Apparatus and method for link setup using electric field
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSae-Rome KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for setting up a communication link in an electronic device by using Electric Field Communication (EFC). A method for communication link setup in a first electronic device includes: setting up an EFC link with a second electronic device; determining connection setup information of the second electronic device through the EFC link; and setting up a short range communication link with the second electronic device based on the connection setup information.
Claims20
A method for establishing a communication link in a first electronic device, comprising:
- establishing an Electric Field Communication (EFC) link with a second electronic device;
- determining connection setup information of the second electronic device through the EFC link;
- and
- establishing a short range communication link with the second electronic device by using the connection setup information.
A first electronic device, apparatus comprising:
- an Electric Field Communication (EFC) unit;
- a communication unit for short range communication;
- at least one processor;
- a memory;
- and
- at least one program stored in the memory and executed by the processor,
- wherein the program includes at least one instruction for establishing an EFC link with a second electronic device;
- determining connection setup information of the second electronic device through the EFC link;
- and establishing a short range communication link with the second electronic device through the communication unit using connection setup information of the second electronic device
A first electronic device, apparatus comprising:
- an Electric Field Communication (EFC) unit for establishing an EFC link with an second electronic device and determining connection setup information of the second electronic device through the EFC link;
- and
- a communication unit for establishing up a short range communication link with the second electronic device using the connection setup information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.