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US 11,144,422 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for controlling external device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDo-Hyung Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a terminal for controlling an external device, not equipped with its own memory or controller, connected to the terminal. The portable terminal, when being connected to at least one external device, changes its setting with an extracted setting data matching the connected external device. Accordingly, the connected external device in a connection state to the portable terminal performs corresponding operations under control of the portable terminal.
Claims21
A portable electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a touchscreen display integrated with the portable electronic device;
- a connector for connecting with at least one external device;
- memory storing a first user interface configured to be displayed on the touchscreen display and a second user interface configured to be displayed on an external display device, and a plurality of instructions, wherein execution of the plurality of instructions causes the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
- displaying the first user interface on the touchscreen display;
- detecting connection of an external device to the connector;
- identifying a type of the external device connected to the connector;
- and
- when the type of the external device is the external display device, transmitting the second user interface to the external display device.
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A method in a portable electronic device comprising:
- storing a first user interface configured to be displayed on a touchscreen display integrated with the portable electronic device and a second user interface configured to be displayed on an external display device in memory at the portable electronic device;
- displaying the first user interface on the touchscreen display integrated with the portable electronic device;
- detecting connection of an external device to a connector at the portable electronic device;
- identifying a type of the external device connected to the connector;
- and
- when the type of the external device is the external display device, automatically transmitting the second user interface to the external display device.
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A portable electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a touchscreen display integrated with the portable electronic device;
- a connector for connecting with at least one external device;
- memory storing a first user interface configured to be displayed on the touchscreen display and a second user interface configured to be displayed on an external display device, and a plurality of instructions, wherein execution of the plurality of instructions causes the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
- displaying the first user interface on the touchscreen display;
- detecting connection of an external device to the connector;
- identifying a type of the external device connected to the connector;
- and
- when the type of the external device is the external display device, transmitting the second user interface to the external display device,
- in response to receiving a touch input on the touchscreen display, performing a function associated with the touch input and changing the second user interface displayed on the external display device according to the performed function.
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A portable communication device comprising:
- a touchscreen display;
- a communication circuit configured to establish a communication connection with an external display device;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled with the touchscreen display, and the communication circuit, the processor configured to:
- present, via the touchscreen display, a first graphical user interface (GUI) including a first graphical object having a first size corresponding to a display size of the touchscreen display;
- based at least in part on a determination that the communication connection is established between the portable communication device and the external display device via the communication circuit, generate a second GUI including a second graphical object according to a type of the external display device such that the second graphical object corresponds to the first graphical object and has a second size different from the first size of the first graphical object;
- and
- transmit the second GUI including the second graphical object to the external display device via the communication connection such that the second GUI including the second graphical object is presented via the external display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.