Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing applications by an electronic device are provided. The method and apparatus include identifying, by a processor, a secondary application based on an application executed on the electronic device or content included in the application, displaying a representation corresponding to the secondary application on the electronic device, selecting the representation based on an input, and invoking the secondary application corresponding to the selected representation on the electronic device.

Abstract: A method for retrieving content by processing a user request received by a first device identifying other devices in proximity to the first device, and retrieving content related to the user request from the other devices based on one or more menu trees.

Abstract: An electronic device for providing contextual recommendations and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain text including characters, identify, based on a language model, a domain corresponding to the text, identify a reference of the characters based on the domain, and perform, based on the reference, an action related to the domain.

Abstract: A data sharing method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes communicating with a second electronic device and determining common interest information between a first user of the first electronic device and a second user of the second electronic device, and retrieving and sharing application data associated with the common interest information, with the second electronic device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a social interaction by a robot device. The method includes receiving an input from a user, determining an emotional state of the user by mapping the received input with a set of emotions and dynamically interacting with the user based on the determined emotional state in response to the input. Dynamically interacting with the user includes generating contextual parameters based on the determined emotional state. The method includes determining an action in response to the received input based on the generated contextual parameters and performing the determined action. The method further includes receiving another input from the user in response to the performed action and dynamically updating the mapping of the received input with the set of emotions based on the other input for interacting with the user.

Abstract: A method for providing context based multimodal predictions in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting an input on a touch screen keyboard displayed on a screen of the electronic device. Further, the method includes generating one or more context based multimodal predictions based on the detected input from a language model. Furthermore, the method includes displaying the one or more context based multimodal predictions in the electronic device. An electronic device includes a processor configured to detect an input through a touch screen keyboard displayed on a screen of the electronic device, generate one or more context based multimodal predictions in accordance with the detected input from a language model, and cause the screen to display the one or more context based multimodal predictions in the electronic device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatically changing a shape of an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying, by the electronic device, at least one event triggered in the electronic device; and changing, by the electronic device, the shape of the electronic device according to the at least one identified event.

Abstract: The method and system for sorting the phonebook contacts by finding the weight of contacts for each application based on contact incentives and sorting the applications by measuring the weight of the applications based on application incentives is provided. The contact incentives can be identified for each application and the method calculates weight of contacts for each application. The method identifies the application incentives, and calculates the weight of each application. Based on the weight of contacts and the weight of application, the method normalizes sorts the contacts in phonebook.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for providing an on-screen keyboard including a plurality of keys are provided. The electronic apparatus comprises a touch interface configured to receive a touch input of a user and a processor configured to, in response to the touch input being received though the touch interface, determine a touch area where the touch input is received, in response to the plurality of keys are included in the touch area, identify a key corresponding to a touch pattern of the user among the plurality of keys, and display the identified key on a display of the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: A virtual input device using a projector and a method for receiving a user input using the same are provided. The virtual input device includes a first sensor configured to detect at least one user hand, a processor configured to determine a virtual input layout based on the detected at least one user hand, a projector configured to optically project the determined virtual input layout on a user input plane, and a second sensor configured to detect a user input through the projected virtual input layout.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for predicting a response are provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to receive at least one message, identify at least one contextual category of the at least one message, predict at least one response for the at least one message from a language model based on the at least one contextual category, and control the display to display the at least one predicted response.

Abstract: A method for managing device connectivity between a plurality of secondary devices by a primary device, including acquiring history information from at least one secondary device of the plurality of secondary devices, the history information including information relating to a current connection and at least one previous connection among the plurality of secondary devices, identifying a plurality of connection states between the plurality of secondary devices based on the history information, displaying the plurality of secondary devices and the plurality of connection states between the plurality of secondary devices, and in response to receiving an input for two secondary devices of the displayed plurality of secondary devices, changing a connection status between the two secondary devices.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing applications by an electronic device are provided. The method and apparatus include identifying, by a processor, a secondary application based on an application executed on the electronic device or content included in the application, displaying a representation corresponding to the secondary application on the electronic device, selecting the representation based on an input, and invoking the secondary application corresponding to the selected representation on the electronic device.

Abstract: A virtual input device using a projector and a method for receiving a user input using the same are provided. The virtual input device includes a first sensor configured to detect at least one user hand, a processor configured to determine a virtual input layout based on the detected at least one user hand, a projector configured to optically project the determined virtual input layout on a user input plane, and a second sensor configured to detect a user input through the projected virtual input layout.

Abstract: A data sharing method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes communicating with a second electronic device and determining common interest information between a first user of the first electronic device and a second user of the second electronic device, and retrieving and sharing application data associated with the common interest information, with the second electronic device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatically changing a shape of an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying, by the electronic device, at least one event triggered in the electronic device; and changing, by the electronic device, the shape of the electronic device according to the at least one identified event.

Abstract: A method, device, and system for sharing at least one display attribute associated with content displayed on the device with a target device is provided. The method includes identifying the at least one display attribute associated with content displayed in a source device, processing the identified at least one display attribute in accordance with an interoperability display ratio, and displaying the content on the target device after applying the processed at least one display attribute to the content. When content is shared between two devices, exchange of display attributes associated with the content helps in ensuring that the user experience of the content is similar at both the source device end and target device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating floating keys in a portable device is provided. The method includes selecting a key by providing an activation signal on any of the keys present in a keypad of the device. Further, the selected key is floated to display irrespective of keypad layout, keypad type and input method engine. The floating keys can be created from any online document. The method also provides a Unicode interface to the user to add keys present in a web source as a floating key. Further, a method of creating floating keys with multiple key combinations is also disclosed.

Abstract: The method and system for sorting the phonebook contacts by finding the weight of contacts for each application based on contact incentives and sorting the applications by measuring the weight of the applications based on application incentives is provided. The contact incentives can be identified for each application and the method calculates weight of contacts for each application. The method identifies the application incentives, and calculates the weight of each application. Based on the weight of contacts and the weight of application, the method normalizes sorts the contacts in phonebook.