US 11,698,706 B2
Method and apparatus for displaying application
Young-jin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sung-hee Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seung-woon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kang-tae Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Tae-soo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jung-hwan Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,814.
Application 17/838,814 is a continuation of application No. 17/235,505, filed on Apr. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,429,244.
Application 17/235,505 is a continuation of application No. 14/905,106, granted, now 10,990,237, issued on Apr. 27, 2021, previously published as PCT/KR2014/007037, filed on Jul. 31, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0091174 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0308709 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first application as full-sized;
while displaying the first application as full-sized, displaying a second application as overlapping at least a portion of the first application;
based on a first gesture being detected on the second application for displaying a plurality of applications, displaying the plurality of applications in a stack as overlapping at least a portion of the first application, wherein the plurality of applications in the stack overlap one over another, the plurality of applications are being executed by the electronic device, and the plurality of applications include the second application and a third application;
based on a second gesture being detected for changing a foremost application in the stack to another application in the stack, displaying the other application as the foremost application in the stack; and
based on a third gesture being detected for selecting one application from among the plurality of applications, displaying the one application as full-sized instead of the first application.