US 12,112,747 B2
Method for controlling external device based on voice and electronic device thereof
Hyeonjeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Soyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taegu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Yoonju Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,831.
Application 17/535,831 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/017243, filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0168086 (KR), filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180870 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a voice input device;
a communication circuit;
a display;
memory storing one or more computer programs; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the voice input device, the communication circuit, the display, and the memory,
wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
receive a first utterance from a first user through the voice input device,
based on the first utterance, communicatively connect to a first external electronic device,
control the display to display a first screen indicating a state of communicatively connecting the electronic device to the first external electronic device, the first screen including a first user interface corresponding to the electronic device being indicated as being in the state of communicatively connecting to a second user interface corresponding to the first external electronic device, and
based on the first external electronic device being communicatively connected to a second external electronic device, control the display to display a second screen indicating that the electronic device and the second external electronic device are simultaneously connected to the first external electronic device, the second screen including the first user interface corresponding to the electronic device and a third user interface corresponding to the second external electronic device being indicated as being in the state of being communicatively connected to the second user interface corresponding to the first external electronic device.