Method for selecting communication method and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9930619-B2
Application number	US-201514831034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Aug 21, 2014
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A method for operating of an electronic device includes: connecting communication with an external electronic device; identifying state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device; and selecting at least one communication method based on the state information and the service information. An electronic device includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to select at least one communication method from a plurality of communication methods based on state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method in an electronic device, comprising:
detecting an external electronic device;
acquiring at least one of state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device;
selecting at least a first communication system and a second communication system from a plurality of communication systems based on the acquired information;
determining whether a data transmission is pending from the electronic device to the external electronic device;
if the data transmission is pending, completing the pending data transmission using the first communication system; and
in response to completing the pending data transmission, communicating with the external electronic device using the second communication system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring of the state information comprises acquiring at least one of communication state information, wearing state information, battery state information, operation state information, and sensor information, and
wherein the acquiring of the service information comprises acquiring at least one of a type of service, service priority, service importance, a type of data, and a data size.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in absence of the pending data transmission, communicating with the external electronic device using the second communication system.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a link loss with the external electronic device; and
in response to the link loss being detected, transmitting a discovery signal to detect the external electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising disconnecting the communication with the external electronic device based on the state information and the service information.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
in response to the communication with the external electronic device being disconnected, discovering another external electronic device;
in response to the another external electronic device being discovered, identifying state information and service information of the electronic device and the another electronic device; and
selecting at least one communication system to communicate with the another external electronic device based on the state information and the service information.

7. An electronic device comprising:
a communication module configured to communicate with an external electronic device; and
a processor configured to:
select a first communication system and a second communication system from a plurality of communication systems based on state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device,
determine whether a data transmission is pending from the electronic device to the external electronic device;
if the data transmission is pending, complete the data transmission using the first communication system; and
in response to completing the pending data transmission, communicating with the external electronic device using the second communication system.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the state information comprises at least one of communication state information, wearing state information, battery state information, operation state information, and sensor information, and
wherein the service information comprises at least one of a type of service, service priority, service importance, a type of data, and a quantity of data.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first communication system and the second communication system have respectively different communication ranges.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein, in absence of the pending data transmission, the processor is configured to communicate with the external electronic device using the second communication system.

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein, in response to a link loss with the external electronic device being detected, the processor is configured to control the communication module to transmit a discovery signal to detect the external electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to disconnect the communication with the external electronic device based on the state information and the service information.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein, in response to the communication with the external electronic device being disconnected, the processor is configured to discover another external electronic device through the communication module, and, in response to another external electronic device being discovered, to select at least one communication system of the plurality of communication systems based on state information and service information of the electronic device and another electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether to store data in the pending data transmission based on at least one of a size, a quantity, a priority, or an urgency of the data,
when the data is determined to be stored:
control to prevent the pending data transmission, and
control to store the data in a memory of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein, when a quantity of the stored data exceeds a threshold, the processor is configured to control to switch to the second communication system, and transmit the stored data using the second communication system.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Gi-Beom
• Kang Hyuk
• Park Chun-Ho
• Lim Jun-Hak
• Kwon Jun-Sik
• Lee Hyun-Ju

Classifications

• Y02B60/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04W52/0209 Primary

  in terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W88/06

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