US 2026/0231291 A1 · ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, USER TERMINAL DEVICE FOR RE-PERFORMING EASY SETUP AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes at least one communication interface; and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication interface and configured to control the electronic apparatus, wherein the processor may be further configured to: based on a release of a communication connection with a first access point, control the at least one communication interface to perform scanning for rejoining with the first access point, and based on reception of a signal including identification information of the electronic apparatus from a user terminal device through the at least one communication interface, control the at least one communication interface to operate as a second access point.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A user terminal device comprising:

at least one communication interface;
and
at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication interface and configured to control the user terminal device,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on identifying that a communication connection between an electronic apparatus and a first access point is released, control the at least one communication interface to perform broadcasting of a signal comprising identification information of the electronic apparatus, and
based on identifying the electronic apparatus operates as a second access point, control the at least one communication interface to transmit information about the first access point to the electronic apparatus.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/631,685Filed 27 Mar 2026

Priority

KR 10-2022-010938930 Aug 2022

Published

6 Aug 2026

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

H04W 76/30
Connection management: connection release
G16Y 20/20
Information sensed or collected by the things: relating to the thing itself
H04L 12/28
Data switching networks: characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
H04W 4/06
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia…

Electronic apparatus, user terminal device for re-performing easy setup and control methods thereof

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Electronic apparatus, user terminal device for re-performing easy setup and control methods thereof

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Abstract

Claims20