Abstract: An electronic device and method in which an electronic device handles a hovering operation are provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first area at which an object is displayed and a second area adjacent to the first area, and a touch module configured to recognize a user input selecting the object and an operation in which the user input is hovering, wherein the touch module is further configured to determine that the selection of the object is maintained if the user input is hovering above a specific area. The method includes recognizing a user input selecting an object; recognizing that the hovering operation is performed above a specific area; and determining that a selection of the object is maintained, wherein a display of the electronic device comprises a first area at which the object is displayed and a second area adjacent to the first area.

Abstract: A method for initializing a memory that is part of an electronic device, comprising: receiving a sequence for initializing the memory from an external booting device; and causing the memory to perform initialization by using a first command that is generated based on the sequence.

Abstract: A charging method and a charging apparatus for an electronic device are provided. The method for charging a battery of a first electronic device, includes determining whether a current supply device is connected to a second electronic device connected to the first electronic device, recognizing at least one external device connected to the second electronic device when the current supply device is connected to the second electronic device, setting a charging current based on the recognized at least one external device, and receiving the set charging current from the current supply device connected to the second electronic device and charging the battery of the first electronic device.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a space drawing visualizing an indoor space and at least one icon related to an execution instruction to be transmitted to a network device, recognizing that an icon selected among the displayed at least one icon is overlapped on an image of the network device included in the space drawing, and transmitting the execution instruction corresponding to the selected icon, to the network device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first buffer configured to store video data and a system on chip. The system on chip may include a compression module configured to compress the video data stored in the first buffer, an encryption module configured to encrypt the compressed video data, and a universal serial bus (USB) hardware interface configured to transmit the encrypted video data. The compression module, the encryption module, and the USB hardware interface may be connected by a hardware signal line which is used to transmit video data.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store processing rules of network traffic and a processor configured to determine an order where the network traffic is processed, depending on a rule to be applied, the rule corresponding to the at least one of app information of an application corresponding to at least one process which causes the network traffic, device state information, or network packet information among the processing rules.

Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a communication interface; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: detect a change of state of the electronic device; transmit to a secondary electronic device a first information item associated with the change of state of the electronic device; receive a second information item from the secondary electronic device in response to the first information item; and perform an operation based on the secondary information item.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a connector configured to connect to an external electronic device that includes a recognition pin for sensing the connection, a connection configuration module configured to control an operation of the connector by using the recognition pin, and a processor configured to control the connector and the connection configuration module, wherein the processor is configured to, if the external electronic device is connected to the connector, verify through the recognition pin whether communication of a power delivery (PD) message is possible, and perform at least one of switching of a role associated with power supply of the electronic device or switching of a role associated with data transfer thereof by using at least one of a way to convey the PD message or a way to change a resistor connected to the recognition pin, depending on whether communication of the PD message is possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and devices for determining a role of an electronic device for an external electronic device upon connecting the electronic device with the external electronic device.

Abstract: A screen sharing method for an electronic device is provided. A first device communicates with a second device and shares a first screen. At the first device, a specific image is displayed superposed with the first screen, where the specific image is excluded from the first screen shared with the second electronic device. The second screen is thereafter shared with the second device. An intuitive user interface for editing a shared screen and thereafter sharing the edited screen is thus provided.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a connector, a first communication circuit connected with the connector, a second communication circuit connected with the connector, and a processor. The processor is configured to verify identification information corresponding to an external electronic device connected with the electronic device through the connector, to receive or transmit, if the external electronic device is an electronic device of a first type, data from or to the external electronic device through the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit based on the identification information, and to receive or transmit, if the external electronic device is the electronic device of a second type, data from or to the external electronic device through the first communication circuit based on the identification information.

Abstract: A method for adjusting connection speed of a USB device includes determining connection speed of the USB device connected to the electronic device, recognizing whether an enhancement event for the connection speed of the USB device is generated, and enhance the connection speed of the USB device when the enhancement event occurs. An electronic device includes the at least one processor configured to determine a connection speed of the USB device connected to the electronic device, recognize whether an enhancement event for the connection speed of the USB device occurs, and enhance the connection speed of the USB device when the restoration event occurs.

Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a communication interface; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: detect a change of state of the electronic device; transmit to a secondary electronic device a first information item associated with the change of state of the electronic device; receive a second information item from the secondary electronic device in response to the first information item; and perform an operation based on the secondary information item.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for establishing communication between a first device and a second device is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with the first device; a user interface unit; and a controller configured to display identification information included in an advertising signal broadcasted from at least one device, and in response to a user command to select identification information of the second device from among at least one of the displayed identification information, control the communicator to transmit information for establishing communication between the first device and the second device to the first device.

Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a communication interface; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: detect a change of state of the electronic device; transmit to a secondary electronic device a first information item associated with the change of state of the electronic device; receive a second information item from the secondary electronic device in response to the first information item; and perform an operation based on the secondary information item.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus includes a connector to connect with an electronic device external to the apparatus, and a processor configured to identify a connection with the electronic device via the connector, receive, using a first communication scheme, a message from the electronic device based at least in part on the identifying, determine, based at least in part on the message, whether the electronic device supports a second communication scheme, and establish a communication link corresponding to the second communication scheme with the electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the electronic device supports the second communication scheme.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first buffer configured to store video data and a system on chip. The system on chip may include a compression module configured to compress the video data stored in the first buffer, an encryption module configured to encrypt the compressed video data, and a universal serial bus (USB) hardware interface configured to transmit the encrypted video data. The compression module, the encryption module, and the USB hardware interface may be connected by a hardware signal line which is used to transmit video data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a first communication circuit that perform communication by using a first communication protocol, and a processor electrically connected to the first communication circuit, wherein the processor activates the first communication circuit based on a predetermined mutual operation, sets an operating mode of the electronic device based on at least part of the activation of the first communication circuit, and operates a universal serial bus (USB) host controller through a switching circuit based on the set operating mode.

Abstract: A method for initializing a memory that is part of an electronic device, comprising: receiving a sequence for initializing the memory from an external booting device; and causing the memory to perform initialization by using a first command that is generated based on the sequence.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a space drawing visualizing an indoor space and at least one icon related to an execution instruction to be transmitted to a network device, recognizing that an icon selected among the displayed at least one icon is overlapped on an image of the network device included in the space drawing, and transmitting the execution instruction corresponding to the selected icon, to the network device.