Portable apparatus and method of controlling location information of portable apparatus

• US 10,136,248 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Do-il
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mastrodonato, Margaret G
• Application Number:
  US14/933,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20160183046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections

Abstract

A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling location information of the portable apparatus corresponding to a connection termination time to be transmitted to a wearable apparatus when a connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling the portable apparatus to transmit location information of a termination time at which a first wireless connection is terminated to a wearable apparatus through a second wireless connection when the first wireless connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided.

Claims

1. A method of controlling location information of a portable apparatus, the method comprising:

establishing a connection to a wearable apparatus using a first wireless communication;

determining a termination of the connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus;

activating at least one function for detecting a location of the portable apparatus, wherein the at least one function for detecting the location of the portable apparatus is not active when the connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated;

externally receiving a signal corresponding to the location of the portable apparatus by using the at least one function which is activated when the connection is terminated; and

transmitting location information representing the location of the portable apparatus to the wearable apparatus via a second wireless communication using a phone number of the portable apparatus,

wherein the first wireless communication is a short-range wireless communication and the second wireless communication is a long-range mobile wireless communication that uses the phone number of the portable apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination of the connection between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus is determined using a received signal strength indication/indicator (RSSI) of the received signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination of the connection between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus is determined using OFF of a wireless profile link.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating one of an outdoor location and an indoor location of the portable apparatus using the received signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a movement of the portable apparatus,

wherein location movement information indicating the movement of the portable apparatus is transmitted to the wearable apparatus by using the second wireless communication.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the movement of the portable apparatus is detected by using a sensor or a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a remaining battery capacity of the portable apparatus.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining a ringer mode of the portable apparatus,

wherein the ringer mode includes a ringtone mode, a silent mode, and a vibration mode.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein information about the remaining battery capacity and information about the ringer mode are transmitted to the wearable apparatus by using the second wireless communication.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a control command corresponding to change of the ringer mode from the wearable apparatus,

wherein the ringer mode of the portable apparatus changes to the ringtone mode in correspondence with the received control command.

11. At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method of claim 1.

12. A portable apparatus comprising:

a first communication interface configured to establish a connection to a wearable apparatus via a short-range wireless communication;

a second communication interface configured to establish a connection to the wearable apparatus via a long-range mobile wireless communication using a phone number of the portable apparatus;

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to receive a signal from a GPS satellite; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the first communication interface, the second communication interface, and the GPS receiver,

detect termination of the connection between the first communication interface and the wearable apparatus,

activate at least one function for detecting a location of the portable apparatus, wherein the at least one function for detecting the location of the portable apparatus is not active when the connection between the first communication interface and the wearable apparatus is terminated,

calculate the location of the portable apparatus by using the at least one function which is activated when the connection is terminated according to a signal received through the GPS receiver, and

transmit location information indicating the calculated location to the wearable apparatus through the second communication interface.

13. The portable apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to calculate an indoor location of the portable apparatus by using the first communication interface when the portable apparatus is located indoors.

14. The portable apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a sensor,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect movement of the portable apparatus by using the sensor at a connection termination time.

15. The portable apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a detector,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a remaining battery capacity by using the detector at a connection termination time.

16. The portable apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a ringer mode of the portable apparatus at a connection termination time.

17. The portable apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a control command corresponding to change of a ringer mode from the wearable apparatus through the second communication interface, and

change the ringer mode of the portable apparatus to a ringtone mode in correspondence with the reception of the control command.

18. A method of controlling location information of a wearable apparatus, the method comprising:

establishing a connection of a first wireless communication to a portable apparatus via a short-range wireless communication;

when the connection of the first wireless communication to the portable apparatus is terminated, receiving location information of the portable apparatus from the portable apparatus through a second wireless communication using a phone number of the portable apparatus; and

displaying the received location information on a screen,

wherein the second wireless communication is a long-range mobile wireless communication that uses the phone number of the portable apparatus, and

wherein, when the connection of the first wireless communication to the portable apparatus is terminated, the portable apparatus is configured to;

activate at least one function, wherein the at least one function is not active when the connection is terminated, and

detect a location of the portable apparatus using the at least one function which is activated when the connection is terminated.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving location movement information of the portable apparatus corresponding to movement of the portable apparatus; and

displaying the received location movement information on the screen,

wherein the connection termination location of the portable apparatus, a current location of the portable apparatus, and a current location of the wearable apparatus are displayed on the screen.

20. At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method of claim 18.