Samsung patents app switcher that shows recent tasks inside the app window
Samsung has filed a patent for a new way to view recently used apps on a device. The system displays the most recent app in a main area while showing a list of specific tasks or actions from that app in a separate section.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device and a method for executing, storing, and displaying an application are provided. This method for displaying a recently executed application comprises an operation of receiving a user input for displaying at least one recently executed application. The method comprises an operation of displaying information on an application including the at least one recently executed application on the basis of the user input. Information on an application including at least one application comprises a main area which indicates a first application among the at least one application, and a task area which indicates information on at least one task executed in the first application.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of displaying an application information on an electronic device, comprising: detecting a user input for requesting display of at least one recently executed application; and in response to the user input, generating a user interface including: a primary display region configured to present a most recently executed application from the at least one recently executed application; and a secondary display region configured to display task information associated with the most recently executed application, wherein the task information includes at least one executable task item corresponding to the most recently executed application.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING, STORING, AND DISPLAYING APPLICATION
- Publication number
- US20260329601A1
- Application number
- 19462624
- Filed
- Jan 28, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 9/451 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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