US 2025/0317531 A1 · ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE

Abstract

An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for performing, through at least two heterogeneous communication interfaces, distributed processing on control signals to be transmitted to or received from an external device. To this end, the electronic device may comprise a communication unit and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to identify that an external electronic device is connected through an HDMI cable, check whether the external electronic device supports a direct communication method using a wireless resource, transmit information for identifying a predetermined MAC address so as to establish wireless communication with the external electronic device according to the direct communication method based on the external electronic device supporting the direct communication method, and control the communication unit transmit, to the external electronic device through the wireless communication, at least some of the control signals to be transmitted to the external electronic device through a bidirectional serial bus terminal provided in the HDMI cable.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external electronic device;
and
at least one processor, to be electrically connected to the communication unit, configured to control the communication unit to perform communication with the external electronic device, wherein the at least one processor while electrically connected to the communication unit is configured to:
identify that the external electronic device is connected through a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable;
identify whether the external electronic device supports a direct communication method using a radio resource;
based on the external electronic device being identified as supporting the direct communication method, transmit information identifying a media access control (MAC) address associated with the electronic device to the external electronic device to establish a wireless communication with the external electronic device based on the direct communication method;
and
control the communication unit to transmit at least a portion of a control signal to be transmitted to the external electronic device through a bi-directional serial bus terminal provided in the HDMI cable, to the external electronic device through the wireless communication which is established with the electronic device.

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Electronic device and method for communicating with external device

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