Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device and method for continuously reproducing multimedia content in external electronic device
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Application No.: US16556973Application Date: 2019-08-30
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Publication No.: US11153112B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: Hyunkyoung Kim , Jongho Kim , Minjung Sohn , Kyuho Shin , Younghak Oh , Pilsik Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2018-0103063 20180830
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes memory configured to store instructions, at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, and at least one processor, wherein at least one processor is configured to, when executing instructions, reproduce multimedia content in electronic device, identify, through at least one communication circuitry, whether electronic device is connectable with external electronic device interlocked with electronic device, before first time elapses from a time of initiating the reproduction of the multimedia content, and superimpose and display, on a screen which is being displayed through the at least one display, a visual object indicating that the external electronic device is capable of continuously reproducing the multimedia content from a time at which reproduction of the multimedia content has been progressed in the electronic device, based on identifying whether the electronic device is connectable with the external electronic device interlocked with the electronic device.
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