# US 12,114,377 B2 · Electronic device and method for connecting device thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,377 B2 - Document ID: US12114377B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/686,931 - Filed: 2022-03-04 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-05 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ohchae Kwon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114377B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) - G06F 3/02: Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/16: Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) - G06F 13/38: Information transfer, e.g. on bus (G06F13/14 takes precedence) - G06F 40/279: Recognition of textual entities - G10L 15/04: Segmentation; Word boundary detection - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 17/22: Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04M 2250/74: with voice recognition means - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic device for performing device connection based on a user voice, and a device connection method of the electronic device are provided. The method includes determining an operation mode of an electronic device based on a user input, based on determining of a first operation, producing a string and connection information for device connection to another electronic device, transmitting the string and connection information to the outside, awaiting reception of a connection request from the other electronic device based on the connection information, and performing connection to the other electronic device based on reception of the connection request, and based on determining of a second operation, receiving a user utterance, obtaining a string and connection information related to device connection to another electronic device, and performing connection to the other electronic device based on the connection information if the user utterance and the string are identical. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device for supporting device connection based on voice recognition, the electronic device comprising: a communication module; a microphone; a memory; and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, the microphone, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a user utterance related to device connection to an external electronic device, obtain a first string related to the user utterance based on the reception of the user utterance, obtain a second string and connection information related to connection to the external electronic device, based on matching between the first string and the second string, determine whether the first string and the second string are identical, if the first string and the second string are identical, determine a connection method for performing connection to the external electronic device based on the connection information, based on the determined connection method, change a state of the electronic device to a state of being connectable to the external electronic device, perform connection to the external electronic device based on the determined connection method, receive the user utterance, transmit the first string related to the user utterance to a server, and based on identification by the server that the first string is identical to a designated string, obtain the connection information that matches the first string from the server. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain the second string related to the external electronic device from the external electronic device, a server, or the memory. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: obtain the second string related to the external electronic device from a server, and if the first string and the second string are identical, obtain the connection information that matches the second string from the server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: wake up based on a designated user input for initiation of voice recognition, receive the user utterance associated with the second string produced by the external electronic device, and verify whether the first string associated with the user utterance is a unique string that is not defined in a designated form. ### Claim 5 A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising: determining an operation mode of the electronic device based on a user input; based on determining of a first operation, producing a string information and first connection information for device connection to an external electronic device, wherein the string information includes a string related to a user utterance for supporting device connection and guide information related to a device connection method; transmitting a string of the string information and the first connection information to the external electronic device; receiving a connection request associated with the first connection information from the external electronic device, performing connection to the external electronic device based on communication scheme associated with the first connection information, based on determining of a second operation, receiving a user utterance; obtaining a first string related to the user utterance and a second string and second connection information related to connection to the external electronic device based on matching between the first string and the second string; if the first string and the second string are identical, determining a connection method for performing connection to the external electronic device based on the second connection information; based on the determined connection method, changing a state of the electronic device to a state of being connectable to the external electronic device; and performing connection to the external electronic device based on the determined connection method.