User terminal device and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10455073-B2
Application number	US-201616072804-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2016
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed are a user terminal device and a control method therefor. The user terminal device according to the present invention comprises: a communication unit for communicating with a peripheral device; an audio output unit for outputting audios; and a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a second application corresponding to an event if the event occurs while the audio of a first application is output via the audio output unit. Accordingly, the user terminal device can output the audios of multiple applications by using the speaker of the user terminal device and at least one of peripheral devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user terminal device, comprising:
communication circuitry configured to communicate with a peripheral device;
a speaker configured to output audio signals; and
a controller comprising a processor configured to control the communication circuitry to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a second application corresponding to an event if the event occurs while the audio of a first application is output via the speaker.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the speaker to output the audio of the first application while the audio of the second application is transmitted to the peripheral device via the communication circuitry.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the controller, based on communicative connection with the peripheral device being released, searches for at least one other peripheral device which is capable of communicating with the user terminal device, and based on another registered peripheral device being present from among the at least one other peripheral device, controls the communication circuitry to transmit, to the another registered peripheral device, the audio signal of the second application.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a display configured to display a user interface that receives a command to set a device to output the audio of each of a plurality of applications,
wherein the user interface is displayed by mapping icons of the plurality of applications with icons of devices to output the audios of the plurality of applications.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller, based on an icon of a first application from among the plurality of applications being selected, displays an icon for at least one device which is capable of outputting audios, and based on the displayed at least one icon being selected, changes a device corresponding to the selected at least one icon to a device to output the audio of the first application.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller, based on a peripheral device to output the audio of the second application not being registered, controls the display to display the user interface.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller, while a peripheral device to output the audio of the second application is not registered, based on a user command for adjusting volume being input, controls the display to display a user interface for an application to output audio through a speaker of the user terminal device from among applications that are executed.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller, while the audio of the second application is output via the peripheral device, based on an event in which a third application set to output audios from the peripheral device is executed occurring, controls the display to display a user interface for resetting the audio of the third application.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry further comprises a connector which is physically and communicatively connected with an accessory device via a cable,
wherein the controller, based on a call request event being input while the communication circuitry is communicatively connected with the accessory device via the connector, controls the communication circuitry to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a telephone application corresponding to the call request event.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, based on a message being received from the outside while at least one of an execution screen of the first application and the audio of the first application is output, controls the communication circuitry to transmit voice data for the message to a peripheral device.

11. A method for controlling a user terminal device, the method comprising:
outputting audio of a first application;
while the audio of the first application is output, determining whether an event occurs; and
in response to the event occurring, transmitting the audio of a second application corresponding to the event to a peripheral device which is in communicative connection with the user terminal device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the outputting comprises outputting the audio of the first application while the audio of the second application is transmitted to the peripheral device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
determining whether the communicative connection with the peripheral device is released; and
based on the communicative connection with the peripheral device being released, searching for at least one other peripheral device which is capable of communicating with the user terminal device,
wherein the transmitting comprises, based on another registered peripheral device being present from among the at least one other peripheral device, transmitting an audio signal of the second application to the another registered peripheral device.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
displaying a user interface that receives a command to set a device to output the audio of each of a plurality of applications on a display; and
setting a device to output audios based on the displayed user interface,
wherein the user interface is displayed by mapping icons of the plurality of applications with icons of devices to output the audios of the plurality of applications.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the setting comprises, based on an icon of a first application from among the plurality of applications being selected, displaying an icon for at least one device which is capable of outputting audios, and based on the displayed at least one icon being selected, changing a device corresponding to the selected at least one icon to a device to output the audio of the first application.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yoonkyong
• Kim Byoungoh
• Kim Chul-Joo
• Lee Sangjeong

Classifications

• H04W4/48

  for in-vehicle communication · CPC title

• H04M19/04 Primary

  the ringing-current being generated at the substations · CPC title

• H04M1/6066

  including a wireless connection · CPC title

• H04W4/00

  Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title