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Electronic device for controlling application program and control method thereof

US11429256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2018
Grant dateAug 30, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a housing; a mounting structure connected to the housing; a touchscreen display; an input interface; a processor operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the input interface; a volatile memory operatively connected to the processor; and a nonvolatile memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the nonvolatile memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, and may store instructions which, when executed, enables the processor to receive, from an external electronic device, data including association information between a user-related event and one or more of the application programs, store the data in the nonvolatile memory, detect the user-related event, and load the one or more application programs into the volatile memory, while a user interface of the application program is not displayed on the touchscreen display. Other embodiments are also possible.

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