Electronic device and method for sharing information thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11113024-B2
Application number	US-201815984630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2018
Priority date	May 22, 2017
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a display; a communication module comprising communication circuitry; a processor; and a memory configured to store information on an application executed by the processor and information on a screen output through the display, wherein the processor is configured to receive an input for execution of a first application related to provision of a communication service, to determine information related to an other party of the communication service based on the received input, to determine whether the information related to the other party is included on a screen for a second application output through the display if the input is received, and to transmit the information related to the other party included on the screen for the second application to the other party through the communication module, if the information related to the other party is included on the screen for the second application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a communication module comprising communication circuitry;
a processor; and
a memory configured to store information on an application executed by the processor and information on a screen output through the display,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an input for execution of a first application related to a communication service while a screen for a second application is displayed on the display,
determine information related to an other party of the communication service based on the received input,
determine whether the information related to the other party is included on the screen for the second application output through the display when the input is received,
if the information related to the other party included on the screen for the second application is included in the screen for the second application, cause the display to display the information related to the other party on a screen of the first application, if the execution screen of the first application is displayed through the display while the communication service is performed,
if the information related to the other party is included in the screen for the second application, causes the display to display the information related to the other party on the screen of the first application after the communication service is terminated, if the execution screen of the first application is not displayed through the display while the communication service is performed, and
transmit the information related to the other party, to the other party, through the communication module after the communication service is terminated.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first application related to the communication service comprises an application related to at least one of: a voice call, a video call, a voice message, a text message, a messenger, and/or an e-mail.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the input includes a voice input, and
wherein the processor is configured to receive the voice input for execution of the first application while a function for receiving the voice input is activated.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit at least one of: the information included on the screen for the second application to the other party through the communication module based on a set criterion, if the information related to the other party is not included on the screen for the second application.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the set criterion comprises a criterion based on at least one of: date information, time information, and/or positional information.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine whether another information related to the information related to the other party is stored in the memory.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
receive information on an application executed by at least one external electronic device and information on a screen output through a display of the at least one external electronic device from at least one external electronic device communicating with the electronic device through the communication module, and
determine the screen for the second application output when the input is received from among the screen output through the display and the screen output through the display of the at least one external electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:
display the information related to the other party on the screen output while a function related to the first application is performed, if the screen is output through the display while the function related to the communication service is performed, and
transmit the information related to the other party to the at least one external electronic device through the communication module, if the screen is not output through the display while the function related to the communication service is performed.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an input for the execution of the first application from the at least one external electronic device through the communication module, and
transmit an instruction to perform the function related to the first application in the at least one external electronic device to the at least one external electronic device through the communication module.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying the information related to the other party on the screen output while a function related to the first application is performed, if the screen is output through the display while the function related to the communication service is performed, and
transmitting the information related to the other party to the at least one external electronic device through the communication circuitry, if the screen is not output through the display while the function related to the communication service is performed.

11. A method for sharing information of an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving an input for execution of a first application related to a communication service, while a screen for a second application is displayed on the display,
determining information related to an other party of the communication service based on the received input,
determining whether the information related to the other party is included on the screen for the second application output through a display of the electronic device when the input is received,
if the information related to the other party included on the screen for the second application is included in the screen for the second application, displaying the information related to the other party on a screen of the first application, if the execution screen of the first application is displayed through the display while the communication service is performed,
if the information related to the other party is included in the screen for the second application, displaying the information related to the other party on the screen of the first application after the communication service is terminated, if the execution screen of the first application is not displayed through the display while the communication service is performed, and
transmitting the information related to the other party to the other party through communication circuitry of the electronic device after the communication service is terminated.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application related to provision of the communication service comprises an application related to at least one of: a voice call, a video call, a voice message, a text message, a messenger, and/or an e-mail.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the input includes a voice input, and
wherein the receiving of the input for the execution of the first application includes receiving a voice input for the execution of the first application while the function for receiving the voice input is activated.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
transmitting at least one of: the information included on the screen for the second application to the other party through the communication module based on a set criterion, if the information related to the other party is not included on the screen for the second application.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the set criterion comprises a criterion based on at least one of: date information, time information, and/or positional information.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jiwon
• Choi Kyuok
• Lee Chaekyung

Classifications

• G06Q10/1093

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• H04L65/4025

  where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04L67/1095 Primary

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title