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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jong-woo Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Sahng-hee Bahn, Yongin-si, KR;
In-sik Myung, Incheon, KR;
Jung-won Lee, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting data to an external device are provided. The method includes establishing a communication link with the external device by using a first application, and displaying a first window that corresponds to the first application, in response to an execution request for a second application that is different from the first application, displaying a second window that corresponds to the second application as a background of the first window, receiving a sharing mode request via the first window, and in response to the sharing mode request, setting an operation mode of the device as a sharing mode, and transmitting data that is provided from the second application to the external device via the communication link.