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

Claim 0:
1. 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 at least one of link information associated with the multiple files, position information associated with the multiple files, or identification information on a user associated with the multiple files, and
the at least one processor is further configured to identify the at least the part of the first information from the information on the multiple files, based on the first application, identify multiple second applications used to acquire the at least some of the multiple files, based on the identified at least the part of the first information, acquire the multiple icons indicating the multiple second applications, identify a type of the first application, when a first icon is selected from the multiple icons and perform a specific function of the first application, based on third information corresponding to the type of the first application in the second information.