Electronic device and method for updating accessory information

• US 10,057,751 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Ken-Hyung, Shin, Hyun-Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Tokuta, Shean
• Application Number:
  US14/095,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

An operating method of an electronic device and the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting that a first accessory is located within a predetermined distance from the electronic device; determining whether address information stored in the first accessory corresponds to address information stored in the electronic device; and transmitting, to the first accessory, in response to a determination that the address information stored in the first accessory does not correspond to the address information stored in the electronic device, the address information stored in the electronic device.

Claims

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

establishing, by a communication module of the electronic device, a first link between the electronic device and a third accessory;

storing, by a memory of the electronic device, third address information, which is associated with short-range communication between the electronic device and the third accessory, based on the first link;

establishing, by the communication module, a second link between the electronic device and a second accessory;

receiving, from the second accessory by a processor of the electronic device, second address information, which is associated with short-range communication between the electronic device and the second accessory, based on the second link;

receiving, by the processor, a first user input for replacing the third address information with the second address information;

replacing, by the processor, the third address information stored in the memory with the second address information, in response to the first user input;

detecting, by the processor, whether a first accessory is located within a predetermined distance from the electronic device;

receiving, by the communication module, information from the first accessory, in response to a request for transmission of the information that is stored in the first accessory, when the first accessory is located within the predetermined distance;

determining, by the processor, whether the stored second address information is identical to the received information from the first accessory; and

transmitting, by the communication module, to the first accessory, when the stored second address information is not identical to the received information, the stored second address information and a command for changing the information stored in the first accessory to the second address information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second user input for inputting the second address information manually; and

storing the second address information based on the second user input.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing an application for changing address information of an accessory according to detection of the second accessory; and

changing, by the application, the third address information to second address information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the stored second address information and the command comprises:

receiving, from a user, a third user input for changing the information stored in the first accessory to the second address information; and

transmitting the stored second address information stored and the command to the first accessory, in response to the third user input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first accessory is a charging docking station.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory;

a communication module; and

a processor configured to;

establish a first link between the electronic device and a third accessory,

store, in the memory, third address information, which is associated with short-range communication between the electronic device and the third accessory, based on the first link,

establish, by the communication module, a second link between the electronic device and a second accessory,

receive, from the second accessory, second address information, which is associated with short-range communication between the electronic device and the second accessory, based on the second link,

receive, a first user input for replacing the third address information stored in the memory with the second address information,

replace the third address information stored in the memory with the second address information, in response to the first user input,

detect whether a first accessory is located within a predetermined distance from the electronic device, and

receive information from the first accessory, in response to a request for transmission of the information that is stored in the first accessory, when the first accessory is located within the predetermined distance,

determine, whether the stored second address information is identical to the received information from the first accessory, and

transmit, to the first accessory, when the stored second address information is not identical to the received information, the stored second address information and a command to change the information stored in the first accessory to the second address information.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a second user input for inputting the second address information manually, and

store the second address information based on the second user input.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to execute an application for changing address information of an accessory according to detection of the second accessory, and

wherein the application changes the third address information to second address information.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from a user, a third user input for changing the information stored in the first accessory to the second address information, and

transmit the stored second address information and the command to the first accessory, in response to the third user input.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first accessory is a charging docking station.