# US 11,445,475 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing notification > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,475 B2 - Document ID: US11445475B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/240,665 - Filed: 2021-04-26 - Published: 2021-10-07 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-23 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu; Han-joo Chae - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445475B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 1/725: Cordless telephones (user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724) - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04M 1/724: User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic including a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a communication interface; at least one processor configured to: receive a first message through the communication interface; based on determining that two or more wearable devices are connected to the electronic device through the communication interface, transmit notification information corresponding to the first message to the two or more wearable devices to provide notifications through each of the two or more wearable devices; in response to receiving first information which indicates that a notification corresponding to the first message is checked on a first wearable device among the two or more wearable devices, transmit second information which indicates that the first message is checked on another device to the two or more wearable devices except for the first wearable device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second information comprises a request to cease providing of the notification corresponding to the first message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: in response to receiving the first message, display a second notification corresponding to the first message on the touch screen; in response to receiving the first information, cease the displaying the second notification on the touch screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to based on determining that the second notification is checked on the electronic device, transmit the second information to the two or more wearable devices. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive state information related to a state of each of the two or more wearable devices from the two or more wearable devices respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the notification information based on the state information of each of the two or more wearable devices. ### Claim 7 A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a first message on the electronic device; based on determining that two or more wearable devices are connected to the electronic device, transmitting notification information corresponding to the first message to the two or more wearable devices to provide notifications through each of the two or more wearable devices; in response to receiving first information which indicates that a notification corresponding to the first message is checked on a first wearable device among the two or more wearable devices, transmitting second information which indicates that the first message is checked on another device to the two or more wearable devices except for the first wearable device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second information comprises a request to cease providing of the notification corresponding to the first message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: in response to receiving the first message, displaying a second notification corresponding to the first message on a touch screen of the electronic device; in response to receiving the first information, ceasing the displaying the second notification on the touch screen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising, based on determining that the second notification is checked on the electronic device, transmitting the second information to the two or more wearable devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving state information related to a state of each of the two or more wearable devices from the two or more wearable devices respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting the notification information based on the state information of each of the two or more wearable devices.