US 12,008,170 B2
Electronic device for controlling at least one external device and operating method thereof
Seungnyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunjun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Doosuk Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Bokun Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,441.
Application 17/837,441 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006576, filed on May 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0119376 (KR), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077094 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one communication module comprising communication circuitry;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
establish a first communication connection, using the at least one communication module, with a first external device,
receive a first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection,
identify whether a second communication connection, using the at least one communication module, is established with a second external device,
perform a first function of a first application corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is not established, and
perform a second function of a second application related to the second external device corresponding to the first signal upon receiving the first signal from the first external device through the first communication connection, based on identifying that the second communication connection is established.