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US 9,754,553 B2Granted
Electronic device and method of controlling a screen of an external electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHwa-Jun Lee
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Abstract
An electronic device and method of controlling a screen of an external electronic device are provided. The method includes connecting with the external electronic device; determining whether a screen control event for controlling the screen of the external electronic device is generated; and transmitting screen control information corresponding to the screen control event to the external electronic device, if the screen control event is generated.
Claims10
A method of controlling a screen in an external electronic device, the method comprising:
- connecting with an electronic device;
- receiving, from the electronic device, screen control information for controlling the screen of the external electronic device;
- determining whether a screen of the external electronic device is in an on state or an off state;
- if the external electronic device is in the on state, changing a setting of the screen of the external electronic device according to the received screen control information;
- recounting a timeout time period of the screen of the external electronic device based on the changed setting of the screen of the external electronic device;
- and
- if the external electronic device is in the off state, changing the screen of the external electronic device from the off state to the on state.
4 more elements
An external electronic device comprising:
- a communication interface that connects with an electronic device;
- and
- a processor configured to receive, from the electronic device, screen control information for controlling the screen of the external electronic device, determine whether a screen of the external electronic device is in an on state or an off state, if the external electronic device is in the on state, change a setting of a screen of the external electronic device according to received screen control information, recount a timeout time period of the screen of the external electronic device based on the changed setting of the screen of the external electronic device, and if the external electronic device is in the off state, change the screen of the external electronic device from the off state to the on state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.