Electronic device for performing communication connection to external electronic device and operation method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11457302B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17097243

    申请日:2020-11-13

    IPC分类号: G06F3/16 H04R1/10 H04W76/10

    摘要: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a speaker, a communication circuit, a processor operably connected to the speaker and the communication circuit, and a memory operably connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions for causing the processor, when executed, to identify a first wireless communication connection event, when the first wireless communication connection event is identified, select one wireless communication connection list from among a first wireless communication connection list of the electronic device and a second wireless communication connection list of a counterpart electronic device, identify, from the selected wireless communication connection list, an external electronic device for which a wireless communication connection is to be established, establish a wireless communication connection to the external electronic device identified from the selected wireless communication connection list, and output, through the speaker, a signal received from the identified external electronic device. Various embodiments are possible.

    Electronic device supporting link sharing and method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11419182B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16657996

    申请日:2019-10-18

    摘要: An electronic device including a user interface, at least one wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from a first external electronic device through the wireless communication circuit, to search for a second external electronic device positioned at a periphery of the electronic device, to transmit at least part of connection information with the first external electronic device to the second external electronic device, and to receive data from the first external electronic device and/or the second external electronic device based on a user input via the user interface, an occurrence of an event at the electronic device, a request of the first external electronic device, or an occurrence of an event at the first external electronic device.

    Method, electronic device, and storage means for controlling data communication

    公开(公告)号:US11265051B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17256463

    申请日:2019-06-27

    摘要: According to various embodiments, a method of controlling data communication of an electronic device, the method comprising performing the directional wireless communication together with an external electronic device capable of performing the directional wireless communication and the omni-directional wireless communication, by using the first wireless communication circuit, determining the distance between an electronic device and the external electronic device, at least partially on the basis of a signal of the external electronic device received by using the second wireless communication circuit, when the stop or degradation of the directional wireless communication is detected, and determining whether to reattempt the directional wireless communication using the first wireless communication circuit, at least partially on the basis of the determined distance or to start the omni-directional wireless communication using the second wireless communication circuit. Other embodiments are possible.

    Electronic device supporting multi-band wireless communications and method of controlling same

    公开(公告)号:US11070398B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16898488

    申请日:2020-06-11

    摘要: Disclosed is an electronic device, including a housing, a first communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support omnidirectional wireless communication, a second communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support directional wireless communication using beamforming, a processor disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured to receive at least one first radio signal through a communication channel from an external device capable of supporting the omnidirectional wireless communication and the directional wireless communication using the first communication circuit, determine a state of the communication channel based on at least part of the at least one first radio signal, and activate the second communication circuit based on at least part of the determined state of the communication channel wherein the second communication circuit is configured to receive a second radio signal from the external device.

    Method for sharing bluetooth communication information and electronic device therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11025772B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16783602

    申请日:2020-02-06

    摘要: An electronic device is provided to include a user interface, a communication circuitry that supports Bluetooth (BT) communication and store a first BT address, a processor operatively connected with the user interface and the communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to establish a communication connection with a first external electronic device based on the first BT address, end the communication connection with the first external electronic device, receive a reconnection request based on the first BT address from the first external electronic device, transmit a communication connection request to the first external electronic device based on a second BT address different from the first BT address, using the communication circuitry in response to the reconnection request, and store information about whether the first external electronic device accepts or declines the communication connection request in the memory.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHARING PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210127249A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17027043

    申请日:2020-09-21

    摘要: An electronic device includes a short-range wireless communication circuit that performs first short-range wireless communication based on a first protocol and second short-range wireless communication based on a second protocol, and a processor that connects the first short-range wireless communication with a peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit, transmits a service discovery frame including service information associated with the peripheral device to devices included in a cluster configured to include the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication when a trigger event occurs, establishes a wireless data communication path with an external electronic device, which transmits a message in response to the service discovery frame to the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication, from among the devices included in the cluster, and transmits input information received from the peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit or control information corresponding to the input information to the external electronic device through the wireless data communication path.