Patent ID: 11947772
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. An electronic device comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
store, in the memory, multiple files acquired based on executions of multiple applications and information on the multiple files, wherein the information on the multiple files comprises first information on the multiple applications and second information associated with the multiple files,
execute a first application, wherein the first application includes an authority for the information on the multiple files,
control to display a first execution screen of the first application, based on at least a part of the first information, wherein a partial area of the first execution screen comprises multiple thumbnails associated with at least some of the multiple files and multiple icons corresponding to applications associated with the at least some of the multiple files from among the multiple applications, and the multiple icons are displayed at positions associated with and adjacent to the multiple thumbnails, and
wherein the at least one processor being further configured to:
identify multiple first files corresponding to the first application from among the multiple files if a first icon corresponding to the first application is selected from among the multiple icons, and
control to display a second execution screen comprising the identified multiple first files based on at least a part of the second information included in the information on the multiple files, wherein, on the second execution screen, the multiple first files are displayed according to files having the second information corresponding to each other.