	US 12,079,165 B2
	Method and apparatus for providing search function in touch-sensitive device
Sehwan Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,992.
Application 17/955,992 is a continuation of application No. 17/205,658, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,461,271.
Application 17/205,658 is a continuation of application No. 16/694,395, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,956,367, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/694,395 is a continuation of application No. 15/710,486, filed on Sep. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,534,754, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 15/710,486 is a continuation of application No. 13/653,989, filed on Oct. 17, 2012, granted, now 9,773,008, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2011-0105795 (KR), filed on Oct. 17, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027759 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 16/14 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0237 (2013.01); G06F 3/0238 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 16/2428 (2019.01)]

19 Claims

1. An electronic device for executing a plurality of applications, the electronic device comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to:

based on receiving a first user input, display a first window comprising a plurality of number keys on the display;

based on a second user input selecting one of the plurality of number keys in the first window, display a second window on the display, the second window comprising a list of applications mappable to the selected number key, wherein each of the applications included in the list is represented by an icon image and an application name;

based on an application being selected from the list of applications in the second window, map the selected application to the selected number key and display an icon image corresponding to the selected application in the selected number key;

after the selected application is mapped to the selected number key of the plurality of number keys, receive a third user input corresponding to the selected number key; and

in response to receiving the third user input:

perform one of a function associated with the selected application and an operation having a name that includes a character assigned to the selected number key, in case that the third user input is a press and hold input having a first duration longer than or equal to a threshold duration, and

perform the other of the function and the operation, in case that the third user input is a press input having a second duration shorter than the threshold duration.