US Patent 10375207 Configuration setting method and device

An electronic device includes a communication module that communicates with a server and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit, if an application is installed or executed, identification information of the application to the server through the communication module, to receive pieces of configuration setting information corresponding to the identification information from the server, to verify an execution status of the application, to verify configuration setting information that corresponds to the execution status of the application from among the pieces of configuration setting information, and to change an execution configuration of the application based on the verified configuration setting information.