US 2022/0286830 A1 · METHOD FOR LOCATING EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

Abstract

An electronic device is configured to receive at least one advertisement (ADV) packet from an external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit. The electronic device is configured to determine whether to upload identification information of the first external electronic device based on at least one of information of a channel through which the at least one ADV packet is received or information of the external electronic device included in the at least one ADV packet. The electronic device is configured to transmit the identification information of the external electronic device and location information of the electronic device to an external server device, in response to a determination to upload the identification information. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified through the disclosure are possible.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a first wireless communication circuit configured to perform short-range wireless communication;
a second wireless communication circuit;
a processor;
and
a memory,
wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive at least one advertisement (ADV) packet from an external electronic device using the first wireless communication circuit;
determine whether to upload identification information of the external electronic device based on at least one of information of a channel through which the at least one ADV packet is received or information of the external electronic device included in the at least one ADV packet;
and
transmit the identification information of the external electronic device and location information of the electronic device to an external server device using the second wireless communication circuit, in response to a determination to upload the identification information.

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A method for transmitting information of an external electronic device by an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving at least one advertisement (ADV) packet from the external electronic device through short-range wireless communication;
determining whether to upload identification information of the external electronic device based on at least one of information of a channel through which the at least one ADV packet is received or information of the external electronic device included in the at least one ADV packet;
and
transmitting the identification information of the external electronic device and location information of the electronic device to an external server device, in response to the determination to upload the identification information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for locating external electronic device and electronic device therefor

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Abstract

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