Patent ID: 8519961
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a touch keypad on a touch screen of a portable terminal, comprising: determining whether the touch screen is in a portrait mode in response to a user input; splitting the touch keypad displayed on the touch screen into a left-hand keypad and a right-hand keypad when the touch screen is in the portrait mode and displaying, on the touch screen, one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other; and joining the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad when the portrait mode is changed to a landscape mode and displaying, on the touch screen, the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad side by side with each other, wherein said splitting the touch keypad into the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad and said displaying, on the touch screen, one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other is performed when the landscape mode is changed to the portrait mode.