Patent ID: 8856678
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display device, comprising: a display unit configured to display a content containing a first content area, a second content area adjacent to the first content area, and a third content area adjacent to the second content area; a sensor unit configured to sense a touch input and configured to deliver a signal according to a sensed result to a processor; and the processor configured to control the display unit and the sensor unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect a first touch input for selecting the first content area; assign a first selection area to the first content area corresponding to the first touch input; detect a second touch input for moving the first selection area and the second content area to a first direction; move the first selection area and the second content area to the first direction corresponding to the second touch input, wherein the first selection area is scrolled over and a displayed size of the first selection area is shrunk according to the second touch input; fix a position and a size of the first selection area when the first selection area is displayed with a size equal to a predetermined size by moving the first selection area, wherein the predetermined size is a minimum size with which the first selection area is displayed; detect a third touch input for moving the content to the first direction, wherein the third touch input is detected on any portion of the second content area; and generate a folding area adjacent to the fixed first selection area, fold the entire second content area on which the third touch input is detected into the folding area, and display the third content area adjacent to the folding area having the entire second content area folded therein according to the third touch input, wherein third touch input is detected sequentially to the second touch input, and a direction associated with the second touch input and the third touch input is the same.