ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND GATEWAY FOR NETWORK SERVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20160105331A1
• Filed: 10/13/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Woo-Kwang, HAN, Sang-Bum, CHO, Eun-Young
• Granted Patent: US 10,091,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2832 Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks single bridge functionality H04L12/4625
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a space drawing visualizing an indoor space and at least one icon related to an execution instruction to be transmitted to a network device, recognizing that an icon selected among the displayed at least one icon is overlapped on an image of the network device included in the space drawing, and transmitting the execution instruction corresponding to the selected icon, to the network device.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a space drawing visualizing an indoor space and at least one icon related to an execution instruction to be transmitted to a network device;

recognizing that an icon selected among the displayed at least one icon is overlapped on an image of the network device comprised in the space drawing; and

transmitting the execution instruction corresponding to the selected icon to the network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the at least one icon related to the execution instruction to be transmitted to the network device comprises:

displaying a message input window;

generating a message inputted through the message input window;

iconizing the generated message; and

displaying at least one icon corresponding to the generated message in a list.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing an overlapping of the selected icon among the displayed at least one icon and the image of the network device comprised in the space drawing comprises:

displaying the image of the network device on the space drawing;

detecting a selection of at least one icon among the displayed at least one icon; and

detecting a release of the selected icon on the image of the network device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the space drawing visualizing the indoor space comprises:

transmitting a request signal for position information of a user who is located within the indoor space, to a gateway located within the indoor space;

receiving the position information from the gateway; and

displaying the received position information on the space drawing.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the space drawing visualizing the indoor space comprises:

transmitting a request signal for power consumption information of the network device, to a gateway located within the indoor space;

receiving the power consumption information from the gateway; and

displaying the received power consumption information on the space drawing.

6. A method of operating a gateway, the method comprising:

receiving space information displaying an image of a network device on a space drawing visualizing an indoor space, from an electronic device;

storing the space information; and

if receiving an execution instruction for controlling the network device from the electronic device, transmitting the execution instruction to the network device by using the stored space information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

if receiving a request signal for position information of a user who is located within the indoor space from the electronic device, searching the user'"'"'s position information; and

if receiving the execution instruction for controlling the network device from the electronic device, transmitting the received execution instruction to a network device corresponding to the searched user'"'"'s position information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the execution instruction is an instruction for displaying a message in the network device.

9. The method of claim 7,

wherein the searching of the user'"'"'s position information comprises searching the user'"'"'s position information using a sensing signal of a sensing device located within the indoor space, and

wherein the sensing signal comprising at least one of a signal related to a user motion, an image signal, a beacon signal, a Bluetooth signal, and an ultrasonic signal.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

if receiving a request signal for power consumption information of the network device from the electronic device, collecting the power consumption information from the network device; and

if receiving a power saving mode enable instruction for the network device from the electronic device, transmitting the power saving mode enable instruction to the network device.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication interface; and

a processor controlling the display and the communication interface,

wherein the processor is configured to;

display a space drawing visualizing an indoor space and at least one icon related to an execution instruction to be transmitted to a network device,

recognize that an icon selected among the displayed at least one icon is overlapped on an image of the network device comprised in the space drawing, and

transmit the execution instruction corresponding to the selected icon, to the network device through the communication interface.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display a message input window;

generate a message inputted through the message input window; and

iconize the generated message, and displays this in a list of the displayed icon.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display an image related to the network device on the space drawing through the display,

detect that one icon is selected among the displayed at least one icon, and

detect that the selection of the icon is released on the displayed image, thereby recognizing that the selected icon is overlapped on the image of the network device.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a request signal for position information of a user who is located within the indoor space, to a gateway located within the indoor space through the communication interface,

receive the position information from the gateway, and

display the received position information on the space drawing through the display.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a request signal for power consumption information of the network device, to a gateway located within the indoor space through the communication interface,

receive the power consumption information from the gateway, and

display the received power consumption information on the space drawing through the display.

16. A gateway comprising:

a communication interface;

a memory; and

a processor controlling the communication interface and the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive space information displaying an image of a network device on a space drawing visualizing an indoor space, from an electronic device through the communication interface,

store the space information, and

if receiving an execution instruction for controlling the network device from the electronic device, transmit the execution instruction to the network device by using the stored space information.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

if receiving a request signal for position information of a user who is located within the indoor space from the electronic device through the communication interface, search the user'"'"'s position information, and

if receiving the execution instruction for controlling the network device from the electronic device, transmit the received execution instruction to a network device corresponding to the searched user'"'"'s position information.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the execution instruction is an instruction for displaying a message in the network device.

19. The device of claim 17,

wherein the processor is further configured to search the user'"'"'s position information using a sensing signal of a sensing device located within the indoor space, and

wherein the sensing signal comprising at least one of a signal related to a user motion, an image signal, a beacon signal, a Bluetooth signal, and an ultrasonic signal.

20. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

if receiving a request signal for power consumption information of the network device from the electronic device through the communication interface, collect the power consumption information from the network device, and

if receiving a power saving mode enable instruction for the network device from the electronic device, transmit the power saving mode enable instruction to the network device.