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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Sang-dok MO, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bok-deuk Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-bum Suh, Seoul, KR;
Sung-min Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-Dok Mo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bok-Deuk Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-Bum Suh, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Min Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing an integrated user interface for a variety of operating systems are provided. When a user request execution of an application included in a second operating system an application of a first operating system is in the foreground of a display, the apparatus switches the application included in the second operating system to the foreground of the display without the need for a separate window. One of a server operating system and client operating systems may be set as a main domain that provides an integrated graphic user interface with respect to applications executed on a plurality of operating systems. The operating systems not set to the main domain may be set as sub-domains each of which provides application information to the main domain in response to a request from the main domain. In response to an application execution request, the server operating system may switch an operating system in which the corresponding application is present to the foreground of the display.