# US 10,768,681 B2 · Electronic device and content display method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,681 B2 - Document ID: US10768681B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/720,902 - Filed: 2017-09-29 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-05 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seok-Weon Seo; Jong-Bum Choi; Sang-Ho Kim; Bo-Seok Moon; Yang-Wook Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768681B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/3206: Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality - G06F 1/266: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips} - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - G06F 9/5094: {where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria (power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206)} - G06Q 10/00: Administration; Management - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract An electronic device and a content display method are provided. A content display method of an electronic device includes displaying an application in the electronic device; and changing a content display mode of the application, when a detected battery consumption of the application exceeds a threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A content display method of an electronic device, the content display method comprising: storing information on a hardware decoding mode of an application based on a selection of the hardware decoding mode from among a plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data; displaying a screen associated with the application; and changing a decoding mode of the application to the hardware decoding mode, in response to a detected battery consumption of the application exceeding a threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, wherein the plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data comprise a software decoding mode and the hardware decoding mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, further comprising storing application battery assignment information including a name of the application, a logical battery capacity assigned to the application, and the threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, wherein the logical battery capacity of the application is greater than or equal to the threshold logical battery capacity of the application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, wherein changing the decoding mode of the application to the hardware decoding, mode comprises displaying a pop-up window indicating that the battery consumption of the application has exceeded the threshold logical battery capacity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The content display method of claim 3, further comprising changing a setting of the decoding mode of the application using the pop-up window. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, wherein changing the decoding mode comprises: hardware decoding the application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, further comprising storing another application battery assignment information including a name of another application, another logical battery capacity assigned to the another application, another threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the another application, and another decoding mode change, which are different than the name of the application, the logical battery capacity assigned to the application, the threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, and the decoding mode change. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, further comprising displaying at least one of an icon corresponding to the logical battery capacity and an icon corresponding to the threshold logical battery capacity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The content display method of claim 7, wherein the at least one of the icon corresponding to the logical battery capacity and the icon corresponding to the threshold logical battery capacity are displayed on a status bar of the electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The content display method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one of a visual feedback, an auditory feedback, and a tactile feedback, in response to changing the decoding mode. ### Claim 10 An electronic device comprising: a memory; a touch screen; and a processor configured to: store, in the memory, information on a hardware decoding mode of an application based on a selection of the hardware decoding mode from among a plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data associated with the application; control the touch screen to display a screen associated with the application; and change a decoding mode of the application to the hardware decoding mode, in response to a calculated battery consumption of the application exceeding a threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, wherein the plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data comprise a software decoding mode and the hardware decoding mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to store, in the memory, application battery assignment information including a name of the application, a logical battery capacity assigned to the application, and the threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, wherein the logical battery capacity of the application is greater than or equal to the threshold logical battery capacity of the application. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to store, in the memory, another application battery assignment information including a name of another application, another logical battery capacity assigned to the another application, another threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the another application, and another second decoding mode, which are different than the name of the application, the logical battery capacity assigned to the application, the threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application, and the decoding mode change. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to control the touch screen to display at least one of an icon corresponding to the logical battery capacity and an icon corresponding to the threshold logical battery capacity. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one of the icon corresponding to the logical battery capacity and the icon corresponding to the threshold logical battery capacity are displayed on a status bar of the electronic device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the electronic device, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the battery consumption of the application using the voltage detected by the detection unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to compare the calculated battery consumption of the application with at least one of the logical battery capacity assigned to the application and the threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to change the decoding mode by changing decoding of the application into hardware decoding. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to provide at least one of a visual feedback and a tactile feedback, in response to the processor changing the decoding mode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising a speaker configured to provide an auditory feedback, in response to the processor changing the decoding mode. ### Claim 20 A content display method of an electronic device, the content display method comprising: storing information on a hardware decoding mode of an application based on a selection of the hardware decoding mode from among a plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data associated with the application; displaying a screen associated with the application in the electronic device; and changing the decoding mode of the application to the hardware decoding mode, in response to a detected battery consumption of the application exceeding the logical battery capacity, wherein the logical battery capacity of the application is the same as the threshold logical battery capacity of the application, and wherein the plurality of decoding modes for video data or audio data comprise a software decoding mode and the hardware decoding mode.