Samsung patents screen that auto-runs safe actions and asks before risky ones
Samsung describes a method where a device looks at what is on the screen and how you usually interact with it. It automatically runs simple, safe tasks while showing a prompt for actions that need your approval.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. Specifically, the electronic device may control a display to display content; acquire information about the context of the content; identify, at least one first operation, that does not require user confirmation, and at least one second operation, that requires user confirmation, from among a plurality of operations related to the content, based on the information of the content and information about a use history; perform the at least one first operation; and control the display to display a user interface based on the at least one second operation.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a display; memory storing information on use history; and one or more processors configured to: control the display to display content, obtain information on context of the content, identify, at least one first operation and at least one second operation, from among a plurality of operations relating to the content, based on the information on context of the content and the information on use history, wherein the at least one first operation requires no user confirmation, wherein the at least one second operation requires user confirmation, perform the at least one first operation, and control the display to display a user interface based on the at least one second operation.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
- Publication number
- US20260288313A1
- Application number
- 19692686
- Filed
- May 29, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 9
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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