# US 10,768,783 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing application information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,783 B2 - Document ID: US10768783B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/539,821 - Filed: 2014-11-12 - Published: 2015-05-14 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-12 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kyung-Hee Lee; Chang-Ryong Heo; Ken-Hyung Park; Chi-Hyun Cho; Kun-Woo Baek - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768783B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/68: {Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient} - A61B 5/6897: {Computer input devices, e.g. mice or keyboards} - A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)} - A61B 5/7475: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick} - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - A61B 5/0002: {Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07)} - A61B 5/0059: {using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence (photoacoustic A61B5/0093; optical measurement of heart rate A61B5/02416; optical measurement of blood flow A61B5/0261; optical measurement of analytes A61B5/1455)} - A61B 5/02: Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system, e.g. pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow - A61B 5/05: Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves (measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof A61B5/11; detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof A61B5/24) - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A method for providing application information in an electronic device includes providing at least one application item including information regarding a corresponding application, by using a first specified area of a display operatively coupled to an electronic device, identifying or selecting at least one item from the at least one application item, providing execution information of an application corresponding to the at least one item via a second specified area of the display based on the identifying, and providing additional information related to the execution information via the first specified area, based on the execution information. Other embodiments are also possible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A smart watch comprising: a display; at least one sensor configured to obtain activity information related to a physical activity of a user; and a processor configured to: display a plurality of items corresponding to a plurality of applications on a first area of the display of the smart watch; receive an input for executing an activity application among the plurality of applications; in response to receiving the input, execute the activity application; display, on a second area of the display of the smart watch, first information corresponding to a target activity amount that is set in the activity application; display, on the first area of the display of the smart watch, second information indicating the activity information obtained from the at least once sensor; and replace the first information displayed on the first area of the display of the smart watch to another information, while maintaining the second information displayed on the first area, wherein the first area is adjacent to the second area, and is arranged to surround the second area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The smart watch of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises information related to calories. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The smart watch of claim 1, wherein the second information comprises current activity information obtained from the at least one sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The smart watch of claim 3, wherein the second information comprises a graphic effect indicating the current activity information, and wherein an area of the graphic effect is increased based on the current activity information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The smart watch of claim 1, wherein a shape of the display is a circular shape and the first area and the second area are divided into an outer region of a circle and an inner region of the circle on a screen of the display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The smart watch of claim 1, wherein a shape of the first area and the second area correspond to a shape of the display, wherein the shape of the display comprises a circular shape or a square shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The smart watch of claim 1, wherein the first information corresponding to the target activity amount that is set in the activity application is changed to information other than the first information when the activity application is changed to another application. ### Claim 8 A method for providing information in a smart watch, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of items corresponding to a plurality of applications; receiving an input for executing an activity application among the plurality of applications; in response to receiving the input, executing the activity application; displaying, on a second area of the smart watch, first information corresponding to a target activity amount that is set in the activity application; displaying, on a first area of the smart watch, second information indicating activity information obtained from at least one sensor of the smart watch; and replacing the first information displayed on the first area to another information, while maintaining the second information displayed on the first area, wherein the first area is adjacent to the second area and is arranged to surround the second area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first information comprises information related to calories. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second information comprises current activity information obtained from the at least one sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the second information comprises a graphic effect indicating the current activity information, and wherein an area of the graphic effect is increased based on the current activity information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a shape of a display is a circular shape and the first area and the second area are divided into an outer region of a circle and an inner region of the circle on a screen of the display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a shape of the first area and the second area correspond to a shape of a display, wherein the shape of the display comprises a circular shape or a square shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first information corresponding to the target activity amount that is set in the activity application is changed to information other than the first information when the activity application is changed to another application.