US 11,956,712 B2
Electronic apparatus and method of setting network of audio device
Yong-woo Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Chang-heon Yoon, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jong-min Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sang-hun Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sung-min So, Suwon-si (KR); Wha-seob Sim, Suwon-si (KR); and Se-young Oh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,745.
Application 17/571,745 is a continuation of application No. 16/657,334, filed on Oct. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,228,968.
Application 16/657,334 is a continuation of application No. 14/989,193, filed on Jan. 6, 2016, granted, now 10,477,461, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/100,160, filed on Jan. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0015333 (KR), filed on Jan. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132407 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 48/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic speaker device comprising:
a first wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate via a first wireless communication method;
a second wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate via a second wireless communication method which is different than the first wireless communication method; and
a controller configured to control the first wireless communication interface and the second wireless communication interface,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
based on a discovering operation of an external electronic device to discover the electronic speaker device, establish a connection with the external electronic device using the second wireless communication interface,
determine whether a connection to an access point using the first wireless communication method is required,
based on a determination that the connection is required, transmit, via the second wireless communication interface, to the external electronic device, information indicating that the electronic speaker device is in a state which requires the connection to the access point using the first wireless communication method,
in response to transmitting the information to the external electronic device, receive, via the second wireless communication interface, access point connection information including a password for the access point, for connecting to the access point using the first wireless communication method,
based on the access point connection information received from the external electronic device, establish, via the first wireless communication interface, the connection with the access point using the first wireless communication method,
transmit a reply to the external electronic device, indicating that the connection between the electronic speaker device and the access point has been established based on the access point connection information, wherein based on the reply, the connection between the external electronic device and the electronic speaker device through the second wireless communication interface is terminated, and
output, by the electronic speaker device, audio information received from the access point.