Patent ID: 8847994

Claim:
A method for controlling screen display in a display device, comprising: displaying a first card object including at least one content on a first area of a screen; arranging a plurality of card objects in a prescribed order in a virtual hidden area adjacent to the screen; in response to a first request, moving a subsequent card object from the virtual hidden area to the first area based on the prescribed order and moving the first card object to the virtual hidden area; in response to a second request, reducing a size of the first card object and reducing a size of the plurality of card objects in the virtual hidden area and displaying both the first card object and the plurality of card objects on the screen, the reduced sizes of the first card object and the plurality of card objects being the same size; receiving selection of at least one of the card objects; and displaying the selected card object on the first area of the screen, wherein the displayed plurality of card objects are divided according to sources of the contents included in the corresponding card objects, and wherein the second request for the card objects includes an operation of dragging the first card object in a first direction.