Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device

• US 10,306,004 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2018
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hae-Jun, Kim, Deok-Ho, Yang, Tae-Yeun, Yu, Seung-Hak, Rho, Ji-Hyun, Jung, Ha-Yoon, Jung, Ho-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Christopher M
• Application Number:
  US16/183,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20190075177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface configured to receive a message, at least one processor configured to determine a notification scheme for outputting the message based on status information about the electronic device and obtain a summary message by converting the message according to the notification scheme, and an output module for outputting the summary message.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication circuit; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive, through the communication circuit, a message comprising at least one text,

identify a notification scheme for outputting the message based on the at least one text of the message and a sound output status of the electronic device,

obtain a summary message using at least a part of the at least one text of the message according to the notification scheme, and

control to output the summary message according to the sound output status of the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sound output status of the electronic device comprises a status that a sound of the electronic device is output through an external device connected with the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the external device comprises an external speaker which is wirelessly connected with the electronic device through the communication circuit.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one text of the message comprises information regarding an authentication for a user of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain the summary message using one or more texts, except a number associated with an authentication for a user of the electronic device, among the at least one text of the message.

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

transmit, through the communication circuit, sound data corresponding to the summary message to an external device, and

control the external device to output the sound data corresponding to the summary message.

7. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the electronic device further comprises a speaker, and

wherein the sound output status of the electronic device comprises a status that a sound of the electronic device is output through the speaker of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to output sound data corresponding to the summary message through the speaker of the electronic device.

9. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, through a communication circuit, a message comprising at least one text;

identifying a notification scheme for outputting the message based on the at least one text of the message and a sound output status of the electronic device;

obtaining a summary message using at least a part of the at least one text of the message according to the notification scheme; and

controlling to output the summary message according to the sound output status of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sound output status of the electronic device comprises a status that a sound of the electronic device is output through an external device connected with the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the external device comprises an external speaker which is wirelessly connected with the electronic device through the communication circuit.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one text of the message comprises information regarding an authentication for a user of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining of the summary message comprises obtaining the summary message using one or more texts, except a number associated with an authentication for a user of the electronic device, among the at least one text of the message.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the controlling to output the summary message comprises:

transmitting, through the communication circuit, sound data corresponding to the summary message to an external device, and

controlling the external device to output the sound data corresponding to the summary message.

15. The method of claim 9,

wherein the electronic device further comprises a speaker, and

wherein the sound output status of the electronic device comprises a status that a sound of the electronic device is output through the speaker of the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the controlling to output the summary message comprises outputting sound data corresponding to the summary message through the speaker of the electronic device.