ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160048270A1
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: AN, Jinwan, CHOI, Yunjeong, HAN, Yonggil, KIM, Jinyoung
• Granted Patent: US 10,739,992 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying information on a touch screen of the electronic device by operating a first application, displaying user interface of a second application, detecting an input through the user interface, displaying at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information on the touch screen, at least partly in response to the input, receiving an input of selecting at least one of the at least one recommendation object, and displaying the recommendation object on the user interface, in response to the selecting input.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying information on a touch screen of the electronic device by operating a first application;

displaying user interface of a second application;

detecting an input through the user interface;

displaying at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information on the touch screen, at least partly in response to the input;

receiving an input of selecting the at least one recommendation object; and

displaying the recommendation object on the user interface, in response to the selecting input.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the displaying of the user interface of the second application comprises detecting an execution request of the second application,

wherein the method further comprises extracting the information that is displayed by operating the first application, and storing the extracted information in a storage device of the electronic device, when detecting the execution request of the second application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting the information that is displayed by operating the first application, and

storing the extracted information in the storage device of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the storing of the extracted information in the storage device of the electronic device comprises:

generating an extraction database (DB);

extracting the information and storing in the extraction DB; and

adding the extraction DB to a prediction word DB to update the prediction word DB.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the at least one recommendation object comprises displaying a recommendation object of the extraction DB as first priority.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the recommendation object is at least one of a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a numeral, or an image corresponding to the input.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying a text on the user interface of the second application, when inputting the text through the user interface of the second application; and

displaying the text inputted on the user interface of the second application into at least one recommendation object among the selected word, sentence, paragraph, in response to the input of selecting the at least one recommendation object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the user interface of the second application comprises:

displaying a keypad, and

displaying the at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input on the keypad or near the keypad.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the second application is displayed in a form of multi-window which is at least one of a pop-up type or a screen division type.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the extraction DB stores the extracted information temporarily.

11. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether the information extracted from the first application is stored; and

displaying the at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input based on the stored information, in response to the input through the user interface of the second application, when the information is stored.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching and displaying the at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information, when detecting the input through the user interface.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising at least one of:

deleting the information stored in the extraction DB, when detecting a termination of the second application;

or

storing a selected recommendation object, and deleting an unselected recommendation object.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen configured to;

display a first application screen including information and a user interface of a second application, and

detect an input through the user interface; and

a controller configured to;

display at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information on the touch screen, at least partly in response to the input, when detecting the input through the user interface of the second application, and

display the recommendation object on the user interface of the second application, in response to a selecting input, when receiving the input of selecting the at least one recommendation object.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to extract the information included in the first application screen and store in a storage device, when detecting an execution request of the second application or displaying the first application screen.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate an extraction database (DB),

extract the information to store in the extraction DB, and

add the extraction DB to a prediction word DB to update the prediction word DB,

control to delete the information stored in the extraction DB, when detecting a termination of the second application, or

store a selected recommendation object, and delete an unselected recommendation object.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control to display a text on the user interface of the second application, when inputting the text through the user interface of the second application, and

display the text inputted on the user interface of the second application into at least one recommendation object among the selected word, sentence, paragraph, in response to the input of selecting at least one recommendation object.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control to display a keypad together with the user interface of the second application, and

display the at least one recommendation object on the keypad or near the keypad.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control to determine whether the information extracted from the first application is stored, when detecting an execution request of the second application, and

display the at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input based on the stored information in response to the input through the user interface of the second application, when the information is stored.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to control to search and display the at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information from the first application, when detecting the input through the user interface.