Patent ID: 11928252
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A display device comprising:
a display including a display area and a plurality of exterior areas surrounding the display area and being outside of the display area, wherein each of the plurality of exterior areas is mapped to a corresponding function among a plurality of functions;
a communication circuit;
a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
based on an exterior area among the plurality of exterior areas of the display being touched by a mobile device, detect at least one sensing value by at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors of the sensing unit;
identify the mobile device based on the at least one sensing value which is detected by the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors of the display device;
identify the exterior area among the plurality of exterior areas of the display that is touched by the mobile device, based on the at least one sensing value;
receive status information about an operation being executed by the mobile device, from the mobile device; and
perform a function corresponding to the identified exterior area among the plurality of functions, based on the received status information.