US 12,147,726 B2
Electronic device displaying widget and method for controlling the same
Youngmin Yoon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yunsung Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Inyoung Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jinyung Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,140.
Application 17/844,140 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005501, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0092479 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020913 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1454 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
memory;
a communication module;
a display; and
at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
display a first screen corresponding to a first execution screen displayed on an entire area of a display of an external electronic device, for one widget, using at least part of a display area of the display,
after displaying the first screen, receive a communication from the external electronic device, the communication including information indicating an event occurring at the external electronic device, wherein the event is associated with at least one application capable of interoperating with the external electronic device, wherein the event changes the first execution screen displayed on the external electronic device to a second execution screen of the at least one application displayed on the external electronic device;
in response to receiving the communication indicating the event, generate a second screen corresponding to the second execution screen displayed on the external electronic device, based at least on the information indicating the event, and
display the second screen for the one widget using the at least part of the display area of the display,
wherein a shape of at least one of the first screen or the second screen corresponds to a physical shape of the display of the external electronic device.