Patent ID: 11928997
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a flexible display configured to move with respect to the housing so that at least a portion of the flexible display is exposed from an inside of the housing to a front surface of the electronic device; and
at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the flexible display to:
display an execution screen of a first application in a first area of the flexible display in a first position state,
during display of the execution screen of the first application in the first area, exposing a second area of the flexible display by moving the flexible display with respect to the housing, in response to an input for a switch from the first position state to a second position state,
in response to the second area of the display being exposed, display, in the second area, at least one icon representing an executable application based on application attribute information,
in response to selection of any one of the at least one icon, identify an application having a higher priority among the first application and a second application corresponding to the selected icon, and
display, on the first and second areas of the flexible display, the execution screen of the first application and an execution screen of a second application corresponding to the selected icon, wherein an execution screen corresponding to the application having the higher priority is to be displayed in a larger portion of the first and second areas of the flexible display.