Electronic device and method for executing application using both display of electronic device and external display

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display, a memory configured to store an application, and a processor configured to while executing the application, in response to a connection between a second display different from the first display and the electronic device, output a first user interface and a visual object which is displayed on the first user interface and is related to the second display in the first display, by using the application, in response to a first input of a user related to the visual object, identify a second user interface by using the application, while outputting the first user interface in the first display, output the identified second user interface in the second display, and in response to a second input of the user on the first user interface, change a display state of the first user interface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device comprising:
 a first display;   a memory configured to store an application; and   a processor operatively coupled to the first display and the memory,   wherein the processor is configured to:   while executing the application, in response to a connection between a second display different from the first display and the electronic device, output a first user interface and a visual object which is displayed on the first user interface and is related to the second display in the first display, by using the application;   in response to a first input of a user related to the visual object, identify a second user interface by using the application;   while outputting the first user interface in the first display, output the identified second user interface in the second display; and   in response to a second input of the user on the first user interface, change a display state of the first user interface,   wherein a display state of the second user interface is maintained independently from reception of the second input.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the second display is directly controlled by the processor while outputting the second user interface. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to the second input of the user, magnify a content of the second user interface based on a magnification corresponding to the second input, and   display the content in the first user interface.   
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to a third input of the user on the first user interface, parallel move or rotate a part of a content displayed in the second user interface based on a path of the third input, and   display the part of the content in the first user interface.   
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 while outputting the second user interface in the second display, in response to a third input of the user detected in the first user interface, execute a first event defined according to the first user interface and a second event defined according to the second user interface in the application; and   in response to the first event and the second event being executed, change the display state of the first user interface and the display state of the second user interface.   
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to a third input of the user related to a content magnified at different magnifications in each of the first user interface and the second user interface, identify a visual object corresponding to the third input from the application; and   in response to the visual object corresponding to the third input being identified, superimpose the identified visual object on the content based on the different magnifications in each of the first user interface and the second user interface.   
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to;
 in response to the first input, identify a second window manager different from a first window manager corresponding to the first display, and corresponding to the second display, the first window manager and the second window manager being executed in the processor based on a process independent from the application;   provide the identified second window manager to the application; and   based on a visual object inputted to the second window manager by the application, identify the second user interface to be outputted to the second display.   
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, while outputting the second user interface in the second display, in response to an input of the user related to the visual object, discard the second user interface outputted in the second display from the second display. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to a message related to another application different from the application being identified, output a visual object corresponding to the message to the first display and the second display;   in response to a user input related to the visual object corresponding to the message and outputted in the first display, change the first user interface outputted in the first display to a third user interface identified from the another application; and   in response to a user input related to the visual object corresponding to the message and outputted in the second display, change the second user interface outputted in the second display to a fourth user interface identified from the another application.   
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the third user interface and the fourth user interface are generated based on respective sizes of the first display and the second display by the another application. 
     
     
         11 . An electronic device comprising:
 a first display;   a touch sensor disposed on a surface of the first display; and   a processor operatively coupled to the first display and the touch sensor,   wherein the processor is configured to:   display a part of a multimedia content on the first display at a first magnification by using an application executed by the processor;   in response to a connection between a second display different from the first display and the electronic device, display the multimedia content on the second display at a second magnification different from the first magnification by using the application;   in response to a drag input on a part of the multimedia content displayed on the first display at the first magnification being received, display a path of the drag input in the part of the multimedia content displayed at the first magnification; and   display the path of the drag input in the multimedia content displayed at the second magnification.   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the second display is directly controlled by the processor while displaying the multimedia content on the second display. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein a display configuration of the multimedia content displayed on the first display is different from a display configuration of the multimedia content displayed on the second display. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to a gesture input of the user related to a change of the first magnification, change the multimedia content displayed on the first display to a third magnification different from the first magnification; and   while changing the multimedia content displayed on the first display to the third magnification different from the first magnification, maintaining the multimedia content displayed on the second user interface at the second magnification.   
     
     
         15 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to the drag input being received, execute a first event defined according to the first display and a second event defined according to the second display in the application; and   in response to the first event and the second event being executed, obtain a path of the drag input to be displayed on the first display and the second display.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein a path of the drag input in a part of the multimedia content displayed at the first magnification is superimposed on the multimedia content based on the first magnification, and
 wherein a path of the drag input in the multimedia content displayed at the second magnification is superimposed on the multimedia content based on the second magnification.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to the connection between the second display and the electronic device, identify a second window manager different from a first window manager corresponding to the first display, and corresponding to the second display, the first window manager and the second window manager being executed in the processor based on a process independent from the application;   provide the identified second window manager to the application; and   display the multimedia content on the second display at the second magnification, based on the multimedia content inputted to the second window manager by the application.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 while displaying the multimedia content on the first display at the first magnification, display a designated visual object displayed on the multimedia content; and   in response to an input of the user related to the displayed visual object, display the multimedia content on the second display at the second magnification.   
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , further comprising a communication circuit connected with a network,
 wherein the processor is further configured to:   in response to a message related to another application different from the application and received through the communication circuit, display a visual object corresponding to the message on the first display and the second display;   in response to an input of the user related to the visual object corresponding to the message and displayed on a part of the multimedia content displayed on the first display at the first magnification, change the part of the multimedia content displayed on the first display to another content identified from the another application; and   in response to an input of the user related to the visual object corresponding to the message and displayed on a part of the multimedia content displayed on the second display at the second magnification, change the multimedia content displayed on the second display to another content identified from the another application.   
     
     
         20 . The electronic device of  claim 19 , wherein the visual object corresponding to the message and displayed on the first display and the second display has different sizes in the first display and the second display in response to a connection between the second display having a different size from the first display and the electronic device.