Device and method for displaying execution result of application

• US 9,996,246 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2015
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jin, Young-kyu, Kim, Yoon-su, Bae, Joo-yoon, Sohn, Jung-joo, Park, Yong-gook, Kim, Yang-wook, Lim, Yong-hyun, Jung, Jae-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, David
• Application Number:
  US14/677,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20150309689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• 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 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Provided are a device and method for displaying association information associated with a first application and a second application. The method may include: presenting a list of applications executable by the device; receiving a user input of moving an icon of the first application, in the presented list of the applications, to an icon of the second application; obtaining the association information associated with the first application and the second application by using at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application, in response to the received user input; and presenting the obtained association information in a periphery of the icon of the second application.

Claims

1. A device configured to display association information associated with a first application and a second application, the device comprising:

a display configured to present a list of applications executable by the device; and

a controller implemented as at least one hardware processor and configured to, in response to receiving a user input of moving an icon of the first application, in the presented list of the applications, to an icon of the second application, obtain the association information associated with the first application and the second application which are displayed in a window band on the display by using at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application,

wherein the display is configured to present the obtained association information in a periphery of the icon of the second application.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the association information is one piece of information, from among pieces of information indicating a result of performing a function related to the first application from among functions of the second applications; and

the controller is configured to control the second application to obtain the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to execute the second application in a background of the device so that the second application, executed in the background, obtains the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the user input comprises a user input of touching and dragging the icon of the first application; and

the display is configured to present icons in the list of the applications such that, among the icons in the list of applications, icons of applications that use the at least one piece of preset data are distinguished from icons of remaining applications, as the icon of the first application is touched and dragged.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the icon of the second application is one of the icons distinguished from the icons of remaining applications.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the display is configured to present a list of the at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application, as the user input of moving the icon of the first application to the icon of the second application is received; and

data used by the second application is selectable from the presented list of the at least one piece of preset data by a user of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communicator,

wherein the controller is configured to request the association information from another device of a user corresponding to the icon of the first application, by using the at least one piece of preset data, and

wherein the communicator is configured to receive the association information from the other device, and the association information is generated by the other device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is configured to generate an icon for displaying the association information, as the user input of moving the icon of the first application to the icon of the second application is received; and

the display is configured to present the generated icon in the list of the applications.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein:

the controller is configured to execute the second application when the generated and presented icon is selected; and

the display is configured to present the association information on an execution screen of the second application.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the display is configured to present the association information in a periphery of the generated and presented icon.

11. A method of displaying association information associated with a first application and a second application, which is performed by a device, the method comprising:

presenting a list of applications executable by the device;

receiving a user input of moving an icon of the first application, in the presented list of the applications, to an icon of the second application;

obtaining the association information associated with the first application and the second application which are displayed in a window band by using at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application, in response to the received user input; and

presenting the obtained association information in a periphery of the icon of the second application.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the association information is one piece of information, from among pieces of information indicating a result of performing a function related to the first application from among functions of the second applications; and

the obtaining the association information comprises controlling the second application to obtain the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the controlling the second application comprises executing the second application in a background of the device and obtaining, by the second application that is executed in the background, the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the user input comprises a user input of touching and dragging the icon of the first application; and

the method further comprises presenting icons in the list of the applications such that, among the icons in the list of applications, icons of applications that use the at least one piece of preset data are distinguished from icons of remaining applications, as the icon of the first application is touched and dragged.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the icon of the second application is one of the icons distinguished from the icons of remaining applications.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

presenting a list of the at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application, as the user input of moving the icon of the first application to the icon of the second application is received,

wherein data used by the second application is selectable from the presented list of the at least one piece of preset data by a user of the device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining the association information comprises:

requesting the association information from another device of a user corresponding to the icon of the first application, by using the at least one piece of preset data; and

receiving the association information from the other device,

wherein the association information is generated by the other device.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating an icon for displaying the association information, as the user input of moving the icon of the first application to the icon of the second application is received; and

presenting the generated icon on the list of the applications.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

executing the second application when the generated and presented icon is selected; and

presenting the association information on an execution screen of the second application.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, which when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 11.

21. A device configured to display association information associated with a first application and a second application, the device comprising:

a display configured to present one or more display objects of one or more applications; and

a controller implemented as at least one hardware processor and configured to;

in response to receiving a user input of moving a display object of the first application, from among the presented one or more display objects, to a display object of a second application, obtain the association information associated with the first application and the second application which are displayed in a window band on the display by using at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the icon of the first application; and

control to present, by the display, the obtained association information in a periphery of the display object of the second application.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein:

the association information is one piece of information, from among pieces of information indicating a result of performing a function related to the first application from among functions of the second applications; and

the controller is configured to control the second application to obtain the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to execute the second application in a background of the device so that the second application, executed in the background, obtains the association information by using the at least one piece of preset data.

24. The device of claim 21, wherein:

the user input comprises a user input of touching and dragging the display object of the first application; and

the display is configured to present display objects such that display objects of applications that use the at least one piece of preset data are distinguished from display objects of remaining applications, as the display object of the first application is touched and dragged.

25. The device of claim 24, wherein the display object of the second application is one of the display objects distinguished from the display objects of remaining applications.

26. The device of claim 21, wherein:

the display is configured to present a list of the at least one piece of preset data corresponding to the display object of the first application, as the user input of moving the display object of the first application to the display object of the second application is received; and

data used by the second application is selectable from the presented list of the at least one piece of preset data by a user of the device.

27. The device of claim 21, further comprising:

a communicator,

wherein the controller is configured to request the association information from another device of a user corresponding to the display object of the first application, by using the at least one piece of preset data, and

wherein the communicator is configured to receive the association information from the other device, and the association information is generated by the other device.

28. The device of claim 21, wherein:

the controller is configured to generate a display object for displaying the association information, as the user input of moving the display object of the first application to the display object of the second application is received; and

the display is configured to present the generated display object.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein:

the controller is configured to execute the second application when the generated and presented display object is selected; and

the display is configured to present the association information on an execution screen of the second application.

30. The device of claim 28, wherein the display is configured to present the association information in a periphery of the generated and presented display object.