Method and apparatus for displaying application
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-jin Kim, Sung-hee Kim, Seung-woon Lee, Kang-tae Kim, Tae-soo Kim, Jung-hwan Choi
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Abstract
A method of displaying an application is provided. The method includes displaying an execution screen of a first application on a first area when the first application is executed, displaying the execution screen of the first application on a second area instead of on the first area when a second application is executed while the first application is executed, and displaying an execution screen of a second application on the first area.
Claims15
A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying a first application as full-sized;
- while displaying the first application as full-sized, displaying a second application as overlapping at least a portion of the first application;
- based on a first gesture being detected on the second application for displaying a plurality of applications, displaying the plurality of applications in a stack as overlapping at least a portion of the first application, wherein the plurality of applications in the stack overlap one over another, the plurality of applications are being executed by the electronic device, and the plurality of applications include the second application and a third application;
- based on a second gesture being detected for changing a foremost application in the stack to another application in the stack, displaying the other application as the foremost application in the stack;
- and
- based on a third gesture being detected for selecting one application from among the plurality of applications, displaying the one application as full-sized instead of the first application.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a memory storing one or more instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
- control the display to display a first application as full-sized,
- while displaying the first application as full-sized, control the display to display a second application as overlapping at least a portion of the first application,
- based on a first gesture being detected on the second application for displaying a plurality of applications, control the display to display the plurality of applications in a stack as overlapping at least a portion of the first application, wherein the plurality of applications in the stack overlap one over another, the plurality of applications are being executed by the electronic device, and the plurality of applications include the second application and a third application,
- based on a second gesture being detected for changing a foremost application in the stack to another application in the stack, control the display to display the other application as the foremost application in the stack, and
- based on a third gesture being detected for selecting one application from among the plurality of applications, control the display to display the one application as full-sized instead of the first application.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a first application as full-sized;
- while displaying the first application as full-sized, displaying a second application as overlapping at least a portion of the first application;
- based on a first gesture being detected on the second application for displaying a plurality of applications, displaying the plurality of applications in a stack as overlapping at least a portion of the first application, wherein the plurality of applications in the stack overlap one over another, the plurality of applications are being executed by the electronic device, and the plurality of applications include the second application and a third application;
- based on a second gesture being detected for changing a foremost application in the stack to another application in the stack, displaying the other application as the foremost application in the stack;
- and
- based on a third gesture being detected for selecting one application from among the plurality of applications, displaying the one application as full-sized instead of the first application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.