US 12,471,161 B2
Electronic device that carries out communication and operation method therefor
Misun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Suhyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junhwan An, Suwon-si (KR); Mingu Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Gyujin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,859.
Application 18/337,859 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/019962, filed on Dec. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0010488 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0074674 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337302 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a short-range communication circuit; and
at least one processor functionally connected with the short-range communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
perform a first communication connection with a first external electronic device through the short-range communication circuit,
transmit first information associated with the first communication connection to a second external electronic device through the short-range communication circuit,
when an event requiring a second communication connection between the second external electronic device and the first external electronic device occurs on the second external electronic device, receive second information indicating that the second communication connection is to be performed from the second external electronic device through the short-range communication circuit, and
release the first communication connection through the short-range communication circuit.