US 11,789,694 B2
Electronic device for controlling audio output and operation method thereof
Hyunkyoung Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyewon Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Dasom Kim, Seoul (KR); Ukhyun Kim, Daegu (KR); Kyunghui Oh, Seoul (KR); Sangmin Lee, Chilgok-gun (KR); Hoyeon Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jung-Uk Lim, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyunyoung Yang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,372.
Application 17/682,372 is a continuation of application No. 15/923,536, filed on Mar. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,314,478.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0034048 (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0188067 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communication interface;
at least one processor; and
a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory is configured to store instructions, that, when executed, enable the at least one processor to perform:
receiving a first user input to determine a main output device and a sub output device, wherein the sub output device is selected as an output device for a certain application,
displaying a default path list and a separate path list, wherein the default path list comprises a first object corresponding to the main output device, and the separate path list comprises a second object corresponding to the sub output device, and
outputting first audio data through the main output device, and second audio data of the application through the sub output device, and
wherein the first audio data comprises audio data other than audio data generated by at least one application included in the separate path list.