Method and device for executing application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9277576-B2
Application number	US-201314022903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	Sep 10, 2012
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An application execution method which is performable by using a first device, the method comprising:
detecting, by the first device, an occurrence of a first communication in a first short distance communication mode between at least one external device and the first device;
receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first communication;
establishing, based on the received connection information, a second communication in the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the first device; and
controlling the at least one external device via the second communication by using an application which is executable based on the received application information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the occurrence of the first communication is performed by using one of near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the occurrence of the first communication is performed based on whether a distance between the at least one external device and the first device is within a first communication radius.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the occurrence of the first communication is performed based on whether a broadcast signal based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication is received from the at least one external device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying information which relates to the at least one external device; and
establishing the second communication in the second short distance communication mode when a connection between the first device and an external device from among the at least one external device is selected based on the displayed information which relates to the at least one external device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein information regarding the second communication which relates to the second short distance communication mode comprises information which relates to the second short distance communication mode which is performed by the at least one external device and additional information to be used when establishing the second communication between the first device and the at least one external device in the second short distance communication mode.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the additional information comprises address information which relates to the at least one external device when the second short distance communication mode is based on a direct communication mode between devices.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the establishing the second communication in the second short distance communication mode comprises:
determining the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the first device by using the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode;
transmitting, from the first device to the at least one external device, connection information which relates to a relay to the at least one external device via first communication when the second short distance communication mode is based on a communication mode which uses the relay; and
receiving, from the at least one external device, a signal which indicates that a communication between the relay and the at least one external device is established.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the establishing the second communication in the second short distance communication mode comprises:
determining the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the first device by using the received connection information which relates to the second communication;
transmitting, from the first device to the at least one external device, a connection request signal by using the received connection information which relates to the second communication when the second short distance communication mode is based on a direct communication between devices; and
receiving a communication acceptance signal from the at least one external device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second short distance communication mode comprises at least one from among a wireless local area network (LAN) communication mode, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) direct communication mode, a Bluetooth communication mode, an ultra wideband (UWB) communication mode, and a Zigbee communication mode.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the establishing the second communication in the second short distance communication mode comprises: registering the at least one external device in the first device when a registration request is received from the at least one external device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application information which relates to the at least one external device comprises at least one of identification information which relates to the application and an execution command.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling the at least one external device comprises:
searching for the application from the first device by using the received application information;
if the application is determined not to be installed in the first device as a result of the searching, downloading and executing the application from an outside; and
if the application is determined to be installed in the first device as a result of the searching, executing the application by the first device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode further comprises authentication information which relates to the at least one external device,
wherein the establishing the second communication in the second short distance communication mode is performed after performing authentication processing by using the received authentication information.

15. A first device comprising:
a first short distance communication unit which is configured to communicate between at least one external device and the first device by using a first communication in a first short distance communication mode;
a second short distance communication unit which is configured to communicate between the at least one external device and the first device by using a second communication in a second short distance communication mode, when the first device in communication with the at least one external device based on a connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode which is received from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication unit; and
a processor which is configured to receive the connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device via the first short distance communication unit, in order to establish the second communication between the at least one external device and the first device, and to control the at least one external device via the second short distance communication unit by executing an application based on the received application information.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first short distance communication unit comprises a first communication module which is configured to communicate between the at least one external device and the first device based on a near-field communication (NFC) mode, and a second communication module which is confi

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Jae-Woo
• Shin Hang-Sik
• Park Se-Jun

Classifications

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W88/04

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

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04W88/06

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