US 11,669,190 B2
Screen output method using external device and electronic device for supporting the same
Jeong Pyo Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Young Kyu Seon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ga Jin Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dong Ho Jang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyung Sup Byeon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Yong Joon Jeon, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,480.
Application 17/382,480 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,464, filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Application 17/382,464 is a continuation of application No. 15/938,067, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,119,601.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0040004 (KR), filed on Mar. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0357114 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0416 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2340/14 (2013.01); G09G 2370/12 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:
a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing an opposite direction from the first surface;
a display configured to receive a touch input, the display exposed through at least a portion of the first surface;
a communication circuit disposed in the housing;
memory disposed in the housing; and
at least one processor disposed in the housing and electrically connected with the display, the communication circuit, and the memory,
wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile terminal apparatus to:
receive a user input for executing a desktop mode, and
while in the executed desktop mode and while the mobile terminal apparatus is in communication with an external display device:
configure a display screen of the mobile terminal apparatus for displaying on the external display device,
transmit data for rendering the display screen on the external display device to the external display device via the communication circuit, and
in a state in which the mobile terminal apparatus is not connected to an external pointing device, display on a first portion of the display a control interface, provided via the display screen of the mobile terminal apparatus, used as a touch pad for controlling a pointing cursor to be displayed on the display screen on the external display device, and display on a second portion of the display a keypad used for receiving alphanumeric input data from a user,
wherein the control interface for the touch pad and the keypad are displayed simultaneously.