Granted Patent B2

US 12,610,429 · App. 18/216,121 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Inventors: Seongil Hahm (Suwon-si, KR); Jinhwan Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunsoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

H04W76/30H04W8/005H04W76/19

Abstract

Claims (25)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

at least one communication interface; and

at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication interface and configured to control the electronic apparatus,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

based on a release of a communication connection with a first access point, control the at least one communication interface to perform scanning for rejoining with the first access point,

based on the scanning, receive a signal comprising identification information of the electronic apparatus from a user terminal device through the at least one communication interface; and

based on the reception of the signal comprising the identification information of the electronic apparatus, control the at least one communication interface to operate as a second access point.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, after the first access point is released and the at least one communication interface is controlled to operate as the second access point:

receive information about the first access point from the user terminal device through the at least one communication interface, and

control the at least one communication interface to transmit a rejoining request to the first access point based on the information about the first access point.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, after the first access point is released:

receive a broadcasted Wi-Fi beacon frame or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packet from the user terminal device through the at least one communication interface, and

based on the Wi-Fi beacon frame or the BLE advertising packet comprising the identification information of the electronic apparatus, control the at least one communication interface to operate as the second access point.

4 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second access point is a soft access point.

5 . A control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:

based on a release of a communication connection with a first access point, performing scanning for rejoining with the first access point;

based on the scanning, receiving a signal comprising identification information of the electronic apparatus from a user terminal device through at least one communication interface; and

based on the reception of the signal comprising the identification information of the electronic apparatus, operating as a second access point.

6 . The control method of claim 5 , further comprising, after the first access point is released and the electronic apparatus is operating as the second access point:

receiving information about the first access point from the user terminal device; and

transmitting a rejoining request to the first access point based on the information about the first access point.

7 . The control method of claim 5 , wherein the operating as the second access point comprises:

receiving a broadcasted Wi-Fi beacon frame or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packet from the user terminal device, and

based on the Wi-Fi beacon frame or the BLE advertising packet comprising the identification information of the electronic apparatus, operating as the second access point.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second access point is a soft access point.

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