US 12,621,670 B2Granted

Electronic device and method for operating electronic device

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsBona Lee, Eunjung Huh, Jonghyun Han

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Abstract

An electronic device may include: a first subscriber identity module (SIM); a second SIM; a flexible display having at least a portion which can be folded or unfolded, and including an area corresponding to the first SIM and an area corresponding to the second SIM; a communication circuit; a memory; and a processor operatively coupled, directly or indirectly, to the first SIM, the second SIM, the flexible display, the communication circuit, and the memory. The processor(s) may be configured to: receive, through the communication circuit, a notification related to the first SIM from the outside; provide the notification related to the first SIM to a designated area on the basis of a state of the flexible display when at least a portion of the area corresponding to the first SIM in the flexible display is in a folded state; and display an execution screen of an application corresponding to the notification related to the first SIM on the flexible display when the area corresponding to the first SIM is changed to an unfolded state while the notification related to the first SIM is provided.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a first subscriber identity module (SIM);
a second SIM;
a flexible display including a first SIM area configured to display a screen corresponding to the first SIM, a second SIM area configured to display a screen corresponding to the second SIM, and a common use area configured to display a screen corresponding to the first SIM and/or the second SIM, wherein the first SIM area and the second SIM area are capable of being at least partially folded and/or unfolded;
a communication circuit;
at least one processor including processing circuitry and operatively connected to the first SIM, the second SIM, the flexible display, and the communication circuit;
and
a memory storing instructions which, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:
receive a notification message related to the first SIM from an external device through at least the communication circuit;
display to a user the notification message related to the first SIM in a specified area related to the first SIM based on a state of the flexible display where at least part of the first SIM area is folded in the flexible display, wherein the specified area is an area formed along a folded portion of the flexible display;
and
display an execution screen of an application corresponding to the notification related to the first SIM on the first SIM area and the common use area of the flexible display in response to the first SIM area being changed from folded to unfolded while the notification message related to the first SIM is provided,
wherein the first SIM and the second SIM are simultaneously active in the electronic device.

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An operating method of an electronic device including a flexible display, of which at least part is capable of being folded and/or unfolded and which includes a first SIM area configured to display a screen corresponding to a first SIM, a second SIM area configured to display a screen corresponding to a second SIM, and a common use area configured to display a screen corresponding to the first SIM and/or the second SIM, the method comprising:

receiving a notification message related to the first SIM from an external device;
when at least part of the first SIM area is folded in the flexible display, providing the notification message related to the first SIM in a specified area related to the first SIM based on a state of the flexible display, wherein the specified area is an area formed along a folded portion of the flexible display;
and
in response to the first SIM area being changed from folded to unfolded while the notification message related to the first SIM is provided, displaying an execution screen of an application corresponding to the notification related to the first SIM on the first SIM area and the common use area of the flexible display,
wherein the first SIM and the second SIM are simultaneously active in the electronic device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/326,276Filed 31 May 2023 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2020-01676483 Dec 2020
Published: US 2023/0308880 A128 Sep 2023
Granted: 5 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04W 12/45
Security arrangements using identity modules: using multiple identity modules
G06F 1/16
Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00: constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 3/0484
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or…