Granted Patent B2

US 12,430,144 · App. 18/196,674 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventors: Kwanjin Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Daehyun Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Wonseo Choi (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F9/44521G06F3/1423

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first display;

a second display;

a memory; and

a processor operatively connected to the first display, the second display, and the memory,

wherein the memory includes instructions, which upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:

launch a first application,

display a launch screen of the first application on the first display,

determine a second application expected to be launched on at least one of the first display or the second display based on at least one of a state of the electronic device, a usage history of the electronic device, or information related to the first application,

based mining that a specified trigger condition is satisfied, perform a pre-loading process of one or more resources that are less than a plurality of resources required for launching the second application,

generate a virtual window corresponding to the at least one of the first display or the second display on which the second application is expected to be launched,

generate, based on the one or more resources that are pre-loaded, a launch screen of the second application the virtual window,

based on a screen switch event occurs, determine whether the screen switch event is related to the second application, and

based on determining that the screen switch is related to the second application display the launch screen of the second application generated in the virtual window on at least one display corresponding to the screen switch event among the first display and the second display, thereby completing launching of the second application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein upon execution of the instructions by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to perform the pre-loading process in a background such that pre-loading of the one or more resources is not visible while the launch screen of the first application is displayed.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the usage history of the electronic device includes at least one of a usage time, a place of use, a frequency of uses, a usage pattern of the electronic device, or a usage history of an application stored in the electronic device for a set temporal period.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the state of the electronic device includes at least one of a display state, a communication connection state, an application launching state, a GPS connection state, or a mode setting state of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein upon execution of the instructions by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to set, based on an attribute of the second application, a storage space of the memory to store therein the one or more resources that are pre-loaded.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein upon execution of the instructions by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to control, based on a battery condition, performance of the processor in charge of performing the pre-loading process, wherein the battery condition is based on at least one of a residual quantity of a battery of the electronic device or whether or not the battery is being charged.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein upon execution of the instructions by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to determine, based on a user setting, whether to provide information about the second application to a user interface providing information about an application being launched.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein upon execution of the instructions by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to determine, based on a user setting, whether to provide a notification related to the second application or to limit a function of the second application.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified trigger condition includes at least one of an on/off condition of the first display or the second display, a low-power mode operation condition of the electronic device, a communication activated condition of the electronic device, a condition related to launching of the first application, or a GPS function activated condition of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display constitute a single flexible display.

11. A method for launching an application in an electronic device, the method comprising:

launching a first application;

displaying a launch screen of the first application on a first display of the electronic device;

determining a second application expected to be launched on at least one of the first display or a second display of the electronic device, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device, a usage history of the electronic device, or information related to the first application;

based on determining that a specified trigger condition is satisfied, performing a pre-loading process of one or more resources that are less than a plurality of resources required for launching the second application;

generating a virtual window corresponding to the at least one of the first display or the second display on which the second application is expected to be launched;

generating, based on the one or more resources that are pre-loaded, a launch screen of the second application in the virtual window;

based on determining a screen switch event occurs, determining whether the screen switch event is related to the second application; and

based on determining that the screen switch event is related to the second application, displaying the launch screen of the second application generated in the virtual window on at least one display corresponding to the screen switch event among the first display and the second display, thereby completing launching of the second application.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the pre-loading process is performed in a background such that pre-loading of the one or more resources is not visible while the launch screen of the first application is displayed.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the usage history of the electronic device includes at least one of a usage time, a place of use, a frequency of uses, a usage pattern of the electronic device, or a usage history of an application stored in the electronic device for a set temporal period.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the state of the electronic device includes at least one of a display state, a communication connection state, an application launching state, a GPS connection state, or a mode setting state of the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method comprises setting, based on an attribute of the second application, a storage space of a memory to store therein the one or more resources that are pre-loaded.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method comprises controlling, based on a battery condition, performance of a processor in charge of performing the pre-loading process, wherein the battery condition is based on at least one of a residual quantity of a battery of the electronic device or whether or not the battery is being charged.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method comprises determining, based on a user setting, whether to provide information about the second application to a user interface providing information about an application being launched.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method comprises determining, based on a user setting, whether to provide a notification related to the second application or to limit a function of the second application.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the specified trigger condition includes at least one of an on/off condition of the first display or the second display, a low-power mode operation condition of the electronic device, a communication activated condition of the electronic device, a condition related to launching of the first application, or a GPS function activated condition of the electronic device.

20. A non-transitory computer recording medium storing therein computer-readable instructions, which upon execution by a processor in an electronic device cause the processor to:

launch a first application;

display a launch screen of the first application on a first display of the electronic device;

determine a second application expected to be launched on at least one of the first display or a second display of the electronic device, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device, a usage history of the electronic device, or information related to the first application;

based on determining that a specified trigger condition is satisfied, perform a pre-loading process of one or more resources that are less than a plurality of resources required for launching the second application;

generate a virtual window corresponding to the at least one of the first display or the second display on which the second application is expected to be launched;

generate, based on the one or more resources that are pre-loaded, a launch screen of the second application in the virtual window corresponding;

based on determining a screen switch event occurs, determining whether the screen switch event is related to the second application; and

based on determining that the screen switch event is related to the second application, display the launch screen of the second application generated in the virtual window on at least one display corresponding to the screen switch event among the first display and the second display, thereby completing launching of the second application.

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