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

Claim 8:
9. 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 execution 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 at least one of an authority or a function for acquiring the information on the multiple files, and
control to display a first execution screen of the executed 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, wherein the second information comprises multiple pieces of additional information, and
the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive an input for selecting an object for search for the multiple files, on the first execution screen of the first application,
control to display multiple objects corresponding to the multiple pieces of additional information, based on the received input, and
control to display a second execution screen of the first application, which comprises information on at least one first file corresponding to first additional information corresponding to a first object from the multiple files, when the first object is selected from the multiple objects.