Patent ID: 11914434
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a keyboard disposed in the first housing:
a touchpad disposed in the first housing, wherein the touchpad comprises a touch sensor and a display;
a second housing pivotally coupled to the first housing;
a display panel disposed in the second housing;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor. cause the electronic device to:
control the touchpad to display a first shortcut related to a first function for moving a pointer on the display panel and at least one second shortcut, wherein the at least one second shortcut includes a third shortcut related to a second function for displaying a group of objects corresponding to a subset of a plurality of keys in the keyboard,
receive a first input on the first shortcut displayed in the touchpad,
in response to the first input on the first shortcut, perform the first function for moving the pointer that is displayed on the display panel so that the pointer on the display panel is moved in response to a second input on the touchpad,
receive a third input on the third shortcut related to the second function among the at least one second shortcut displayed in the touchpad, and
in response to the third input on the third shortcut related to the second function, perform the second function so that the group of objects corresponding to the subset of the plurality of keys in the keyboard is displayed and a fourth input on any one of the objects is able to be received on the touchpad.