US 11,726,821 B2
Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
Changhyeon Chae, Suwon-si (KR); Jusun Song, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehoon Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Jihun Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Jaeook Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Seokjae Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Youngho Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Cheulhee Hahm, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,860.
Application 17/751,860 is a continuation of application No. 16/998,284, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,385,932.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0102743 (KR), filed on Aug. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283865 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5016 (2013.01) [G06F 9/485 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to load data of a plurality of processes and to execute a program; and
a processor configured to:
in response to a process to be terminated being selected among the plurality of processes while a first function runs among a plurality of functions provided by the electronic apparatus, identify whether the selected process is designated to restart,
based on the selected process being designated to restart, identify whether a restarting of the selected process is able to be delayed while the first function is run,
based on identifying that the restarting of the selected process is able to be delayed, terminate the selected process and prevent restarting the terminated process while the first function is run, and
in response to a second function running among the plurality of functions, allow to restart the terminated process.