Method and apparatus for communication between devices in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10993228-B2
Application number	US-201916679695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2019
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A method and apparatus for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a cover device, graphical data for displaying of the cover device, and detecting a user input on a display of the electronic device, wherein the displaying on the display of the cover device is interrupted based on the user input, wherein the cover device is capable of being folded, and wherein the cover device includes a first surface on which the display is located, and a second surface on which the electronic device is mounted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
wirelessly transmitting graphical data to a cover device for displaying the graphical data on a first display of the cover device, while the electronic device is accommodated by the cover device;
receiving a user input on a second display of the electronic device;
stopping displaying the graphical data on the first display of the cover device based on the user input;
identifying that a remaining amount of battery of at least one of the electronic device or the cover device is less than a threshold value; and
transmitting, to the cover device, information for controlling the cover device to interrupt the displaying of the cover device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying an icon to control the displaying of the cover device,
wherein the user input is detected through the icon.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cover device is within a distance from the electronic device, the distance being shorter than a distance between the electronic device and one or more other devices.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a message for inquiring whether to interrupt the displaying of the cover device to a user.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the cover device, a signal for a power on or off of a communication module of the cover device.

6. An electronic device comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
wirelessly transmit graphical data to a cover device for displaying the graphical data on a first display of the cover device, while the electronic device is accommodated by the cover device,
receive a user input on a second display of the electronic device,
stop displaying the graphical data on the first display of the cover device based on the user input,
identify that a remaining amount of battery of at least one of the electronic device or the cover device is less than a threshold value, and
transmit, to the cover device, information for controlling the cover device to interrupt the displaying of the cover device.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:
the second display configured to display an icon to control the displaying of the cover device,
wherein the user input is detected through the displayed icon.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
transmit, to the cover device, information for controlling the cover device to interrupt communication based on a determination that the remaining amount of battery of at least one of the electronic device or the cover device is less than the threshold value.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the cover device is within a distance from the electronic device, the distance being shorter than a distance between the electronic device and one or more other devices.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a display configured to display a message for inquiring whether to interrupt the displaying of the graphical data by the cover device to a user.

11. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit a signal for controlling a power on or a power off of a communication module of the cover device.

12. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the transceiver comprises an antenna comprising:
a substrate;
at least one radiator disposed in a surface of the substrate, configured to radiate signals to communicate with the cover device; and
a shielding body or a cavity contacting another surface of the substrate configured to shield the signals from interfering with a communication between one or more other devices.

13. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the cover device comprises:
an antenna disposed in an inner surface of the cover device and configured to radiate signals to communicate with the electronic device, wherein the inner surface of the cover device is operable to contact the electronic device; and
a shielding component configured to shield the signals from interfering with a communication between one or more other devices.

14. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the user input is a first user input,
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a second user input, and
wirelessly connecting to the cover device to transmit the graphical data based on the second user input, and

wherein the stopping of the displaying the graphical data on the first display of the cover device comprises disconnecting from the cover device.

15. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the cover device forms an accommodating space, and
wherein the electronic device transmits the graphical data while the electronic device is accommodated in the accommodating space.

16. The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the user input is a first user input,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive a second user input, and
wirelessly connect to the cover device to transmit the graphical data based on the second user input, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
stop the displaying of the graphical data on the first display of the cover device by disconnecting from the cover device.

17. The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the cover device forms an accommodating space, and
wherein the electronic device transmits the graphical data while the electronic device is accommodated in the accommodating space.

18. A method for operating a cover device, the method comprising:
receiving, from an electronic device, graphical data for displaying on a first display of the cover device;
displaying the graphical data on the first display based on the graphical data;
identifying that a remaining amount of battery of at least one of the electronic device or the cover device is less than a threshold value; and
transmitting, to the cover device, information for controlling the cover device to interrupt the displaying of the cover device,
wherein the displaying of the graphical data is stopped based on a user input that is detected on a second display of the electronic device.

19. The method of claim 18 ,
wherein the cover device forms an accommodating space, and
wherein the electronic device transmits the graphical data while the electronic device is accommodated in the accommodating space.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Ohyun
• Hong Won-Bin
• Kim Hyun-Moo

Classifications

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W72/04

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title

• H04W74/0808

  using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W76/14 Primary

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title