Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Joonhwan Jeon

Sangheon Kim

Yeunwook Lim

Taekyoung Kim

Jaehan Lee

Yongseok Jang

Dami Jeon

Sangyong Lee

Chunbae Park

Changjin Jeong

Seongjoon Yoon

Heuijin Jeon

An electronic device and method thereof are provided, which allow an input device e.g., a keypad or a keyboard) thereof to be customized. The electronic device may include a display module, a processor operatively connected to the display module, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that cause, when executed, the processor to display a UI based on execution of an application, to acquire keypad information and/or user input information from a user input related to a first keypad of the UI, to determine characteristic information for a second keypad based on the acquired information, to organize the second keypad based on the characteristic information, and to display the second keypad through the UI.

Electronic device and method for generating a user-customized keypad based on usage characteristics

Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for performing a content search using a keypad (or a keyboard) in an electronic device. The electronic device according to various embodiments include a display; a wireless communication circuit; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: display an execution screen of an application; detect a first input for calling a keypad; display the keypad on the execution screen; detect a second input for a smart search while displaying the keypad; request a content search from at least one application of the electronic device; and display a search result searched by the at least one application through the keypad. Other embodiments are possible.

Apparatus and method for providing content search using keypad in electronic device

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Joonhwan Jeon