Electronic device for providing location-based service and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12363609-B2
Application number	US-202217970062-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2022
Priority date	Oct 27, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, and at least one processor, and the at least one processor may be configured to establish a connection with a second external electronic device upon identifying that a packet is not received from a first external electronic device during set time while providing a location-based service for the first external electronic device, transmit, to the second external electronic device, a packet for requesting to operate as a relay device for obtaining a location of the first external electronic device, receive, from the second external electronic device, a packet including a distance and a direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device, predict a location of the first external electronic device, and display, information indicating the predicted location of the first external electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a communication circuit; and
at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
establish, via the communication circuit, a connection with a second external electronic device upon identifying that a packet is not received from a first external electronic device during set time while providing a location-based service for the first external electronic device,
transmit, to the second external electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet for requesting to operate as a relay device for obtaining a location of the first external electronic device,
receive, from the second external electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet including a distance and a direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device,
predict a location of the first external electronic device based on a distance and a direction between the electronic device and the second external electronic device, and the distance and the direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device, and
display, through the display, information indicating the predicted location of the first external electronic device,

wherein the distance and the direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device are obtained through an ultra wide band (UWB) connection, and
wherein the packet including the distance and the direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device further includes at least one of:
device information of the second external electronic device, device information of the first external electronic device, or
information related to a ranging protocol used for a UWB ranging operation between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the packet for requesting to operate as the relay device includes at least one of:
device information of the first external electronic device,
a command for requesting to turn on a searching function to provide a finding service for the first external electronic device, or
information related to a protocol.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the searching function is a searching function using an ultra wide band (UWB), and
wherein the information related to the protocol includes at least one of:
information related to a ranging protocol to be used for the UWB ranging operation between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device, or
information related to a protocol type supported in the first external electronic device.

4. A second external electronic device, comprising:
a communication circuit; and
at least one processor operatively connected with the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
establish, via the communication circuit, a connection with an electronic device,
receive, from the electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet for requesting to operate as a relay device for obtaining a location of a first external electronic device for a location-based service for the first external electronic device,
establish, via the communication circuit, a connection with the first external electronic device, and
transmit, to the electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet including a distance and a direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device,

wherein the connection between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device is an ultra wide band (UWB) connection, and
wherein the packet including the distance and the direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device further includes at least one of:
device information of the second external electronic device,
device information of the first external electronic device, or
information related to a ranging protocol used for a UWB ranging operation between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device.

5. The second external electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the packet for requesting to operate as the relay device includes at least one of:
device information of the first external electronic device,
a command for requesting to turn on a searching function to provide a finding service for the first external electronic device, or
information related to a protocol.

6. The second external electronic device of claim 5 ,
wherein the searching function is a searching function using an ultra wide band (UWB), and
wherein the information related to the protocol includes at least one of:
information related to a ranging protocol to be used for the UWB ranging operation between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device, or
information related to a protocol type supported in the first external electronic device.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a communication circuit; and
at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit, to a third external electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet for requesting to perform a location-based service for a first external electronic device upon identifying that the location-based service for the first external electronic device is executed,
receive, from the third external electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet indicating a location of the first external electronic device is obtained by a second external electronic device which operates a relay device for obtaining the location of the first external electronic device, and
display, via the display, information indicating that the location of the first external electronic device is obtained by the second external electronic device,

wherein a connection between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device is an ultra wide band (UWB) connection, and
wherein the packet indicating that the location of the first external electronic device is obtained includes at least one of:
device information of the second external electronic device,
device information of the first external electronic device,
a distance and a direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device, or
information related to a ranging protocol used for a UWB ranging operation between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the packet for requesting to perform the location-based service for the first external electronic device includes device information of the first external electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
establish, via the communication circuit, the connection with the second external electronic device;
receive, from the second external electronic device via the communication circuit, a packet including a distance and a direction between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device;
predict a location of the first external electronic device based on a distance and a direction between the electronic device and the second external electronic device, and the distance and the direction between the second external electronic device and the

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Chaigil
• Song Gajin
• Kim Seokhyun
• Ryu Hanjun
• Lee Sunkey
• Jeong Jinhong

Classifications

• G01S13/0209

  Systems with very large relative bandwidth, i.e. larger than 10 %, e.g. baseband, pulse, carrier-free, ultrawideband · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• G01S7/006

  using shared front-end circuitry, e.g. antennas (G01S13/765, G01S13/825 take precedence) · CPC title