ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING ACCESSORY INFORMATION

• US 20150067098A1
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,057,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• 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:

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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

confirming that address information of a second accessory is stored by the electronic device;

receiving a command for changing the address information of the second accessory into address information of a third accessory; and

changing the address information of the second accessory into the address information of the third accessory.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing an application for changing address information of an accessory; and

confirming that the executed application changes the address information of the second accessory into address information of a third accessory.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first accessory is configured to store address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the address information stored in the electronic device includes address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, in response to a determination that the address information stored in the first accessory is not identical to the address information stored in the electronic device, transmitting the address information stored in the electronic device to the first accessory comprises:

determining whether a command for changing the address information stored in the first accessory into the address information stored in the electronic device is received; and

transmitting, when the command is received, the address information stored in the electronic device to the first accessory.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing short-range communication with the first accessory.

8. An operating method of an accessory, the method comprising:

receiving a request for stored first address information from an electronic device located within a predetermined distance of the accessory;

receiving second address information from the electronic device; and

changing the stored first address information into the received second address information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first address information includes address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device, and the second address information includes address information of further another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

performing a tagging operation with the electronic device located within a predetermined distance; and

transmitting the second address information to the electronic device.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a processor configured to detect that a first accessory is located within a predetermined distance and determining whether address information stored in the first accessory corresponds to address information stored in the electronic device; and

a communication module configured to transmit, 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 to the first accessory.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor confirms that address information of a second accessory is stored by the electronic device and changes the address information of the second accessory into address information of a third accessory, further comprising a display module receiving a command for changing the address information of the second accessory into the address information of the third accessory.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor executes an application for changing address information of an accessory;

and confirms that the executed application changes the address information of the second accessory into address information of a third accessory.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first accessory stores address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the address information stored in the electronic device includes address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor determines whether a command for changing the address information stored in the first accessory into the address information stored in the electronic device is received;

and

the communication module transmits, when the command is received, the address information stored in the electronic device to the first accessory.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the communication module performs short-range communication with the first accessory.

18. An accessory device comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a request for stored first address information from an electronic device located within a predetermined distance of the accessory and receive second address information from the electronic device; and

a control unit configured to change the stored first address information into the received second address information.

19. The accessory of claim 18, wherein the first address information includes address information of another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device, and the second address information includes address information of further another accessory capable of performing short-range communication with the electronic device.

20. The accessory of claim 18, wherein the communication unit performs a tagging operation with the electronic device located within a predetermined distance and transmits the second address information to the electronic device.