| US 7,526,585 B2 | ||
| Multi-tasking apparatus and method in portable terminal wherein controller switches to standby mode while playing music file as background music | ||
| Moon-Sang Jeong, Daegu (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/390,338. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0079921 (KR), filed on Aug. 30, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0061806 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—72 [710/8; 710/9; 710/10; 710/73; 710/74; 455/550; 455/566; 718/100; 718/107] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A multi-tasking apparatus in a portable terminal, the multi-tasking apparatus comprising:
a controller for controlling implementation of at least one menu function while playing a music file; and
a display unit for displaying an indication that the music file is being played during the implementation of the menu function;
wherein the controller switches the portable terminal to a standby mode while playing the music file as background music upon
selection of the music file as the background music during the play of the music file and controls the implementation of the
at least one menu function while playing the background music upon selection of the menu function in the standby mode where
the background music is being played.
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