# US 11,907,494 B2 · Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for providing content of electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,494 B2 - Document ID: US11907494B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/308,289 - Filed: 2023-04-27 - Published: 2023-09-28 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-03 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Juyeoung Kim; Joseph Kim; Jungwon Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907494B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - H04M 1/724094: {Interfacing with a device worn on the user's body to provide access to telephonic functionalities, e.g. accepting a call, reading or composing a message} - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1677: {for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment} - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - 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 - G06F 3/16: Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) - H04M 1/0235: {Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts} - H04M 1/0245: {using open/close detection} - G06F 3/1431: {using a single graphics controller} - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 2340/0464: Positioning - G09G 2380/02: Flexible displays - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: display the second content on a partial area of the main display area in case that the application of the electronic device comprises only visual information, display the second content on an entire area of the main display area in case that the application of the electronic device is running in a background, and expand the at least one expansion display area and display the second content on the at least one expansion display area in case that the application of the electronic device comprises both visual information and auditory information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display a notification on a part of the main display area in case that the second content is displayed by using the main display area, and wherein the notification comprises information guiding the use of the expansion display area to display the second content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in case of receiving the context in the first state: display the first content on a first area of the main display area, and display the second content in a second area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in case of receiving the context in the first state: display the first content on an entire area of the main display area, and display the second content on a part of the main display area as a pop-up window. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in case of receiving the context in the first state: expand the display, display the first content on the main display area, and display the second content on the expansion display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in case of receiving the context in the second state: display a first content on the main display area, and display a second content on the expansion display area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the external device comprises a wearable device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the context generated from the external device comprises at least one of a first context comprising information related to settings of the external device, a second context comprising information related to data collected by the external device, or a third context comprising event information generated from an outside that is not related to the application running on the electronic device, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: determine a first context and a second context as a second content in case that the external device is used to execute the first content, determine a first context as a second content in case that the external device is not used to execute the first content, and determine a third context as a second content in case of detecting an external event that is not related to the first content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display comprises at least one expansion display area that is expandable from the main display area to at least one of up, down, left, and right directions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to be expanded via a sliding method. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: display a pop-up for configuring information to configure a setting screen in case that the connection with the external device is a first time, and display a preconfigured setting screen as the second content in case that the connection with the external device is not the first time. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises: displaying the second content on a partial area of the main display area in case that the application of the electronic device comprises only visual information; displaying the second content on an entire area of the main display area in case that the application of the electronic device is running in a background; or expanding the at least one expansion display area and display the second content on the at least one expansion display area in case that the application of the electronic device comprises both visual information and auditory information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises, in case of receiving the context in the first state: displaying the first content on a first area of the main display area; and displaying the second content on a second area. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises, in case of receiving the context in the first state: displaying the first content on an entire area of the main display area; and displaying the second content on a part of the main display area as a pop-up window. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises, in case of receiving the context in the first state: expanding the display, displaying the first content on the main display area, and displaying the second content on the expansion display area, and wherein the expansion display area is expanded by using a sliding manner. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises, in case of receiving the context in the second state: displaying a first content on the main display area; and displaying a second content on the expansion display area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the context generated from the external device comprises at least one of a first context comprising information related to settings of the external device, a second context comprising information related to data collected by the external device, and a third context comprising event information generated from an outside that is not related to the application running on the electronic device, and wherein the selecting where to display the second content on the display comprises: determining a first context and a second context as a second content by at least one processor in case that the external device is used to execute the first content, determining a first context as a second content by the at least one processor in case that the external device is not used to execute the first content, or determining a third context as a second content by the at least one processor in case of detecting an external event that is not related to the first content. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the identifying whether an external device is operatively connected to the electronic device comprises: identifying whether the connection with the external device is a first time; displaying a pop-up for configuring information to configure a setting screen in case that the connection with the external device is the first time; or displaying a preconfigured setting screen as the second content in case that the connection with the external device is not the first time.