# US 10,455,073 B2 · User terminal device and control method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,073 B2 - Document ID: US10455073B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/072,804 - Filed: 2016-11-25 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-25 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoonkyong Lee; ByoungOh Kim; Chul-Joo Kim; SangJeong Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455073B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04W 4/00: Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor - H04W 4/48: for in-vehicle communication - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - H04M 1/6066: {including a wireless connection} - H04M 1/6091: {including a wireless interface} - H04M 1/72442: for playing music files - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed are a user terminal device and a control method therefor. The user terminal device according to the present invention comprises: a communication unit for communicating with a peripheral device; an audio output unit for outputting audios; and a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a second application corresponding to an event if the event occurs while the audio of a first application is output via the audio output unit. Accordingly, the user terminal device can output the audios of multiple applications by using the speaker of the user terminal device and at least one of peripheral devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user terminal device, comprising: communication circuitry configured to communicate with a peripheral device; a speaker configured to output audio signals; and a controller comprising a processor configured to control the communication circuitry to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a second application corresponding to an event if the event occurs while the audio of a first application is output via the speaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller controls the speaker to output the audio of the first application while the audio of the second application is transmitted to the peripheral device via the communication circuitry. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller, based on communicative connection with the peripheral device being released, searches for at least one other peripheral device which is capable of communicating with the user terminal device, and based on another registered peripheral device being present from among the at least one other peripheral device, controls the communication circuitry to transmit, to the another registered peripheral device, the audio signal of the second application. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a display configured to display a user interface that receives a command to set a device to output the audio of each of a plurality of applications, wherein the user interface is displayed by mapping icons of the plurality of applications with icons of devices to output the audios of the plurality of applications. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller, based on an icon of a first application from among the plurality of applications being selected, displays an icon for at least one device which is capable of outputting audios, and based on the displayed at least one icon being selected, changes a device corresponding to the selected at least one icon to a device to output the audio of the first application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller, based on a peripheral device to output the audio of the second application not being registered, controls the display to display the user interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller, while a peripheral device to output the audio of the second application is not registered, based on a user command for adjusting volume being input, controls the display to display a user interface for an application to output audio through a speaker of the user terminal device from among applications that are executed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller, while the audio of the second application is output via the peripheral device, based on an event in which a third application set to output audios from the peripheral device is executed occurring, controls the display to display a user interface for resetting the audio of the third application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry further comprises a connector which is physically and communicatively connected with an accessory device via a cable, wherein the controller, based on a call request event being input while the communication circuitry is communicatively connected with the accessory device via the connector, controls the communication circuitry to transmit, to the peripheral device, the audio of a telephone application corresponding to the call request event. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller, based on a message being received from the outside while at least one of an execution screen of the first application and the audio of the first application is output, controls the communication circuitry to transmit voice data for the message to a peripheral device. ### Claim 11 A method for controlling a user terminal device, the method comprising: outputting audio of a first application; while the audio of the first application is output, determining whether an event occurs; and in response to the event occurring, transmitting the audio of a second application corresponding to the event to a peripheral device which is in communicative connection with the user terminal device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the outputting comprises outputting the audio of the first application while the audio of the second application is transmitted to the peripheral device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: determining whether the communicative connection with the peripheral device is released; and based on the communicative connection with the peripheral device being released, searching for at least one other peripheral device which is capable of communicating with the user terminal device, wherein the transmitting comprises, based on another registered peripheral device being present from among the at least one other peripheral device, transmitting an audio signal of the second application to the another registered peripheral device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: displaying a user interface that receives a command to set a device to output the audio of each of a plurality of applications on a display; and setting a device to output audios based on the displayed user interface, wherein the user interface is displayed by mapping icons of the plurality of applications with icons of devices to output the audios of the plurality of applications. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the setting comprises, based on an icon of a first application from among the plurality of applications being selected, displaying an icon for at least one device which is capable of outputting audios, and based on the displayed at least one icon being selected, changing a device corresponding to the selected at least one icon to a device to output the audio of the first application.