Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit

摘要

A portable terminal is provided having a front surface and a curved side surface in which the portable terminal is operated in a general mode in which an application is displayed on a main display area of the front surface, and in response to the occurrence of the event while in the general mode, the display is controlled to display event information related to the event on an auxiliary display area of the curved side surface and display the application on the main display area.

主权项

1. A portable device comprising:
a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area, and a controller configured to:
operate the portable device in one of a first mode in which information is displayed only on the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area,in response to an occurrence of a first event in the first mode, control the display to display information related to the first event only on the curved area, andin response to an occurrence of a second event while providing information associated with an application on the main area in the second mode, control the display to provide information related to the second event on the curved area and provide the information associated with the application on the main area.