US 12,452,937 B2
Electronic device and method for connecting the same to external device thereof
Jaehyeok Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Taikuin Mun, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jaehoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,860.
Application 17/883,860 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011445, filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0105314 (KR), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050589 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a communication module; and
at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
prior to initiating communication with external devices, register a geographic locale of the electronic device in a manufacturer information preinstalled during manufacture of the electronic device;
execute a setup mode, including transmitting, via the communication module the manufacturer information to the external device;
receive from the external device a confirmation whether connection is possible based on the transmitted manufacturer information including the registered geographic locale; and
display a guide indicating whether connection is possible based on the received confirmation.