US 12,464,313 B2
Electronic device and operation method using a geo-fence
Yunhwa Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Myeongwoo Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Sunggyu Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Sunggyu Yim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,654.
Application 18/140,654 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/010893, filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0100787 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262415 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
an application processor; and
a wireless communication chipset electrically connected to the application processor and configured to support short-range communication,
wherein the wireless communication chipset is configured to, while the application processor is in a low power state:
identify a first location of a first external device,
acquire information on a second location of the electronic device, and
based on the information on the second location, determine whether the electronic device is located within a first range with respect to the first location, and
wherein the wireless communication chipset is configured to process a first signal received from the first external device based on a determination that the electronic device is located within the first range, and the application processor is configured to process the first signal received from the first external device based on a determination that the electronic device is located outside the first range.