US 12,080,143 B2
Method and apparatus for providing location alarm service of electronic device
Seungyoun Ju, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Moohyun Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sungjun Yi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seungcheol Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jinhong Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,571.
Application 17/860,571 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010435, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0099409 (KR), filed on Aug. 7, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0161439 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0343747 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/18 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3228 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
global positioning system (GPS) circuitry;
first wireless communication circuitry for supporting short-range wireless communication with a first external device;
second wireless communication circuitry for supporting long-range wireless communication with a server;
a processor including processing circuitry; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive an advertising packet including identification information of the first external device from the first external device, which is disconnected from a second external device,
in response to receiving the advertising packet, transmit, to the server, location information of the electronic device obtained by the GPS circuitry and the identification information of the first external device,
display, on the display, a user interface (UI) to notify that the first external device is continuously found with the electronic device based on information received from the server,
receive, through the UI, a user input for the first external device to output an alarm sound, and
in response to receiving the user input, transmit, to the first external device, a command for the first external device to output the alarm sound,
wherein the first external device and the second external device are associated with a first user account different from a second user account associated with the electronic device.