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Granted Patent B2
US 10,205,816 · App. 16/013,052 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Method and apparatus for interworking between electronic devices

Inventors: Joo-Sub Kim (Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR); Chulhyung Yang (Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR); Ji-Woo Lee (Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,205,816
App. No.
16/013,052
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device comprising: a memory; a communication unit for exchanging communications with a wearable device and an external device; and at least one processor that is operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an event that is associated with a connection with the external device; identify a function that is associated with the external device in response to the event; and transmit to the wearable device an instruction for executing the function, wherein the instruction is transmitted via the communications unit.

Claims (12)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a communication unit; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory and the communication unit,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

detect that the electronic device and a second external device are connected with a first external device;

in response to detecting that the electronic device and the second external device are connected with the first external device, identify a function which corresponds to the first external device and is performed by interworking with the first external device and the second external device, the second external device being paired with at least one of the electronic device and the first external device; and

in response to identifying the function, execute the function at the electronic device and at the second external device.

2. A method for use in an electronic device, comprising:

detecting that the electronic device and a second external device are connected with a first external device;

in response to detecting that the electronic device and the second external device are connected with the first external device, identifying a function which corresponds to the first external device and is performed by interworking with the first external device and the second external device, the second external device being paired with at least one of the electronic device and the external device; and

in response to identifying the function, executing the function at the electronic device and at the second external device.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0049767 · Apr 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15806475 · Nov 8, 2017
Continuation 15070297 · Mar 15, 2016
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