Method and apparatus for providing multi-window in touch device

Abstract

A method of executing an application in a touch device is provided. The method includes displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen, receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application, configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window, and independently displaying screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:
 displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen;   receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application;   configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window; and   independently displaying screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the execution event is an event for selecting an execution icon of the second application to be additionally executed from a tray and moving the selected execution icon into a screen. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising outputting a feedback for a window corresponding to an updated location of an execution icon when an execution icon is moved and is not released. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the outputting of the feedback comprises confirming a window of a region where the execution icon is moved and currently located through a location trace of the execution icon. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising releasing the execution icon by dropping the execution icon on a window where the execution icon is currently located. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the independently displaying of the screens comprises respectively displaying a screen corresponding to a size of a corresponding window in which the first application and the second application are executed. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying a screen of a plurality of applications through the multi-window;   receiving an input of an execution event for an additional application while displaying the screen of the plurality of applications;   executing the additional application through a window selected to execute the additional application; and   processing an application previously executed through the selected window as a background, and displaying a screen of the additional application through the selected window.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising comparing the number of currently executed execution windows with a split information, and determining whether the number of execution windows corresponds to a value set to the split information when the input of the execution event for selecting the additional application is received. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the tray is moved to another region in the screen according to a user input. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein a floating key pad is provided when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window during an operation by the multi-window. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the floating key pad is moved to another region in the screen according to a user input. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein an input character by the floating key pad is input to a text input window provided from the application of the specific window and is displayed. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein respective windows of the multi-window are separated by a separator. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the sizes of the respective windows are changed according to a movement of the separator. 
     
     
         15 . A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:
 executing a first application corresponding to user selection and displaying the application through one window as a full screen;   receiving a first event input for selecting and moving a second application when the first application is executed;   determining a multi-window split scheme and a region to which the first event is input;   outputting a feedback for a window in which the second application is able to be executed and the region to which the first event is input;   receiving a second event input of executing the second application;   configuring the multi-window in response to the second event input; and   independently displaying a screen of the first application and a screen of the second application respectively through corresponding windows separated by the multi-window.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the first event comprises an event for selecting an execution icon of the second application to be additionally executed from a tray and moving the selected execution icon into a screen. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the second event comprises moving the execution icon and releasing the execution icon from a current window when the first event is not released. 
     
     
         18 . A method of executing an application in a touch device, the method comprising:
 displaying an execution screen of a first application as a full screen;   sliding-in a tray including an execution icon of an application according to a user input when the first application is executed;   receiving an input for selecting an execution icon of a second application from the tray and dragging the selected execution icon into the full screen;   receiving an input for dropping the execution icon in a specific window while the execution icon is dragged;   executing the second application in response to the drop input of the execution icon;   splitting a full screen into windows for displaying screens of the first application and the second application; and   displaying a screen of the second application through the specific window in which the execution icon is dropped, and displaying the screen of the first application through another split window.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising sliding-out the tray when the execution icon is selected and is moved to the full screen. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 blanking a region to which the execution icon is allocated in the tray when the execution icon is selected and is moved to the full screen; and   restoring again the blanked region when the tray is slid-out.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising outputting a feedback for the specific window into which the execution icon is dragged while the execution icon is moved on the full screen according to the drag. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 popping-up a floating key pad when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window from among the split windows; and   inputting a text for the application of the specific window according to a user input using the floating key pad.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising moving the floating key pad to another region in a screen to input a text for an application of another window. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the windows for displaying the screens of the first application and the second application are split through a separator. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising changing sizes of the windows according to a movement of the separator. 
     
     
         26 . A touch device comprising:
 a touch screen configured to display a screen interface of a multi-window environment, to display screens of a plurality of applications through a plurality of windows separated in the screen interface, and to receive an event input for operating the plurality of applications; and   a controller configured to control execution of the plurality of applications in the multi-window environment, and to control to independently display screens of at least two applications according to a user selection from among a plurality of executed applications through the plurality of windows.   
     
     
         27 . The touch device of  claim 26 , wherein the controller receives an input of an execution event for executing a second application when an execution screen of a first application is displayed as a full screen, configures a multi-window according to a split scheme when the execution event is released from a specific window, and controls to independently display screens of the first application and the second application through respective split windows. 
     
     
         28 . The touch device of  claim 27 , wherein the controller controls a feedback output for a window of a moved location while an execution icon is moved in a state in which the execution event is not released. 
     
     
         29 . The touch device of  claim 27 , wherein, when execution of an additional application is received while displaying screens of the plurality of applications through the multi-window, the controller executes the additional application through a selected window for executing the additional application, processes an application previously executed through the selected window as a background, and controls to display a screen of the additional application through the selected window. 
     
     
         30 . The touch device of  claim 26 , wherein the screen interface comprises an execution icon of an application and a tray moved to another region in a screen according to a user input. 
     
     
         31 . The touch device of  claim 26 , wherein the screen interface comprises a floating key pad which is popped up when a text input is requested from an application of a specific window, and moved to another region in a screen according to a user input. 
     
     
         32 . The touch device of  claim 26 , wherein the screen interface comprises a separator for separating respective windows according to the multi-window environment and changing sizes of the respective windows according to a user input. 
     
     
         33 . The touch device of  claim 32 , wherein the controller determines a changing size of the respective windows according to movement of the separator. 
     
     
         34 . A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a process comprising receiving an input of an execution event for executing a second application when an execution screen of a first application is displayed as a full screen, configuring a multi-window in a split scheme when the execution event is released on a specific window, and independently displaying screens of the first application and the second applications through respective split windows. 
     
     
         35 . The recording medium of  claim 34 , wherein the program further comprises outputting a feedback for a window of a moved location when an execution icon is moved and when the execution icon is not released.