US 12,148,336 B2
Electronic apparatus for providing execution screen of application, and operation method thereof
Jinkyo Chung, Suwon-si (KR); Joonhwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Sangeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,529.
Application 17/946,529 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/003111, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0034105 (KR), filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014641 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0442 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one housing capable of having a plurality of states;
at least one display;
memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
when the at least one housing is in a first state, display a first execution screen of a first application on a first display area of the at least one display, the first display area corresponding to the first state,
identify a transition of the at least one housing from the first state to a second state,
when a first condition is met, display a first screen in a second display area of the at least one display based on the transition of the at least one housing from the first state to the second state, the first screen including a first graphic object corresponding to the first execution screen,
in response to a first input on the first graphic object, identify whether or not a second condition is met, and
in case that the second condition is met, display a second execution screen of the first application in at least a portion of the second display area,
in case that the second condition is not met:
display the second execution screen of the first application in a first area of the second display area, and
display a first setting screen in a second area different from the first area of the second display area,
wherein the first setting screen is for setting at least one application that is displayed on the first display area in the first state and continues to be displayed on the second display area after the transition of the at least one housing from the first state to a second state,
wherein the least one application includes the first application, and
wherein the first condition comprises the first application being set in a settings menu of the electronic device as an application of the at least one application that allows the display of the second execution screen when the at least one housing is in the second state.