Method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device and electronic device using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9794728-B2
Application number	US-201514683712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2015
Priority date	Apr 11, 2014
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device is provided. The method determining, among the plurality of external electronic devices, at least one external electronic device connected with the electronic device, transmitting signals to the at least one external electronic device, receiving data corresponding to the signals from the at least one external electronic device, selecting one of the at least one external electronic device based on the received data and transmitting an operation execution signal for the data to the selected external electronic device. A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from the electronic device, transmitting data corresponding to the signal to the electronic device, receiving an operation execution signal for the data from the electronic device and performing at least one of various operations according to the operation execution signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device, the method comprising:
determining, among a plurality of external electronic devices, at least one external electronic device connected with the electronic device;
transmitting signals to the at least one external electronic device;
receiving data corresponding to the signals from the at least one external electronic device;
selecting one of the at least one external electronic device based on the received data, excluding the external electronic devices which are not worn; and
transmitting an operation execution signal for the received data to the selected external electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one external electronic device comprises:
determining whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals; and
determining, if the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals, whether the at least one external electronic device is worn.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one external electronic device comprises:
determining whether the at least one external electronic device is worn; and
determining, if the at least one external electronic device is worn, whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one external electronic device comprises:
determining whether the at least one external electronic device uses a same account as that of the electronic device;
determining, if the at least one external electronic device uses the same account as that of the electronic device, whether the at least one external electronic device is worn; and
determining, if the at least one external electronic device is worn, whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of one of the at least one external electronic device comprises:
receiving sensor values of the at least one external electronic device; and
selecting an external electronic device having a smallest sensor value among the sensor values.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of one of the at least one external electronic device comprises selecting a predetermined external electronic device that can output data corresponding to types of the signals among the at least one external electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising performing an operation corresponding to the data of the predetermined external electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising, when a number of the predetermined external electronic device is plural, performing an operation corresponding to an average value of data received from the external electronic devices.

9. An electronic device comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of external electronic devices;
a display configured to display data of an external electronic device selected from among the plurality of external electronic devices; and
at least one processor configured to:
select the external electronic device having transmitted data corresponding to a signal among data received from the plurality of external electronic devices,
determine, from among the plurality of external electronic devices, at least one external electronic device connected with the electronic device,
transmit signals to the plurality of external electronic devices,
receive data corresponding to the signals from the plurality of external electronic devices,
select one of the external electronic devices based on the received data, excluding the external electronic devices which are not worn, and
transmit an operation execution signal to the selected external electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals,
determine if the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals, and
determine whether the at least one external electronic device is worn.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine whether the at least one external electronic device is worn,
determine if the at least one external electronic device is worn, and
determine whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine whether the at least one external electronic device uses a same account as that of the electronic device,
determine if the at least one external electronic device uses the same account as that of the electronic device, whether the at least one external electronic device is worn, and
determine, if the at least one external electronic device is worn, whether the at least one external electronic device is capable of outputting data on types of the signals.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive sensor values of the at least one external electronic device, and
select an external electronic device having a smallest sensor value among the received sensor values.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select a predetermined external electronic device that can output data corresponding to types of the signals among the at least one external electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an operation according to data output from the predetermined external electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, when a number of the predetermined external electronic device is plural, perform an operation corresponding to an average value of data received from the external electronic devices.

17. A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a signal from the electronic device;
transmitting data corresponding to the signal to the electronic device;
receiving an operation execution signal for the data from the electronic device;
transmitting data corresponding to a type of the signal to other external electronic devices;
selecting one of the other external electronic devices based on the received data, excluding the external electronic devices which are not worn; and
performing at least one of various operations according to the operation execution signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the transmitting of the data comprises transmitting the data to the other external electronic devices being worn among the other external electronic devices capable of outputting data on types of the signals.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the transmitting of the data comprises transmitting the data to the other external electronic devices capable of outputting data on types of the signals among the other external electronic devices being worn.

20. The method of clai

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Won Sungjoon
• Powderly James

Classifications

• G06F1/163

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• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W52/0258

  controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day · CPC title

• H04W4/70 Primary

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

• H04Q9/00

  Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom · CPC title