KR20120097007A - Method and system for pairing of various wireless connectivity in a electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for pairing various wireless connections in an electronic device and a system thereof are provided to simplify paring procedures for various wireless connections of the electronic device. CONSTITUTION: First and second electronic devices(200,300) execute a quick pairing mode. Pairing information about each wireless connection is transmitted to the second device by NFC(Near Field Communication). The first electronic device supports each wireless connection. he second electronic device extracts at least one supportable pairing information from the received pairing information. The second electronic device transmits connection information corresponding to the extracted pairing information to the first electronic device by the NFC. The first and second electronic devices pair determined wireless connections. [Reference numerals] (200) First electronic device; (201,203) Executing a quick pairing mode; (207) Acquiring pairing information; (209) Pairing information; (211) Extracting supportable pairing information; (213) Determining final pairing information for wireless connection; (215,221) Converting to a pairable state; (217) Acquiring connection information; (219) Connection information; (223) Processing pairing; (300) Second electronic device

Description

METHOOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAIRING OF VARIOUS WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY IN A ELECTRONIC DEVICE}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and system for pairing various wireless connections in an electronic device. In particular, the present invention utilizes Near Field Communication (NFC) for initial pairing for various wireless connections between electronic devices. The present invention relates to a method and a system that can effectively operate.

Recently, with the development of digital technology, a variety of portable terminals capable of communication and personal information processing, such as mobile communication terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), electronic notebooks, smart phones, and tablet PCs, have been released. Such mobile terminals have various functions such as video calls, electronic organizers, Internet functions, and the like in the initial simple voice call and short message transmission functions. In addition, the mobile terminal is able to provide a variety of data transmission services and various additional services has become a functional multimedia electronic device.

In recent years, since a NFC (Near Field Communication) module is mounted in a portable terminal, the portable terminal can perform NFC service. NFC is a contactless short-range wireless communication technology refers to a technology for transmitting and receiving data by communicating with each other wirelessly between NFC terminals at a short distance within about 10Cm. Therefore, the mobile terminal equipped with the NFC module may perform a function of reading information from an NFC tag or transmitting information to another portable terminal equipped with the NFC module.

Meanwhile, with the development of wireless communication technology, various wireless connections that can be used to provide interworking services between portable terminals and peripheral devices are being developed. For example, wireless connection technologies such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, and UWB (Ultraband Wideband) are being developed to support interworking services between mobile terminals and peripheral devices.

However, using these wireless connection technologies requires a complex pairing process that requires searching for, selecting, connecting to, and authenticating a peripheral device supporting the wireless connection technology. Therefore, there is a demand for a service that can improve user convenience by simplifying a complicated pairing procedure of various wireless connections for interworking services between a mobile terminal and peripheral devices.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pairing method and system that can simplify the pairing procedure according to various wireless connections by utilizing NFC in the electronic device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pairing method and system capable of supporting more effective and faster connection for various wireless connections for interworking electronic devices and peripheral devices.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a pairing method for a wireless connection between the electronic devices that support a variety of wireless connection, the first electronic device and the second electronic device in a quick pairing mode And transmitting pairing information for each of the wireless connections supported by the first electronic device to the second electronic device through NFC (Near Field Communication), and receiving the second electronic device. Extracting at least one pairing information that can be supported from the pairing information, and transmitting connection information corresponding to the extracted pairing information to the first electronic device through NFC, the first electronic device and the second electronic device; The process of proceeding with the pairing for the determined wireless connection.

In order to achieve the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention includes a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method on a processor.

A system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a pairing system for a wireless connection between electronic devices, requesting pairing information and pairing information for each of the wireless connections supported in the quick pairing mode operation A first electronic device that transmits a pairing request message including a command to perform through NFC (Near Field Communication), and performs pairing accordingly when receiving a pairing response message in response to the pairing request message, and when operating a quick pairing mode NFCing the pairing response message including a command for extracting at least one pairing information that can be supported from the pairing information of the pairing request message and responding a pairing process based on the connection information corresponding to the extracted pairing information and the connection information. Via the first electronic device through the pair To a second electronic device to proceed.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may include an NFC module for NFC (Near Field Communication) and a plurality of short range communication modules for supporting various wireless connections. It is characterized by.

The foregoing is a somewhat broad summary of features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that those skilled in the art will be better able to understand it from the following detailed description of the present invention. Additional features and advantages of the present invention, which form the subject matter of the claims of the invention, in addition to those features and advantages, will be better understood from the following detailed description of the invention.

As described above, according to the method and system for pairing various wireless connections in the electronic device proposed by the present invention, a pairing procedure (connection, search, Authentication, etc.) Therefore, according to the present invention, an initial pairing process for various wireless connections in an electronic device can be performed at once in an integrated manner. According to the present invention, the pairing information for the various wireless connections that can be supported by the electronic device to be initially paired by making a list and transmits to the counterpart electronic device, the counterpart electronic device pairing information supported by itself from the pairing information received Quick pairing can be done using only.

Therefore, the present invention simplifies the pairing process such as separate search, selection, and authentication for each wireless connection when interworking by the wireless connection between the electronic devices, pairing information for the various wireless connections to support each other electronic devices Can be set at once. As a result, the present invention does not require a separate pairing process for various wireless connections. Accordingly, the present invention can contribute to improving user convenience for interworking services between electronic devices and improving usability, accessibility, and competitiveness of electronic devices.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating a pairing operation for wireless connection between electronic devices according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a transmitter for pairing a wireless connection in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a receiving side operation for pairing a wireless connection in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible. Further, the detailed description of well-known functions and constructions that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. In other words, it should be noted that only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

The present invention proposes a method and system that can effectively operate initial pairing (initial pairing) for a variety of wireless connectivity (wireless connectivity) between electronic devices by using Near Field Communication (NFC). According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may be divided into a sender requesting pairing and a receiver receiving a pairing request. In the present invention, it is assumed that any one of the electronic device operating as the transmitting side and the electronic device operating as the receiving side is a mobile terminal having a mobile convenience, and the transmitting side or the receiving side electronic device performing communication using the NFC with the mobile terminal. May include a mobile terminal and a fixed device.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may support various wireless connectivity technologies for providing an interworking service based on wireless communication. Various wireless connection in the present invention is a wireless connection such as Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) communication, Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi) communication, Zigbee (Zigbee) communication, Ultra Wideband (UWB) communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, NFC, etc. Can support

Accordingly, the electronic device of the present invention may include an NFC module for NFC and at least one communication module to support wireless communication corresponding to various wireless connections as described above. For example, the electronic device of the present invention is essentially configured to include an NFC module, Bluetooth communication module for short-range wireless communication, Wi-Fi communication module, Zigbee communication module, UWB communication module, IrDA communication module and the like with the NFC module. It may include at least one configuration of the same short-range communication module.

Next, a configuration of an electronic device and an operation control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the following drawings. However, it should be noted that the configuration of the electronic device and the control method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention are not limited or limited to the contents described below, and thus may be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic device includes a wireless communication unit 110, a display unit 130, a storage unit 150, and a controller 170. In addition, the electronic device includes an audio processing unit including a microphone and a speaker, a digital broadcasting module for receiving and playing digital broadcasting (for example, mobile broadcasting such as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) or digital video broadcasting (DVB)), Camera module to support subject shooting or video call, touch pad or touch screen to support touch-based input, input unit to support physical key input, and related case when the electronic device provides mobile communication based communication service It further includes a configuration such as a radio frequency (RF) communication module for supporting communication (eg, voice call, data communication, video call, etc.), and a battery for supplying power to the above components. You can, but description and illustration of them are omitted.

The wireless communication unit 110 represents a module for supporting a communication service based on short range wireless communication. The wireless communication unit 110 may include a plurality of communication modules for supporting various wireless connection technologies of the electronic device as described above. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 includes an NFC module 120, and optionally, various short-range communication such as a Bluetooth communication module 113, a Wi-Fi communication module 115, and an infrared communication module 117. It may comprise one or more of the modules. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the wireless connection technology of NFC, Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication are supported. Accordingly, the wireless communication unit 110 includes the NFC module 120, the Bluetooth communication module 113, It is assumed that the Wi-Fi communication module 115, and the infrared communication module 117. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may further include ZigBee communication, RFID communication, and the like, and may further include a ZigBee communication module and an RFID communication module.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the NFC module 120 detects proximity or contact with an NFC tag (not shown), generates a detection signal, and transmits the detected signal to the controller 170, and under the control of the controller 170, Information may be input to a tag (not shown) or the information stored in an NFC tag (not shown) may be read. In particular, in the embodiment of the present invention, the NFC module 120 may be constantly turned on or turned on when the quick pairing mode is executed. In addition, the NFC module 120 may transfer the NFC event generated according to the proximity of another electronic device (not shown) to the controller 170 in the quick pairing mode. In addition, the NFC module 120 may transmit and receive a pairing request message or a pairing response message under the control of the controller 170 when the NFC event occurs. In this case, the NFC module 120 may transmit a pairing request message when the electronic device operates as a sender, and may transmit a pairing response message when the electronic device operates as a receiver. Detailed control operations using the NFC module 120 will be described later.

The display unit 130 may display an operation state of the electronic device and data related to the operation. For example, the display unit 130 may include a home screen, a message function, an e-mail function, an internet function, a search function, a communication function, an e-book (eg, an e-book) function, a picture / video of an electronic device. An execution screen of applications supported by the electronic device may be displayed, such as a shooting function, a picture / video play function, a mobile broadcast play function, a music play function, and a game function. In particular, the display unit 130 may display a screen associated with the electronic device when the quick pairing mode is operated. For example, the quick pairing mode execution status screen, the wireless connection selection screen for the external electronic device and the interworking service according to the quick pairing mode execution, and the screen such as the data transmission / reception status when the external electronic device is interlocked with the service.

In the present invention, the liquid crystal display (LCD) is generally used as the display unit 130, but a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED, Organic LED), and an active OLED (AMOLED) Other display devices, such as Active Matrix OLED). In addition, the display unit 130 may provide a landscape mode or a portrait mode according to a rotation direction (or a laying direction) of the electronic device when displaying the screen as described above. In addition, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the display unit 130 may include an interface supporting a touch-based input. For example, the display unit 130 may support a touch-based user interaction input by a touch screen configuration, generate an input signal according to the user interaction input, and transmit the generated input signal to the controller 170.

The storage unit 150 stores various programs and data executed and processed by the electronic device, and may include one or more nonvolatile memories and volatile memories. In the present invention, the nonvolatile memory may correspond to a read only memory (ROM), a flash memory, and the like, and the volatile memory may correspond to a random access memory (RAM). The storage unit 150 may include an operating system of the electronic device, a program and data related to a display control operation of the display unit 130, a program and data related to an input control operation using the display unit 130, and a quick pairing mode of the electronic device. Programs and data related to operational operations can be stored continuously or temporarily.

In particular, the storage unit 150 may store various information for operating the quick pairing mode of the present invention. In the present invention, the information on the pairing information of each wireless connection that the electronic device can support, pairing information received via NFC from an external electronic device, whether to operate as a transmitting side or a receiving side of the electronic device when operating the quick pairing mode You can save setting information. Here, in the embodiment of the present invention, the pairing information may include various identification information necessary for searching, selection, and authentication performed when wireless communication of each wireless connection is performed. Therefore, in the present invention, pairing refers to an operation of integrating a search, selection, and authentication process at once.

The controller 170 controls the overall operation of the electronic device. In particular, the controller 170 may control an operation related to the quick pairing mode operation of the present invention. In this case, the controller 170 may control an operation as a transmitting side and a receiving side of the electronic device during the quick pairing mode operation.

For example, the controller 170 may control the driving of the NFC module 120 in response to the execution of the quick pairing mode when the electronic device operates in the quick pairing mode. If the controller 170 detects an NFC event through the NFC module 120, the controller 170 acquires pairing information of a wireless connection that the electronic device supports, and transmits the pairing information to the counterpart electronic device by including the obtained pairing information in a pairing request message. Can be controlled. For example, in the example of the present invention, as the electronic device supports wireless connection technology such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication, the controller 170 collects pairing information related thereto and attaches the pairing information to the pairing request message. It can be configured to include. At this time, the pairing request message is transmitted through the NFC module 120. The controller 170 may determine a wireless connection configuration for pairing according to the connection information of the pairing response message when receiving the pairing response message from the counterpart electronic device in response to the pairing request message. That is, the controller 170 may be any one of a specific communication module (eg, the Bluetooth communication module 113, the Wi-Fi communication module 115, and the infrared communication module 117) corresponding to the connection information in the wireless communication unit 110. ) Can be selected. The controller 170 may control the pairing process with the counterpart electronic device by the selected specific communication module.

In addition, the controller 170 may control the driving of the NFC module 120 in response to the execution of the quick pairing mode when the electronic device is operated to the receiving side in the quick pairing mode. If the controller 170 detects an NFC event through the NFC module 120, the controller 170 obtains pairing information from a counterpart electronic device, and extracts at least one pairing information of a wireless connection supported by the electronic device from the obtained pairing information. can do. For example, in the example of the present invention, as the electronic device supports wireless connection technology such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication, the controller 170 may extract pairing information related thereto. The controller 170 may determine final pairing information for wireless connection with the counterpart electronic device according to predefined setting information or user selection, and determine a wireless connection configuration for pairing according to the determined pairing information. That is, the control unit 170 is any one of a specific communication module (eg, Bluetooth communication module 113, Wi-Fi communication module 115, and infrared communication module 117) corresponding to the final pairing information in the wireless communication unit 110. One) may be determined according to the priority of the predefined configuration information (the user's wireless connection preference) or the user's selection. In addition, the controller 170 may obtain connection information regarding the determined specific communication module and include the obtained connection information in a pairing response message to control transmission to the counterpart electronic device. For example, when the wireless connection by the Bluetooth communication is determined, the controller 170 may include the connection information for the Bluetooth communication module 113 in the pairing response message and transmit it. In the present invention, the connection information and the pairing information are divided for convenience of description, and the connection information may belong to the category of the pairing information. At this time, the pairing response message is transmitted through the NFC module 120. The controller 170 may control the pairing process with the counterpart electronic device by the determined communication module.

The detailed control operation of the controller 170 as described above will be described in the operation example of the electronic device and a control method thereof. In addition to the above functions, the controller 170 may further control various operations related to the normal functions of the electronic device. For example, the controller 170 may control its operation and data display when executing a specific application. In addition, the controller 170 may receive input signals corresponding to various input methods supported by the touch-based input interface and control function operation accordingly. In addition, the controller 170 may control transmission and reception of various data based on voice communication or wireless communication.

Meanwhile, the electronic device of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 may be applied to all types of devices, such as a bar type, a folder type, a slide type, a swing type, and a flip type. The electronic device of the present invention may include all information communication devices, multimedia devices, and application devices thereof that support the quick pairing mode of the present invention. For example, the electronic device includes a mobile communication terminal operating based on communication protocols corresponding to various communication systems, a tablet PC, a smart phone, and a multimedia playback device. (PMP, Portable Multimedia Player), personal digital assistant (PDA), digital broadcasting player, MP3 player, portable game terminal and the like. In addition, the quick pairing operating method of the present invention may be applied to a fixed device such as a computer, a notebook computer, a television (Television), a large format display (LFD), a digital signage (DS), a media pole, a printer, and the like. .

2 is a diagram illustrating a pairing operation for wireless connection between electronic devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system of the present invention includes a first electronic device 200 and a second electronic device 300, and the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300. ) May be configured as described above with reference to FIG. 1. In the present specification, it is assumed that the first electronic device 200 is a transmitting side electronic device that operates as a transmitting side, and the second electronic device 300 assumes that it is a receiving side electronic device operating as a receiving side. In addition, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 may be fixed devices (eg, TVs, computers, printers, etc.) or mobile terminals (eg, mobile communication terminals, smart devices) fixed to a specific area. Phone, tablet PC, PMP, etc.). For example, when the first electronic device 200 is a fixed device, the second electronic device 300 is a mobile terminal, and when the second electronic device 200 is a mobile terminal, the second electronic device 300. ) May be a fixed device or a mobile terminal. This may correspond to a configuration in consideration of the recognition range of NFC.

Referring to FIG. 2, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 execute a quick pairing mode (steps 201 and 203), and a wireless connection by NFC may be performed (step 205). . For example, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 are in close proximity to each other through the NFC module 120 may be a mutual information exchange and a wireless connection accordingly.

Next, when the first electronic device 200 is connected to the second electronic device 300 and NFC, the first electronic device 200 may acquire pairing information on each of the wireless connections supported by the first electronic device 300 (step 207). For example, the first electronic device 200 may obtain pairing information for wireless connection technologies such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication except for NFC. In the present invention, the pairing information acquisition may correspond to calling pairing information previously collected and stored, or collecting and collecting pairing information for each of the supported wireless connections according to the quick pairing mode execution.

Next, the first electronic device 200 may transmit the acquired pairing information to the second electronic device 300 through NFC (step 209). In this case, the first electronic device 200 may include the pairing information in a pairing request message and transmit the pairing information. The pairing request message may further include a command for requesting pairing by the pairing information to the second electronic device 200.

Next, when the pairing request message is received from the first electronic device 200 through NFC, the second electronic device 300 may extract at least one pairing information that can be supported from the pairing information in the pairing request message. (Step 211). For example, in the present invention, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 may support wireless connection technologies such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication. Accordingly, the pairing information transmitted by the first electronic device 200 includes a plurality of pairing information for wireless connection such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication, and the pairing information extracted by the second electronic device 300. The information can be a number of pairing information for wireless connections such as Bluetooth communication, Wi-Fi communication, and infrared communication. As another example, if the second electronic device 200 supports only one specific wireless connection, such as Bluetooth communication, the pairing information extracted by the second electronic device 300 is one of the wireless connection such as Bluetooth communication. It may be pairing information. As another example, even if the second electronic device 200 supports two wireless connections such as Bluetooth communication and Zigbee communication, pairing information for Zigbee communication is included in pairing information by the first electronic device 200. If not, the pairing information extracted by the second electronic device 300 may be one pairing information for a wireless connection such as Bluetooth communication.

Next, the second electronic device 300 may determine final pairing information for wireless connection with the first electronic device 200 (step 213). For example, as described above, when a plurality of pairing information for a plurality of wireless connection is extracted, the final pairing information for the wireless connection to be performed with the first electronic device 200 of the plurality of pairing information can be determined. . In the present invention, the final pairing information determination is determined manually according to a user's selection or automatically according to a predefined preference (eg, Bluetooth is prioritized when set to 1, Bluetooth, 2. Wifi, 3. Infrared). Can be determined. In this case, when one pairing information is extracted in step 211, step 213 may be omitted.

Next, when the final pairing information is determined, the second electronic device 300 may switch the communication module corresponding to the determined final pairing information into a pairable state (step 215). For example, the second electronic device 300 may identify a communication module to perform a wireless connection according to the final pairing information, and activate the corresponding communication module to switch to a pairable state.

Next, the second electronic device 300 may obtain connection information for the communication module according to the final pairing information (step 217). For example, when the communication module according to the last pairing information is the Bluetooth communication module 113, the connection information for the Bluetooth communication module 113 may be obtained. In the present invention, the connection information may belong to the category of pairing information, and the connection information and the pairing information are divided for convenience of description.

Next, the second electronic device 300 may transmit the obtained connection information to the first electronic device 200 through NFC (step 219). In this case, the second electronic device 300 may include the connection information in a pairing response message and transmit the same. The pairing response message may further include a command that responds to the pairing process by the connection information in response to the pairing request message of the first electronic device 200.

Next, when the first electronic device 200 receives a pairing response message from the second electronic device 300 through NFC, the first electronic device 200 may switch the communication module corresponding to the connection information in the pairing response message to a pairing state. (Step 221). For example, the first electronic device 200 may identify a communication module to perform a wireless connection with the second electronic device 300 according to the connection information, and activate the corresponding communication module to switch to a pairable state. have.

Next, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 may automatically perform pairing for wireless connection through the corresponding communication module (step 223). In addition, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 may perform data communication according to a user selection when the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 are interconnected by a corresponding wireless connection according to pairing.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a transmitter for pairing a wireless connection in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 170 may drive the NFC module 120 in response to the user's quick pairing mode execution (step 301) (step 303). As described above, the controller 170 may acquire pairing information for wireless connection of other communication modules except for the NFC module 120 (step 305). In the present invention, the pairing information acquisition may be performed before driving the NFC module 120, of course. The pairing information acquisition is to call the pairing information previously collected and stored in the storage unit 150 as described above, or to collect pairing information for each wireless connection that can be supported according to the quick pairing mode execution. It may correspond to collecting.

Next, the controller 170 may wait for the NFC event (step 307) and check whether the NFC event has occurred (step 309). For example, the controller 170 may determine whether there is a detection signal for an NFC module (not shown) of another electronic device within the NFC radius through the NFC module 120. Here, if there is a detection signal through the NFC module 120, the control unit 170 may further perform an operation of mutual authentication through signaling according to NFC with the corresponding other electronic device.

Next, if no NFC event occurs (NO in step 309), the controller 170 may proceed to step 307 and wait for an NFC event. Here, the NFC event wait may wait for a predetermined time, and if the predetermined time elapses, an error processing operation may be further performed.

Next, if there is an NFC event occurrence (YES in step 309), the controller 170 may control a pairing request message transmission through the NFC module 120 (step 311). In this case, the control unit 170 may include a command for requesting pairing by the acquired pairing information and the pairing information in the pairing request message.

Next, after the transmission of the pairing request message, the controller 170 may determine whether a pairing response message is received in response thereto (step 313).

Next, if there is no pairing response message received (NO in step 313), the controller 170 may determine whether to time out (step 315). If the time allocated for waiting to receive the pairing response message has not elapsed (that is, if it is not timed out) (NO in step 315), the controller 170 may wait to receive the pairing response message in step 313. On the other hand, if the time allocated to wait for receiving the pairing response message has elapsed (that is, if it is timed out) (YES in step 315), the execution of the operation may be controlled after error processing (step 317) (step 319). For example, the controller 170 may control execution of a set or requested operation such as ending waiting for a pairing response message, outputting an error guide message, ending a quick pairing mode, and turning off the NFC module 120. .

Next, when receiving a pairing response message (YES in step 313), the controller 170 may select a wireless connection according to the connection information in the pairing response message (step 321). In addition, the controller 170 may switch the corresponding communication module for the selected wireless connection to the pairable state in step 323. For example, the controller 170 may identify a communication module to perform a wireless connection with another electronic device according to the connection information, and activate the corresponding communication module to control the switching to the pairable state.

Next, the controller 170 may proceed with pairing with another electronic device based on the activated communication module (325). Subsequently, the controller 170 may control data communication according to a user selection by interconnecting with other electronic devices through a corresponding wireless connection according to pairing.

In FIG. 3, the illustration and description thereof are omitted, but the operation mode for operating the quick pairing mode can be identified when the quick pairing mode is executed in step 301. For example, the controller 170 determines whether the operation mode is a mode (e.g., a sander mode) or a mode (e.g., a receiver mode), which operates as a transmitting electronic device when executing the quick pairing mode. And, in the sander mode may include an operation to perform the process of step 301 or less.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a receiver for pairing a wireless connection in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 170 may drive the NFC module 120 in response to the user's execution of the quick pairing mode (step 401). Here, as described above, the controller 170 may control operations such as NFC event detection and mutual authentication by signaling according to NFC. In addition, the controller 170 may determine whether a pairing request message through the NFC module 120 is received (step 405).

Next, if there is no pairing request message received (NO in step 405), the controller 170 may determine whether to time out (step 407). If the time allocated for waiting to receive the pairing request message has not elapsed (that is, if it is not timed out) (NO in step 407), the controller 170 may wait for the pairing request message to be received. On the other hand, if the time allocated to wait for receiving the pairing request message has elapsed (that is, if it is timed out) (YES in step 407), the execution of the operation may be controlled after error processing (step 409) (step 411). For example, the controller 170 may control execution of a set or requested operation such as ending waiting for a pairing request message, outputting an error guide message, ending a quick pairing mode, or turning off the NFC module 120.

Next, when receiving a pairing request message (YES in step 405), the controller 170 may obtain pairing information from the pairing request message (step 413). The controller 170 may extract at least one pairing information that can be supported from the obtained pairing information (step 415). For example, the controller 170 may extract predetermined pairing information corresponding to a wireless connection that the electronic device can support from the pairing information obtained as described above.

Next, the controller 170 may select a wireless connection based on the extracted pairing information (step 417). As described above, the controller 170 may be manually selected according to user selection or automatically selected according to a predefined preference.

Next, the controller 170 may switch the communication module for the selected wireless connection to the pairable state (step 419). For example, the controller 170 may identify a communication module to perform a wireless connection according to the extracted pairing information with the electronic device that has transmitted the pairing request message, and activate the corresponding communication module to control the switching to the pairable state. have.

Next, the control unit 170 may generate connection information for the communication module (step 421). For example, the controller 170 may generate connection information for the communication module according to the extracted pairing information. In the present invention, the connection information may belong to the category of pairing information, and the connection information and the pairing information are divided for convenience of description.

Next, the control unit 170 may transmit the generated connection information through NFC (step 423). Herein, the control unit 170 may transmit the connection information by including the pairing response message. The pairing response message may include a command to respond to the pairing by the connection information in response to the pairing request message.

Next, the controller 170 may proceed with pairing with another electronic device based on the activated communication module (S425). Subsequently, the controller 170 may control data communication according to a user selection by interconnecting with other electronic devices through a corresponding wireless connection according to pairing.

In FIG. 4, the illustration and description thereof are omitted, but the operation mode for operating the quick pairing mode can be identified when the quick pairing mode is executed in step 401. For example, the controller 170 determines whether the operation mode is a mode (e.g., a sander mode) or a mode (e.g., a receiver mode), which operates as a transmitting electronic device when executing the quick pairing mode. And, in the receiver mode may include an operation to perform the process of step 401 or less.

In addition, in FIGS. 2 to 4, the NFC is performed by driving the NFC module 120 when executing the quick pairing mode as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, although the illustration and description thereof are omitted in FIGS. 2 to 4, the first electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300 maintain the NFC module 120 at all times, When the NFC event is generated by the NFC module 120 according to the proximity of the electronic device 200 and the second electronic device 300, the quick pairing mode is automatically executed, and the related operation according to the transmitting side and the receiving side is performed. You may. For example, the first electronic device 200 performs a related operation of generating a pairing request message and transmitting the paired request message to the second electronic device 300 when an NFC event occurs according to the proximity to the second electronic device 300. can do. The second electronic device 300 receives a pairing request message transmitted from the first electronic device 200 when the NFC event occurs according to the proximity to the first electronic device 200, and responds to the pairing response message. The related operation of transmitting to the first electronic device 200 may be performed.

The pairing method for supporting various wireless connections in the electronic device of the present invention as described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. At this time, the computer readable recording medium may include a program command, a data file, a data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. On the other hand, the program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

The computer-readable recording medium includes optical media such as magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), and digital versatile disc (DVD). ), Specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as Magnetic-Optical Media, such as Floppy Disk, and Read Only Memory, Random Access Memory, and Flash Memory. Hardware devices are included. In addition, program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention .

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of the present invention in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

110: wireless communication unit
120: NFC module 113: Bluetooth communication module
115: wifi communication module 117: infrared communication module
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200: first electronic device (transmission side electronic device)
300: second electronic device (receiving side electronic device)

Claims (12)

In the pairing method for a wireless connection between the electronic devices that support a variety of wireless connection,
Performing a quick pairing mode between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
Transmitting pairing information for each wireless connection supported by the first electronic device to the second electronic device through near field communication (NFC);
Extracting at least one pairing information that can be supported from the pairing information received by the second electronic device, and transmitting connection information corresponding to the extracted pairing information to the first electronic device through NFC;
And a pairing process for the wireless connection in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device are determined. The process of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device transmits pairing information.
Acquiring pairing information for each of the wireless connections when the quick pairing mode is executed;
And transmitting a pairing request message including the acquired pairing information and a command for pairing to the second electronic device. The process of claim 2, wherein the second electronic device transmits connection information.
Extracting at least one pairing information that can be supported from pairing information in the pairing request message when the pairing request message is received;
Switching the communication module corresponding to the extracted pairing information to a pairing state;
And generating the connection information for the communication module and transmitting the generated connection information to the first electronic device. The method of claim 3, wherein the transmitting is performed.
And transmitting a pairing response message to the first electronic device, the pairing response message including a command for responding to the pairing process based on the connection information and the connection information. The process of claim 4, wherein the pairing process is performed.
Receiving, by the first electronic device, the pairing response message from the second electronic device after transmitting the pairing request message;
Determining a wireless connection to be performed with the second electronic device according to the connection information in the pairing response message;
Switching the communication module corresponding to the determined wireless connection to a pairable state;
Pairing method for a wireless connection between the electronic device, characterized in that it comprises the step of performing the pairing based on the communication module. The process of claim 2, wherein the obtaining of the pairing information comprises:
Pairing method for a wireless connection between the electronic device comprising the step of calling previously collected and stored pairing information. The process of claim 2, wherein the obtaining of the pairing information comprises:
And collecting and collecting pairing information for each of the supportable wireless connections according to the execution of the quick pairing mode. The method of claim 1,
When the quick pairing mode is executed, determining whether the operation mode of operating the quick pairing mode is a mode of operating as a transmitting side or a receiving side of the electronic device. How to pair for a wireless connection. The process of claim 1, wherein the quick pairing mode is executed.
The first electronic device and the second electronic device includes an NFC module for the NFC,
The first electronic device and the second electronic device pairing method for a wireless connection between the electronic device comprising the step of automatically executing the quick pairing mode when the NFC event is generated through the NFC module. In a pairing system for wireless connection between electronic devices,
In the quick pairing mode operation, a pairing request message including pairing information for each wireless connection supported and a command for pairing is transmitted through NFC (Near Field Communication), and a pairing response message in response to the pairing request message. A first electronic device which performs pairing accordingly upon reception;
And extracting at least one pairing information that can be supported from the pairing information of the pairing request message during quick pairing mode operation, and including pairing information corresponding to the extracted pairing information and responding pairing progress by the pairing information. And a second electronic device configured to transmit a pairing response message to the first electronic device through NFC and perform pairing accordingly. The method of claim 10, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device
NFC module for NFC (Near Field Communication),
Pairing system for a wireless connection between the electronic device, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of short-range communication modules for supporting a variety of wireless connections. The method of claim 11,
And the first electronic device and the second electronic device automatically execute the quick pairing mode when an NFC event is generated through the NFC module.

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