US 12,120,757 B2
Electronic device and control method therefor
Jehwan Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Yongjin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Geunsam Yang, Suwon-si (KR); Sanggi Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyungyong Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/434,276
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/007396
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025420, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0095088 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0037430 (KR), filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0164856 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
an output interface;
a communication interface; and
a processor configured to:
identify an occurrence of a multi-point pairing event for pairing with a second external device through the communication interface, while the electronic device is paired with a first external device,
control the communication interface to release pairing with the first external device and pair with the second external device based on the occurrence of the multi-point pairing event,
set up the electronic device as a primary device for pairing with the first external device,
control the communication interface to transmit, to the first external device, information about the electronic device set up as the primary device to perform re-pairing with the first external device, and
control the output to, based on content data received from the first external device, output content and control the communication interface to transmit the content data to the second external device,
wherein the information about the electronic device set up as the primary device comprises information for the first external device to set up the electronic device as the primary device among from the paired the electronic device or the second external device.