US 12,242,720 B2
Mobile communication terminal and information display method thereof
Hyun Ho Kim, Seoul (KR); and Yung Hee Kim, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,347.
Application 18/108,347 is a continuation of application No. 17/166,229, filed on Feb. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,604,579.
Application 17/166,229 is a continuation of application No. 16/780,644, filed on Feb. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,942,648, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 16/780,644 is a continuation of application No. 14/493,714, filed on Sep. 23, 2014, granted, now 10,552,036, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 14/493,714 is a continuation of application No. 12/898,598, filed on Oct. 5, 2010, granted, now 8,934,943, issued on Jan. 13, 2015.
Application 12/898,598 is a continuation of application No. 11/723,709, filed on Mar. 21, 2007, granted, now 7,822,443, issued on Oct. 26, 2010.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0025759 (KR), filed on Mar. 21, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266877 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); Y10S 379/916 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of scrolling in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a list of a plurality of items on a display area of a touch screen of the mobile communication terminal, wherein a first item of the plurality of items is displayed in a middle of the list horizontally; and other items of the plurality of items are displayed in a left or right of the middle of the list;
receiving a swipe input via a portion of a touch screen of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the swipe input indicates a left or right motion;
providing for display a scrolling animation of the list of the plurality of items displayed on the touch screen upon receiving the swipe input, wherein the scrolling animation comprises a first transition, at a first speed, from the first item of the plurality of items displayed in the middle of the list horizontally to the first item displayed either in the left or right of the middle of the list, corresponding to the left or right motion of the swipe input, and a second item is displayed in the middle of the list horizontally in place of the first item;
receiving a second input via the portion of a touch screen of the mobile communication terminal, different from the swipe input, while the scrolling animation of the list of the plurality of items is still being displayed;
slowing down the scrolling animation upon receiving the second input, wherein the slowing down the scrolling animation comprises a second transition, at a second speed slower than the first speed, to a third item of the plurality of items being displayed in the middle of the list horizontally; and
stopping the scrolling animation such that an item of the plurality of items different to each of the first and second items is displayed in the middle of the list.