Mobile terminal, memory and folder control method

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a display unit on which a tiled object corresponding to a function is displayed and a touch panel located on the display unit. The mobile terminal further includes at least one processor. The at least one processor displays, when a plurality of tiled objects are stored in a folder, display the folder on the display unit. The at least one processor displays an image representing a tiled object stored in the folder on the display unit in association with the folder. The at least one processor performs, when a touch operation is performed on the folder, a function corresponding to the tiled object represented by the image displayed on the display unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a memory storing at least a first application program and a second application program;   a display that displays a first object corresponding to the first application program, and a second object corresponding to the second application program, wherein the first object has a first size and the second object has a second size which is different from the first size;   a touch panel located on the display and configured to detect a touch operation by a user; and   at least one processor coupled to the memory, the display and the touch panel, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:   create a third object on the display when a first touch operation is detected while the first and second objects are displayed, wherein the third object is a folder that contains a plurality of objects that includes at least the first and second objects;   in response to detecting a second touch operation on the third object, display the first and second objects as a group outside of the third object in their original sizes prior to being placed inside the third object and a boundary separating the group of the plurality of objects from another object that is not within the group of the plurality of objects;   in response to detecting a third touch operation on the third object, allow at least one name associated with the folder to be changed, wherein the at least one processor is configured not to, in response to detecting the third touch operation, display the boundary.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the first size is smaller than the second size, and wherein at least the second object is reduced in size to be displayed inside the third object. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the memory stores a third application program; and   the at least one processor is further configured to:
 display the first object with the first size and the second object with the second size when the second touch operation on the third object is detected, 
 display a fourth object corresponding to the third application program, and 
 when the second touch operation is detected, display the boundary separating the fourth object from the first and second objects. 
   
     
     
         4 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a memory storing at least a first application program and a second application program;   a display that displays a first object corresponding to the first application program and a second object corresponding to the second application program, wherein the first object has a first size and the second object has a second size which is different from the first size;   a touch panel located on the display and configured to detect a touch operation by a user; and   at least one processor coupled to the memory, the display and the touch panel, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:   create a third object on the display when a first touch operation is detected while the first and second objects are displayed, wherein the third object is a folder that contains a plurality of objects that includes at least the first and second objects;   in response to detecting a second touch operation on the third object, display the first and second objects as a group outside of the third object in their original sizes prior to being placed inside the third object and a boundary separating the group of the plurality of objects from another object that is not within the group of the plurality of objects;   in response to detecting a third touch operation on the third object, allow at least one name associated with the folder to be changed, wherein the at least one processor is configured not to, in response to detecting the third touch operation in a state where the first object and the second object are not displayed outside of the third object, display the boundary.   
     
     
         5 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed perform a method of displaying objects on a display of an electronic device, the electronic device being configured to execute a first application program and a second application program and having a touch panel located on the display, the method comprising:
 displaying a first object corresponding to the first application program and a second object corresponding to the second application program, wherein the first object has a first size and the second object has a second size which is different from the first size;   detecting a touch operation by a user;   creating a third object on the display when a first touch operation is detected while the first and second objects are displayed, wherein the third object is a folder that contains a plurality of objects that includes at least the first and second objects;   displaying, in response to detecting a second touch operation on the third object, the first and second objects as a group outside of the third object in their original sizes prior to being placed inside the third object and a boundary separating the group of the plurality of objects from another object that is not within the group of the plurality of objects;   allowing, in response to detecting a third touch operation on the third object, at least one name associated with the folder to be changed, wherein the boundary is not displayed in response to detecting the third touch operation.   
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 5 , wherein the first size is smaller than the second size, and wherein at least the second object is reduced in size to be displayed inside the third object. 
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
 displaying the first object with the first size and the second object with the second size when the second touch operation on the third object is detected,   displaying a fourth object corresponding to a third application program, and   when the second touch operation is detected, displaying the boundary separating the fourth object from the first and second objects.   
     
     
         8 . A method of displaying objects on a display of an electronic device, the electronic device being configured to execute a first application program and a second application program and having a touch panel located on the display, the method comprising:
 displaying a first object corresponding to the first application program and a second object corresponding to the second application program, wherein the first object has a first size and the second object has a second size which is different from the first size;   detecting a touch operation by a user;   creating a third object on the display when a first touch operation is detected while the first and second objects are displayed, wherein the third object is a folder that contains a plurality of objects that includes at least the first and second objects;   displaying, in response to detecting a second touch operation on the third object, the first and second objects as a group outside of the third object in their original sizes prior to being placed inside the third object and a boundary separating the group of the plurality of objects from another object that is not within the group of the plurality of objects;   allowing, in response to detecting a third touch operation on the third object, at least one name associated with the folder to be changed, wherein the boundary is not displayed in response to detecting the third touch operation.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first size is smaller than the second size, and wherein at least the second object is reduced in size to be displayed inside the third object. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 displaying the first object with the first size and the second object with the second size when the second touch operation on the third object is detected,   displaying a fourth object corresponding to a third application program, and   when the second touch operation is detected, displaying the boundary separating the fourth object from the first and second objects.