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US 9,521,535 B2Granted
Electronic device and operating method using bluetooth
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-Geun Lee
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Abstract
A Bluetooth pairing method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a change of a switching state of a switch of the electronic device, selecting a Bluetooth Device (BD) address according to the changed switching state among a plurality of stored BD addresses, and applying the selected BD address to a Bluetooth pairing. The method can facilitate Bluetooth pairing to selectable types of host devices.
Claims20
A Bluetooth communication method in an electronic device, comprising:
- establishing a Bluetooth communication with a first external device by using a Bluetooth address of the first external device;
- transmitting a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the first external device via the established Bluetooth communication;
- establishing a Bluetooth communication with a second external device by using a Bluetooth address of the second external device, if the second external device is selected by a switching unit;
- transmitting a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the second external device via the established Bluetooth communication;
- and
- wherein the Bluetooth addresses of the first external device and the second external device are stored in the electronic device, and
- wherein the electornic device comprises at least one display unit to display a status of the Bluetooth communication with the first or second external device.
4 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a Bluetooth communication unit
- a switching unit;
- and
- a host unit to control the Bluetooth communication unit to:
- establish a Bluetooth communication with a first external device by using a Bluetooth address of the first external device,
- transmit a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the first external device via the established Bluetooth communication:
- establish a Bluetooth communication with a second external device by using a BD address of the second external device, if the second external device is sleeted by the switching unit and
- transmit a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the second external device via the established Bluetooth communication,
- wherein the Bluetooth addresses of the first external device and the second external device are stored in the electronic device,
- wherein the electronic device comprises at least one display unit to display a status of the Bluetooth communication with the first or the second external device.
7 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a Bluetooth communication unit
- a switching unit;
- and
- a host unit to control the Bluetooth communication unit to:
- establish a Bluetooth communication with a first external device by using a Bluetooth address of the first external device,
- transmit a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the first external device via the established Bluetooth communication;
- establish a Bluetooth communication with a second external device by using a Bluetooth address of the second external device, if the second external device is selected by the switching unit and
- transmit a signal which is generated from the electronic device to the second external device via the established Bluetooth communication,
- wherein the Bluetooth addresses of the first external device and the second external device are stored in the electronic device, wherein the switching unit is disposed on an external portion of the electronic device,
- wherein the electronic device comprises at least one display unit to display a status of the Bluetooth communication with the first or the second external device.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.