Patent ID: 9250775
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing a user interface in a mobile device, the method comprising: controlling a touch display to present a plurality of visual display elements which are associated with a plurality of applications, respectively, wherein one of the plurality of visual display elements is presented in a defined first size and provides first information within the one of the plurality of visual display elements; based on a touch at the one of the plurality of visual display elements presented in the defined first size, controlling to change a size of the one of the plurality of visual display elements from the defined first size to a defined second size and requesting content, to a server related to an application associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements; based on determining that the requested content is received from the server in response to the request, controlling to provide second information within the one of the plurality of visual display elements presented in the defined second size, the second information generated based on the received content from the server; and based on determining that the requested content is not received from the server, controlling to provide third information within the one of the plurality of visual display elements presented in the defined second size, the third information generated based on previously received content stored in a memory before the request.