Patent ID: 11966760
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a processor configured to count time for displaying a screen saver after a user input is received, and based on the counted time corresponding to a threshold time, control the display to display the screen saver,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify state information related to an operation of a first application that is being executed on the display apparatus;
adjust a setting value of an interface application based on the state information related to the first application, the interface application configured to process reset requests from the first application for resetting the counted time based on the state information; and
perform an accept process or ignore with respect to a reset request according to the adjusted setting value.