Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Min-Kyung Hwang

Geon-Soo Kim

Yong-Joon Jeon

Dong-Hyun Yeom

Kyung-Tae Kim

Bo-Kun Choi

Kyung-ah Chang

Dong-Ho Jang

Sang-Ki Kang

Ik-Hwan Cho

Seong-yeol Park

Jang-Seok Seo

Hyun-Woo Kang

Jin-Yeol Kim

Kook-Tae Choi

Chae-Hwan Li

Sang-bum Suh

Doo-Suk Kang

Ji-Hyun Park

Jin-he Jung

Eui-chang Jung

Kyu-Sung Cho

Jeong-Hyun Pang

Sang-Min Huh

Min-jeong Moon

Jong-Won Lee

Cheol-Ho Cheong

Sang-Il Lee

Sung-Jin Yoon

Hyun-Young Kim

Pil-Joo Yoon

Eun-Seok Ryu

Byung-woan Kim

Tae-Jun Park

Sae-Mee Yim

Hee-Kuk Lee

Young-Jae Meen

Nam-Jin Kim

Nils Roger Andersson Reimer

Jin-He Jung

Moo-Chang Kim

Maximilian Christian Olle Larsson

Jens Gustaf Folke Oknelid

Beldagli Behram

Zhedan Pan

Min-Gu Cho

Yong-Hyun Yang

Seong-Yeol Park

Eui-Chang Jung

An example electronic device includes a housing; a touchscreen display; a microphone; at least one speaker; a button disposed on a portion of the housing or set to be displayed on the touchscreen display; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and a memory. When a user interface is not displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables a user to receive a user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to an external server. An instruction for performing a task is received from the server. When the user interface is displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables the user to receive the user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to the external server.

Electronic device for processing user speech and operating method therefor

The disclosure describes a method in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a memory, a communication unit, and a processor configured to control the communication unit to establish a network connection with a server after storing a image file in the memory, control the communication unit to transmit a image file to the server from the electronic device after establishing the network connection with the server, obtain a link information for downloading the image file from the server after establishing the network connection with the server, and after establishing the network connection with the server, replace the image file with a lower resolution image corresponding to the image file in the memory based at least on a memory capacity available in the memory.

Method and apparatus for file management

An electronic device of the present invention comprises: a housing; a touchscreen display; a microphone; at least one speaker; a button disposed on a portion of the housing or set to be displayed on the touchscreen display; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and a memory. The electronic device is configured to store an application program including a user interface for receiving a text input. When the user interface is not displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables a user to receive a user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to an external server including an automatic speech recognition system and an intelligence system. An instruction for performing a task generated by the intelligence system in response to the user speech is received from the server. When the user interface is displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables the user to receive the user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to the external server. Data on the text generated by the automatic speech recognition is received from the server, but the instruction generated by the intelligence system is not received therefrom. Other embodiments are also possible.

Disclosed are electronic devices and methods for managing container-based data by the electronic devices, by generating a first container storing first personalized information, when a communication connection with a first external electronic device is established, transmitting the first personalized information so that it is stored in a second container of the first external electronic device, receiving second personalized information and storing the second personalized information in the first container, and when a communication connection with a second external electronic device is established, transmitting the second personalized information so that it is stored in a third container of the second external electronic device.

Electronic device and container-based data management method by electronic device

A method in an electronic device is provided, the method including: connecting to a storage device; transmitting a first file to the storage device; when the first file is transmitted to the storage device, generating, a second file based on the first file and replacing the first file with the second file, wherein the second file is an optimized version of the first file.

An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device includes a first service in response to a service request by a first electronic device, identifying at least one function relating to the first service, which is available in a second electronic device external to the first electronic device, and providing a second service relating to the service request on the basis of the at least one function. Other embodiments may be made.

Method and device for function sharing between electronic devices

A method for operating an electronic device includes determining whether a preset triggering condition is satisfied; when satisfying the preset triggering condition, requesting extended page data corresponding to the triggering condition, from either a server or a connectable device; and receiving the requested data from either the server or the connectable device, and adding and displaying at least one page in a home screen.

Electronic device and method for adding home screen page

Disclosed are a system for performing payment, and a recording medium storing a program source for the method. The method employed by a first terminal enables a second terminal to perform payment for a product purchase using one or more pieces of financial account information accessible by the first terminal by: transmitting the one or more pieces of financial account information to the second terminal using an NFC connection; generating a registration request message comprising a request for registration of the second terminal associated with the transmitted financial account information enabling the second terminal to perform the payment by using the transmitted financial account information; and transmitting the registration request message to a financial organization server, the financial organization server being associated with the transmitted financial account information.

System for performing payment in mobile terminal

An electronic device and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device is configured to display a first window including a first set of at least one icon on a background screen, and detect a first movement request in a first direction move, according to the first movement request, the first window in the first direction in the background screen and add and display a second window including a second set of at least one icon on the background screen.

Electronic device and operation method thereof

An electronic device, a method thereof, and a recording medium are disclosed. A main electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes: an input interface; a communication module electrically connected to the input interface; and a processor electrically connected to the input interface and the communication module. The input interface receives an authentication request for transmitting data to sub-electronic devices of a second device group by sub-electronic devices of a first device group. The main electronic device is included in the first device group, and the processor is configured to control transmission of the authentication request to a main electronic device of the second device group when the authentication request has been received by the communication module.

Electronic device, operation method thereof and recording medium

A method of identifying a location of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes obtaining information about a region in which the electronic apparatus is located, obtaining an image through an image sensor included in the electronic apparatus, identifying location information about one or more objects included in the image, and identifying a location of the electronic apparatus by using the information about the region and the location information.

Method for identifying location of electronic apparatus, electronic apparatus, and operating method of server

An electronic device and method for providing a virtual object are disclosed, including a processor and memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to implement the method, which includes receiving a request for a virtual object including a plurality of present conditions, searching a database for the virtual object by comparing the received plurality of present conditions to a plurality of condition sets, each set associated with at least one virtual object stored in the database; and when none of the plurality of condition sets matches all of the received plurality of present conditions, detecting a partially matching condition set matching at least one of the received plurality of present conditions and providing a partially matching virtual object corresponding to the partially matching condition set.

Method for providing virtual object and electronic device therefor

A method of an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring at least one captured image; determining a place corresponding to the at least one captured image by comparing the at least one captured image to at least one designated image; and performing at least one function in response to the determined place. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a captured image; and at least one processor configured to acquire at least one captured image, determine a place corresponding to the captured image by comparing the captured image to at least one designated image, and perform at least one function in response to the determined place.

Method for providing service and electronic device thereof

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for providing information by an electronic device comprises recognizing at least one object from an image displayed on a screen of the electronic device, displaying at least one primary information item associated with the recognized object, and when at least one of the at least one primary information item is selected, displaying a secondary information item associated with the selected primary information item on the screen. Other various embodiments are also provided herein.

Method and electronic device for providing information

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Min-Kyung Hwang