US 11,853,541 B2
Electronic device supporting multiple windows and method of controlling the same
Kwangbae Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Youngjoon Yang, Suwon-si (KR); Sangheon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Yeunwook Lim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,942.
Application 17/884,942 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011807, filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0105587 (KR), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058629 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0486 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a touch screen; and
at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display, on the touch screen, an execution screen of a first application, the execution screen of the first application comprising a plurality of pieces of content of the first application,
receive a selection of one piece of content included in the execution screen of the first application among the plurality of pieces of content,
based on the receiving of the selection of the one piece of content included in the execution screen of the first application and receiving a drag input for the one piece of content, identify whether the drag input for the one piece of content moves to a preset area,
based on the drag input for the one piece of content moving to the preset area, identify a second application related to a property of the one piece of content,
based on a drop input after receiving the drag input, divide the touch screen into a first area and a second area based on a position at which the drop input is received, and
display the execution screen of the first application in the first area and display an execution screen of the second application in the second area.