US 12,008,170 B2 · Electronic device for controlling at least one external device and operating method thereof

Abstract

Provided is an electronic device including at least one communication module comprising communication circuitry; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: establish a first communication connection with a first external device using the at least one communication module, receive a first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, perform a first function of a first application corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that a second communication connection with a second external device using the at least one communication module is not established, and perform a second function of a second application related to the second external device corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection with the second external device using the at least one communication module is established.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

at least one communication module comprising communication circuitry;
at least one processor;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
establish a first communication connection, using the at least one communication module, with a first external device,
receive a first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection,
identify whether a second communication connection, using the at least one communication module, is established with a second external device,
perform a first function of a first application corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is not established, and
perform a second function of a second application related to the second external device corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is established.

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A wearable electronic device comprising:

at least one communication module comprising communication circuitry;
at least one processor;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wearable electronic device to:
establish a first communication connection, using the at least one communication module, with a first external device,
identify a first input,
identify whether a second communication connection, using the at least one communication module, is established with a second external device,
control the at least one communication module to transmit a first signal related to the first input to the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is not established, and
control the at least one communication module to transmit a second signal related to the first input to the second external device through the second communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is established.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device for controlling at least one external device and operating method thereof

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Electronic device for controlling at least one external device and operating method thereof

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Abstract

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