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US 2014/0351729 A1Published application
Method of operating application and electronic device implementing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoungjoo PARK
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Abstract
An electronic device capable of multitasking is provided. A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a window of a foreground application, displaying at least one window of background applications on at least a part of the window of the foreground application, detecting a user input for selecting one of the at least one window of the background applications, and assigning a foreground authority to a background application corresponding to the selected one window to update the selected one window.
Claims16
A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying a window of a foreground application;
- displaying at least one window of background applications on a part of the window of the foreground application;
- detecting a user input for selecting one of the at least one window of the background applications;
- and
- assigning a foreground authority to a background application corresponding to the selected one window to update the selected one window.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a display unit configured to display a window of an application;
- an input unit configured to detect a user input;
- a task manager configured to perform an operation to display a window of a foreground application, an operation for displaying at least one window of background applications on a part of the window of the foreground application, an operation to detect a user input for selecting one of the at least one window of the background applications, and an operation to assign a foreground authority to a background application corresponding to the selected one window to update the selected one window;
- and
- at least one processor for executing the task manager.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.