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US 2020/0220963 A1Published application
Executing applications in conjunction with other devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang-Ryong HEO, Hyun-Seok SHIN, Ji-Hyun PARK, Sung-Hyuk SHIN, Myung-Gon HONG
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Abstract
A method and electronic device for executing application concurrently with other devices are provided. An address of an external electronic device and a location of an application is obtained. A connection is established with a device using a short-range communication protocol. The application is obtained and executed in conjunction with the device.
Claims1
A portable communication device comprising:
- first communication circuitry to establish a first communication connection using a first communication protocol;
- second communication circuitry to establish a second communication connection using a second communication protocol;
- a touchscreen display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain information related to a specified application from an external device via the second communication connection established using the second communication circuitry
- obtain, based at least in part on the information, an installation file to be used to install the specified application from a server via the first communication connection established using the first communication circuitry;
- install the specified application in the portable communication device using the installation file;
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- transmit at least one portion of the installation file to the external electronic device via the second communication connection established using the second communication circuitry, the at least one portion of the installation file to be used to install the specified application in the external electronic device.
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