METHOD FOR FUNCTION CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150012581A1
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hyun-Mi, Park, Hye-Bin, Kim, Seok-Tae
• Application Number:
  US14/322,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012581A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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

Abstract

A method of the present disclosure includes confirming second state information received from a second electronic device, confirming first state information of the first electronic device, comparing the first state information and the second state information with pre-set state information, and performing a function of the second electronic device by switching to the first electronic device according to the comparison result. Accordingly, since the first electronic device can be selected and controlled with a gesture or motion agreed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, security can be enforced by avoiding an accident of data leakage, and selecting the second electronic device for controlling can be decreased.

Claims

1. A method in a first electronic device, the method comprising:

transmitting information of an event to a second electronic device;

receiving state information of the second electronic device from the second electronic device;

identifying whether state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to pre-set state information; and

providing the event in the first electronic device based on whether the state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to the pre-set state information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is receiving at least any one of a text message, a voice message, a multimedia message, an electronic mail, and a call connection request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the event is information for requesting a notification based on the event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the state information of the second electronic device is information sensed after outputting the notification from the second electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the state information of the second electronic device further comprises receiving a message regarding whether the information of the event is confirmed in the second electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after providing the event, requesting to delete the information of the event in the second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying whether the state information is comparing whether motion information of the first electronic device and motion information of the second electronic device conform to reference information for a pre-set motion.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the state information of the second electronic device is a strength of a short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device and provided from the second electronic device, and

wherein the state information of the first electronic device is at least one of motion information which is sensed in the first electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, user'"'"'s bodily action information, and the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying whether the state information is confirming whether the state information of the first electronic device is sensed if the strength of the short range wireless communication signal based on the state information of the second electronic device is greater than or equal to a pre-set strength.

10. A method in a second electronic device connected with a first electronic device, the method comprising:

providing an event;

detecting state information;

identifying whether the state information corresponds to pre-set state information; and

transmitting a message related to the state information and the event to the first electronic device based on whether the state information corresponds to the pre-set state information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the event is displaying at least one of a text message, a voice message, a multimedia message, and an electronic mail or playing back a multimedia.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the state information is at least one of motion information which is sensed in the second electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, user'"'"'s bodily action information, and the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein identifying whether the state information comprises comparing whether the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the second electronic device and the first electronic device is greater than or equal to a pre-set strength.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the message further comprises transmitting motion information of the second electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, and user'"'"'s bodily action information when sensed based on identifying whether the state information corresponds to the pre-set state information.

15. A first electronic device comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate with a second electronic device; and

at least one processor configured to transmit information of an event to the second electronic device, receive state information of the second electronic device, compare state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to pre-set state information, and provide the event in the first electronic device based on whether the state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to the pre-set state information.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one of a received text message, a voice message, a multimedia message, an electronic mail, and a call connection request as the event.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to request the second electronic device to output a notification based on the event.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to receive the state information of the second electronic device as information sensed after outputting the notification from the second electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to receive a message regarding whether the information of the event is confirmed in the second electronic device.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to request to delete the information of the event in the second electronic device after providing the event.

21. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to compare whether motion information of the first electronic device and motion information of the second electronic device conform to reference information for a pre-set motion.

22. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to receive from the second electronic device the state information of the second electronic device, including a strength of a short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and is configured to sense at least one of motion information which is sensed in the first electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, user'"'"'s bodily action information, and the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, as the state information of the first electronic device.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the processor is configured to conform whether the state information of the first electronic device is sensed if the strength of the short range wireless communication signal based on the state information of the second electronic device is greater than or equal to a pre-set strength.

24. A second electronic device connected with a first electronic device, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate with the first electronic device; and

at least one processor configured to provide an event, detect state information of the second electronic device, identifying whether the state information corresponds to pre-set state information, and configured to transmit a message related to the state information and the event to the first electronic device based on whether the state information corresponds to the pre-set state information.

25. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to provide the event by displaying at least one of a text message, a voice message, a multimedia message, and an electronic mail or by playing back a multimedia.

26. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one of motion information which is sensed in the second electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, user'"'"'s bodily action information, and the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, as the state information.

27. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to compare whether the strength of the short range wireless communication signal between the second electronic device and the first electronic device is greater than or equal to a pre-set strength.

28. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to transmit motion information of the second electronic device, input information of a touch or physical key button, and user'"'"'s bodily action information when sensed based on identifying whether the state information corresponds to the pre-set state information.

29. A method in a first electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second electronic device, information of an event and state information of the second electronic device;

identifying whether state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to pre-set state information; and

providing the event based on whether the state information of the first electronic device and the state information of the second electronic device correspond to the pre-set state information.

30. The method of claim 29,

wherein the state information of the second electronic device is motion information of the second electronic device, sensed while the second electronic device provides the event, and

wherein the state information of the first electronic device is motion information of the first electronic device, sensed before a time of receiving the state information of the second electronic device.