Electronic device and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10530737-B2
Application number	US-201715460496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2017
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A method of operating an electronic device includes: determining whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which the electronic device is connected; transmitting state information of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point; receiving an input corresponding to the transmitted state information of the electronic device, from the external electronic device; displaying a result corresponding to the received input on a display; and transmitting the result displayed on the display to the external electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communicator comprising communication circuitry; and
at least one processor configured to:
identify whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which the electronic device is connected, regardless of a power state of the electronic device,
control the communicator to transmit state information of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point, the state information comprising at least one of information indicating a source of content displayed on the display of the electronic device or information regarding a screen mode of the electronic device, the source of content comprising at least one of live broadcasting or an external input,
receive, from the external electronic device, an input corresponding to the transmitted state information of the electronic device, the input being an input for controlling the electronic device based on the transmitted state information,
control the display to display a result corresponding to the received input, and
control the communicator to transmit the status information changed by displaying the result corresponding to the received input to the external electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising storage configured to store information of the external electronic device,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
control the communicator to scan external electronic devices connected to the access point to which the electronic device is connected, and
transmit the state information of the electronic device to an external electronic device from among the scanned external electronic devices, the external electronic device being pre-registered in the storage.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to identify the pre-registered external electronic device by scanning media access control (MAC) addresses of the external electronic devices connected to the access point using an address resolution protocol and comparing the scanned MAC addresses of the external electronic devices with a MAC address registered in the storage.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the state information of the electronic device comprises at least one of information indicating a power state of the electronic device, or a type of content reproduced in the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is configured to be automatically connected to the access point when the electronic device is within a pre-determined distance from the access point, in which communication between the electronic device and the access point is possible, and
the at least one processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit information about the connection of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit information necessary for the external electronic device to display a user interface to identify the electronic device, to the external electronic device.

7. A portable electronic device comprising:
a communicator comprising communication circuitry;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to:
connect the portable electronic device to an access point to which an electronic device is connected,
receive state information of the electronic device from the electronic device, based on the connection, regardless of a power state of the electronic device, the state information comprising at least one of information indicating a source of content displayed on a display of the electronic device or information regarding a screen mode of the electronic device, the source of content comprising at least one of live broadcasting or an external input,
control the display to display a user interface configured to receive an input corresponding to the received state information of the electronic device,
receive an input via the user interface, the input being an input for controlling the electronic device based on the transmitted state information, and
control the communicator to transmit the received input to the electronic device.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the state information of the electronic device comprises at least one of information indicating a power state of the electronic device, or a type of content reproduced in the electronic device.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the portable electronic device is configured to be automatically connected to the access point when the portable electronic device is within a pre-determined distance from the access point, in which communication between the portable electronic device and the access point is possible, and
the at least one processor is further configured to receive a program for displaying the user interface, from at least one of the electronic device and a server using information for displaying the user interface, the information being received from the electronic device.

10. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
identifying whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which the electronic device is connected regardless of a power state of the electronic device;
transmitting state information of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point, the state information comprising at least one of information indicating a source of content displayed on the display of the electronic device or information regarding a screen mode of the electronic device, the source of content comprising at least one of live broadcasting or an external input;
receiving an input corresponding to the transmitted state information of the electronic device, from the external electronic device, the input being an input for controlling the electronic device based on the transmitted state information;
displaying a result corresponding to the received input on a display; and
transmitting the status information changed by displaying the result corresponding to the received input to the external electronic device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the state information of the electronic device comprises at least one of information indicating a power state of the electronic device, or a type of content reproduced in the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the electronic device is automatically connected to the access point when the electronic device is within a pre-determined distance from the access point, in which communication between the electronic device and the access point is possible, and the method further comprises
transmitting information about the connection of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising
transmitting information to the external electronic device which is necessary for the external electronic device to display a user interface to identify the electronic device.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein,
wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
identify whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which an electronic device is connected, regardless of

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Bong-Chan
• Kim Young-Eun
• Kim In-Ji
• Kim Ji-Soo
• Park Ji-Yeon
• Hwang Woo-Seok

Classifications

• H04N21/472

  End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} · CPC title

• H04N21/42224

  Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04N21/43615

  Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805) · CPC title

• H04L61/103 Primary

  across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP] · CPC title