US 12,033,252 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling application thereof
Hanchul Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Jungyeob Oh, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeryoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Mogwon Son, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyungmin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/436,844
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/003263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/180167, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0026145 (KR), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180582 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06T 2210/62 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an application of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first execution screen of a content application, the first execution screen comprising first content;
detecting a detachment of an electronic pen from the electronic device;
in response to the detachment, displaying a translucent memo screen of a memo application in a foreground in a translucent manner by superimposing the memo screen on the first execution screen being displayed in a background;
while the memo screen is superimposed on the first execution screen, receiving, from the electronic pen, a first input selecting the first content;
displaying the first content on the translucent memo screen comprising the first content based on the first input;
while the memo screen is superimposed on the first execution screen, receiving a second input by a finger of a user;
in response to the second input, switching, while the memo screen is displayed in the foreground, the first execution screen to a second execution screen of the content application in the background, the second execution screen comprising second content; and
while the memo screen is superimposed on the second execution screen, receiving, from the electronic pen, a third input selecting the second content of the second execution screen; and
displaying the first content and the second content on the translucent memo screen in the foreground.