Portable apparatus and method of controlling location information of portable apparatus

• US 10,362,438 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2018
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• 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): Mastrodonato, Margaret G
• Application Number:
  US16/189,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20190082289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 252 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 for managing location information of a portable apparatus, the method comprising:

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

identifying a connection termination between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus;

based on the identified connection termination, 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 in a time that the connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is abnormally terminated;

identifying the location of the portable apparatus by using the at least one function; and

transmitting location information corresponding to the location of the portable apparatus to the wearable apparatus using a second wireless communication,

wherein the first wireless communication is a short-range wireless communication and the second wireless communication is a long-range mobile wireless communication.

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

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection termination of the connection between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus is determined when a distance between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus exceeds a predetermined connection distance.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying whether the detected location is an outdoor location or an indoor location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a movement of the portable apparatus after the connection is terminated, and

transmitting location movement information indicating the movement of the portable apparatus 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 after the connection is abnormally terminated, and

transmitting information about the remaining battery capacity to the wearable apparatus by using the second wireless communication.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a ringer mode of the portable apparatus after the connection is abnormally terminated, and

transmitting information about the ringer mode to the wearable apparatus by using the second wireless communication,

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

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

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

changing the ringer mode of the portable apparatus based on the received control command.

10. A portable apparatus comprising:

a first wireless communication interface;

a second wireless communication interface;

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to at least;

control the first wireless communication interface to establish a connection to a wearable apparatus,

identify a connection termination between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus,

based on the connection termination, 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 in a time that the connection between the first portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is abnormally terminated,

identify the location of the portable apparatus by using the at least one function, and

control the second wireless communication interface to transmit location information indicating the location to the wearable apparatus,

wherein the first wireless communication interface is for a short-range wireless communication and the second wireless communication interface is for a long-range mobile wireless communication.

11. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor further executes the instructions to identify whether the detected location is an indoor location of the portable apparatus by using the first wireless communication interface when the portable apparatus is located indoors.

12. The portable apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a sensor,

wherein the at least one processor further executes the instructions to;

detect movement of the portable apparatus by using the sensor after the connection is terminated, and

transmit location movement information indicating the movement of the portable apparatus to the wearable apparatus by controlling the second wireless communication interface.

13. The portable apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a detector,

wherein the at least one processor further executes the instructions to;

detect a remaining battery capacity by using the detector after the connection is abnormally terminated, and

transmit information about the remaining battery capacity to the wearable apparatus by controlling the second wireless communication interface.

14. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor further executes the instructions to:

determine a ringer mode of the portable apparatus in a state in which the connection is abnormally terminated, and

transmit information about the ringer mode to the wearable apparatus by controlling the second wireless communication interface.

15. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor further executes the one or more instructions to:

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

change the ringer mode of the portable apparatus based on the reception of the control command.

16. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the connection termination of the connection between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus is determined using a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the received signal.

17. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the connection termination of the connection between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus is determined when a distance between the wearable apparatus and the portable apparatus exceeds a predetermined connection distance.

18. A computer program product including at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a computer program stored thereon, which when executed by at least one processor, instructs the at least one processor to perform the following operations:

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

identifying a connection termination between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus;

based on the identified connection termination, 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 in a time that the connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is abnormally terminated;

identifying the location of the portable apparatus by using the at least one function; and

transmitting location information corresponding to the location of the portable apparatus to the wearable apparatus using a second wireless communication,

wherein the first wireless communication is a short-range wireless communication and the second wireless communication is a long-range mobile wireless communication.