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US 10,908,568 · App. 16/163,397 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Electronic device for controlling IoT device to correspond to state of external electronic device and operation method thereof

Inventors: Jin Hong Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Chan Woo Park (Seongnam-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

G05B15/02 G16Y40/35 H04L12/2818 H04L67/125 H04L67/303 H04W4/70 G05B2219/23269

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Patent No.: US 10,908,568
App. No.: 16/163,397
Granted: Feb 2, 2021
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication module, a memory and a processor. The communication module is configured to communicate with a communication relay. The memory is configured to store registration information of at least one IoT device and scenario information associated with operating an operation state of at least one registered IoT device according to information associated with an unregistered external electronic device. The processor is configured to receive the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device via the communication relay. The processor is also configured to select the scenario information corresponding to the information. The processor is also configured to transmit a control command corresponding to the scenario information to at least some IoT devices corresponding to the scenario information among the at least one registered IoT device depending on the scenario information.

Claims (83)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication module configured to communicate with a communication relay;

a memory configured to:

store registration information of at least one registered Internet of things (IoT) device, and

store scenario information for an operation of the at least one registered IoT device which is associated with identification information of an unregistered external electronic device; and

a processor operably connected with the communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain the identification information of the unregistered external electronic device via the communication module, associate the obtained identification information of the unregistered external electronic device with the scenario information, and store the associated scenario information in the memory, before the unregistered external electronic device accesses the communication relay,

provide a specified information corresponding to the communication relay to the unregistered external electronic device after obtaining the identification information of the unregistered external electronic device,

receive information associated with the unregistered external electronic device via the communication relay when the unregistered external electronic device accesses the communication relay using the specified information,

select the scenario information corresponding to the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device, and

transmit a control command corresponding to the selected scenario information to at least one registered IoT device corresponding to the selected scenario information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device comprises at least one of:

identification information of the unregistered external electronic device;

information about access or non-access of the unregistered external electronic device;

information about an access time of the unregistered external electronic device;

information about data usage of the unregistered external electronic device;

information about a data type of the unregistered external electronic device;

information about a service that is in use by the unregistered external electronic device;

information about a space where the unregistered external electronic device is located; or

information about a communication pattern of the unregistered external electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a state of the unregistered external electronic device based on the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device; and

select the scenario information corresponding to the state of the unregistered external electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the scenario information comprises at least one of:

information of the at least one registered IoT device to be controlled; or

the control command to be transmitted to the at least one registered IoT device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide a user interface (UI) for setting the scenario information to the unregistered external electronic device via the communication module; and

store the scenario information set through the UI in the memory.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when verifying that the unregistered external electronic device accesses the communication relay using the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device, transmit the control command to turn on the at least one registered IoT device depending on the scenario information.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the unregistered external electronic device comprises a game console,

wherein the at least one registered IoT device comprises a display device, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the game console is connected, transmit the control command to change an image quality component of the display device to the display device depending on the scenario information.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the unregistered external electronic device comprises a monitoring device that uses a continuous connection to the communication relay,

wherein the at least one registered IoT device comprises an output device, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the monitoring device ends the continuous connection with the communication relay, transmit the control command to warn of abnormality of the monitoring device to the output device depending on the scenario information.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

accumulate and store the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device;

verify a pattern of a state change of the at least one registered IoT device according to a state change of the unregistered external electronic device based on the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device; and

determine the scenario information corresponding to the verified pattern and store the determined scenario information in the memory.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

verify a time to use a specified online service of the unregistered external electronic device; and

when the time to use the specified online service is greater than or equal to a specified limited time, transmit the control command for the at least one registered IoT device to output a sentence for requesting to limit the use of the specified online service to the at least one registered IoT device depending on the scenario information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

verify a time to use a specified online service of the unregistered external electronic device; and

when the time to use the specified online service is greater than or equal to a specified limited time, transmit the control command to limit the use of a communication network for the unregistered external electronic device or the at least one registered IoT device to the communication relay depending on the scenario information.

12. An operation method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a communication module, identification information of an unregistered external electronic device;

associating the received identification information of the unregistered external electronic device with scenario information for an operation of at least one registered IoT device;

storing registration information of the at least one registered IoT device and the associated scenario information in a memory of the electronic device before the unregistered external electronic device accesses a communication relay;

providing a specified information corresponding to the communication relay to the unregistered external electronic device after obtaining the identification information of the unregistered external electronic device;

receiving information associated with the unregistered external electronic device via the communication relay when the unregistered external electronic device accesses the communication relay using the specified information;

selecting the scenario information corresponding to the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device; and

transmitting a control command corresponding to the selected scenario information to at least one registered IoT device corresponding to the selected scenario information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device comprises at least one of: