IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,504
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,504 · App. 15/257,088 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Screen grab method in electronic device

Inventors: Gurveer Singh (Delhi, IN); Ritesh Sinha (Koderma, IN); Achintya Dixit (Noida, IN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0482G06F9/451G06F3/0488G06F3/04842G06F3/04883
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Patent No.
US 10,754,504
App. No.
15/257,088
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for selecting multiple data items in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of applications on a screen of the electronic device, each of the plurality of applications including at least one data item, activating a screen grab function in response to detecting a predetermined event, identifying the at least one data item of the plurality of applications, and displaying a list including the at least one data item of the plurality of applications on the screen.

Claims (41)

1. A method for displaying multiple data items in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the electronic device, a plurality of applications including a first application and a second application on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the first application includes at least one data item and the second application includes at least one data item;

based on a screen grab function being activated by detecting a predetermined event:

identifying, by the electronic device, the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application, and

displaying, by the electronic device, a list including the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application, wherein the list includes a selection function for the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application;

receiving a user input, on the list, for selecting the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application; and

sending the selected at least one data item included in the first application and the selected at least one data item included in the second application to another electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the list including the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application comprises displaying the list including text information of the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning, by the electronic device, the plurality of applications to at least one group; and

displaying at least one application of a same group with a same graphical effect.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the electronic device, a first data item and a second data item of the at least one data item included in the first application in a same first group with a same first graphical effect; and

displaying, by the electronic device, a third data item and a fourth data item of the at least one data item included in the second application in a same second group with a same second graphical effect.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending of the selected at least one data item included in the first application comprises sending coordinate information in a displayed application of the at least one data item included in the first application to the other electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the screen grab function is activated when one of a predetermined input is received or a request of a screen grab is received from the other electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the electronic device, the first application, the second application, and a third application; and

receiving an application selection by a user of the first application and the second application, without selection of the third application,

wherein, in response to the selection of the first application and the second application, the displaying of the list is performed, and

wherein the third application includes a data item that is not displayed in the list.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communicator configured to communicate with at least one other electronic device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing one or more computer programs, including instructions configured to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the one or more computer programs include instructions to at least:

cause the display to display a plurality of applications including a first application and a second application on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the first application includes at least one data item and the second application includes at least one data item,

based on a screen grab function being activated by detecting a predetermined event:

identify the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application; and

cause the display to display a list including the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application, wherein the list includes a selection function for the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application,

receive a user input, on the list, for selecting the at least one data item included in the first application and the at least one data item included in the second application, and

send, using the communicator, the selected at least one data item included in the first application and the selected at least one data item included in the second application to the at least one other electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include instructions to cause the display to display the list including text information of the at least one data item included in the first application and text information of the at least one data item included in the second application.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include instructions to control the at least one processor to:

assign the plurality of applications to at least one group, and

cause the display to display at least one application of a same group with a same graphical effect.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include instructions to at least one of:

cause the display to display a first data item and a second data item of the at least one data item included in the first application in a same first group with a same first graphical effect, or

cause the display to display a third data item and a fourth data item of the at least one data item included in the second application in a same second group with a same second graphical effect.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include instructions to cause the at least one processor to send coordinate information in a displayed application of the at least one data item included in the first application to the at least one other electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the screen grab function is activated when one of a predetermined input signal or a request of a screen grab is-being received from the at least one other electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2016
From: SINGH, GURVEER; SINHA, RITESH; DIXIT, ACHINTYA
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039638/0062 →
Priority Claims (2)
IN 3007/DEL/2015 · Sep 22, 2015 · national
IN 3007/DEL/2015 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170083182A1 · Mar 23, 2017