Electronic device and operation method of electronic device controlling external device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023171124-A1
Application number	US-202318098980-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 19, 2023
Priority date	Dec 1, 2021
Publication date	Jun 1, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device may include a communication module communicating with at least one of a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device, wherein the first external electronic device may perform a first operation, a database storing information related to at least one associated device and at least one associated operation for controlling the at least one associated device with a specified command in response to a specified operation of the first external electronic device, wherein the at least one associated device may include the second external electronic device and wherein the at least one associated operation may include a second operation, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may identify that a first operation of the first external electronic device is executed, identify, from the database, a second external electronic device that is an associated device corresponding to the first operation of the first external electronic device and a second operation that is an associated operation in response to identifying that the first external electronic device is located in a specified space and satisfies an associated operation execution condition, and transmit a command for executing the second operation to the second external electronic device through the communication module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a communication module, including communication circuitry, configured to communicate with at least one of a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device, wherein the first external electronic device is able to perform a first operation; a database configured to store information related to at least one associated device and at least one associated operation for controlling the at least one associated device with a specified command in response to a specified operation of the first external electronic device, wherein the at least one associated device includes the second external electronic device and wherein the at least one associated operation includes a second operation; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
identify that a first operation of the first external electronic device is executed;
identify, from the database, a second external electronic device that is an associated device corresponding to the first operation of the first external electronic device and a second operation that is an associated operation, in response to identifying that the first external electronic device is located in a specified space and satisfies an associated operation execution condition; and
transmit a command for executing the second operation to the second external electronic device through the communication module.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the database is configured to store space information of the first external electronic device, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
obtain location information of the first external electronic device through the communication module; and
identify that the first external electronic device is located in the specified space based on the space information of the first external electronic device and the location information of the first external electronic device.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
obtain information related to a control method of the first external electronic device through the communication module; and identify that the associated operation execution condition is satisfied in response to the control method of the first external electronic device being an offline control method in which the first external electronic device is directly controlled by a user regardless of network connection.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
identify that the associated operation execution condition is satisfied in response to the control method of the first external electronic device being an online control method in which the first external electronic device is controlled using a mobile device, and in response to the location of the first external electronic device and the location of the mobile device being less than or equal to a specified distance.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the database is configured to store space information of the second external electronic device, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
obtain location information of the second external electronic device through the communication module;
identify that the second external electronic device is located in a specified space based on the space information of the second external electronic device and the location information of the second external electronic device; and
transmit a command for executing the second operation to the second external electronic device in response to the second external electronic device being located in the specified space.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit information related to the second operation to be executed by the second external electronic device to a mobile device through the communication module; and transmit a command to execute the second operation to the second external electronic device in response to receiving from the mobile device a response to the transmitted second operation information.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
generate the at least one associated device and the at least one associated operation of the first operation of the first external electronic device before identifying that the first operation of the first external electronic device is executed; and store information related to the at least one associated device and the at least one associated operation in the database.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising:
identifying that the first operation of the first external electronic device is executed; identifying that the second operation of the second external electronic device is executed; and storing the second operation of the second external electronic device as an associated operation of the first operation of the first external electronic device in response to the first operation of the first external electronic device and the second operation of the second external electronic device satisfying an association condition.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the associated condition is based on at least one of location information, type information, activation time, or operation execution time of the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
generate the association condition by learning at least one of location information, type information, activation time, or operation execution time of the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device.

11 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
identifying that a first operation of a first external electronic device is executed; identifying information stored in a database in response to identifying that the first external electronic device is located in a specified space and satisfies an associated operation execution condition, wherein the database stores information related to at least one associated device and at least one associated operation for controlling the at least one associated device with a specified command in response to a specified operation of the first external electronic device, wherein the at least one associated device includes the second external electronic device and wherein the at least one associated operation includes a second operation; identifying, from the database, a second external electronic device that is an associated device corresponding to a first operation of the first external electronic device and a second operation that is an associated operation; and transmitting a command for executing the second operation to the second external electronic device through a communication module.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
storing space information of the first external electronic device; obtaining location information of the first external electronic device; and identifying that the first external electronic device is located in the specified space based on the space information of the first external electronic device and the location information of the first external electronic device.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
obtaining information related to a control method of the first external electronic device; and identifying that the associated operation execution condition is s

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Sunghyun
• Kim Dowan
• Kim Junsuk
• Park Hyuncheol
• Son Hwajeong
• Yang Eunmo
• Lee Donghyun

Classifications

• G05B2219/2642

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title

• H04L12/282 Primary

  based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W4/70

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