US 12,112,299 B2
Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
Najeong Han, Suwon-si (KR); Keehwan Ka, Suwon-si (KR); Sanga Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sunhyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonghyeok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Seoyeon Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,544.
Application 17/644,544 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014095, filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0136509 (KR), filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122040 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2823 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a meal schedule including meal information for one or more time periods;
a communication interface comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server and a home appliance related to the meal schedule; and
a processor configured to:
receive update information related to a user context from the server,
in response to receiving update information related to the user context, change the meal schedule based on time information included in the received update information and time information of the meal schedule, and
based on the changed meal schedule, control the communication interface to transmit a control signal to the home appliance, wherein the control signal causes the home appliance to perform a preheating operation or stop the preheating operation based on the control signal.