Electric terminal having screen division display function and the screen display method thereof

• Main Author: KANG RAE HOON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.06.2007
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SELECTING; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

The present invention provides an electronic terminal having a screen division display function, the terminal including a memory for storing at least one document file and a viewer program for opening and showing the contents of the document file; and a control unit for executing the viewer program to divide a page of the document file stored in the memory into a plurality of cells, display one of the divided cells in one area of a screen window and display one or more cells adjacent to the cell displayed in the one area of the screen window in other areas of the screen window. According to the present invention, movement among the divided cells can be easily implemented using the direction keys provided on the electronic terminal such that the number of movements of a cursor required for displaying the entire document can be drastically decreased even when a document is enlarged such that it may be recognized with the naked eye.