Patent 10509530 was granted and assigned to Samsung on December, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display having a first area and a second area functionally divided, a determination module configured to determine a location of a touch input, and a processing module configured to process the touch input based on a state of the electronic device, if the location of the touch input is in the second area.