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Granted Patent B2
US 11,317,347 · App. 16/624,739 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Method and apparatus for providing service by using Bluetooth low energy technology

Inventors: Sungwon Jung (Seoul, KR); Donghyun Kang (Seoul, KR); Taeyoung Song (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W52/0229H04W4/80H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 11,317,347
App. No.
16/624,739
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a service by a first device with a main device in a wireless communication system. The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus in which: in a specific state, a first device transmits an advertising packet indicating a state of the first device to the main device, connects with the main device via Bluetooth LE, on the basis of the advertising packet, and then activates the main power in order to provide a specific service together with the main device, wherein the specific mode state indicates a state in which a low power wireless communication module for transmitting or receiving a packet of the Bluetooth LE has been activated and the main power has been deactivated, and the main power is activated when the first device recognizes activation of the main power of the main device.

Claims (21)

1. A method for providing a service by a first device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting an advertisement packet representing a state of the first device to a main device in a standby state;

receiving, from the main device which is powered on, a connection request message in response to the advertisement packet;

activating main power to provide a specific service based on the connection request message and recognizing activation of main power by the main device;

establishing a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connection with the main device based on the connection request message; and

receiving, from the main device, a setting message including setting parameters for providing the specific service,

wherein the setting parameters included in the setting message are the same parameters used when the specific service was last provided, and

wherein the setting parameters are updated each time the BLE connection with the main device is released.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, when the setting parameters are varied, transmitting the varied setting parameters to the main device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deactivating the main power of the first device upon recognizing deactivation of the main power of the main device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement packet is transmitted to a neighboring device according to a predetermined time interval in the specific state, and wherein a first time interval in which the advertisement packet is periodically transmitted in the specific state is longer than a second time interval in which an advertisement packet transmitted for connection in an advertisement state is transmitted.

5. A first device for providing a service in a wireless communication system, the first device comprising:

a transceiver for wireless or wired communication; and

a processor functionally connected with the transceiver, wherein the processor:

transmits an advertisement packet representing a state of the first device to a main device in a standby state;

receives, from the main device which is powered on, a connection request message in response to the advertisement packet;

activates main power to provide a specific service based on the connection request message and recognizing activation of main power by the main device;

establishes a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connection with the main device based on the connection request message; and

receives, from the main device, a setting message including setting parameters for providing the specific service,

wherein the setting parameters included in the setting message are the same parameters used when the specific service was last provided, and

wherein the setting parameters are updated each time the BLE connection with the main device is released.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: JUNG, SUNGWON; KANG, DONGHYUN; SONG, TAEYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 052193/0604 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62521541 · Jun 19, 2017
Related Publication 20200221383A1 · Jul 9, 2020
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