Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsEunhwa Kang, Yijun Kim
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a controlling method in which a home appliance without a display and a user terminal directly communicate with each other so that a user can control the home appliance through the user terminal are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication interface configured to directly communicate with a user terminal, a storage configured to store a graphic user interface, and at least one processor configured to transmit the graphic user interface to the user terminal, and receive a user command through the graphic user interface transmitted to the user terminal.
Claims19
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to directly communicate with a user terminal;
- a storage configured to store a graphic user interface applied to the electronic apparatus;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- based on a communication request signal being received from the user terminal while operating in a communication standby state, control the communication interface to transmit, to the user terminal, a response signal corresponding to the communication request signal,
- form a direct communication network between the electronic apparatus and the user terminal when the communication interface transmits the response signal,
- based on the direct communication network being formed while directly communicating with the user terminal, control the communication interface to transmit the graphic user interface stored in the storage to the user terminal, and
- control the communication interface to receive a user command through the graphic user interface transmitted to the user terminal.
A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
- storing, by a storage, a graphic user interface;
- based on a communication request signal being received from a user terminal while operating in a communication standby state, control a communication interface to transmit, to the user terminal, a response signal corresponding to the communication request signal;
- forming a direct communication network between the electronic apparatus and the user terminal when the communication interface transmits the response signal;
- based on the direct communication network being formed while directly communicating with the user terminal using the communication interface, transmitting the graphic user interface to the user terminal;
- and
- receiving, by at least one processor, a user command through the graphic user interface transmitted to the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.