Granted Patent B2

US 12,493,439 · App. 17/747,450 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Kyungbae Park (Suwon-si, KR); Hyewon Koo (Suwon-si, KR); Minchul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Minseok Park (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F3/1431G06F3/04845G06F3/0486G06F3/04883

Abstract

Claims (61)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a first display;

a sensor configured to detect a user input;

a memory configured to store an application; and

a processor operatively coupled to the first display, the sensor and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

execute a first application and display, on the first display, a first user interface which is identified from the first application and including a partial region of a multimedia content;

in response to a connection between an external device having a second display different from the first display and the electronic device, control the electronic device and the external device together by the first application such that the first application causes the second display to display a second user interface that includes an entire region of the multimedia content while the first display of the electronic device displays the partial region of the multimedia content;

in response to detecting a first user input on the first user interface, change, by the first application, the displayed partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface and change, by the first application, the displayed entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface by changing a part of the entire region of the multimedia content displayed in the second user interface such that the changed part of the entire region of the multimedia content displayed in the second user interface corresponds to the changed partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface;

in response to detecting a second user input on the first user interface, change, by the first application, a first magnification of the partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface while maintaining, by the first application, a second magnification of the entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface; and

display, on the second user interface, an object in which an area inside of the object includes content that is the same as the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface,

wherein a size of the object displayed in the second user interface changes in accordance with the first magnification of the partial region displayed in the first user interface such that (i) the size of the object displayed in the second user interface is increased in response to the second user input being a zoom out gesture performed on the partial region displayed in the first user interface, and (ii) the size of the object displayed in the second user interface is decreased in response to the second user input being a zoom in gesture performed on the partial region displayed in the first user interface.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, by the first application, at least one visual object for changing the displayed partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface.

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

change, by the first application, the partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface by displaying a first visual object corresponding to a path of the first user input in the first user interface; and

change, by the first application, the entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface by displaying a second visual object corresponding to the first visual object in the second user interface.

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

change, by the first application, the display of the first user interface by magnifying or reducing a part of the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface.

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

change, by the first application, the display of the first user interface by moving the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface such that another partial region of the multimedia content is displayed in the first user interface.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

change, by the first application, the display of the first user interface by rotating the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

highlight, by the first application, a part of the entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface, the highlighted part of the entire region of the multimedia content corresponding to the partial region of the multimedia content displayed, by the first application, in the first user interface.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a communication circuit,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to receiving a message related to a second application different from the first application through the communication circuit, display a first visual object corresponding to the message on the first display and display a second visual object corresponding to the message on the second display;

in response to detecting a third user input on the first visual object, change the first user interface displayed on the first display to a third user interface identified from the second application while maintaining the display of the second user interface; and

in response to detecting a fourth user input on the second visual object, change the second user interface displayed on the second display to a fourth user interface identified from the second application while maintaining the display of the first user interface.

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

in response to the first user interface being changed to the third user interface, shift a focus from the first application to the second application;

in response to detecting a fifth user input on the second user interface displayed on the second display after the focus is shifted from the first application to the second application, shift the focus from the second application to the first application;

in response to the second user interface being changed to the fourth user interface, shift the focus from the first application to the second application; and

in response to detecting a sixth user input on the first user interface displayed on the first display after the focus is shifted from the first application to the second application, shift the focus from the second application to the first application.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first application is included in a database comprising a list of at least one application supporting changing of a size of a user interface among a plurality of applications installed in the electronic device.

11 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

executing a first application and displaying, on a first display of the electronic device, a first user interface which is identified from the first application and including a partial region of a multimedia content;

in response to a connection between an external device having a second display different from the first display and the electronic device, controlling the electronic device and the external device together by the first application such that the first application causes the second display to display a second user interface that includes an entire region of the multimedia content while the first display of the electronic device displays the partial region of the multimedia content;

in response to detecting a first user input on the first user interface, changing, by the first application, the displayed partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface and changing, by the first application, the displayed entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface by changing a part of the entire region of the multimedia content displayed in the second user interface such that the changed part of the entire region of the multimedia content displayed in the second user interface corresponds to the changed partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface;

in response to detecting a second user input on the first user interface, changing, by the first application, a first magnification of the partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface while maintaining, by the first application, a second magnification of the entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface; and

displaying, on the second user interface, an object in which an area inside of the object includes content that is the same as the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface; and

changing a size of the object displayed in the second user interface changes in accordance with the first magnification of the partial region displayed in the first user interface such that (i) the size of the object displayed in the second user interface is increased in response to the second user input being a zoom out gesture performed on the partial region displayed in the first user interface, and (ii) in the size of the object displayed in the second user interface is decreased in response to the second user input being a zoom in gesture performed on the partial region displayed in the first user interface.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying, by the first application, at least one visual object for changing the displayed partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein changing of the displayed partial region of the multimedia content in the first user interface comprises displaying, by the first application a first visual object corresponding to a path of the first user input in the first user interface; and

wherein changing of the displayed entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface comprises displaying, by the first application, a second visual object corresponding to the first visual object in the second user interface.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein changing of the display of the first user interface comprises magnifying or reducing, by the first application, a part of the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein changing of the display of the first user interface comprises moving, by the first application, the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface such that another partial region of the multimedia content is displayed in the first user interface.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein changing of the display of the first user interface comprises rotating, by the first application, the partial region of the multimedia content displayed in the first user interface.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

highlighting, by the first application, a part of the entire region of the multimedia content in the second user interface, the highlighted part of the entire region of the multimedia content corresponding to the partial region of the multimedia content displayed, by the first application, in the first user interface.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

in response to receiving a message related to a second application different from the first application through a communication circuit of the electronic device, displaying a first visual object corresponding to the message on the first display and displaying a second visual object corresponding to the message on the second display;

in response to detecting a third user input on the first visual object, changing the first user interface displayed on the first display to a third user interface identified from the second application while maintaining the display of the second user interface; and

in response to detecting a fourth user input on the second visual object, changing the second user interface displayed on the second display to a fourth user interface identified from the second application while maintaining the display of the first user interface.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

in response to the first user interface being changed to the third user interface, shifting a focus from the first application to the second application;

in response to detecting a fifth user input on the second user interface displayed on the second display after the focus is shifted from the first application to the second application, shifting the focus from the second application to the first application;

in response to the second user interface being changed to the fourth user interface, shifting the focus from the first application to the second application; and

in response to detecting a sixth user input on the first user interface displayed on the first display after the focus is shifted from the first application to the second application, shifting the focus from the second application to the first application.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application is included in a database comprising a list of at least one application supporting changing of a size of a user interface among a plurality of applications installed in the electronic device.

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