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US 10,952,076 B2Granted
Electronic device and operating method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-Young Kang, Hyunjoo Kang, Indon Ju
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Abstract
An electronic device and an operating method therefor, according to various examples, can be configured to: detect an activation signal generated by the electronic device; activate a predetermined communication function in response to the activation signal; and receive a reference signal through the activated communication function.
Claims14
An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:
- identifying, by using at least one sensor included in the electronic device, a user input for temporarily activating a predetermined communication function while the predetermined communication function is deactivated and a display of the electronic device is off;
- in response to identifying the user input, activating the predetermined communication function to receive a first signal from a nearby located external device;
- and
- based on the first signal being obtained from the nearby located external device is obtained:
- obtaining notification data corresponding to the first signal from the external device,
- displaying a notification corresponding to the notification data,
- requesting information of interest to the external device based on the notification data,
- obtaining the information of interest from the external device, and
- deactivating the predetermined communication function without receiving another user input.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- at least one sensor;
- a first wireless communication circuitry for a communication function;
- and
- at least one processor connected to the display, the at least one sensor, and the first wireless communication circuitry,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- while the display is off and the communication function is deactivated, identify, by using the at least one sensor, a user input for temporarily activating the communication function,
- in response to identifying the user input, activate the communication function to receive a first signal from a nearby located external device, and
- based on the first signal being obtained from the nearby located external device is:
- obtain notification data corresponding to the first signal from the external device;
- display a notification corresponding to the notification data;
- request information of interest to the external device based on the notification data;
- obtain the information of interest from the external device;
- and
- deactivate the communication function without receiving another user input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.