Method for providing location confirmation service for electronic device, and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12538097-B2
Application number	US-202318105415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2023
Priority date	Aug 4, 2020
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

An example electronic device may include a location measurement circuit; a first wireless communication circuit; a second wireless communication circuit; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may: receive a first advertising packet including identification information of a first external device and a multi-hop count; obtain location information of the electronic device when the multi-hop count is a first value; transmit a signal including the identification information and the location information to a server; and broadcast a second advertising packet including the identification information of the first external device and a multi-hop count having a second value increased from the first value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a location measurement circuit; a first wireless communication circuit configured to support short-range communication; a second wireless communication circuit; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive a first advertising packet from a first external device using the first wireless communication circuit, the first advertising packet comprising identification information of the first external device and a multi-hop count;
obtain location information of the electronic device using the location measurement circuit in a case that the multi-hop count included in the first advertising packet is a first value;
transmit a signal comprising the identification information of the first external device and the location information of the electronic device to a server using the second wireless communication circuit; and
broadcast a second advertising packet comprising the identification information of the first external device and the multi-hop count having a second value greater than the first value using the first wireless communication circuit.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first value of the multi-hop count is 0, and
the first advertising packet is ignored in a case that the multi-hop count included in the first advertising packet is not the first value.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless communication circuit is configured to support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and
the second wireless communication circuit is configured to support at least one of a cellular network or a Wi-Fi network.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to broadcast the second advertising packet in a case of receiving a response indicating that the signal is normally transmitted from the server.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to obtain a third advertising packet comprising the identification information of the first external device from a second external device while measuring a location of the electronic device using the location measurement circuit, and complete or stop measuring the location, based on a multi-hop count included in the third advertising packet.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to stop measuring the location in a case that the multi-hop count included in the third advertising packet has a value greater than the first value.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to perform a scan using the first wireless communication circuit at a first interval in a case that the display is on, and perform a scan using the first wireless communication circuit at a second interval longer than the first interval in a case that the display is off.

8 . An operation method of an electronic device, the operation method comprising:
receiving a first advertising packet from a first external device using a first wireless communication circuit of the electronic device, the first advertising packet comprising identification information of the first external device and a multi-hop count; obtaining location information of the electronic device using a location measurement circuit of the electronic device in a case that the multi-hop count included in the first advertising packet is a first value, using at least one processor of the electronic device; transmitting a signal comprising the identification information of the first external device and the location information of the electronic device to a server using a second wireless communication circuit of the electronic device; and broadcasting a second advertising packet comprising the identification information of the first external device and the multi-hop count having a second value greater than the first value using the first wireless communication circuit.

9 . The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the broadcasting of the second advertising packet is performed in a case of receiving a response indicating that the signal is normally transmitted from the server.

10 . The operation method of claim 8 , further comprising ignoring the first advertising packet in a case that the multi-hop count included in the first advertising packet is not the first value.

11 . The operation method of claim 8 , further comprising:
obtaining a third advertising packet comprising the identification information of the first external device from a second external device while measuring a location of the electronic device using the location measurement circuit; and stopping measuring the location in a case that the multi-hop count included in the third advertising packet has a value greater than the first value.

12 . An electronic device comprising:
a wireless communication circuit; memory; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, configured to be electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to broadcast a first advertising packet comprising identification information of the electronic device and a multi-hop count having a first value indicating that location information for the electronic device has not been reported to a server, using the wireless communication circuit.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to broadcast the first advertising packet using BLE communication.

14 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first value of the multi-hop count is 0.

15 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first advertising packet further comprises information indicating whether the electronic device is a device operating alone or a device operating by pairing with a difference device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Lyesuk
• Lee Junghoon
• Jung Hyosung
• Song Gajin

Classifications

• H04W8/22

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · 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

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title