US 11,853,523 B2
Display device and method of indicating an active region in a multi-window display
Young-Jin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kang-Tae Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Dae-Wook Park, Suwon-si (KR); Tae-Soo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jung-Hwan Choi, Seoul (KR); and Sung-Hee Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/566,295.
Application 16/566,295 is a continuation of application No. 14/097,788, filed on Dec. 5, 2013, granted, now 10,564,792.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/740,887, filed on Dec. 21, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/737,540, filed on Dec. 14, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/734,097, filed on Dec. 6, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0012019 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2013; application No. 10-2013-0022422 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2013; and application No. 10-2013-0099927 (KR), filed on Aug. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0004387 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of an electronic device with a touch display, the method comprising:
displaying, on the touch display, an execution screen of a first application in a first size, wherein the execution screen of the first application is displayed on substantially an entirety of a display area of the touch display;
based on receiving a first user input, displaying, on the touch display, a tray including a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to a plurality of applications, wherein the first user input includes an edge flick received from an edge of the touch display, and the tray is displayed together with the execution screen of the first application;
receiving, through the touch display, a first drag gesture of dragging a first icon from the tray, wherein the first icon is associated with a second application, and the second application is different from the first application;
based on the first drag gesture being released in a predetermined area of the display area, displaying, on the touch display, the execution screen of the first application in a second size and an execution screen of the second application in the second size in a split mode, wherein the execution screen of the first application and the execution screen of the second application are displayed on substantially the entirety of the display area of the touch display, and the second size is smaller than the first size; and
receiving, through the touch display, a second drag gesture of dragging a second icon from the tray while the execution screen of the first application and the execution screen of the second application are displayed in the split mode, wherein the second icon is associated with a third application:
based on the second drag gesture being released in an area of the display area corresponding to the execution screen of the first application, displaying, on the touch display, the execution screen of the second application and an execution screen of the third application in the split mode by displaying the execution screen of the third application on the area of the display area corresponding to the execution screen of the first application, wherein the execution screen of the second application and the execution screen of the third application are displayed on substantially the entirety of the display area of the touch display,
based on the second drag gesture being released in an area of the display area corresponding to the execution screen of the second application, displaying, on the touch display, the execution screen of the first application and the execution screen of the third application in the split mode by displaying the execution screen of the third application on the area of the display area corresponding to the execution screen of the second application, wherein the execution screen of the first application and the execution screen of the third application are displayed on substantially the entirety of the display area of the touch display, and
based on the second drag gesture being released in an area of the display area corresponding to a boundary between the execution screen of the first application and the execution screen of the second application, displaying the execution screen of the third application in the first size on substantially the entirety of the display area of the touch display.