US 12,340,068 B2
Electronic device and method for displaying history of executed application thereof
Jeong Won Ko, Seoul (KR); Mun Hwi Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Joon Hwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hye Jin Kim, Seoul (KR); Kyung Wook Ro, Seoul (KR); Myoung Soo Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jung Woo Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ji Hun Lee, Seoul (KR); and Han Ju Cho, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,538.
Application 18/135,538 is a continuation of application No. 17/705,514, filed on Mar. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,630,553, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
Application 17/705,514 is a continuation of application No. 17/184,744, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,287,954, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 17/184,744 is a continuation of application No. 16/871,344, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 10,963,131, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 16/871,344 is a continuation of application No. 15/860,879, filed on Jan. 3, 2018, granted, now 10,649,627, issued on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0001548 (KR), filed on Jan. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251759 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 9/48 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2209/482 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display;
memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor,
wherein the instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
display, via the touchscreen display, a first screen including a first execution screen and a second execution screen concurrently, the first execution screen corresponding to a first application, and the second execution screen corresponding to a second application;
while the first execution screen and the second execution screen are concurrently displayed, receive a first input;
in response to the first input, display, via the touchscreen display, a plurality of graphical objects indicative of a history of applications recently executed, the plurality of graphical objects including a first graphical object indicative of the first screen, the first graphical object including a first part corresponding to the first execution screen and a second part corresponding to the second execution screen; and
removing the first part from the first graphical object based at least in part on the first part being selected while the first graphical object is displayed.