US 12,139,015 B2
Vehicle infotainment apparatus using widget and operation method thereof
Junghan So, Seongnam-Si (KR); Wonjun Heo, Seongnam-Si (KR); Daeun Kim, Seongnam-Si (KR); Seokwon Choi, Seongnam-Si (KR); Taekyun Kim, Seongnam-Si (KR); and Younjoo Shin, Seongnam-Si (KR)
Assigned to THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-Si (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,583.
Application 18/199,583 is a continuation of application No. 17/218,877, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,745,585.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0047646 (KR), filed on Apr. 20, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0165735 (KR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302905 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/115 (2024.01); B60K 2360/119 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1468 (2024.01); B60K 2360/164 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing at least one program, the at least one program comprising instructions to, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device included within a vehicle and including a display, cause the electronic device to:
receive a first user input dropped at a first partial area after dragging both a first executable object to indicate a first application and a second executable object to indicate a second application, while displaying the first executable object and the second executable object within the second partial area, wherein the second partial area is located adjacent to the first partial area forming a display area of the display;
execute the first application and the second application, based on receiving the first user input;
display a reduced execution screen of the first application and a reduced execution screen of the second application within the first partial area, in response to the execution of the first application and the second application; and
based on identifying an execution screen of a third application is displayed in the first partial area when the first user input is received, further display, to indicate that an execution state of the third application is maintained after the reduced execution screen of the first application and the reduced execution screen of the second application occupies the first partial area, a widget of the third application within the second partial area,
wherein the first executable object and the second executable object displayed within the second partial area are maintained independently of the receipt of the first user input.