ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION

• US 20160150357A1
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Bu-Seop, CHUNG, Young-Kwan, KANG, Ki-Seok, Kang, Hyuk, Kim, Ju-ho, SON, Dong-II, CHOI, Yong-Hae, Hwang, In-Young
• Granted Patent: US 10,070,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 52/0206 in access points, e.g. base stations access point devices per se H04W88/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of transmitting information in an electronic device a provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit that includes a first communication module and a second communication module, wherein the second communication module supports a low-power and short-range communication method; and a processor controls collection of information through the first communication module, and to transmit information related to the collected information through the second communication module.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit that includes a first communication module and a second communication module, wherein the second communication module supports a low-power and short-range communication method; and

a processor controls collection of information through the first communication module, and to transmit information related to the collected information through the second communication module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the low-power and short-range communication method is at least one of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon networking, neighbor awareness networking (NAN), near field communication (NFC), and ZigBee networking.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first communication module supports at least one of a short-range communication method, a mobile communication method, a peer to peer (P2P) communication method, a device access method, and a user input method.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor additionally collects information stored in a storage medium of the electronic device, information measured in the electronic device, running service information of the electronic device, running application information of the electronic device, and information that is collected according to a predetermined condition.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor configures a plurality of data frames that include information related to the collected information, and the configured data frames include different service identifiers and are transmitted through the second communication module.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor configures a plurality of data frames that include information related to the collected information, and

the configured data frames are assigned with the same service identifier, relate to each other, and are transmitted through different low-power and short-range communication interfaces included in the second communication module.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor differently configures data frames, which have information related to the collected information, depending on at least one of hierarchical modulation, frequency, distance, or low-power and short-range communication methods, and the configured data frames are transmitted 15 through the second communication module.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor configures a data frame that includes information related to the collected information, and differently configures the data frame according to at least one of ambient conditions of the electronic device, time, place, and another specific condition, and the configured data frame is transmitted through the second communication module.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor separates the collected information for each sector, and the information that is separated for each sector is transmitted through the second communication module.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor limits at least one sector in which networks exist by adjusting a signal transmission direction, and transmits information corresponding to the at least one limited sector through the second communication module.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if the first communication module supports a short-range communication method, the processor collects network information provided via a wireless access point, analyzes and processes the collected network information, and transmits the analyzed and processed information through the second communication module.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if the first communication module is a communication module configured to be connected with at least one service device, the processor collects venue information and service information provided by the at least one connected service device, analyzes and processes the collected venue information and service information, and transmits the analyzed and processed information through the second communication module.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if the first communication module supports communication between a plurality of electronic devices, the processor collects information from among at least one of network-related information, device status information, or device location information, which is provided by other electronic devices, processes the collected information, and transmits the processed information through the second communication module, and

wherein the processed information includes information for the location estimation of the other electronic devices and network correction information.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if the first communication module supports a mobile communication method, the processor collects network-related information provided by a mobile communication access point, analyzes and processes the collected information, and transmits the analyzed and processed information through the second communication module, and

wherein the analyzed and processed information includes at least one of recommended network-related information and policy information.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if the first communication module supports a peer to peer (P2P) communication method, the processor collects information provided by at least one nearby electronic device that is connected through the first communication module, analyzes the collected information, and transmits nearby electronic device-related information through the second communication module.

16. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor, when another electronic device that has received the transmitted information requests additional information, transmits the additional information received from the connected nearby electronic devices to another electronic device through the first communication module.

17. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor analyzes the collected information, registers the analyzed information in a service device that is connected through the first communication module;

and receives the analyzed information by using the information registered in the service device through the first communication module.

18. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor receives, through the second communication module, feedback for the information that has been transmitted through the second communication module.

19. A method of transmitting information in an electronic device, the method comprising:

collecting information through a first communication module; and

transmitting information related to the collected information through a second communication module that supports a low-power and short-range communication method.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the low-power and short-range communication method is at least one of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon networking, neighbor awareness networking (NAN), near field communication (NFC), and ZigBee networking.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

analyzing the information collected through the first communication module by using information stored in a storage medium of the electronic device, information measured in the electronic device, running service information of the electronic device, running application information of the electronic device, and information that is collected according to a predetermined condition;

configuring at least one data frame that includes information related to the collected information according to the analysis result; and

configuring the second communication module according to the configured at least one data frame.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the collecting of information through the first communication module comprises collecting information through the first communication module by using at least one of a short-range communication method, a mobile communication method, a peer to peer (P2P) communication method, a device access method, and a user input method.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the collecting of information through the first communication module comprises collecting information stored in at least one of a storage medium of the electronic device, information measured in the electronic device, running service information of the electronic device, running application information of the electronic device, and information that is collected according to a predetermined condition.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the information related to the collected information through the second communication module comprises transmitting information that is differently configured according to at least one of hierarchical modulation, frequency, distance, and low-power and short-range communication methods.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the information related to the collected information through the second communication module comprises transmitting information that is differently configured according to at least one of ambient conditions of the electronic device, time, place, and a specific condition through the second communication module.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the information related to the collected information through the second communication module comprises separating information related to the collected information for each sector, and transmitting the information related to the collected information for each sector through the second communication module.

27. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the information related to the collected information through the second communication module comprises limiting at least one sector in which networks exist by adjusting a signal transmission direction, and transmitting information related to the collected information corresponding to the at least one limited sector through the second communication module.

28. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the information related to the collected information through the second communication module comprises transmitting a plurality of data frames, which are configured by adding service identifiers and synchronization information to information related to the collected information, in different low-power and short-range communication methods.

29. The method of claim 19, further comprising, when another electronic device that has received the transmitted information requests additional information, transmitting the additional information received from a connected nearby peer to peer (P2P) device to another electronic device through the first communication module.

30. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

analyzing the collected information;

registering the analyzed information in a service device that is connected through the first communication module; and

receiving the analyzed information by using the information registered in the service device through the first communication module.

31. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving, through the second communication module, feedback for the information that has been transmitted through the second communication module.

32. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records a program to be executed in computers wherein the program allows a processor to perform a method comprising:

collecting information through the first communication module; and

transmitting information related to the collected information through the second communication module that supports a low-power and short-range communication method.