US 8,893,052 C1 (12,915th)
System and method for controlling mobile terminal application using gesture
Yun Gwan Ryu, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Yun Gwan Ryu, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to PANTECH CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,553, Jun. 24, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,893,052, issued Nov. 18, 2014, Appl. No. 12/477,579, Jun. 3, 2009.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 12, 2025.
Int. Cl. G11B 27/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01)
CPC G11B 27/34 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01)]
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AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 7 and 16 are cancelled.
Claims 1, 9, 10 and 18 are determined to be patentable as amended.
Claims 2-6, 8, 11-15, 17 and 19-20, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.
1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
executing a first application;
executing a second application while executing the first application, the first application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the first application;
determining the first application as a target application based on an application selection gesture if multiple background applications are being executed, and determining the first application as the target application without the application selection gesture if the first application is the only background application being executed;
identifying a target application control gesture corresponding to a contact signal, the contact signal being generated on a display screen in which a control interface of the target application is not displayed;
verifying a command event corresponding to the target application control gesture; forwarding the command event to the determined target application; and
controlling the first application to perform the command event in a background application state if the first application is determined as the target application [ ; and
stopping the first application or stopping the forwarding of the verified command event to the first application, upon receiving a call request signal] .
9. A method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
executing a plurality of applications;
determining a target application from among the plurality of executed applications based on a contact signal generated in a display screen if multiple background applications are being executed, and determining a first application as the target application without the contact signal if the first application is the only background application being executed, the target application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the target application;
identifying a gesture corresponding to the contact signal, the contact signal being generated on the display screen in which the control interface of the target application is not displayed;
verifying a command event corresponding to the gesture;
determining whether the command event corresponding to the gesture is a command event of the target application;
forwarding the command event to the determined target application; and
controlling the target application to perform the command event in a background application state if the command event is a command event of the target application [ ; and
stopping the target application or stopping the forwarding of the verified command event to the target application, upon receiving a call request signal] .
10. A system to control a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
an application executing unit to execute a first application, and to execute a second application while executing the first application as a background application, the first application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the first application;
a gesture identifying unit to identify a target application control gesture corresponding to a contact signal, the contact signal being generated on a display screen in which a control interface of a target application is not displayed;
a command event verifying unit to verify a command event corresponding to the target application control gesture; and
a processor comprising an application controlling unit to forward the command event to the determined target application, and to control the target application to perform the command event in a background application state,
wherein the application executing unit further determines the first application as the target application based on an application selection gesture if multiple background applications controllable by the target application control gesture are being executed, and determines the first application as the target application without the application selection gesture if the first application is the only background application being executed [ , and
wherein the application controlling unit further stops the first application or stops the forwarding of the verified command event to the first application, upon receiving a call request signal] .
18. A system to control a mobile terminal application using a gesture, comprising:
an application executing unit to execute a plurality of applications, to determine a target application from among the plurality of executed applications based on a contact signal generated in a display screen if multiple background applications are being executed, and to determine a first application as the target application without the contact signal if the first application is the only background application being executed, the target application being executed in a background without displaying a control interface of the target application;
a gesture identifying unit to identify a gesture corresponding to the contact signal, the contact signal being generated on the display screen in which the control interface of the target application is not displayed;
a command event verifying unit to verify a command event corresponding to the gesture, and to determine whether the command event corresponding to the gesture is a command event of the target application; and
a processor comprising an application controlling unit to forward the command event to the determined target application, and to control the target application to perform the command event in a background application state if the command event is a command event of the target application [ , and to stop the target application or stop the forwarding of the verified command event to the target application, upon receiving a call request signal] .