Electronic device and methods of sending information with the electronic device, controlling the electronic device, and transmitting and receiving information in an information system

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit having a middle region and a plurality of side regions surrounding the middle region;

a transceiver configured to communicate with one or more external electronic devices;

a proximity sensor configured to detect a first external electronic device of the one or more external electronic devices that is approaching the display unit; and

a physical controller configured to:

control the display unit to display information related to the one or more external electronic devices that are communicating with the transceiver in a first side region of the plurality of side regions;

identify that the first external electronic device is approaching a second side region of the plurality of side regions based on information received from the proximity sensor;

control the transceiver to receive, from the first external electronic device, content displayed by the first external electronic device and control the display unit to display the received content in the second side region;

control the display unit to display the content in the middle region in response to a drag input from the displayed content in the second side region to the middle region; and

control the display unit to display the middle region as having a different spatial depth than the plurality of side regions.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display unit comprises a touch screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a selection of a second external electronic device of the one or more external electronic devices via the first side region;

control the transceiver to receive an image displayed on the second external electronic device in response to the detected selection; and

control the display unit to display the received image.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display unit to display an image in the middle region;

detect a selection of a second external electronic device of the one or more external electronic devices via the first side region;

detect a drag input of the image to the first side region; and

control the transceiver to output a control signal to the second external electronic device, the control signal for displaying the image on the second external electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display unit to display the content receiving the drag input from the second side region as appearing from an edge of the second side region and moving into the middle region during the drag input.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to no longer display the information related to the one or more external electronic devices when a predetermined time elapses or the proximity sensor no longer detects the first external object.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a first spatial depth and a second spatial depth;

the first spatial depth coincides with a first portion of each of the first and second side regions;

the second spatial depth coincides with a second portion of each of the first and second side regions; and

the middle region coincides with the first spatial depth.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the display unit further comprises a third side region the plurality of side regions that is different from the first and second side regions;

the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display, in the third side region, one or more images of an object of the image displayed in the middle region; and

each of the one or more images displayed in the third side region displays a different viewpoint of the object than the image displayed in the middle region.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a selection of one of the one or more images of the third side region; and

replace the image displayed in the middle region with the selected image.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the third side region as having the same spatial depth as the first side region and the second side region.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the one or more external electronic devices includes an activation state of each of the one or more external electronic devices.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a selection of an object in the image displayed in the middle region of the display unit; and

control the display unit to display detailed information related to the selected object in the second side region.

13. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a middle region and a plurality of side regions surrounding the middle region on a display of the electronic device;

communicating with one or more external electronic devices via transceiver of the electronic device;

detecting a first external electronic device of the one or more external electronic devices that is approaching the display via a proximity sensor of the electronic device;

displaying information related to the one or more external electronic devices that are communicating with the transceiver in a first side region of the plurality of side regions;

identifying, via a controller of the electronic device, that the first external electronic device is approaching a second side region of the plurality of side regions based on information received from the proximity sensor;

receiving content from the first external electronic device via the transceiver, the content displayed by the first external electronic device;

displaying the received content in the second side region;

displaying the content in the middle region in response to a drag input from the displayed content in the second region to the middle region; and

displaying the middle region as having a different spatial depth than the plurality of side regions.