Method and apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBu-Seop JUNG, Edwin Joseph Vimal BASTIN, Ji-Hyun JUNG
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal are provided. The method includes connecting with an external device through a short-range wireless communication unit, and after connecting with the external device, providing information about at least one other connectable external device.
Claims48
A method for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal, the method comprising:
- connecting with an external device through a short-range wireless communication unit;
- and
- after connecting with the external device, providing information about at least one other connectable external device.
A method for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal, the method comprising:
- upon request for connecting short-range wireless communication, connecting with an external device meeting predetermined conditions among a plurality of external devices discovered by a scan operation;
- after connecting with the external device, informing the presence of other connectable external devices;
- if an option to view other connectable external devices is selected, detecting external devices having connection information matching with connection information stored in the terminal, among a plurality of external devices discovered by a scan operation;
- and
- providing a network list that shows information about the detected external devices and connection status information for each of the detected external devices.
An apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a short-range wireless communication unit;
- and
- a controller configured to provide information about at least one other connectable external device, after the terminal is connected to an external device through the short-range wireless communication unit.
An apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a short-range wireless communication unit;
- and
- a controller that is configured,
- upon request for connecting short-range wireless communication, to connect with an external device meeting predetermined conditions among a plurality of external devices discovered by a scan operation;
- after connecting with the external device, to inform the presence of other connectable external devices;
- if an option to view other connectable external devices is selected, to detect external devices having connection information matching with connection information stored in the terminal, among a plurality of external devices discovered by a scan operation;
- and
- to provide a network list that shows information about the detected external devices and connection status information for each of the detected external devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.