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US 11,687,214 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for changing screen in electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyeongseop Shim, Hyesoon Jeong, Daesik Hwang
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for changing a screen in an electronic device that provides a plurality of windows are provided. The method includes providing, by an electronic device, a plurality of windows functionally connected to the electronic device, selecting at least one window displaying a first application among the plurality of windows, obtaining an input related to a second application being executed in the selected at least one window, and displaying the second application through the at least one window, based on the obtained input. The present disclosure is not limited to a specific embodiment, but various embodiments based on a technical spirit of the present disclosure may be implemented.
Claims21
A portable communication device comprising:
- a touchscreen display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display, via the touchscreen display, a first window and a second window concurrently such that a first execution screen corresponding to a first application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the first window, and that a second execution screen corresponding to a second application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the second window,
- receive a first touch input via the touchscreen display while the first execution screen and the second execution screen are displayed in the first window and the second window, respectively,
- in response to the first touch input, display a first icon indicative of a third application and a second icon indicative of a fourth application as overlapping with the first execution screen displayed in the first window or the second execution screen displayed in the second window,
- receive a second touch input with respect to the first icon while the first icon and the second icon are displayed as overlapping with the first execution screen displayed in the first window or the second execution screen displayed in the second window,
- in response to the second touch input, display a third window within the first window such that a third execution screen corresponding to the third application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the third window,
- receive a third touch input with respect to the second icon while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- in response to the third touch input, replace, in the third window, the third execution screen with a fourth execution screen corresponding to the fourth application while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- receive a fourth touch input with respect to the third window while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the fourth execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- in response to the fourth touch input, display a first indication and a second indication concurrently within the third window, the first indication indicative of the third execution screen previously displayed in the third window, and the second indication indicative of the fourth execution screen previously displayed in the third window,
- receive a fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the first and the second indications are displayed concurrently, and
- in response to the fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication, display a corresponding execution screen of the third execution screen or the fourth execution screen, respectively, in the third window.
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A method of a portable communication device comprising a touchscreen display, the method comprising:
- displaying, via the touchscreen display, a first window and a second window concurrently such that a first execution screen corresponding to a first application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the first window, and that a second execution screen corresponding to a second application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the second window;
- receiving a first touch input via the touchscreen display while the first execution screen and the second execution screen are displayed in the first window and the second window, respectively;
- in response to the first touch input, displaying a first icon indicative of a third application and a second icon indicative of a fourth application as overlapping with the first execution screen displayed in the first window or the second execution screen displayed in the second window;
- receiving a second touch input with respect to the first icon while the first icon and the second icon are displayed as overlapping with the first execution screen displayed in the first window or the second execution screen displayed in the second window;
- in response to the second touch input, displaying a third window within the first window such that a third execution screen corresponding to the third application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the third window;
- receiving a third touch input with respect to the second icon while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively;
- in response to the third touch input, replacing, in the third window, the third execution screen with a fourth execution screen corresponding to the fourth application while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively;
- receiving a fourth touch input with respect to the third window while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the fourth execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively;
- in response to the fourth touch input, displaying a first indication and a second indication concurrently within the third window, the first indication indicative of the third execution screen previously displayed in the third window, and the second indication indicative of the fourth execution screen previously displayed in the third window;
- receiving a fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the first and the second indications are displayed concurrently;
- and
- in response to the fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication, displaying a corresponding execution screen of the third execution screen or the fourth execution screen, respectively, in the third window.
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A portable communication device comprising:
- a touchscreen display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display, via the touchscreen display, a first window and a second window concurrently such that a first execution screen corresponding to a first application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the first window, and that a second execution screen corresponding to a second application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the second window,
- receive a first touch input via the touchscreen display while the first execution screen and the second execution screen are displayed in the first window and the second window, respectively,
- in response to the first touch input, display a first icon indicative of a third application and a second icon indicative of a fourth application as overlapping with at least one execution screen of the first execution screen displayed in the first window or the second execution screen displayed in the second window,
- receive a second touch input with respect to the first icon while the first icon and the second icon are displayed as overlapping with the at least one execution screen,
- in response to the second touch input, display a third window within the first window such that a third execution screen corresponding to the third application is displayed in substantially an entire area of the third window,
- receive a third touch input with respect to the second icon while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- in response to the third touch input, replace, in the third window, the third execution screen with a fourth execution screen corresponding to the fourth application while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the third execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- receive a fourth touch input with respect to the third window while the first execution screen, the second execution screen and the fourth execution screen are displayed concurrently in the first window, the second window and the third window, respectively,
- in response to the fourth touch input, concurrently display within the third window a set of indications for identifying and changing execution screens in the third window, the set of indications comprising indications only corresponding to applications previously executed in the third window, the set of indications including a first indication indicative of the third execution screen and a second indication indicative of the fourth execution screen,
- receive a fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication while the first execution screen, the second execution screen, and the first and the second indications are displayed concurrently, and
- in response to the fifth touch input to select the first indication or the second indication, display a corresponding execution screen of the third execution screen or the fourth execution screen, respectively, in the third window with the first execution screen in the first window and the second execution screen in the second window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.