Method and electronic device for performing connection between electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140851-B2
Application number	US-201615181757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2016
Priority date	Aug 7, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A method of performing a connection between electronic devices and an electronic device thereof. The method may include: receiving a first signal including first information of the media device through first communication mode; generating a second signal including identification information of the media device by using at least a part of the first information in response to the first signal; transmitting the second signal to the media device through the first communication mode; and performing a connection with the media device by using the first information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device for performing a connection with a media device, the electronic device comprising:
a communication module that receives from the media device through a first communication mode a first signal including a first information of the media device; and
a processor that generates a second signal including identification information of the media device by using one or more information items of the first information in response to receiving the first signal, controls a communication module to transmit the second signal to the media device through the first communication mode, and establishes an operation connection with the media device by using the first information through the communication module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor that receives a third signal through a second communication mode including second information of the media device that is different from the first information.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein each portion of the first information and the second information includes one or more information items regarding a configuration state of the media device, information regarding an operation state of the media device, device information of the media device, and connection information of the media device.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein, in response to determining that the media device has not been configured based on the first information, the processor controls activation of a sensor.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor compares one or more information items included in each portion of the first information and the second information and identifies whether the first signal and the third signal are received from the identical media device based on a result of the comparison.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein, in response to identifying that the first signal and the third signal are received from the identical media device, the processor generates the identification information by using one or more information items of each portion of the first information and the second information and generates the second signal including the generated identification information.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein, in response to identifying that the first signal and the third signal are received from the identical media device, the processor generates the identification information by using a random number for changing the one or more items of each portion of the first information and generates the second signal including the generated identification information.

8. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein, in response to identifying that the first signal and the third signal are received from the identical media device, the processor generates the identification information by using a hash value generated using one or more items of each portion of the first information and generates the second signal including the generated identification information.

9. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein, in response to identifying that the first signal and the third signal are received from the identical media device, the processor generates the identification information by using a random number included in the first information and generated by the media device and generates the second signal including the generated identification information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor establishes the operation connection with the media device through the communication module based on a third communication mode by using operative connection information of the third communication mode included in the first information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the operation connection being established, the processor identifies configuration information for the configuration of the media device and controls transmission of the configuration information to the media device through the operation connection.

12. A method of establishing a connection with a media device by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving through a first communication mode, a first signal including a first information of the media device;
generating in response to the first signal, a second signal including identification information of the media device by using at least a portion of the first information;
transmitting through the first communication mode, the second signal to the media device; and
establishing an operation connection with the media device by using the first information.

13. An electronic device for establishing a connection with a mobile device, the electronic device comprising:
a communication module that transmits through a first communication mode a first signal including a first information of the electronic device and receives a second signal including identification information generated using one or more items of the first information from a mobile device having received the first signal; and
a processor that establishes an operation connection with the mobile device in response to receiving the second signal and determining that the identification information is valid through the communication module.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising an output module that outputs a third signal including second information of the electronic device that is different from the first information through second communication mode.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein one or more information items of the first information and the second information includes one portion of information regarding a configuration state of the electronic device, information regarding an operation state of the electronic device, device information of the electronic device, and connection information of the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the identification information is generated when the mobile device identifies that the electronic device transmitting the first signal and the mobile device transmitting the third signal are the identical electronic device.

17. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor generates a random number for changing one or more information items of the first information, changes one portion of the first information by using the random number, and inserts the random number into the first information.

18. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein, when the second signal is received, the processor controls display of a popup window or a message indicating that a configuration of the electronic device is performed through the mobile device.

19. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor establishes the operation connection with the mobile device through a third communication mode and connection information of the third communication mode is included in the first information.

20. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein, after the operation connection is established, the communication module receives configuration information from the mobile device, and the processor performs the configuration based on the configuration information.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Jun-Hak
• Choi Young-Jae
• Kang Hyuk
• Jin In-Ji

Classifications

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title