sub-application set may be commonly used for a plurality of main applications. Here, the sub-application set is a sub-application set and a toolkit set in which applications for performing additional functions of a corresponding main application are set. In an embodiment of the present invention, a note application, a map application, a web application, a calculator application It may be composed of a dictionary application, or may be composed of some of these applications.

The display unit 130 displays information of an application running under the control of the controller 100. The display unit 130 may be an LCD or an OLED. The first input unit 140 may be implemented by a capacitance correction method or a resistive film method, and outputs location information of a user's touch (hereinafter, referred to as a finger touch) to the controller 100. The second input unit 150 may include an EMR sensor pad, and detects a pen touch input and outputs it to the controller 100. The display unit 130, the touch panel 140, and the ERM panel 150 may be integrally formed.

2A and 2C are diagrams for describing an interlocking operation between a main application and a sub application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2C, the basic configuration of the present invention enables a user to reprocess information such as a main application 200 for directly reading content, an object belonging to the main application 200, a text, a memo, handwriting, etc. It may be configured as a sub-application 220 of additional functions. Therefore, the main application 200 and the sub-application 220 of the additional function are closely related to each other. In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 100 displays the sub-application item 210 of the additional function usable as 210 on the screen of the main application 200 as shown in FIG. 2A when the main application is executed. Here, the sub application item 210 may be composed of one or more. 2A includes five sub-application items 210, where "N" is a note application item, "C" is a calculator application item, and "M" is a map application item. It is assumed that "W" is a web browser application item and "D" is a dictionary application item.

In this case, when a specific sub application item is selected as shown in FIG. 2B, the controller 100 overlays and displays the corresponding sub application on the main application as shown in FIG. 2C. In this case, the sub-application 220 is overlaid on the screen of the main application 200, and the transparency of the sub-application screen may be adjusted. In this case, it is assumed that the transparency is 0. In this case, the main application of the area overlaid on the sub-application 220 is not displayed. When the sub-application is overlaid and displayed on the main application as described above, the display 130 should be able to display the main application of the area covered by the sub-application. To this end, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the sub application 220 is overlaid and displayed on the main application 200 as shown in FIG. 2C, when a drag (or scroll) occurs in the display area of the main application 200, the screen of the main application 200 is dragged. Move it so that it can be displayed. In this case, the dragging operation may be performed on a touch or gesture (for example, hovering, etc.) of the hand detected by the first input unit 140 or the pen detected by the second input unit 150. Accordingly, when the dragging operation is detected through the first input unit 140 or the second input unit 150 as shown by reference numeral 230 in the state where the main and sub-applications are overlaid as shown in FIG. 2C, the controller 100 of the main application 200 The screen of the main application is moved in the direction in which the dragging operation occurs in the screen (horizontal direction from right to left in FIG. 2C). If the main application exceeds the set size (eg, 50% of the main application screen page) by the drag operation, the main application page may be changed and displayed.

For example, it is assumed in FIG. 2C that the main application 200 is an ebook application and the sub application 220 is a dictionary application. In this case, when the item ("D") of the dictionary application is selected, the controller 100 recognizes that the dictionary application of the add-on is open, and the user drags (or drags) the main application to drag a temporary page during page navigation. Allow. In this case, the control unit 100 may search for content by dragging a page (ie, an ebook page) of the main application covered by the pre-application display area of the additional function. When the sub-application of the additional function is in the close state, the control unit 100 does not support the scroll (or drag) function of the main application by recognizing the close state of the sub-application. In this case, the controller 100 may support a flick function of the main application.

When the main application area of the main application is covered by the sub-application display of the additional function as described above, the controller 100 temporarily displays the sub-application displayed by allowing left / right and up / down scrolling of the main application display area. You can pan an area of the hidden main application without closing it. If the scrolling (or dragging) is performed in a display area of the main application more than a predetermined range, the controller 100 moves the page of the displayed main application to another page without closing the sub-application. In addition, when the sub-application is opened and the page is moved continuously to reach the last page of the content of the main application, the last page may be notified by a lighting effect.

In addition, when the user closes the display of the sub-application by the first input unit 140 or the second input unit 150 while viewing the content page of the main application covered by the display of the sub-application as shown in FIG. 2C, FIG. 2A. The main application is displayed as shown in the figure. At this time, the displayed page of the main application returns to a page occupying an area of 50% or more.

As described above, the screen of the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed by overlaying a main application screen and a sub application screen. In this case, the configuration of the sub application may include a plurality of tool kits. 3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a sub application set (tool kit set) in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a configuration of a main application and a sub application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example.

Referring to FIG. 3A, a sub application (Toolkit) according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented based on a toolkit framework as shown by reference numeral 300. The toolkit framework 300 is It provides common functions for screen composition and data exchange between sub-application and main application. In this case, the sub-applications are provided with the toolkit framework 300 based on the toolkit framework 300 and set as the reference numeral 310, and the toolkit set (sub-application set) can be commonly used for various main applications. In addition, each main application can provide different types of toolkits included in the toolkit set according to characteristics, and users can customize the toolkit type configuration.

 Wherein the sub application (tool kit) is a note application (calculator application), a map application (map application), a web application (web browser application), a dictionary application (dictionary application) as described above ) May be included. 3B illustrates a screen configuration of the display unit 130 when a note application that is a sub-application is selected when the main application is an e-book application. In this case, the sub-application 220 may display information selected from the main application 200 and may also add information input by the user.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of interworking and processing operations of a main application and a sub-application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user executes a specific application, the controller 100 detects this and displays the corresponding application as the main application on the display 130 in step 411. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2A, the controller 100 displays items of sub-applications that are additional functions of the main application on the display unit 130 as shown in FIG. 2A. When the user selects the sub application item as shown in FIG. 2A as shown in FIG. 2A, the controller 100 detects it in step 413 and overlays the main application displayed on the display unit 130 as shown in FIG. 2C in step 415. Display the selected sub-application. In step 417, the controller 100 processes information of the main application selected by the user through the sub-application of the additional function. For example, if the selected sub-application is a note application, the controller 100 displays information on the selected main application on the sub-application screen and displays information input through the first input unit 140 or the second input unit 150 together. In addition, if the calculator application, the control unit 100 calculates the information of the selected main application, if the web application Web search information of the selected main application, and if it is a pre-application displays the meaning of the information of the selected main application.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure when a sub-application is selected after selecting information of a main application in the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the control unit 100 executes the main application selected in step 511, and displays items of sub-applications which are additional functions of the main application together with the main application on the display unit 130. When the user selects the information of the main application through the first input unit 140 or the second input unit 150 in the above state, the control unit 100 detects this in step 513 and checks whether an item of the sub-application displayed in step 515 is selected. do. In this case, when the user selects a sub application item, the control unit 100 detects this in step 515, calls the sub application of the selected item in step 517, and overlays the selected sub application on the main application displayed on the display unit 130 in step 519. Display. Thereafter, the controller 100 processes the information of the main application selected by the user through the sub-application of the additional function in step 521, and displays and / or stores the processed result of the sub-application in step 523.

In addition, in step 515, if the item is not selected, the controller 100 determines whether the selected information is information for executing a specific function in step 531. The information for executing the specific function may be information including a function for executing the specific function. For example, if you select specific information in the main application and execute a menu function of the mobile terminal to select a specific function (for example, select a word and then select a dictionary from the menu), or the selected information is the execution information of the specific function. In case of hyperlink information, the control unit 100 detects this in step 531 and automatically calls a corresponding sub-application (or tool kit) in step 517. Thereafter, the controller 100 processes corresponding information using the selected sub-application while performing steps 519 and 523.

However, if an item of a specific sub-application is not selected in the main application or if the selected information is not information for executing a specific function, the main application processes the information.

In this case, when the sub-application is overlaid on the main application to perform the interlocking operation as in step 521, the control unit 100 drags (or scrolls) the main application display area through the first input unit 140 and / or the second input unit 150. When the motion is detected, the main application is scrolled (up or down or left and right scrolling depending on the scroll direction). When the size of the scrolled page exceeds the set size, the controller 100 displays the next page or the previous page of the main application on the display unit 130 according to the scroll direction.

In addition, if a termination command of the sub-application occurs while operating the main application and the sub-application as described above, the control unit 100 detects this in step 541 and terminates the sub-application. When the sub-application is finished, the control unit 100 displays only the screen of the main application on the display unit 130. In this case, the screen movement of the main application can be moved in units of pages by a flick.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing an interlocking operation between a main application and a sub application in FIG. 5. 7A to 7F are diagrams for describing an operation example of each sub-application in the process of performing the procedure as shown in FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, if the selected item is a note application item, the control unit 100 detects it in step 611, overlays the note application screen on the main application in step 613, and displays the selected information on the note application screen. do. In this case, the processing of the note application may copy and paste the selected information of the main application selected by the user, and may display data input through the input unit 140 and / or 150 on the note application screen. .

Second, if the selected item is a calculator application item, the control unit 100 detects it in step 621, in step 623 overlays the calculator application screen on the main application, and displays the selected information on the calculator application screen. At this time, the processing of the calculator application may copy and paste the selected information of the main application selected by the user, and then the calculator application may calculate the pasted information. In addition, data may be input through the input units 140 and / or 150. In this case, the calculator application may calculate and display the input data on the screen.

 Third, if the selected item is a map application item, the control unit 100 detects it in step 631, and overlays the map application screen for displaying the selected information on the main application in step 633, and displays the selected information on the map application screen. Mark on. In this case, the selected information (eg, name, city, country, etc.) may be one or more, and when there are a plurality of selected information, the controller 100 may display a plurality of information on the screen of the map application.

Fourth, if the selected item is a web browser application item, the control unit 100 detects this in step 641, in step 643 overlays the web browser application screen on the main application and displays the selected information on the web. In this case, the web browser can set a specific site (for example, naver, google, etc.), and when the web browser application is selected, the control unit 100 executes the web browser application of the portal site set in step 643. Web search the selected information of the main application.

Fifth, if the selected item is a pre-application item, the control unit 100 detects it in step 651, overlays the pre-application screen on the main application in step 653, and displays a dictionary meaning of the selected information.

In addition, when an item other than the sub-application item is selected, the controller 100 executes the selected sub-application in step 661 to process the selected information of the main application.

7A to 7F, sub-applications (sub applications or tool kits) according to an embodiment of the present invention can be linked with a main application in the following manner.

First, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the sub-applications connected to the main application may automatically convert the selected content into a form suitable for a toolkit when dragging and dropping the selected content of the main application. That is, when copying and pasting specific content from the main application to a specific sub application, the corresponding sub application automatically converts it into a form suitable for itself. For example, when the formula and calculator application of the main application (which may be a text viewer application) are selected as shown in 711 of FIG. 7A, the formula is copied from the main application and pasted into the calculator application as shown in 713 of FIG. 7A. This causes the calculator application to calculate the pasted formula as shown in 713. In addition, when the equation object is copied from the main application Textbook Viewer and pasted into a note application (Note Toolkit), as shown in 715 of FIG. 7C, the equation is converted into data through image recognition or character recognition in the note application. You can keep the original form of the equation.

Second, when the information selected in the main application includes information for executing a specific function as in step 531 of FIG. 5, the controller 100 automatically calls a sub-application (ie, a corresponding toolkit) corresponding to the corresponding function. . That is, when the main application executes a specific function linked to the toolkit in the main application, the controller 100 automatically calls the associated toolkit even if the toolkit is closed or other toolkits are used. For example, when the main application is the eBook Viewer, when the user selects a specific text in the eBook viewer and presses the 'Dictionary' button in the contextual menu as shown in 721 of FIG. 7B, the control unit 100 displays 723 in FIG. 7B. Calls the Dictionary Toolkit automatically, displaying the dictionary search results for the text. At this time, if another toolkit is being used, the controller 100 closes the toolkit being used and opens the Dictionary Toolkit.

Also, when hyperlink information is selected in the main application, the same operation is performed. That is, when the web hyperlink is selected in the main application, the controller 100 can check the page linked with the main application by calling the Web browser Toolkit. In addition, when the map hyperlink for a map location is pressed, the Map Toolkit is called to show the location. That is, when the term "empire" selected in 731 of FIG. 7C is a hyperlink term, the controller 100 may display a web search result of the selected term empire by calling the Web browser Toolkit as shown in 733 of FIG. 7C. In addition, when the term "Rome" selected as 741 of FIG. 7D is a map hyperlink term, the controller 100 calls the map Toolkit as shown at 743 of FIG. 7D to display the location of the selected term Rome on the map.

Third, when the sub-application processes the information selected in the main application, the sub-application may recognize the contents of a specific condition in the main application and display it in the toolkit. That is, the sub-application can grasp the content of the content currently displayed in the main application and collect only the content that meets a specific condition and display it in the Toolkit. For example, if there are a plurality of map hyperlinks (here, Rome, Venezia, and Firenze) in the content in the main application while the map application is opened as shown in FIG. 100 collects corresponding place name information on the Map Toolkit as shown in 753 of FIG. 7E.

Fourth, in an embodiment of the present invention, the exchange of information between sub-applications (ie, Toolkits) is functional. That is, when there are several toolkits, the control unit 100 may exchange information between the toolkits. For example, when each sub-application includes an add to note item, a result processed in each sub-application may be processed and stored in the note application. For example, after performing a calculation in the Calculator Toolkit and pressing the 'Add to Note' button, the control unit 100 may send the currently calculated formula and the result value to the Note Toolkit and paste it in the last part of the last page of the note. This Add to Note function can be used in Map Toolkit and Web browser Toolkit as shown in 761 of FIG. 7F. In this case, the controller 100 can easily paste the information displayed in the toolkit into the Note Toolkit. 7F illustrates an example of performing an Add to Note function of the Web Browser Toolkit. In the case of FIG. 7F, when a user calls a note application from a web application as shown in 761 of FIG. 7F (if Add to Note is selected), the controller 100 detects this and calls the note application as shown in 763 of FIG. 7F. The information displayed on the web application (including URL information of the corresponding web) is displayed on the called notebook application screen. In this case, the displayed information may be image information and, if necessary, may be converted into data through a character recognition procedure. Therefore, when a note application is selected in a state of executing an arbitrary sub-application, the controller 100 may copy the information of the corresponding sub-application by calling the note application.

FIG. 5 illustrates a procedure in which a user selects information from a main application and then selects a desired subapplication, and the selected subapplication processes selected information of the main application. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user may first select the sub-application and then the desired information in the main application. Also, as shown in FIG. 5, the user may first select the information of the main application and then the sub-application. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure when a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention selects a sub application from a main application and then executes a sub application by selecting information or selects a sub application after selecting information of the main application. to be.

Referring to FIG. 8, the controller 100 executes the main application selected in step 811, and displays items of sub-applications which are additional functions of the main application together with the main application on the display unit 130. When the user selects an item of the sub-application displayed on the screen of the main application through the first input unit 140 or the second input unit 150 in the above state, the control unit 100 detects this in step 813, and in step 815 The sub-application is called and the selected sub-application is displayed by overlaying the sub-application on the main application displayed on the display 130 in step 817. In the state of invoking the sub-application, the controller 100 checks whether information of the main application is selected in step 819. In this case, when the information of the main application is selected, the controller 100 detects it in step 831. In this case, if the sub-application is selected, the controller 100 detects this in step 833, processes the selected information of the main application through the sub-application of the additional function in step 835, and processes the sub-application in step 837. Display and / or save the results.

Referring to the procedure of selecting a sub-application after selecting information of the main application, if the main application information is selected, the control unit 100 detects this in step 831 and is the current sub-application selected in step 833? Check it. In this case, if the sub-application is not selected, the controller 100 returns to step 811 and waits for item selection of the sub-application. In this case, when the item of the sub-application is selected, the control unit 100 detects it in step 813 and calls the sub-application of the selected item and displays the overlay on the screen of the main application in steps 815 and 817. Thereafter, the controller 100 detects that there is selected information of the main application in step 819, processes the selected information of the main application through the sub-application of the additional function in steps 835 and 837, and displays the processed result. And / or save.

Third, if the information selected in the main application is information having a function of invoking a sub-application, the control unit 100 detects that the information selected in step 841 is execution information of a specific function, and processes the information in step 843. The corresponding sub-application is called, and the sub-application called in step 845 is overlaid and displayed on the screen of the main application. Thereafter, the controller 100 processes the selected information of the main application through the sub-application of the additional function while performing steps 835 and 837 and displays and / or stores the processed result.

In addition, if a termination command of the sub-application is generated while operating the main application and the sub-application as described above, the control unit 100 detects this in step 861 and terminates the sub-application. When the sub-application is finished, the control unit 100 displays only the screen of the main application on the display unit 130. In this case, the screen movement of the main application can be moved in units of pages by a flick.

As described above, the main application screen according to the embodiment of the present invention displays items of sub-applications of additional functions that can be used in the corresponding application, as shown in FIG. 2A. In this case, the sub-application of the additional function may be called by the user's selection while executing the main application, and the called sub-application processes the information selected in the main application according to the specification of the sub-application. In this case, the main application may have various application types as shown in 320 of FIG. 3A. Therefore, it may be desirable for the main application to provide a toolkit set by selecting toolkits according to characteristics. For example, if the main application is a science education application, the tool set can be set as Note / Calculator / Web Toolkit. In the case of a language education application, note / Dictionary / Web Toolkit can be set as / Web Toolkit. In addition, the toolkit set of the main application may be configured by the user to configure any toolkit desired by the user.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for setting a sub-application of a main application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 10A to 10D are diagrams showing an example of setting a sub-application set by the same procedure as in FIG. 9. .

9 to 10D, when a main application is selected, the controller 100 detects this in step 911 and displays a main application screen as shown in FIG. 10A. In this case, a setting item 1010 is displayed on the main application screen. When the user selects a setting item, the control unit 100 detects this in step 913 and displays a setting menu as shown in 1020 of FIG. 10B in step 915. In this case, the setting menu 1020 includes a sub-application setting menu (toolkit settings). In this case, when the user selects the sub application setting menu of the setting menu 1020, the control unit 100 displays the sub application items that can be set as shown in 1030 of FIG. 10C in step 915. If the user selects a check box of the sub-application setting item, the control unit 100 detects this in step 917 and displays the check box of the sub-application item in step 919 as shown in FIG. 10C. While repeating the above operation, it is possible to set a sub-application for interworking with the currently displayed main application, and when the setting is completed, the user clicks the OK button in the setting menu as shown in FIG. 10D. In step 921, the control unit 100 detects the end of setting of the sub-application, and registers the selected sub-applications as a sub-kit set of the corresponding main application in step 923.

After setting the sub-application set of the main application as described above, if the main application is driven, the control unit 100 detects this in step 911 and displays the main application and the set sub-application set in step 931 as shown in FIG. 2A. When the main application is executed, the control unit 100 may process information of the main application by the selected sub-application while performing the procedure of FIG. 5 or 8 in step 933.

Embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are only specific examples to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and aid the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

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In the application processing method of a mobile terminal,
Displaying a screen of a main application including information and at least one sub-application item;
Detecting a selection of the information displayed on the screen of the main application;
Detecting a selection of one sub-application item among at least one sub-application item displayed in the screen of the main application;
In response to the selection of the information and the sub-application item, executes a sub-application corresponding to the selected sub-application item, and includes information processed using the executed sub-application to be overlaid on a partial area of the main application screen. And displaying a screen of the sub-application. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sub-application item comprises a sub-application set including one or more sub-application items corresponding to one or more sub-applications, wherein the sub-application set is set in common to a plurality of main applications. Characterized in that. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more sub-application items included in the sub-application set are displayed in a tab form. The method of claim 3,
The detecting of the selection of the one sub application item may include:
Detecting a selection of the one sub-application by an input of touching the one sub-application item among items of one or more sub-applications displayed in the tab form; or
Detecting a selection of the one sub-application item by dragging. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sub-application set includes at least one of a note application, a calculator application, a web application, a dictionary application, or a map application for writing a document by a keypad and a pen. The method of claim 2,
Displaying the screen of the sub-application including the processed information,
Copying the selected information on the screen of the main application;
Pasting the copied information onto the screen of the sub-application;
Processing the pasted information using the sub-application. The method of claim 6,
If the information selected on the screen of the main application is information having a function of calling a sub-application, executing the corresponding sub-application and overlaying and displaying a partial area of the screen of the main application. The method of claim 7, wherein when a drag or scroll input is detected in a partial region of the screen of the main application, the detected drag is displayed on the screen of the main application. Or moving in the direction of the scroll input. The method of claim 8, further comprising moving a page screen of the main application when the screen movement of the main application exceeds a set size. The method of claim 8, further comprising moving a page screen of the main application when a flick input is detected after displaying the screen of the main application. The method of claim 2,
Displaying sub-application items when a setting menu is selected while the screen of the main application is displayed;
Displaying the selected sub-application items;
And setting the selected sub-applications as the sub-application set at the end of the setting and registering the selected sub-applications with the main application. In the application processing method of a mobile terminal,
Displaying a screen of a main application including information and a plurality of sub-applications;
Detecting a selection of the information displayed on the screen of the main application;
Detecting selection of one sub-application item among the plurality of sub-application items displayed in the screen of the main application;
In response to the selection of the information and the sub-application item, executing the selected sub-application, and displaying a screen of the sub-application including information processed using the executed sub-application to be overlaid on a partial area of the main application screen. And displaying the display. The method of claim 12,
Displaying the screen of the sub-application including the processed information,
Copying the selected information on the screen of the main application;
Pasting the copied information onto the screen of the sub-application;
Processing the pasted information using the sub-application. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the plurality of sub-application items include at least one application item among a note application item, a calculator application item, a web application item, a pre-application item, and a map application item for creating a document by a keypad and a pen. Characterized in that. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: if the information selected on the screen of the main application is information having a function of calling a sub-application, executing the corresponding sub-application and overlaying and displaying the sub-application on a portion of the screen of the main application. Characterized in that the method. The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of sub-application items include a note application item, and when the note application item is selected, information selected on the screen of the main application is copied to the screen of the note application. The method of claim 14, wherein when a drag or scroll input is detected in a screen area of the main application when the screen of the sub application is overlaid and displayed on a partial area of the screen of the main application, the detected drag or scroll of the screen of the main application is detected. Moving further in the direction of the input. In the application processing apparatus of a mobile terminal,
A memory for storing a main application and a sub-application set corresponding to the main application;
With display part,
Displaying a screen of the main application including information and at least one sub-application item on the display unit, detecting a selection of information displayed on the screen of the main application, and displaying at least one sub-application item displayed on the screen of the main application Detecting a selection of one of the sub-application items, executing the sub-application corresponding to the selected sub-application item in response to the selection of the information and the sub-application item, and overlaying the sub-application item on a portion of the main application screen; And a control unit which displays a screen of a sub-application including information processed using the executed sub-application, on the display unit. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the sub-application set includes at least one of a note application item, a calculator application item, a web application item, a dictionary application item, and a map application item for creating a document by a keypad and a pen. Device. The method of claim 19,
It further includes an input unit,
The controller may display the screen of the main application when a drag or scroll input is detected in the partial region of the screen of the main application through the input unit when the screen of the sub-application is overlaid and displayed on a portion of the screen of the main application. And move in the direction of the detected drag or scroll input.

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