US 8,949,494 B2Granted

User equipment connectable to an external device

AssigneeKt Corporation

InventorsJae-Hun Jung, Shin-Hyuk Kang, You-Jin Kang, Byeong-Tae Kim, Jung-Wook Lee, Hyuk-Jun Jung, Jae-Uk Cha

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Abstract

Provided are user equipment connectable to an external device and a method for establishing a connection between user equipment including second constituent elements and an external device including first constituent elements and controlling the external device. The method may include sensing the connection to the external device, obtaining first constituent element information from the external device through the connection, wherein the first constituent element information includes information on first constituent elements of the external device, selecting target constituent elements to control from the first constituent elements of the external device based on the obtained first constituent element information, reconfiguring a control path for controlling the selected target constituent elements of the external device, and controlling the selected target constituent elements of the external device through the reconfigured control path.

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Dependent claims

A method for establishing a connection between user equipment including second constituent elements and an external device including first constituent elements and controlling the external device, the method comprising:

sensing the connection to the external device;
obtaining a first constituent element identification table from the external device through the connection, wherein the first constituent element identification table includes a corresponding constituent element identification number for each first constituent element of the external device;
selecting target constituent elements to control from the first constituent elements of the external device according to a constituent element identification number comparison between the first constituent element identification table and a second constituent element identification table, wherein the second constituent element identification table is stored in the user equipment and includes a corresponding constituent element identification number for each second constituent element of the user equipment;
reconfiguring a control path for controlling the selected target constituent elements of the external device;
and
controlling the selected target constituent elements of the external device through the reconfigured control path,
wherein the corresponding constituent element identification number is an identification value differently defined according to a constituent element type, and does not represent a constituent element connection status;
and
wherein the selecting includes:
comparing constituent element identification numbers included in the first constituent element identification table and constituent element identification numbers included in the second constituent element identification table;
selecting constituent elements having the same constituent element identification numbers from the first constituent elements, according to a result of the constituent element identification number comparison;
and
determining the selected constituent elements as the target constituent elements to control.

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User equipment connectable to an external device including first constituent elements, the user equipment comprising:

a coupling interface configured to sense connection established to the external device;
a plurality of second constituent elements each configured to perform an associated operation in response to at least one of a command and an event signal generated in response to an input from a user;
and
a controller configured to control the first constituent elements of the external device by reconfiguring a control path for transferring commands with associated data, generated as results of operations and receiving event signals generated in response to inputs from a user,
wherein the controller is further configured (i) to obtain a first constituent element identification table including a corresponding constituent element identification number for each first constituent element, from the external device, and (ii) to perform a selection procedure of target constituent elements to be controlled from the first constituent elements, according to a constituent element identification number comparison between the first constituent element identification table and a second constituent element identification table, wherein the second constituent element identification table is stored in the user equipment and includes a corresponding constituent element identification number for each second constituent element of the user equipment;
wherein the constituent element identification number is an identification value differently defined according to a constituent element type, and does not represent a constituent element connection status;
and
wherein the selection procedure includes:
comparing constituent element identification numbers included in the first constituent element identification table and constituent element identification numbers included in the second constituent element identification table;
selecting constituent elements having the same constituent element identification numbers from the first constituent elements, according to a result of the constituent element identification number comparison;
and
determining the selected constituent elements as the target constituent elements to control.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.