US 12,137,070 B2
Electronic device and method for exchanging a message including media content
Jibin An, Suwon-si (KR); Dongki Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Hongseok Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunil Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/188,461.
Application 18/188,461 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/003669, filed on Mar. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0078822 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0096992 (KR), filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421514 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/04 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); H04L 51/063 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); H04L 51/063 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
communication circuitry;
a display;
memory storing instructions, comprising one or more storage media; and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display, through the display, a user interface (UI) of a messenger software application;
while the UI is displayed, receive, through the UI, a user input to transmit, through the communication circuitry, a plurality of media contents to an external electronic device using the messenger software application;
in response to the user input:
transmit, through the communication circuitry, the plurality of media contents to the external electronic device; and
display, through the display, in the UI, a bubble including a plurality of thumbnail images respectively representing the plurality of media contents, and
while the plurality of media contents are transmitted to the external electronic device, display, in the bubble, a thumbnail image, representing a media content completely transmitted to the external electronic device among the plurality of media contents, visually highlighted with respect to remaining thumbnail images.