US 11,907,494 B2 · Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for providing content of electronic device

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area, a communication module, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute an application of the electronic device in a first state in which the display is not expanded or in a second state in which the display is expanded, display first content on the display, establish a connection with an external device, receive a context generated from the external device, when the context is received, determine a position to display second content related to the context, from among the main display area or the at least one expansion display area, based on a type of the first content and whether the display is in the first state or the second state, and display the second content at the determined position.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a display comprising a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area;
a communication module;
and
at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the communication module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
execute an application of the electronic device in a first state in which the display is not expanded or in a second state in which the display is expanded, to display a first content on the display,
establish a connection with an external device via the communication module,
receive a context generated from the external device,
determine a position to display a second content related to the context, from among the main display area or the at least one expansion display area, based on a type of the first content and whether the display is in the first state or the second state in case that the context is received, and
display the second content at the determined position.

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A method of providing contents of an electronic device,

the electronic device comprising a display comprising a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area, the method comprising:
identifying whether an external device is operatively connected to the electronic device;
receiving a context generated from the external device;
determining a second content to be added to the display considering a type of first content comprising application information of an application running on the electronic device, and the external device;
and
selecting where to display the second content on the display based on a first content comprising application information running on the electronic device and whether the display is in a first state in which the display is unexpanded or a second state in which the display is expanded.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for providing content of electronic device

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Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for providing content of electronic device

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