Electronic device, server and recording medium supporting task execution using external device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021274001-A1
Application number	US-202117322077-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 17, 2021
Priority date	Sep 7, 2017
Publication date	Sep 2, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes housing, a touch screen display, a microphone, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a software program including a user interface supporting the control of at least one external device based on a user account, and the memory stores at least one instruction that, when executed, causes the processor to receive a first user input for connecting the electronic device to a first external device, to receive a second user input corresponding to a request for performing at least part of a task by using the first external device, to receive a first response including a sequence of states from the second external device to perform, by the first external device, the at least part of the task depending on the sequence.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable communication device comprising:
a housing; an input module accommodated in the housing; a communication module configured to perform a wireless communication; and a processor configured to:
obtain, via the input module, a first voice input for performing a first task via a first external device, the first voice input including a word indicative of the first external device,
transmit first information corresponding to the first voice input to a second external device via the communication module,
based at least in part on a determination that the first external device is not registered with respect to the portable communication device, output a feedback for prompting a registration of the first external device with respect to the portable communication device, the feedback generated based at least in part on second information received from the second external device via the communication module, the second information determined by the second external device based at least in part on a portion of the first information corresponding to the word, and
after the registration of the first external device, transmit a request to perform at least part of the first task via the wireless communication such that the at least part of the first task is to be performed based at least in part on the request, the transmitting performed based at least in part on third information received from the second external device via the communication module, the third information determined by the second external device based at least in part on the registration of the first external device.

2 . The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor performs transmitting the request based on obtaining a second voice input through the input module.

3 . The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the input module includes a microphone.

4 . The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first information includes information for performing an operation to register the first external device by executing a first application.

5 . The portable communication device of claim 4 , the operation includes being performed based on user account information.

6 . The portable communication device of claim 4 , the first application includes an application that supports control of at least one external device based on user account information.

7 . The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second information includes information for performing the first task corresponding to intent of the first voice input using the first external device.

8 . The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain a second user input for performing a second task by using a second application and the first external device, execute the second application according to the third information received through the communication module from the second external device, and control the first external device to perform the second task according to the third information.

9 . The portable communication device of claim 8 , wherein the third information is determined by the second external device based on information related to the second application and information related to the first external device.

10 . The portable communication device of claim 9 , wherein the information related to the second application is version information of the second application.

11 . The portable communication device of claim 9 , wherein the information related to the first external device is model information, device version information, operating country information, and operating system (OS) information.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Je Seong Min
• Lee Sun Key
• Kim Kyung Tae
• Kim Joo Hwan
• Yeo Jae Yung
• Woo Kyoung Gu
• Yun Jeong Hyeon
• Lim Dong Sun

Classifications

• H04L67/63 Primary

  Routing a service request depending on the request content or context · CPC title

• H04L67/56

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title

• G06F3/167 Primary

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title