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Samsung patents method to stream search results to another screen

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Samsung describes a method where a phone creates a virtual screen for search results and sends it as a video stream to another device. This allows the search interface to appear on a second screen while the original app continues running on the first device.

Why it mattersThis could improve how users multitask by letting them view search results on a larger or separate display without switching apps on their main device.

In the filing’s own words

A method and a device for displaying a search result are provided. The method performed by a first electronic device for displaying a search result includes creating a virtual screen for displaying a search object and a search result, in response to receiving a search input while displaying a page of a first application, recording and encoding the virtual screen to generate a video stream, and sending the video stream to a second electronic device, for displaying on the second electronic device, and thus, the search result display in a manner of searching while playing is realized at the first electronic device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, performed by a first electronic device, for displaying a search result, the method comprising: receiving a search input while displaying a page of an application on the first electronic device; creating, in response to receiving the search input, a virtual screen for displaying a target object and a search result; encoding the virtual screen to generate a video stream; and transmitting the video stream to a second electronic device for displaying interface information related to the virtual screen on the second electronic device.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULT
Publication number
US20260320120A1
Application number
19703411
Filed
Jun 10, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
19

Classified under

G06F 16/738 Physics & computingG06F 3/1454 Physics & computingG06T 11/60 Physics & computingG06T 2200/24 Physics & computing
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