Patent Document ID: 9772747
Application ID: 14540447
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for operating an electronic device including a touch screen, the method comprising: displaying, on the touch screen, one or more graphic user interface (GUI) items included in a setting menu of an application; receiving a first touch input in respect to a first GUI of the one or more GUI items by sensing a first external input object at a first area at which the first GUI is displayed on the touch screen; receiving a second touch input in respect to a second GUI of the one or more GUI items by sensing a second external input object at a second area at which the second GUI is displayed on the touch screen, wherein the second external input object is different from the first external input object; storing first information on the first external input object and a first drawing attribute, corresponding to the first GUI, associated with the first external input object according to receiving the first touch input; storing second information on the second external input object associated with a second drawing attribute corresponding to the second GUI according to receiving the second touch input; receiving a touch input on the touch screen; determining whether the received touch input is input using the first external input object or the second external input object; identifying drawing attribute for the touch input from the stored information based on the determination; and applying the identified drawing attribute to the touch input.