Patent ID: 9274681
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising: executing an audio application; displaying the audio application having a first menu on the touchscreen, wherein the first menu comprises a volume control item for adjusting volume of audio output of the audio application and a file play item for changing a currently executing audio file to either a previous file or a next audio file; terminating the displaying of the audio application and the first menu so that the audio application and the first menu are no longer displayed, continuing the executing of the audio application, and displaying on the touchscreen content of an image application, all in response to an input; simultaneously performing the executing of the audio application and executing of the image application while the audio application and the first menu are not displayed; changing the displayed content of the image application in response to a contact input received at the touchscreen while the image application is executing and while none of the audio application and the first menu are displayed, wherein any proximity touch input received at the touchscreen while the content of the image application is displayed does not manipulate the image application; adjusting volume of the audio output of the audio application when a first proximity touch input is received at the touchscreen at a first defined direction while the image application is executing, while the content of the image application is displayed, and while none of the audio application and the first menu are displayed; and changing the currently executing audio file of the audio application to either a previous file or a next audio file when a second proximity touch input is received at the touchscreen at a second defined direction while the image application is executing, while the content of the image application is displayed, and while none of the audio application and the first menu are displayed, wherein the first proximity touch input and the second proximity touch input are inputs that do not contact a surface of the touchscreen, and wherein the contact input is received in a direction that is the same as a direction that the first proximity touch input and the second proximity touch input are received.