Samsung patents app linking that auto-starts related software
Samsung describes a system where opening one app automatically starts another related app based on saved links. The device stores this connection data to ensure the second app runs whenever the first one is used.
In the filing’s own words
According to various embodiments, the electronic device may include a memory that store instructions and a processor, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device may be configured to identify the execution of the second application corresponding to the component of the first application in response to the execution of the first application from among a plurality of applications stored in the memory, store chain information indicating an associative relationship between the first application and the second application in the memory, and execute the second application corresponding to the component of the first application based on the chain information stored in the memory in response to the execution of the first application while the chain information between the plurality of applications is stored in the memory. Various other embodiments may be possible.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device ( 101) comprising: a memory ( 130) configured to store instructions; and a processor ( 120), wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor ( 120), cause the electronic device ( 101) to: in response to execution of a first application ( 301) from among a plurality of applications stored in the memory ( 130), identify execution of a second application ( 302) corresponding to a component ( 310) of the first application ( 301), store, in the memory ( 130), chain information ( 432) indicating an associative relationship between the first application ( 301) and the second application ( 302), and in a state in which chain information ( 432) between the plurality of applications is stored in the memory ( 130), in response to the execution of the first application ( 301), based on the chain information ( 432) stored in the memory ( 130), execute the second application ( 302) corresponding to the component ( 310) of the first application ( 301).
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION USING THE SAME
- Publication number
- US20260329676A1
- Application number
- 19630443
- Filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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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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