Patent ID: 9459759
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method executed via an electronic device, the method comprising: detecting, via the electronic device, display of a content item; in response to detecting display of the content item, overlaying the content item with a plurality of icons retrieved from a storage unit that corresponds to a usage history such that a plurality of previously executed applications are represented by at least two of the plurality of icons, wherein the plurality of previously executed applications have previously shared the displayed content item; detecting, via the electronic device, a user selection of one of the plurality of icons corresponding to one of the plurality of previously executed applications associated with the displayed content item; and in response to detecting the user selection, displaying, via the electronic device, information corresponding to a sharing history associated with the displayed content item and the one of the plurality of previously executed applications corresponding to the detected user selection, wherein the plurality of previously executed applications comprises: a first application that has previously uploaded the content item to a server, wherein selection of an icon corresponding to the first application causes the electronic device to display information corresponding to an identification of a page to which the content item has been uploaded, and a second application that has previously transmitted the content item to another electronic device, wherein selection of an icon corresponding to the second application causes the electronic device to display information corresponding to an identification of the another electronic device to which the content item has been transmitted.