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Granted Patent B2
US 9,622,214 · App. 14/719,520 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Method and apparatus for providing notification

Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu (Suwon-si, KR); Han-joo Chae (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04W68/02H04M1/725H04M1/7253H04M19/04H04W4/008H04W4/02H04W84/18
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Patent No.
US 9,622,214
App. No.
14/719,520
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a plurality of wearable devices, information indicating whether each of the plurality of wearable devices is being worn; and

a processor configured to:

determine whether each of the plurality of wearable devices is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether each of the plurality of wearable devices is being worn,

based on determining that two or more wearable devices among the plurality of wearable device are being worn, select one wearable device from the two or more wearable devices, to which to provide a notification information, using at least one of usage states of the two or more wearable devices being worn,

control the transceiver to provide the notification information to the selected one wearable device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to provide the notification information to the electronic device that is in use or the at least one wearable device that is in use.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on determining that the at least one wearable device is not being worn, suspend the providing of the notification information until the processor detects that one of the at least one wearable device is being worn.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the at least one wearable device being determined as a device that is in use, determine whether the notification is permitted to be provided to the device that is in use while a function is performed by the device that is in use, and control the transceiver to provide the notification information to the device that is in use based on the determination of whether the notification is permitted to be provided to the device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain information regarding a remaining charge capacity of a battery of the determined wearable device that is being worn, via the transceiver, and provide the notification information to the determined wearable device that is being worn based on the remaining charge capacity of the battery of the determined wearable device that is being worn by the user being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to sense a state of the electronic device, and

wherein the processor is configured to obtain information regarding a state of the at least one wearable device via the transceiver, and determine a form of the providing of the notification information based on at least one selected from the state of the electronic device and the state of the at least one wearable device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transform a notification request protocol, which is to be transmitted to the determined wearable device being worn that is to be provided with the notification information, based on at least one selected from an operating system and a protocol of the determined wearable device being worn by the user that is to be provided with the notification information.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to provide the notification information to a plurality of devices of the electronic device and the plurality of wearable devices, and when the notification information is checked in at least one device among the plurality of devices, control the plurality of devices to stop providing the notification information.

9. A method of providing a notification, the method comprising:

obtaining information indicating whether each of a plurality of wearable devices is being worn;

determining whether each of the plurality of wearable devices is being worn based on the obtained information indicating whether each of the plurality of wearable devices is being worn;

based on two or more wearable devices among the plurality of wearable device being worn, determining one wearable device from the two or more wearable devices, which receives a notification information, based on at least one of usage states of the two Of more wearable devices being worn; and

providing the notification information to the determined one wearable device.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising providing the notification information to the electronic device that is in use or the at least one wearable device that is in use.

11. The method of claim 9 , based on the at least one wearable device not being worn, suspending the providing of the notification information until one of the at least one wearable device is being worn.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, based on the at least one wearable device being determined as a device that is in use:

determining whether the notification is permitted to be provided to the device that is in use while a function is performed by the device that is in use, and providing the notification information to the device that is in use based on a result of the determining.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising obtaining information regarding a remaining charge capacity of a battery of the determined wearable device that is being worn,

wherein the providing of the notification information comprises providing the notification information to the determined wearable device that is being worn based on the remaining charge capacity of the battery of the determined wearable device that is being worn by the user being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

sensing a state of the electronic device;

obtaining information regarding a state of the at least one wearable device; and

determining a form of the providing of the notification information, based on at least one selected from the state of the electronic device and the state of the at least one wearable device.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising transforming a notification request protocol, which is to be transmitted to the determined wearable device that being worn that is to be provided with the notification information, based on at least one selected from an operating system and a protocol of the determined wearable device being worn by the user that is to be provided with the notification information.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing the notification to a plurality of devices of the electronic device and the plurality of wearable devices, and when the notification is checked in at least one device among the plurality of devices, controlling the plurality of devices to stop providing the notification information.

17. A wearable device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with an electronic device;

a processor configured to obtain information indicating whether the wearable device is being worn; and

output configured to provide a notification information when the wearable device is being worn, and is determined as a wearable device to provide a notification information by the electronic device;

wherein the electronic device provide a notification information via at least one wearable device among a plurality of wearable devices, and

based on two or more wearable devices among the plurality of wearable device being worn, the electronic device determines one wearable device from the two or more wearable devices, which receives the notification information, based on at least one of usage states of the two or more wearable devices being worn.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2015
From: RYU, JONG-HYUN; CHAE, HAN-JOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035697/0402 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2014-0062622 · May 23, 2014 · national
KR 10-2015-0018873 · Feb 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 14590699 · Jan 6, 2015
Related Publication 20150341902A1 · Nov 26, 2015