Granted Patent B2

US 12,610,406 · App. 19/187,551 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Inventors: Kanghee Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yongnam Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Sihong Park (Suwon-si, KR); Sukun Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Chaeyoung Yun (Suwon-si, KR); Taewoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

H04W76/10

Abstract

Claims (51)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communication interface;

a movement device; and

at least one processor connected with the communication interface, and configured to:

control the movement device to move the electronic apparatus;

based on an event, corresponding to identification of an external apparatus that is not connected to a server, occurring, request first information for connecting the external apparatus to the server; and

based on the first information being received from the server through the communication interface, control the external apparatus to connect to the server by transmitting connection information to the external apparatus through the communication interface, the connection information including the first information.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the event corresponding to identification of the external apparatus that is not connected to the server comprises at least one of identifying the external apparatus has no history of having been connected to the server or identifying connection between the external apparatus and the server has been released.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first information is authority information,

wherein the external apparatus is configured to transmit the authority information to the server through an access point device, and

wherein based on the authority information transmitted to the server corresponding to authority information stored in the server, the external apparatus and the server are connected.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control the movement device to move the electronic apparatus toward the external apparatus;

request second information corresponding to a connection state of the external apparatus with the server to the external apparatus through the communication interface based on the electronic apparatus being within a threshold distance of the external apparatus; and

receive the second information corresponding to the connection state from the external apparatus through the communication interface.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first information is authority information, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

based on identifying the external apparatus is not connected to the server based on the second information corresponding to the connection state, request the authority information from the server through the communication interface; and

receive the authority information from the server through the communication interface.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

based on identifying connection between the external apparatus and the server has been released, obtain location information corresponding to a location of the external apparatus from the server through the communication interface, and

control the movement device to move the electronic apparatus toward the external apparatus based on a space map and the location of the external apparatus.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection information further comprises state information, and

wherein the state information comprises at least one of account information, access point information, or address information of the server.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first information is authority information, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on the authority information not corresponding to predetermined information, provide second information to the server indicating connection of the external apparatus to the server is not possible.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the external apparatus to connect to the server through an access point device by transmitting access point information to the external apparatus.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a projection device,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on receiving second information corresponding to a connection between the external apparatus and the server through the communication interface, control the projection device to output the second information corresponding to the connection between the external apparatus and the server.

11 . A method of controlling an electronic apparatus that includes a movement device, the method comprising:

controlling the movement device to move the electronic apparatus;

based on an event, corresponding to identification of an external apparatus that is not connected to a server, occurring, requesting first information for connecting the external apparatus to the server; and

based on the first information being received from the server through a communication interface of the electronic apparatus, controlling the external apparatus to connect to the server by transmitting connection information to the external apparatus, the connection information including the first information.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the event corresponding to identification of the external apparatus that is not connected to the server comprises at least one of identifying the external apparatus has no history of having been connected to the server or identifying connection between the external apparatus and the server has been released.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first information is authority information, and

wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the authority information to the server; and

based on the authority information transmitted to the server corresponding to authority information stored in the server, establishing connection between the external apparatus and the server.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first information is authority information, and

wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the electronic apparatus to move toward the external apparatus;

requesting second information corresponding to a connection state of the external apparatus with the server to the external apparatus based on the electronic apparatus being within a threshold distance of the external apparatus; and

receiving the second information corresponding to the connection state from the external apparatus.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first information is authority information, and

wherein the method further comprises:

based on identifying the external apparatus is not connected to the server based on the second information corresponding to the connection state, requesting the authority information from the server; and

receiving the authority information from the server.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a processor of an electronic apparatus causes the electronic apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:

controlling a movement device of the electronic apparatus to move the electronic apparatus;

based on an event, corresponding to identification of an external apparatus that is not connected to a server, occurring, requesting first information for connecting the external apparatus to the server; and

based on the first information being received from the server through a communication interface of the electronic apparatus, controlling the external apparatus to connect to the server by transmitting connection information to the external apparatus, the connection information including the first information.

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