KR102113550B1 - Method for Operating Functions and Resources of Electric Device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for operating a function of an electronic device. The method includes receiving information related to the second electronic device from the first electronic device; And at least one function or component of the first electronic device is deactivated based on at least the received information. Other embodiments are possible.

Description

Method for operating functions and resources of electronic devices

The present invention relates to a technology for efficiently using functions or resources of electronic devices based on state information of each electronic device in an environment in which a plurality of electronic devices can be interlocked with each other.

As the use of electronic devices capable of providing various functions, such as smart phones, has become common, the application area of electronic devices goes beyond the fields of communication, multimedia, and electronic finance, and people and objects, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), It is expanding into the field of communication between objects and objects. Furthermore, communication between people-objects and objects-objects using a mobile communication network such as M2M (machine to machine) or MTC (machine type communication) provides useful information in real life. In addition, services such as smart homes and smart cars, which control homes or vehicles based on electronic devices and process information efficiently, continue to increase.

The increase in various networks and related services maximizes the field of services provided by electronic devices, but as the number and types of electronic devices used by users increase, inefficiencies may occur in terms of resource management and power management. For example, when a smart phone and a tablet are used together, a service provided, a mounted module, an application, etc. often overlap. In addition, there may be a difference in the performance of the mounted components according to the electronic device, and a user may not always be able to use a component having the highest performance among the electronic devices possessed by the user.

In order to solve the above-described problems, various embodiments of the present invention collect information related to each device among a plurality of electronic devices, deactivate a designated function based on the information, and deactivate the deactivated function to another device. By doing so, it is possible to provide a method of improving efficiency in terms of resource management and power management.

In addition, various embodiments, among a plurality of electronic devices, collects information related to each device and determines an electronic device for performing a designated operation based on the information, deactivates and deactivates the corresponding electronic device. By performing the functions performed by other devices, it is possible to provide a method of improving efficiency in terms of resource management and power management.

A method of operating a function of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving information related to a second electronic device from a first electronic device; And at least one function or component of the first electronic device is deactivated based on at least the received information.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a function that can be performed by a component operating in redundancy, a component included in an electronic device having a relatively low battery level, or a component of an electronic device having poor performance is a component of another electronic device. By performing using, it is possible to increase the efficiency of function execution, power management, and resource management.

In addition, according to various embodiments, in a situation in which redundant resources of each device are retained as the number of main electronic devices and auxiliary electronic devices increases due to the activation of the wearable device, resources can be suitably used, thereby enabling efficient resource management and seamless inter-device management. Service may be provided.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
2 is a block diagram of hardware according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
3 illustrates a communication protocol between a plurality of electronic devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
4 illustrates a conceptual configuration of interconnection of electronic devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
5 illustrates a connection process between devices for communication connection between an electronic device and another electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
6 is a flowchart of an operation performed by an electronic device to connect to another electronic device.
7 illustrates an example of deactivating a resource (eg, communication modem) based on the performance of a component of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
8 illustrates a process of relaying a call between electronic devices in various embodiments.
9 illustrates a process of changing a function performing device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
10 illustrates a voice call process according to various embodiments.
11 illustrates an exemplary process of forwarding a call received by the first electronic device to the second electronic device using USSD according to various embodiments.
12 illustrates an exemplary process of forwarding a call received by the first electronic device to the second electronic device using call deflection according to various embodiments.
13 illustrates a call forwarding or call deflection process according to whether a call type is supported by an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
14 illustrates a data reception process according to a service or content characteristic according to various embodiments.
15 illustrates a user interface screen according to various embodiments.
16A illustrates a method of transmitting signals to a first electronic device and a second electronic device using identification information according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
16B illustrates a method of transmitting a signal for a first electronic device to a second electronic device using identification information according to various embodiments.
17A illustrates an example of relaying a call of a second electronic device in a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
17B illustrates another example of relaying a call of a second electronic device from a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
18 illustrates an example of a mode conversion method when an electronic device is disconnected from each other according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings. Various embodiments of the present invention may have various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and related detailed descriptions are described. However, this is not intended to limit the various embodiments of the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications and / or equivalents or substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the various embodiments of the present invention. In connection with the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals have been used for similar elements.

"Including" which may be used among various embodiments of the present invention. Or "can include." The expressions, etc., indicate the existence of the disclosed functions, operations, or components, and do not limit additional one or more functions, operations, or components. Also in various embodiments of the present invention, "includes." Or "take it." Terms such as intended to designate the presence of a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, one or more other features or numbers, steps, operation, component, part, or It should be understood that the possibility of the presence or addition of these combinations is not excluded in advance.

In various embodiments of the present invention, expressions such as “or” include any and all combinations of words listed together. For example, "A or B" may include A, may include B, or may include both A and B.

Among various embodiments of the present invention, expressions such as “first”, “second”, “first”, or “second” may modify various elements of various embodiments of the present invention, but do not limit the elements. Does not. For example, the above expressions do not limit the order and / or importance of the components. The above expressions can be used to distinguish one component from another component. For example, the first user device and the second user device are both user devices and represent different user devices. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component without departing from the scope of rights of various embodiments of the present invention, and similarly, the second component may also be named as the first component.

When an element is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that other components may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, but there may be other components in between. It should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that no other component exists in the middle.

Terms used in various embodiments of the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the various embodiments of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which various embodiments of the present invention pertain. Terms, such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary, should be interpreted as having meanings consistent with meanings in the context of related technologies, and are ideally or excessively formal, unless explicitly defined in various embodiments of the present invention. It is not interpreted as meaning.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be a device including a communication function. For example, the electronic device includes a smart phone, a tablet personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, a video phone, an e-book reader, a desktop personal computer (PC), and a laptop. Laptop personal computer (PC), netbook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), portable multimedia player (PMP), MP3 player, mobile medical device, camera, wearable device (e.g. electronics) Head-mounted-device (HMD), such as glasses, electronic clothing, electronic bracelets, electronic necklaces, at least one of electronic accessories or smartwatches).

According to some embodiments, the electronic device may be a smart home appliance with a communication function. Smart appliances include, for example, televisions, digital video disk (DVD) players, audio, refrigerators, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, ovens, microwave ovens, washing machines, air cleaners, set-top boxes, TV boxes (eg For example, Samsung HomeSync ™, Apple TV ™, or Google TV ™), game consoles, electronic dictionaries, electronic keys, camcorders, or electronic picture frames. ,

According to some embodiments, the electronic device may include various medical devices (eg, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), imaging device, ultrasound device, etc.), navigation device, GPS receiver ( global positioning system receiver (EDR), event data recorder (EDR), flight data recorder (FDR), automotive infotainment devices, marine electronic equipment (e.g. marine navigation devices and gyro compasses, etc.), avionics, or It may include at least one of the security devices.

According to some embodiments, the electronic device is a furniture or part of a building / structure including a communication function, an electronic board, an electronic signature receiving device, a projector, or various instrumentation It may include at least one of a device (eg, water, electricity, gas, or radio waves). The electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be a combination of one or more of the aforementioned various devices. Also, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the aforementioned devices. Hereinafter, an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The term “user” used in various embodiments may refer to a person using an electronic device or a device using an electronic device (eg, an artificial intelligence electronic device).

Hereinafter, in the content disclosed in the present specification, activation may mean a state in which an electronic device, a component included in the electronic device, or a function performed by the electronic device operates. For example, that the electronic device is activated may mean that the power of the electronic device is ON in some embodiments. However, in another embodiment, that the electronic device is activated may mean that the locked state of the electronic device is unlocked. For example, when a processor or a specified module (for example, a communication module, a modem, etc.) is in an active state, a state in which a processor or a specified module is powered, a state in which the processor or a specified module performs a task ( enable state), which may mean that the processor or the specified module is in an awake state to perform a task.

In the present specification, inactive (inactive) may mean a state in which an electronic device, a component included in the electronic device, or a function performed by the electronic device is not the above-described activated state. For example, that the electronic device is deactivated may mean that the power of the electronic device is in an OFF state, or the electronic device is in a locked state (ie, a state in which a specified function cannot be performed). For example, when a processor or a specified module is in an inactive state, a power supply of the processor or the specified module is cut off, and a processor or the specified module is in a sleep state until a specified control signal (awake signal) is supplied. ).

1 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic device 101 may include a bus 110, a processor 120, a memory 130, an input / output interface 140, a display 150, or a communication interface 160.

The bus 110 may be a circuit that connects the aforementioned components to each other and transfers communication (eg, a control message) between the aforementioned components.

The processor 120 receives, for example, commands from other components (eg, the memory 130, the input / output interface 140, the display 150, and the communication interface 160) received through the bus 110, and receives the commands. The instruction can be decoded and operation or data processing according to the decoded instruction can be executed.

The memory 130 may receive instructions or data received from the processor 120 or other components (eg, the input / output interface 140, the display 150, the communication interface 160, etc.) or generated by the processor 120 or other components. Can be saved. The memory 130 may include programming modules such as a kernel 131, middleware 132, an application programming interface (API) 133, or an application 134. Each of the programming modules described above may be configured by software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of at least two or more of them.

The kernel 131 is a system resource (eg, the bus 110, the processor 120) used to execute operations or functions implemented in the other programming modules, for example, the middleware 132, the API 133, or the application 134. Alternatively, the memory 130, etc.) may be controlled or managed. In addition, the kernel 131 may provide an interface through which the middleware 132, the API 133, or the application 134 can access and control or manage individual components of the electronic device 101.

The middleware 132 may serve as an intermediary so that the API 133 or the application 134 communicates with the kernel 131 to exchange data. In addition, the middleware 132 is associated with the work requests received from the (multiple) applications 134, for example, the system resource of the electronic device 101 to at least one of the (multiple) applications 134 Load balancing for a work request may be performed using a method such as assigning a priority that can use (eg, the bus 110, the processor 120, or the memory 130).

The API 133 is an interface through which the application 134 can control functions provided by the kernel 131 or the middleware 132, for example, at least one interface for file control, window control, image processing, or text control, or It can contain functions.

The application 134 is an SMS / MMS application, an email application, a calendar application, an alarm application, a health application (for example, an exercise measurement application, a blood glucose measurement application) or an environmental information application (for example, an application for providing air pressure or temperature information). It can contain. In addition, when there is an external electronic device (eg, electronic device 102, electronic device 104) that communicates with the electronic device 101, for example, the application 134 relates to information exchange between the electronic device 101 and the external electronic device. It may include an application. For example, the application 134 may include a notification relay application, a device management application, or the like, for transmitting information to the external electronic device or managing an external electronic device. The notification delivery application may include a function of transmitting notification information generated by the electronic device 101 to an external electronic device. For example, the notification delivery application may include a function of transmitting notification information generated through other applications (eg, SMS / MMS application, email application, health application, environment information application, etc.) to an external electronic device. In addition, the notification delivery application may receive notification information from an external electronic device. The device management application may manage an external electronic device or a service provided by the external electronic device when there is an external electronic device communicating with the electronic device 101.

The input / output interface 140 may receive a command or data from a user, and transmit it to the processor 120 or the memory 130 through the bus 110. The display 150 may display an image, an image, or data to a user.

The communication interface 160 may connect communication between the electronic device 101 and another electronic device 102 or electronic device 104 or server 164. The communication interface 160 is a predetermined short-range communication protocol (eg, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth (BT), near field communication (NFC), predetermined network communication (eg, Internet, local area network (LAN), WAN) (wire area network), telecommunication network, cellular network, satellite network or plain old telephone service (POTS) 162 or wired communication protocols (e.g., universal serial bus (USB), high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), etc.) For example, a communication protocol (eg, a short-range communication protocol, a network communication protocol, a wired communication protocol) may be supported by at least one of the API 133 or the middleware 132. Each of the electronic devices 102 and 104 is the electronic device. It may be the same (eg, the same type) device as device 101 or a different (eg, different type) device.

2 is a block diagram of hardware according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The hardware 200 may configure, for example, all or part of the electronic device 101 shown in FIG. 1. 2, the hardware 200 is one or more processors 210, subscriber identification module (SIM) card 214, memory 220, communication module 230, sensor module 240, user input module 250, display module 260, interface 270, audio codec 280 , Camera module 291, power management module 295, battery 296, indicator 297 or motor 298.

The processor 210 (eg, the processor 120) may include one or more application processors (APs) 211 or one or more communication processors (CPs) 213. The processor 210 may be, for example, the processor 120 illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the AP 211 and the CP 213 are illustrated as being included in the processor 210, but the AP 211 and the CP 213 may be respectively included in different IC packages. In one embodiment, the AP 211 and the CP 213 may be included in one IC package.

The AP 211 drives an operating system or an application program to control a number of hardware or software components connected to the AP 211, and can perform various data processing and operations including multimedia data. The AP 211 may be implemented by, for example, a System on Chip (SoC). According to an embodiment, the processor 210 may further include a graphic processing unit (GPU) (not shown).

The CP 213 may manage a data link and convert a communication protocol in communication between an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 101) including the hardware 200 and other electronic devices connected through a network. The CP 213 may be implemented with SoC, for example. According to an embodiment, the CP 213 may perform at least a part of a multimedia control function. The CP 213 may distinguish and authenticate a terminal in a communication network using, for example, a subscriber identification module (eg, a SIM card 214). In addition, the CP 213 may provide services such as a voice call, a video call, a text message, or packet data to a user.

Also, the CP 213 may control data transmission and reception of the communication module 230. In FIG. 2, components such as the CP 213, the power management module 295, or the memory 220 are illustrated as separate components from the AP 211, but according to an embodiment, the AP 211 includes the aforementioned components. It may be implemented to include at least a portion (eg, the CP 213).

According to an embodiment, the AP 211 or the CP 213 may load and process a command or data received from at least one of a non-volatile memory or other components connected to each of them, into a volatile memory. Further, the AP 211 or the CP 213 may store data received from at least one of other components or generated by at least one of the other components in a non-volatile memory.

The SIM card 214 may be a card embodying a subscriber identification module, inserted into a slot formed in a designated location of an electronic device, embedded in a device in a chip form, or SIM information without physical shape It may be stored in a part of the device (eg, electronic SIM, virtual SIM, or soft SIM). The SIM card 214 may include unique identification information (eg, an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID)) or subscriber information (eg, an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)). The SIM card 214 (or SIM) may operate in connection with the communication module 230.

The memory 220 may include an internal memory 222 or an external memory 224. The memory 220 may be, for example, the memory 130 illustrated in FIG. 1. The internal memory 222 is, for example, volatile memory (for example, dynamic RAM (DRAM), static RAM (SRAM), synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM), etc.) or non-volatile memory (for example, , OTPROM (one time programmable ROM), PROM (programmable ROM), EPROM (erasable and programmable ROM), EEPROM (electrically erasable and programmable ROM), mask ROM, flash ROM, NAND flash memory, NOR flash memory, etc. It may include. According to an embodiment, the internal memory 222 may take the form of a solid state drive (SSD). The external memory 224 is a flash drive, for example, compact flash (CF), secure digital (SD), micro secure digital (micro-SD), mini secure digital (SD-SD), extreme digital (xD) ) Or a memory stick.

The communication module 230 may include a wireless communication module 231 or an RF module 234. The communication module 230 may be, for example, a communication interface 160 illustrated in FIG. 1. The wireless communication module 231 may include, for example, Wi-Fi 233, BT 235, GPS 237, or NFC 239. For example, the wireless communication module 231 may provide a wireless communication function using a radio frequency. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication module 231 is a network interface (eg, LAN card) for connecting the hardware 200 to a network (eg, Internet, LAN, WAN, telecommunication network, cellular network, satellite network, or POTS), or And a modem.

The RF module 234 may be responsible for transmission and reception of data, for example, transmission and reception of an RF signal or a called electronic signal. The RF module 234, although not shown, may include, for example, a transceiver, a power amp module (PAM), a frequency filter, or a low noise amplifier (LNA). In addition, the RF module 234 may further include a component for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves in a free space in wireless communication, for example, a conductor or a conductor.

The sensor module 240, for example, gesture sensor 240A, gyro sensor 240B, air pressure sensor 240C, magnetic sensor 240D, acceleration sensor 240E, grip sensor 240F, proximity sensor 240G, RGB (red, green, blue) sensor 240H, living body It may include at least one of the sensor 240I, the temperature / humidity sensor 240J, the illuminance sensor 240K, or the ultra violet (UV) sensor 240M. The sensor module 240 may measure a physical quantity or detect an operating state of an electronic device, and convert the measured or detected information into an electrical signal. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor module 240 may include, for example, an e-nose sensor (not shown), an electromyography sensor (not shown), an electroencephalogram sensor (not shown), an ECG sensor ( Electrocardiogram sensor (not shown), PPG sensor (photoplethysmography, not shown), HRM sensor (heart rate monitor, not shown), sweat secretion measurement sensor (perspiration, not shown), may include a fingerprint sensor or the like. The sensor module 240 may further include a control circuit for controlling at least one sensor included therein.

The user input module 250 may include a touch panel 252, a (digital) pen sensor 254, a key 256 or an ultrasonic input device 258. The user input module 250 may be, for example, the input / output interface 140 shown in FIG. 1. The touch panel 252 may recognize a touch input in at least one of capacitive, pressure-sensitive, infrared, or ultrasonic methods. Also, the touch panel 252 may further include a controller (not shown). In the case of the capacitive type, not only direct touch but also proximity recognition is possible. The touch panel 252 may further include a tactile layer. In this case, the touch panel 252 may provide a tactile reaction to the user.

The (digital) pen sensor 254 may be implemented using, for example, the same or similar method to receiving a user's touch input, or using a separate recognition sheet. As the key 256, for example, a keypad or a touch key may be used. The ultrasonic input device 258 is a device capable of detecting sound waves by detecting a sound wave with a microphone (eg, a microphone 288) at a terminal through a pen generating an ultrasonic signal, and wireless recognition is possible. According to an embodiment, the hardware 200 may receive a user input from an external device (eg, a network, a computer or a server) connected thereto using the communication module 230.

The display module 260 may include a panel 262 or a hologram 264. The display module 260 may be, for example, the display module 150 shown in FIG. 1. The panel 262 may be, for example, a liquid-crystal display (LCD) or an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AM-OLED). The panel 262 may be implemented, for example, to be flexible, transparent, or wearable. The panel 262 may be configured as one module with the touch panel 252. The hologram 264 may show a stereoscopic image in the air using interference of light. According to an embodiment, the display module 260 may further include a control circuit for controlling the panel 262 or the hologram 264.

The interface 210 may include, for example, HDMI 212, USB 214, projector 216, or D-sub (D-subminiature) 218. Additionally or alternatively, the interface 210 may include, for example, a multi-media card (SD / MMC) (not shown) or an infra-red data association (IrDA).

The audio codec 280 may convert voice and electric signals in both directions. The audio codec 280 may convert voice information input or output through, for example, a speaker 282, a receiver 284, an earphone 286, or a microphone 288.

The camera module 291 is a device capable of photographing images and videos. According to an embodiment, one or more image sensors (eg, front lens or rear lens), ISP (image signal processor, not shown) or flash LED (not shown) ).

The power management module 295 may manage power of the hardware 200. Although not illustrated, the power management module 295 may include, for example, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), a charger integrated circuit (IC), or a battery fuel gauge.

The PMIC may be mounted in an integrated circuit or SoC semiconductor, for example. The charging method can be divided into wired and wireless. The charging IC can charge the battery and prevent overvoltage or overcurrent from being charged from the charger. According to an embodiment, the charging IC may include a charging IC for at least one of a wired charging method or a wireless charging method. The wireless charging method includes, for example, a magnetic resonance method, a magnetic induction method, or an electromagnetic wave method, and additional circuits for wireless charging, such as a coil loop, a resonant circuit, and a rectifier circuit, may be added. have.

The battery gauge may measure, for example, the remaining amount of the battery 296, the voltage, current or temperature during charging. The battery 296 may generate electricity to supply power, and may be, for example, a rechargeable battery.

The indicator 297 may display a designated state of the hardware 200 or a part thereof (eg, the AP 211), for example, a booting state, a message state, or a charging state. For example, a booting status, a message status, or a charging status may be displayed. The motor 298 may convert an electrical signal into mechanical vibration. Although not illustrated, the hardware 200 may include a processing device (eg, GPU) for mobile TV support. The processing device for mobile TV support may process media data according to standards such as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), digital video broadcasting (DVB), or media flow.

Each of the above-described components of hardware according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be composed of one or more components, and the names of the components may vary according to the type of electronic device. Hardware according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the aforementioned components, and some components may be omitted or additional other components may be further included. In addition, since some of the hardware components according to various embodiments are combined and configured as one entity, functions of the corresponding components before being combined may be performed identically.

3 illustrates a communication protocol between a plurality of electronic devices according to various embodiments.

According to an embodiment, the communication protocol 300 may include a device discovery protocol 331, a capability exchange protocol 333, a network protocol 335, and an application protocol 337. have.

According to an embodiment, the device discovery protocol 331 may be a protocol for sensing or connecting to an external electronic device capable of communication. Referring to FIG. 3, for example, the electronic device 310 detects the electronic device 320 capable of communication through an available communication method (eg, Wi-Fi, BT, USB, etc.) using the device discovery protocol 331 Can be. Using the device discovery protocol 331, the electronic device 310 may identify the detected electronic device 320 and store identification information about the electronic device 320. The electronic device 310 may be connected to the detected electronic device 320 using the device discovery protocol 331. According to some embodiments, the device discovery protocol 331 may be a protocol for mutual authentication between a plurality of electronic devices. For example, the electronic device 310 may perform authentication between the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 by using the identified communication information for connection with the electronic device 320.

The function exchange protocol 333 may be a protocol for exchanging functions of a supportable service. Referring to FIG. 3, for example, information related to a function of a service supported by the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be exchanged with each other through the function exchange protocol 333. For example, information related to the function of the service may include information capable of distinguishing the service. Referring to FIG. 3, for example, when the electronic device 310 receives information capable of distinguishing the service from the electronic device 320, whether the electronic device 310 can support the service using the received information Can judge.

The network protocol 335 may be a protocol for controlling data flow for service connection between connected electronic devices. Referring to FIG. 3, for example, the network protocol 335 may be a protocol for controlling the flow of data for providing a data service between the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320. For example, error control and data quality control may be performed using the network protocol 335. In addition, by using the network protocol 335, the electronic device 310 may manage at least one connection session for data exchange.

The application protocol 337 may be a protocol for providing a service to an external electronic device. Referring to FIG. 3, for example, the service may be provided from the electronic device 310 to the electronic device 320 through the application protocol 337. For example, the application protocol 337 may include a procedure or information for exchanging data related to the service between the electronic device 310 providing the service and the external electronic device 320 using the service.

According to an embodiment, the communication protocol 330 may include a standard communication protocol, a communication protocol designated by an individual or an organization (eg, a communication protocol designated by each company itself), or a combination thereof.

As used herein, the term “module” may mean a unit including one or a combination of two or more of hardware, software, or firmware, for example. "Module" may be used interchangeably with terms such as, for example, a unit, logic, logical block, component, or circuit. The "module" may be a minimum unit of an integrally formed component or a part thereof. The "module" may be a minimum unit performing one or more functions or a part thereof. The "module" can be implemented mechanically or electronically. For example, as used herein, "module" is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or programmable logic device (programmable) that performs certain operations, known or to be developed in the future. -logic device).

According to various embodiments, at least a part of an apparatus (eg, modules or functions thereof) or a method (eg, operations) is computer-readable storage media, eg, in the form of a programming module. ). When the instruction is executed by one or more processors (eg, the processor 210), the one or more processors may perform a function corresponding to the instruction. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, the memory 220. At least a part of the programming module may be implemented (eg, executed) by, for example, the processor 210. At least a part of the programming module may include modules, programs, routines, sets of instructions, and / or processes for performing one or more functions.

The programming module according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one or more of the above-described components, some of them may be omitted, or additional other components may be further included. Operations performed by a programming module or other component according to the present disclosure may be executed in a sequential, parallel, iterative or heuristic manner. Also, some operations may be executed in a different order, omitted, or other operations may be added.

The computer-readable recording medium includes magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, and optical recording media such as compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and digital versatile disc (DVD). media, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and program instructions such as read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, etc. Module). A hardware device specifically configured to store and perform may be included. In addition, the program instructions may include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc., as well as machine language codes made by a compiler. The above-described hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform operations according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, and vice versa.

The module or programming module according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one or more of the above-described components, some of them may be omitted, or additional other components may be further included. Operations performed by modules, programming modules, or other components according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed in a sequential, parallel, repetitive or heuristic manner. Also, some operations may be executed in a different order, omitted, or other operations may be added.

In addition, the embodiments disclosed in the specification and the drawings merely describe the contents of various embodiments of the present invention and provide specific examples to help understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of various embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of various embodiments of the present invention should be interpreted to include all the changed or modified forms derived on the basis of the technical spirit of the various embodiments of the present invention in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

4 illustrates a conceptual configuration of interconnection of electronic devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4, the electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be connected to each other through wireless pairing. Alternatively, the electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be connected to each other through a wireless / air interface (eg, connected through a Wi-Fi or cellular network). The electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be configured in various embodiments. For example, the electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be understood as a first electronic device and a second electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be understood as main electronic devices and auxiliary electronic devices. Specifically, the main electronic device (for example, the electronic device 410) is a smart phone, and the auxiliary electronic device (for example, the electronic device 430) may be a smart watch. According to various embodiments, the main electronic device may be an electronic device having characteristics of at least high performance or high capacity with respect to the auxiliary electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the auxiliary electronic device may be a wearable electronic device that is easy to carry, such as a Samsung galaxy gear ™ or Google glass ™. However, in various embodiments, there may be various criteria for distinguishing the main-auxiliary, and the main electronic device in various embodiments may function as an auxiliary electronic device in other embodiments. For example, if the user is directly controlling the smartphone, and the tablet is indirectly controlled through the smartphone, the smartphone is the main electronic device, and the tablet is the secondary electronic device (the performance or capacity of the tablet is more Even in a good case) it can make sense. However, in the opposite case, that is, when the user directly controls the tablet and indirectly controls the smartphone, the main electronic device may be the tablet and the auxiliary electronic device may be the smartphone. In various embodiments, a secondary electronic device connected to the main electronic device may be designated or configured by a user.

The electronic device 410 includes a processor 411, a sensor hub 412, a memory 413, a wireless communication module 414, an input module 415, a display 416, a magnetic sensor (compass) 417, an accelerometer 418, a gyroscope 419 , A speaker 420, and at least one of a vibrator 421. The illustrated configuration is exemplary, and the electronic device 410 may optionally further include some components included in the electronic device 101 or hardware 200 illustrated in FIG. 1 or 2.

Among the components of the electronic device 410, the processor 411 may be understood as a first control module (or main processor module) and the sensor hub 412 as a second control module (or coprocessor module). A plurality of sensors (eg, sensors 417, 418, 419) can be connected to the sensor hub 412 independently of the processor 411. Accordingly, the sensors can operate regardless of the state of the processor 411 (eg, when the processor 411 is in a sleep state). In various embodiments, the sensor hub 412 may request processing from the processor 411 when it is determined that it is impossible or inappropriate to process data obtained from the sensors itself. In this case, when the processor 411 is in a sleep state (or an inactive state), a wake up signal or a similar signal (for example, a request signal) may be transmitted to the processor 411.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the sensor hub 412 is shown to control the sensors, but the sensor hub 412 does not limit the object of control to sensors, particularly in terms of the auxiliary control module or the second control module. For example, the sensor hub 412 directly processes some of the signals received from the wireless communication module 414 (eg, RF signals received through the BT antenna), or requests a request from the processor 411 for signal processing. can send. In various embodiments, the sensor hub 412 may be understood to serve as a “hub” that relays between the processor 411 and other various components included in the electronic device 410. The solid lines showing the connection relationship or control relationship between the illustrated components are exemplary and can be freely deformed logically.

The electronic device 430 includes at least a processor 431, a sensor hub 432, a memory 433, a wireless communication module 434, an input module 435, a display 436, a biometric sensor 437, a magnetic sensor 438, an acceleration sensor 439, a gyro sensor 440, a speaker 441, a vibration unit 442 It can contain one. The illustrated configuration is exemplary, and the electronic device 440 may optionally further include some components included in the electronic device 101 or hardware 200 illustrated in FIG. 1 or 2. The electronic device 430 is shown to further include a biosensor 437 as compared to the electronic device 410, but this should not be understood as limiting the configuration of the author device 430. In the illustrated example, while the electronic device 430 includes components corresponding to the electronic device 410 (eg, a processor 431, a sensor hub 432, a wireless communication module 434, etc.), additional components (eg, biological sensors) 437). In various embodiments, some corresponding components of the electronic device 430 may be omitted. For example, the sensor hub 432 of the electronic device 430 may be omitted. (In this case, the sensors (eg, sensors 437, 438, 439, 440) may be directly controlled by processor 431. Or, for example, when sensor hub 432 is omitted in electronic device 430, The sensors of the electronic device 430 (eg, sensors 437, 438, 439, 440, or some sensors) may be controlled and / or processed by the processor 411 (or sensor hub 412) in the electronic device 410.

The electronic device 410 and the electronic device 430 may be wirelessly / wiredly connected through respective wireless communication modules 414 and 434 to form a pairing state with each other, and then transmit and receive data. In this specification, a pairing or pairing state may mean a state in which at least two electronic devices are interconnected through wired / wireless communication. In various embodiments, the wireless communication modules 414 and 434 may include, for example, 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, BT, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), GPS transmission and / or reception block, and the like. Pairing may be formed through wireless communication using a designated electronic device as a destination by using connection information of each electronic device such as a MAC address, but a broadcast message such as a beacon message (broadcasting, or advertising message) ). In addition, information that can identify a user, such as a user account (user account), for example, (mobile operator or manufacturer account) ID, cloud server ID, international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), mobile subscriber integrated services MSISDN (digital network) -number, or mobile station international ISDN number (IMEI), international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), or IMPU (IMS public user identity), IMPI (IMS private user identity) used by IMS-based services The pairing state may also include a connection state based on information such as an IP address, an electronic device or a user-based account used in a designated application, biometric information, or a delimiter having an attribute enabling bidirectional communication according to a communication bearer.

In the present specification, an interoperating state may mean a state in which the function or information of at least two electronic devices (for example, a smart watch and a smart phone) is shared in the pairing state. As another example, even when functions or information between at least two electronic devices are not shared, two electronics are performed when an operation such as activation, deactivation, or surrogate operation of functions or components of each other is performed. It can be understood that the device is in an interlocked state. For example, it may be understood that when two devices are in a communication connection in any form, a pairing state, and when two devices are affecting an operation or a function in any form as a linking state. For example, the interworking state may occur even when not in a pairing state (for example, the example of FIG. 11 or FIG. 12), the first electronic device transmits a message (for example, USSD) for call forwarding to the network, When the network provides a communication signal to the first electronic device as a destination based on the message, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are not directly connected (as seen as being indirectly connected through a communication network). Number), it can be understood to be in the interlocking state.

For example, when the first electronic device performs the first function of the first electronic device instead of the second electronic device when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in a pairing state, two functions that can be performed as the first function of the first electronic device are performed. Among the above-described tasks, when some of the tasks are performed on the first electronic device and the other tasks are performed on the second electronic device, synchronization by a user account corresponding to the first electronic device and the second electronic device is performed. It may mean a state that can be operated.

As another example, when the first electronic device performs the first function of the first electronic device instead of the second electronic device when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in a pairing state, part or all of the first function of the first electronic device The operation can be performed in the first electronic device. In this case, the interworking state may mean a state in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device can be operated using a predefined protocol.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, a conceptual diagram that can correspond to the configuration of a portable terminal such as a smart phone is shown, but the main electronic device (eg, the first electronic device) is not only a smart phone (or similar mobile device), , Smart home hub, manufacturer server (e.g., Samsung server, or Samsung app server, iTunes store server, etc.), operator server (e.g., Google play store server) server, or AT & T carrier server, etc.), or a mobile server, and an auxiliary electronic device (eg, a second electronic device) includes a smart watch, a smart car, a tablet, an M2M / MTC device, It may include a D2D device, an IoT device, or a smart phone.

5 illustrates a connection process between devices for communication connection between an electronic device and another electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 5, the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be connected to each other. In various embodiments, the electronic device 310 may be understood as a first electronic device, and the electronic device 320 may be understood as a second electronic device.

According to various embodiments, in operation 510, an electronic device may be found. For example, the electronic device 310 may discover the electronic device 320 using a BLE scan or the like. When the electronic device 320 is found, the electronic device 310 may establish a (secure) connection between the two electronic devices. In the process of establishing a connection, a connection channel between the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be established according to a communication method used for connection. It may be understood that the electronic devices 310 and 320 connected according to the operation 510 are in the above-described pairing state.

When a connection is established, information on a function that can be performed on each electronic device or information on a function related to each electronic device can be exchanged with each other (capability exchange). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 520, the electronic device 310 may provide information about the electronic device 310 to the electronic device 320. Conversely, the electronic device 320 may simultaneously provide information about the electronic device 310 to the electronic device 310.

Information related to the electronic device (eg, information related to the electronic device 310) may include functions (eg, service functions) and network connection types / status that the electronic device can support. For example, the electronic device 310 may include whether Wi-Fi or cellular communication support is possible. In addition, information related to the electronic device may include each (wireless) communication module (eg, BT, Wi-Fi, Cellular, etc.) network connection status (On / Off). Information on the electronic device includes, for example, battery level, network (wireless communication) connection status, SIM information of the electronic device, network (wireless communication) identification information such as an IP address, and MAC address, and types of sensors mounted on the electronic device. (For example, position sensor, gesture sensor, gyro sensor, barometric pressure sensor, magnetic sensor, acceleration sensor, grip sensor, proximity sensor, RGB sensor, biometric sensor, temperature / humidity sensor, illuminance sensor, UV sensor, olfactory sensor, EMG Sensor, EEG sensor, ECG sensor, PPG sensor, or fingerprint sensor, etc.) and on / off information of each sensor, the type of information obtained from, or obtainable from, various sensors (for example, GPS / Location information, altitude, speed, illuminance, luminance, temperature, etc.). In addition, the information about the electronic device, information on the performance of the processor (for example, the processor 120, the processor 210, the processor 411, or the processor 431) mounted on the electronic device, the capacity of the memory mounted on the electronic device, and the bandwidth Information, information on the characteristics of the antenna mounted on the electronic device, information on the performance (pixel) of the camera mounted on the electronic device, and information on the communication method supported by the electronic device (for example, 3G, 4G / LTE, etc.) And the like.

In operation 530, the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be connected to or interlocked with each other. For example, the electronic device 310 may deactivate a designated function / module that can be performed by the electronic device 320 in the electronic device 310 while maintaining a connection state with the electronic device 320 based on the function information exchanged with the electronic device 320. . For example, the electronic device 310 maintains a connection state with the electronic device 320 based on the function information exchanged with the electronic device 320 and performs a designated function / module of the electronic device 320 that can be performed by the electronic device 310 instead. The deactivated resource may be activated in the electronic device 310. For example, when the electronic device 310 is a smart phone and an electronic device smart watch, a call through a communication network may be possible in both the smart phone and the smart watch. In this case, while delegating the call function performed by the smart watch to the smart phone, the communication module of the smart watch can be deactivated.

As another example, the electronic device 310 may be a smart phone and the electronic device 320 may be a telematics mounted on a smart car or other vehicle electronic devices. In the above embodiment, both the smart phone and the vehicle electronic device include a location recognition module (for example, a location sensor or a GPS module), but the location recognition module of the vehicle electronic device may have relatively higher accuracy. In another embodiment, the location recognition module included in the smart phone and the vehicle electronic device exhibits similar performance, but may be a situation in which the remaining battery power of the smart phone is low (for example, 20% or less). Such information may be exchanged in operation 520, for example, and shared between both electronic devices. The electronic device 310 (for example, a smart phone) may deactivate the location recognition module included in the electronic device 310 instead of using location information received from the electronic device 320 (for example, a vehicle electronic device). Through the above embodiment, the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 share resources (eg, HW and / or SW modules / functions) or information with each other, thereby enabling efficient operations (eg, designated) between electronic devices. Function / module can reduce battery consumption of electronic devices that are deactivated)

In various embodiments, redundant resources (functions, sensors, etc.) included in the interlocked devices (for example, the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320) may be selectively operated or used according to conditions or states of the interlocked devices. . The resource may include both hardware and software resources. For example, sensors (e.g. position sensor / GPS, gesture sensor, gyro sensor, barometric pressure sensor, magnetic sensor, acceleration sensor, grip sensor, proximity sensor, RGB sensor, bio sensor, temperature / humidity sensor, illuminance sensor, UV sensor, olfactory sensor, EMG sensor, EEG sensor, ECG sensor, PPG sensor, or fingerprint sensor, etc.), communication module (e.g., communication modem, communication processor (CP), Wi-Fi modem, BT modem, antenna, etc.) ), An application processor (AP), GPU, ISP, camera sensor / processor, etc. may be included in the resource.

For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, when the performance of the processor 431 of the electronic device 430 is higher than the processor 411 of the electronic device 410 or higher than a reference value (ratio), the function of the processor 431 is a function of the processor 411 As or similar, or when the state / condition of the electronic device 430 (e.g., battery state) is relatively good, the electronic device 410 enters the processor 411 into a deactivation (or low power, sleep state), and the sensor ( For example, the information collected through the sensors 417, 418, and 419 may be transmitted to the electronic device 430 through the wireless communication module 414 using the sensor hub 412. The electronic device 430 may process the information data received through the wireless communication module 434 in the processor 431. In addition, the electronic device 430 may provide the processed information / data back to the electronic device 410 through the wireless communication module 434. The electronic device 410 may receive the data processing result and display it on the display 416.

In various embodiments, an additional operation according to deactivation of a designated function / module of the first electronic device may be required for at least one of the first electronic device or the second electronic device. For example, when a designated function (for example, a voice call) is disabled in the electronic device 310, another electronic device (for example, the electronic device 320) in an interlocked state (or pairing / connection state) with the electronic device 310 is disabled. The designated function of the electronic device 310 may be performed instead. The electronic device 310 performs an operation (for example, a voice call) corresponding to the designated function while deactivating the designated function, and provides the corresponding result to the electronic device 310 (for example, established in operation 520) The electronic device 320 may provide command or control information to transmit and receive voice data through a connection.

In operation 540, the pairing or interlocking state may be maintained or changed. For example, when the electronic devices enter the interlocked state (eg, operation 530), the battery state of the electronic device 320 is better than the battery state of the electronic device 310, and the designated function of the electronic device 310 is deactivated. As the function is performed by the electronic device 320, the battery situation of the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be reversed. The electronic device 310 periodically grasps various states of the interlocked electronic device 320 or when a specified event (for example, a notification message about a battery state) occurs, or when a request or the like occurs. Or receive it. According to the information sensed by the electronic device 310, a function that was performed instead by the electronic device 320 may be performed again in the electronic device 310, and accordingly, the deactivated module may be activated again.

In various embodiments, when the first electronic device (eg, the main electronic device) and the second electronic device (eg, the auxiliary electronic device (such as a smart watch)) are interlocked with each other (eg, operation 530) , The communication module of the first electronic device (for example, a CP operating for a communication modem or a cellular network) may be used for the communication means of the second electronic device. In this case, the communication module mounted in the second electronic device may be disabled for resource efficiency or battery saving. In addition, the communication modem or CP may be a communication module other than the communication modem or CP or a communication module used for pairing. For example, the communication module being paired detected by the second electronic device is BT, and in this case, the communication module related to Wi-Fi may be deactivated. In various embodiments, the strength of the signal received from the first electronic device is weakened below a specified value (eg, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) <a predefined reference value), or the battery state of the first electronic device is When it becomes smaller than a specified value, or when the first electronic device runs a specified application (for example, playing a video, recording, playing a game, etc.), or when the communication modem of the first electronic device starts to be used for the first electronic device In a case in which a designated notification is provided from the first electronic device, the connection state or the resource state of the electronic device may be changed. For example, a communication modem or CP of the second electronic device may be activated.

In various embodiments, when the first electronic device (eg, the main electronic device) and the second electronic device (eg, the secondary electronic device) are connected, the first electronic device deactivates the designated function / resource of the second electronic device (Or reactivation). In this case, the function / resource deactivated in the second electronic device may be operated instead in the corresponding function / resource of the first electronic device. In another embodiment, when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired, the first electronic device deactivates its designated function / resource and enables the corresponding function / resource of the second electronic device to operate instead. 2 You can ask the electronic device.

In operation 550, the connection between the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 may be released. The electronic device 310 may continuously monitor the status information of the electronic device 310 or the electronic device 320, and set connection disconnection conditions. For example, when the battery of the electronic device is lowered to a certain level or the distance between the electronic device 310 and the electronic device 320 is increased, the strength of a signal received from the electronic device 320 (eg, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI)) ) Is less than or equal to a predetermined value, in various embodiments, while the electronic device 310 (eg, a smart phone) is connected to the electronic device 320 (eg, a vehicle electronic device), the electronic device If it is detected that the user of 310 is getting off the vehicle (for example, when the vehicle starts to be turned off, the detection of the opening and closing of the vehicle door, etc.), the connection may be released.In various embodiments, a preset connection time has elapsed. If the connection is released, the function that was relayed between the devices can also be returned to its original state (eg, activation of a function that was disabled after relaying).

6 is a flowchart of an operation performed by an electronic device to connect to another electronic device.

According to various embodiments, in operation 610, the first electronic device searches for the second electronic device. The first electronic device may be performed through wireless communication such as BT, BLE, Zigbee, IrDA, IRLED, ANT +, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802, for example. Also, the first electronic device may search for the second electronic device based on the same ID as the user account. For example, a user can manage various devices such as smart phones, tablets, smart watches, laptop PCs, smart cameras, smart TVs, and smart cars with a single user account. When the first electronic device tries to interwork with another electronic device based on the user account of the first electronic device, whether the electronic device included in the list identified by the user account information is in a state connectable by the first electronic device You can investigate.

According to various embodiments, in operation 620, it is determined whether the second electronic device is found. If the second electronic device is found (discovered), the process proceeds to operation 630. If the second electronic device is not found, the process proceeds to operation 610 to continue searching. However, in various embodiments, if the second electronic device is not found for a specified time, the process may end.

In operation 630, the first electronic device establishes a connection with the discovered second electronic device. The connection may be established through wireless communication (eg, BT, BLE, Zigbee, IrDA, IRLED, ANT +, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802, 3G, LTE, etc.) as described above. However, in various embodiments, for example, when a smart phone is connected to a desktop PC, a smart phone is connected to a smart watch, or a smart phone or smart watch is connected to a vehicle electronic device, the connection is a wired connection ( For example, it may be established using LAN, USB communication, etc.).

In various embodiments, in operation 640, the first electronic device may receive various information from the second electronic device. In operation 640, the first electronic device may provide information of the first electronic device to the second electronic device. In operation 540, information transmission and reception between electronic devices may be performed through a server.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 650, the first electronic device is based on information received from at least the second electronic device (eg, a command for performing a designated function or a signal indicating that the devices are connected to each other). You can deactivate the device's designated functions. The function designated here may be performed by the second electronic device, and the function performed by the second electronic device may increase reliability of a result, improve power management efficiency of the electronic device, or be a function that meets user intention. . The first electronic device may perform an additional operation day so that the deactivated function can be performed by the second electronic device. For example, when the communication modem of the first electronic device is turned off and voice communication is performed using the communication modem of the second electronic device, the BT voice channel between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is activated, thereby 2 The voice data received by the electronic device may be output from the first electronic device, and voice input through the microphone of the first electronic device may be transmitted to the second electronic device through the BT voice channel so that voice communication is continued. . Alternatively, as an example embodiment, in the above case (after performing operation 640), the designated function of the second electronic device may be deactivated. Accordingly, an appropriate operation as described above may occur in the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

According to various embodiments, it may be determined in operation 660 whether the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is released. For example, when the signal strength decreases below a predetermined reference value because the distance between the first electronic device and the second electronic device increases, the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be released. Alternatively, when the battery state of the second electronic device deteriorates or is caused by a user input, the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be released. If disconnection occurs, the process proceeds to operation 670, and if the connection is maintained, the interlocked state may be maintained.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is released in operation 670, the first electronic device may re-activate the designated function that has been deactivated. Furthermore, the first electronic device may release all additional operations for processing the corresponding function in the second electronic device. Also, the first electronic device may retrieve information provided to the second electronic device to perform a designated function or request deletion of the information.

7 illustrates an example of deactivating a resource (eg, communication modem) based on the performance of a component of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to various embodiments, in operation 710, the first electronic device (eg, the electronic device 310) and the second electronic device (eg, the electronic device 320) may be interlocked. Operation 710 may correspond to operations 610 to 630 in FIG. 6. In operation 710, the first electronic device may transmit a message requesting information designated as the second electronic device. For example, the first electronic device may include performance or version information of a communication module (for example, a communication modem) mounted on the second electronic device, information on the remaining battery capacity of the second electronic device, or the second electronic device may use the SIM. If it does, you can send a message requesting SIM information (e.g., a call or remaining data).

In various embodiments, operation 710 may be performed based on a user account. For example, the first electronic device is information of a second electronic device that can be linked by using user account information of the first electronic device (for example, a list of devices using the same user account information or user account information connected to each other). Can be obtained. The first electronic device may detect whether the second electronic device exists in a range where at least one communication module (eg, BT) of the first electronic device is searchable. If the second electronic device is in a range searchable by the first electronic device, operation 720 may be performed. If the second electronic device does not exist in a range that can be connected to a local area network (for example, BT, BLE, NFC, IrDA, etc.), for example, the first electronic device may function in a different way, For example, reception of an incoming call to the second electronic device) may be performed. This will be described later.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 720, the second electronic device may check the state of resources included in the second electronic device. The second electronic device includes information included in the second electronic device,

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 730, the second electronic device may provide the identified resource state to the first electronic device. For example, information regarding a performance or version of a communication modem functionally connected to the second electronic device may be provided. In various embodiments, the modem may support both a call service and a data service, or only a data service according to a device.

In operation 740, the first electronic device may compare the resource state of the first electronic device with the state of the second electronic device. For example, the performance information of the communication modem of the first electronic device and the communication modem of the second electronic device may be compared, or the remaining battery capacity of the first electronic device and the remaining battery capacity of the second electronic device may be compared.

In operation 750, if it is determined that the resource status of the first electronic device is better than the resource status of the second electronic device, operation 760 is performed. If it is determined that the resource state of the first electronic device is not better than the resource state of the second electronic device, the first electronic device may not perform an operation for relaying the function of the second electronic device.

In operation 760, the first electronic device may provide a command or message for disabling (eg, communication modem OFF or disable) of the second electronic device to the second electronic device. When the second electronic device receives the command or message, it deactivates the communication modem of the second electronic device and delivers a call to the second electronic device to the first electronic device (for example, call forwarding) forwarding)).

For example, the average power consumption of wireless communication may be 1.4 to 2 mW for BT 4.0, 120 mW for Wi-Fi, 800 mW for 3G networks, and 1080 mW for LTE networks. In various embodiments, when the smart phone as the first electronic device and the smart watch as the second electronic device are connected using BT or BLE communication, the communication modem of the smart watch with low battery capacity is turned off for resource efficiency, The modem of the smart phone can be used instead as the communication modem of the smart watch.

 In various embodiments, when the first electronic device and the second electronic device include respective SIMs and have different phone numbers, the second electronic device is unstructured supplementary services when the communication module of the second electronic device is deactivated. data) and transmit it to the network so that call forwarding can be performed to a device with a modem turned on (for example, a first electronic device). In various embodiments, a device for disabling a communication module (eg, a second electronic device) utilizes a silent message, so that a device for which a call is automatically activated by a communication module (eg, a first electronic device) Device).

In various embodiments, when the device includes each SIM but has one phone number, when a call comes to the corresponding phone number, the carrier network checks the IDs of the devices mapped to the phone number, and for both SIMs You can paging. Calls can be received even if the modems of some devices are turned off. In various embodiments, the operator network is provided through intelligent networks such as customized application for the mobile network enhanced logic (CAMEL) for circuit switching (CS) based calls, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for VoLTE based calls. Through a function such as call forking, call reception can be implemented.

Various embodiments associated with receiving a call by selectively turning off the modem of the electronic device are the same as described above, in the case where the number of SIMs and the number of telephone numbers are the same and the number of SIMs and the number of telephone numbers are different. It can contain.

In the embodiment related to FIG. 7, the operation of comparing the states of the first electronic device and the second electronic device and deactivating the communication module of the second electronic device according to the result has been described. However, the series of activation and / or deactivation operations may be continuously performed while the first electronic device and the second electronic device switch roles. For example, the first electronic device or the second electronic device may continuously, periodically, or arbitrarily perform state comparison (operation 740). If after performing operation 770, it is determined that it is more effective to perform the call function in the second electronic device than to perform the call function in the first electronic device (for example, the remaining battery capacity of the first electronic device is a certain value) Reduced to less), the communication module may be activated in the second electronic device, and the communication module may be deactivated in the first electronic device. An embodiment associated with the above example will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

8 illustrates a process of relaying a call between electronic devices in various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 8, in operation 810, the modem of the first electronic device is activated, and in operation 811, the modem of the second electronic device is deactivated. The operations 810 and 811 may be performed simultaneously or sequentially. Also, although not shown in FIG. 8, activation / deactivation of the modem may be performed before operations 810 and 811, resource / function information of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, or resources of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. / It may be performed based on the operation of comparing the functional state (for example, some of the processes shown in FIGS. 5 to 7).

The first electronic device and the second electronic device may include respective SIMs. For example, the first electronic device may include SIM 1 and the second electronic device may include SIM 2. The first electronic device and the second electronic device may be identified through a user account for each electronic device. The counterpart terminal attempting to make a call to the first electronic device or the second electronic device may attempt to make a call connection to the SIM, but in various embodiments, may attempt to make a call connection based on a user account.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 820, the counterpart terminal may attempt to make a call to SIM 1. The first electronic device may receive an incoming call to SIM 1. In various embodiments, the counterpart terminal may receive a call to the user account of the electronic device. In this case, since the modem of the second electronic device is disabled (operation 811), the call may be received from the first electronic device. have.

According to various embodiments, the first electronic device (eg, a smart phone) must be taken out of a pocket or bag for a call, but when the second electronic device is a wearable device (eg, a smart watch or glass), the instant Calls may be possible. In various embodiments, in operation 830, the first electronic device establishes a communication channel between the second electronic devices (for example, a voice channel connected to BT), and voice data corresponding to a call received by the first electronic device. Can be provided as a second electronic device. Through such an implementation, in operation 831, a user of the first electronic device or the second electronic device may communicate with the user of the other terminal through a communication channel connected between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. In various embodiments, the user of the first electronic device or the second electronic device may not recognize whether the call is performed using the modem of the first electronic device or the modem of the second electronic device.

In operation 830, when the channel connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is released or the channel connection fails, the first electronic device may request the second electronic device to activate the modem of the second electronic device. In operation 833, the second electronic device may activate the modem of the second electronic device.

In operation 840, the first electronic device may perform an explicit call transfer (ECT) in order to prevent the call with the counterpart terminal from being interrupted. When the ECT is requested from the first electronic device to the carrier network (for example, a base station (BS)), the base station may request to hold a call session connected between the other terminal and the first electronic device. .

In operation 850, if the first electronic device and the other electronic device are requested to maintain the call session from the communication operator, in operation 851, the first electronic device may perform an operation for maintaining the call session. In this case, the counterpart electronic device may also perform an operation corresponding to the first electronic device. In operation 860, the base station may transmit a call activation request using the modem of the second electronic device to the second electronic device. In operation 861, the second electronic device may perform a call activation operation using a modem of the second electronic device in response to the activation request.

In operation 870 and operation 880, when it is determined that the call activation (operation 861) of the second electronic device has been performed, the call session connected between the other terminal and the first electronic device is released, and a new connection between the other terminal and the second electronic device is released. Call sessions can be connected. Operations 870 and 880 may be performed simultaneously or sequentially.

Through this process, even if the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is terminated while using the call service of the first electronic device through the second electronic device, the communication modem of the second electronic device is turned on and turned off. 1 By performing ECT on the electronic device, a call session can be forwarded from the first electronic device to the second electronic device to keep the call service seamless without user input or recognition.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the communication modem of the smart phone (eg, the first electronic device) is activated, the communication modem of the smart watch (eg, the second electronic device) is inactive, and the smart watch is configured to A call received through a modem may be performed by relaying through a BT channel connected to a smart phone (for example, operations 810 to 831 in FIG. 8). At this time, if the BT connection is disconnected and user movement is detected in the smart watch, the modem of the smart watch may be turned on and the service of the smart phone may be relayed to the smart watch (eg, operation 833). The service may include any service that can be relayed using a call service or a resource included in the device. At this time, when BT pairing between devices is reconnected or a user's movement is detected in the smart phone, the relayed service may be automatically restored to the smart phone. For example, the modem of the smart phone is activated, and processes corresponding to operations 840 to 880 may be performed.

9 illustrates a process of changing a function performing device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 9, in various embodiments, in operation 910, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be interconnected or interlocked. Operation 910 may include a connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, exchange of resource information including functions or modules, and determination of a function to be deactivated and a device to be deactivated among overlapping functions.

In various embodiments, in operation 920, the designated module of the first electronic device is activated, and the designated module of the second electronic device is deactivated. The designated module may be, for example, a modem performing a communication function. In various embodiments, the designated module may be a position sensor, processor, or the like.

In operation 930, environment setting for performing a function may be performed. For example, when the modem is turned off in the second electronic device and the communication function using the modem of the first electronic device is to be performed by the second electronic device, the second electronic device communicates using the modem of the first electronic device. An environment setting that enables performance of functions can be performed. In various embodiments, for example, as described with reference to FIG. 8, a BT channel connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device for relaying a voice call performed with the first electronic device may be performed. have.

According to various embodiments, as a communication channel (eg, BT channel) between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is formed (operation 910), a module (eg, communication modem) may be deactivated in the second electronic device. Yes (operation 921). For example, in operation 910, a connection operation between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is performed, but transmission and reception of separate functions or information is omitted, and recognition of channel formation (eg, a profile associated with channel formation, Depending on the type of HFP (Hands-Free Profile) for communication or protocol for media transmission, the modem may be activated or deactivated, for example, a Bluetooth headset connected to a wearable device such as a smart watch (eg BT Connection, but if the Bluetooth headset does not support a communication function such as a cellular network, the communication module (eg, 3G communication module) of the smart watch may not be deactivated. A smart phone may be connected to a wearable device such as BT connection, in which case the smart phone may support a communication function such as a cellular network, and thus the communication module of the smart watch may be deactivated.

In operation 940, information required to perform a corresponding function in the second electronic device may be provided. For example, information that an environment for performing a function has been established, or information provided to a user using a second electronic device (for example, information indicating that a voice call is to the first electronic device), device or user authentication Information for can be provided together.

In operation 950, the second electronic device may perform a corresponding function using a module of the first electronic device. In operation 960, if the environment set for performing the function is released or changed, and the second electronic device can no longer perform the function or becomes inefficient, the operation 970 may be performed.

In operation 970, the first electronic device may subsequently perform a function performed in the second electronic device, in the first electronic device. At this time, the first electronic device may collect all information or services provided for performing functions on the second electronic device.

Although not illustrated, when the environment for performing functions is re-established in the second electronic device, the function relayed to the first electronic device may be performed again in the second electronic device. (For example, repetition of operations 930 to 950)

For example, when the call service of the smart phone (eg, the first electronic device) is relayed to the smart watch (eg, the second electronic device) (eg, operation 950), the movement of the smart watch Functions on the smart watch, such as when it is stopped, when a biosignal is not detected (which may mean that the user has released the smart watch from the wrist), is charging, or fails user authentication (e.g., operation 960) Performing a practice can be in an unsuitable state. In this case, the call forwarding relayed by the smart watch can be restored to the smart phone. At this time, if the movement of the smart watch is detected, a bio-signal is detected, charging is stopped, the smart phone and BT channel are connected, or the user authentication is successful, the smart phone is re-equipped You can forward your call back to your smart watch. According to various embodiments, when calling forwarding, a time limit may be set and call forwarding may be automatically released. For example, provide information about the time the function is performed (e.g., operation 940), receive a call through call forwarding (e.g., operation 950), and when the timeout period elapses (e.g. , Operation 960), release call forwarding and receive a call directly from the smart phone (eg, operation 970).

As another example, when a user rides a car with one or more mobile devices (for example, a second electronic device), the devices transmit SIM information to a vehicle electronic device (for example, a first electronic device) and use a modem. Communication services or location services can be provided. When a user is detected to get out of the car (eg, operation 960), one or more mobile devices can retrieve all of the information and services they have delivered.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of interlocked electronic devices may maintain a service by utilizing resources of an electronic device being charged. For example, when the smart watch and the smart watch each include a SIM and each has a different phone number, when the smart watch is being charged, a call from the smart phone may be received using the modem of the smart watch. In various embodiments, as a method of transmitting SIM information of a smart phone through a local area network using a SAP (SIM Access Profile), a call from the smart phone may be received using a smart watch modem. At this time, if the smart phone has better user accessibility than the charging smart watch, the smart phone may use only the modem of the smart watch and perform the actual call reception operation (for example, call reception acceptance, call, etc.). However, in another embodiment, a call received by the smart phone is received using a modem of the smart watch, and at the same time, a call reception operation may also be performed on the smart watch.

According to various embodiments, when two or more devices are interlocked and the modems of the devices are all active, if the battery of the designated device meets a predetermined criterion (for example, less than 10%), the battery using the modem Relay to other sufficient devices, and call forwarding or modem inactivity (sleep, inactive, or off) can reduce the battery consumption of the device. In various embodiments, two or more devices may acquire information about a battery or a modem through a local area network such as BT. In addition, even when two or more devices exist at a distance that is not connected through a local area network, it is possible to acquire information about resources such as a battery through an external server and relay a designated function using a user account. For example, in a situation where a smart phone is left at home or a call cannot be transmitted or received through a smart phone, the user account information is used to identify information of various devices associated with the account information, and a call to the smart phone It can be received through other devices (for example, smart watch, tablet, smart home server, smart car electronic devices).

In various embodiments, among a plurality of interlocked electronic devices, only a modem of an electronic device that has a relatively large remaining amount of call or data remaining may be turned on and the modem function of the remaining electronic devices may be performed instead. Information about the remaining amount of money or remaining amount of data may be stored in the device and exchanged through a local area network, but in various embodiments, it may be identified through user account information. In various embodiments, the user may be automatically set to use a modem of a device having a relatively large amount of remaining call or data remaining, or may be induced by displaying it with a UI.

A resource that can be On / Off, Sleep / Wake up, Active / Inactive depending on the state of the interlocked device or between devices may be a sensor. In various embodiments, when two or more devices are interlocked at a short distance (within a BT range), at least one of overlapping sensors between devices may be turned off. In various embodiments, when the distance between the interlocked devices is far apart, only the sensors of the device with motion may be turned on. In addition, services delivered between devices may be displayed so that the user can recognize them by methods such as UI, icons, pop-ups, and haptics.

A method of operating a function of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes receiving information related to a second electronic device from a first electronic device; And at least one function or component of the first electronic device is deactivated based on at least the received information.

In various embodiments, the method further includes establishing a connection with the second electronic device, and the connection uses one of BT, BLE, Zigbee, IrDA, Wi-Fi, and a cellular network. It may be a wireless connection established.

In various embodiments, information related to the second electronic device includes information on at least one sensor included in the second electronic device, and deactivating at least one of functions or components of the first electronic device. The operation may include deactivating at least one sensor of the first electronic device in which functions overlap with a sensor included in the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is a smart phone, and the other device may be an auxiliary device that can be connected to the smart phone by wire or wireless. . Also, the auxiliary device may be a wearable device.

In various embodiments, the method may further include providing information for performing the deactivated function to the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, the information related to the second electronic device includes information on the remaining battery capacity of the second electronic device, and an operation of deactivating at least one of the functions of the first electronic device is performed on the second electronic device. It may be performed when the remaining battery power of the battery exceeds the remaining battery capacity of the first electronic device.

In various embodiments, the information related to the second electronic device includes performance information of the processor of the second electronic device, and the operation of deactivating at least one of the functions of the first electronic device is based on the performance information. , When the performance of the processor is higher than that of the processor of the first electronic device.

A communication method of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes comparing a resource state of a first electronic device and a second electronic device including a second communication module in a first electronic device including a first communication module; Providing information related to a state change of the second communication module to the second electronic device based on at least the comparison result; And receiving a communication signal for the first electronic device or the second electronic device through the first communication module.

In various embodiments, the receiving operation may cause the communication signal to be forwarded to the first electronic device by using a message provided to the network when deactivating the second communication module in the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, the receiving operation may include establishing a communication channel connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; And transmitting data included in the communication signal received through the first communication module to the second electronic device through the channel.

In various embodiments, the communication signal is a call for a voice call, and the method includes activating the second communication module when the channel connection is released; Requesting the network to maintain the communication signal; And when the second communication module is activated, ending a call session connected to the first communication module and connecting a call session with the second communication module. Also, the operation of requesting maintenance may include performing an explicit call transfer (ECT) in the first electronic device.

An electronic device such as a smart phone may have various applications. For example, a smart phone can download various data such as media content such as video and music and various documents from a file server using an FTP application. Also, a media content streaming service may be provided using a video providing application (eg, YouTube).

As described above, while performing an operation of communicating with an external device or an external server, the electronic device may use available communication means. For example, the electronic device may provide a service to a user by using a wireless communication module (eg, wireless communication module 231) or an RF module (eg, RF module 234).

A voice call may occur while the electronic device is receiving a service (eg, a data service) using a communication resource. In some embodiments, data services and voice services may use different types of communication. For example, data service is provided in LTE, but voice service may be provided in 3G. Alternatively, for example, the data service is provided in a packet switching method, but the voice service may be provided in a circuit switching method. In some embodiments, when a voice call is made through circuit switched fallback (CSFB), LTE-type service may not be continuously provided. In this case, it is possible to provide an efficient service by using components mounted in different electronic devices.

10 illustrates a call process according to various embodiments. In various embodiments, the call may include a voice call or a video call.

Referring to FIG. 10, in operation 1010, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be in an interlocked state. In the interworking process, the first electronic device may provide information for using the second electronic device in advance. For example, the first electronic device may provide information so that a resource of the second electronic device is used when a data network is being used in the first electronic device or when a different type of network is required.

In operation 1020, the first electronic device may perform a call transmission. In some embodiments, a call originating command may be transmitted to the second electronic device by operation 1020.

In operation 1021, the first electronic device may transmit the information of the sender (for example, a phone number of the first electronic device, USIM information of the first electronic device, or identification information corresponding to a user account) to the second electronic device. have. The first electronic device may provide SIM information to the second electronic device. The above operation can be selectively performed. For example, in the interlocking process (operation 1010), when the information is already exchanged, or when the information of the sender is shared through common user account information, or the first electronic device and the second electronic device have the same number (this In case, the SIMs may be different from each other, that is, two or more SIMs may be used in one number), operation 1021 may be omitted.

In operation 1030, the second electronic device may send a call to the opposite terminal. In some embodiments, the second electronic device may send a call using its own phone number or its own SIM. In this case, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may have respective SIMs and respective phone numbers.

In operation 1031, the second electronic device may provide call state information that the call is being sent to the first electronic device.

In operation 1040, when receiving the call state information, the first electronic device may display a UI indicating that the call is in progress. That is, a user using a first electronic device interlocked with a second electronic device can, for example, make a call using a different network to the second network while using a data network using LTE, and actually use a different network. Although the call using is originated using the communication resource of the second electronic device, it may be recognized that the call is being originated from the first electronic device. In various embodiments, information indicating that a call is being made using a second electronic device may be provided on a screen of the first electronic device. In various embodiments, the screen may refer to a component in which text, images, videos, etc. are displayed for the user to view on the electronic device. The display module may mean a module or a device (for example, an LED or AMOLED device) that performs image processing to display the text, image, and video on the screen.

Now, when the other party receives the call sent through the second electronic device, in operation 1050, the second electronic device may establish a call between the other terminal and the second electronic device. The call state information changed in operation 1051 may be provided to the first electronic device.

In operation 1060, when the first electronic device receives the state information that the call is connected to the other terminal, the first electronic device may start a call with the other party. In the illustrated example, the call is performed in the first electronic device. For example, the first electronic device connects a second electronic device and a communication channel such as a BT voice channel, and transmits voice data by a user received by a microphone or the like of the first electronic device to the second electronic device. 2 In the electronic device, the voice data received from the other party (or the other party's terminal) is delivered to the user of the first electronic device through the same channel, so that it is possible to derive an effect as if the first electronic device is directly talking to the other party. have. However, in various embodiments, for example, a selection screen for selecting a callable device is provided on the UI provided in operation 1040, and a call may be performed in the second electronic device according to a user selection. In some embodiments, when the distance between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is farther away and the short-range network such as BT is no longer formed, the user uses the microphone / speaker module of the second electronic device to use the first electronic device. You can continuously make a call to the source.

In various embodiments, when a call is received in a situation where the first electronic device is using the LTE network, the network may be switched to 3G or 2G in the CSFB-supported network, and thus, an LTE network may not be used. . In this case, an application using the LTE network or the first electronic device may be affected by performance. For example, if a call is received while the data is being downloaded using the LTE network, the download speed may be lowered because it is switched to a 3G network and the data is downloaded.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when a call is received while data is being used by the first electronic device using the LTE network, the received voice call may be delivered to the second electronic device. Alternatively, in a situation in which the first electronic device is using data using the LTE network by presetting the call signal received from the first electronic device to be transmitted to the second electronic device, the second electronic device does not receive the call. You can make it receiveable. In this case, the first electronic device can continue to use the LTE network, and the second electronic device can use the 3G network to receive the incoming call to the first electronic device to initiate a call.

The first electronic device may transfer a call to the second electronic device using a call forwarding function or a call deflection function using USSD. Hereinafter, a call forwarding method using USSD will be described with reference to FIG. 11, and a call deflection will be described with reference to FIG. 12.

11 illustrates an exemplary process of forwarding a call received by the first electronic device to the second electronic device using USSD.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 1110, the first electronic device may transmit a message using USSD in advance to the network. For example, when the first electronic device (or the designated application) is operating in a designated network environment (for example, an LTE network), the first electronic device prepares for a situation in which the LTE network is interrupted when a call is received. The USSD can be transmitted to the network in advance. For example, the first electronic device may transmit a message in the form of "* 21 * [phone number of the second electronic device] #" to the network using USSD. After the message is transmitted, a call forwarding to the first electronic device as a destination may be made to [phone number of the second electronic device]. If the call forwarding is to be canceled, for example, when the first electronic device or the application of the first electronic device terminates the use of the designated network environment, a message for ending call forwarding (for example, "## 21 # "message) to the designated network. The call received by the first electronic device at a time after the termination message is transmitted may be directly received by the first electronic device.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in operation 1120, the second electronic device may receive call paging. Based on the USSD transmitting to the network (eg, a base station) in operation 1110, paging received by the second electronic device in operation 1120 may set the first electronic device as a destination or receive the second electronic device. You can do it.

In operation 1121, the second electronic device may determine whether the received call is a call using the second electronic device as a destination based on the paging. If the call is a second electronic device as the destination, the process proceeds to operation 1123 so that the call reception UI is displayed on the screen of the second electronic device.

In operation 1121, when it is determined that the received call is not a call using the second electronic device as a destination, the second electronic device may determine that the call is made as the destination of the first electronic device. In operation 1125, the second electronic device may provide call state information indicating that the call is coming to the first electronic device. Call state information may include source information.

In operation 1130, when receiving the call state information, the first electronic device may determine that a call using the first electronic device as a destination is received, and provide a UI indicating that a call is coming to the screen. In this case, information indicating that the corresponding call is being received through the second electronic device (or the communication module of the second electronic device) may be provided together. If a user input for receiving a call is provided in operation 1140, in operation 1141, the first electronic device may provide a call reception command to the second electronic device. In operation 1150, the second electronic device may receive a call using the first electronic device as a destination.

In operation 1160, the second electronic device may establish a call. That is, the second electronic device may establish a voice call between the other terminal and the first electronic device, which is connected through the resources of the other terminal and the second electronic device. The second electronic device may provide call state information changed in operation 1161 to the first electronic device. In operation 1170, the first electronic device may start a call with the opposite terminal. As shown in the example shown in FIG. 8, the first electronic device may connect the second electronic device and a voice channel such as BT to communicate with the other terminal.

In various embodiments, at least one of the operation 1121, operation 1123, operation 1125, operation 1130, operation 1140, operation 1141, operation 1161, and operation 1170 may be omitted. For example, the user may make a call using the microphone / speaker module of the second electronic device as the source. In addition, the user may further make a video call using the camera module of the second electronic device as the source.

12 illustrates an exemplary process of forwarding a call received by the first electronic device to the second electronic device using call deflection according to various embodiments. With respect to FIG. 12, contents that may overlap with or correspond to those described in FIG. 11 are omitted.

The USSD supporting the call forwarding function described in FIG. 11 must be provided to the network before the call is received, and call forwarding may not be performed using the method of FIG. 11 in a situation where the call is already received by the electronic device. have. In this situation, the call deflection method of FIG. 12 may be used.

Referring to FIG. 12, in operation 1210, the first electronic device receives paging for the call. When the first electronic device is using an LTE data communication network and there is a fear that the use of the LTE network may be stopped when receiving a voice call, a call to the first electronic device may be received through the second electronic device.

In operation 1220, when a designated input occurs in the first electronic device in a situation in which a call is received (for example, “4 + [phone number of the second electronic device] + SEND”) [phone number of the second electronic device] The received call may be forwarded. The input specified here may be automatically or manually performed depending on the situation of the first electronic device.

Processes after operation 1230 (eg, operations 1230 to 1280) may correspond to processes 1120 to 1170 of FIG. 11. In various embodiments, at least one of operation 1231, operation 1233, operation 1235, operation 1240, operation 1250, operation 1251, operation 1271, and operation 1280 may be omitted. For example, the user may make a call using the microphone / speaker module of the second electronic device as the source. In addition, the user may further make a video call using the camera module of the second electronic device as the source.

The second electronic device receives a call using the modem of the second electronic device, but by using a communication channel connected between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, a substantial call can be performed in the first electronic device.

13 illustrates a call forwarding or call deflection process according to whether a call type is supported by an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

For example, the user has a first electronic device (for example, a smart watch) and a second electronic device (for example, a smart phone), and the other party is via an electronic device of any one of the user's electronic devices. You can try to speak to the user. In various embodiments, the call received from the other party may be a voice over LTE (VoLTE) capable HD voice call. The other party can send the HD voice call to the user's first electronic device.

In various embodiments, HD voice calls may be supported in both 2G, 3G networks or LTE networks, but when the user's first electronic device supports only 2G, 3G networks, the user cannot receive HD voice calls in the LTE network environment. Can be. In this case, the user may experience relative sound quality damage. When the first electronic device does not support all or part of the designated function, and the second electronic device interworking with the first electronic device supports the specified function, the designated function of the first electronic device is applied to the second electronic device. Can be performed by

Referring back to FIG. 13, in operation 1310, the first electronic device may perform a designated function or may be in a standby state. In operation 1320, a call may be received by the first electronic device. The call may be, for example, an HD voice call type using VoLTE. In operation 1330, the first electronic device may determine whether the first electronic device can support the call. If it is determined that the application is possible, the operation proceeds to operation 1340, and if it is determined that the application is not possible, the operation may proceed to operation 1370.

If it is determined that the first electronic device is capable of supporting the received call, in operation 1340, the first electronic device may provide a UI for receiving a call to the screen. In operation 1350, when an input allowing the reception of a call is received from the user (for example, selecting a call button), in operation 1360, a call between the counterpart terminal and the first electronic device may be connected.

In various embodiments, if the first electronic device does not support the call in operation 1330, or if it supports the call with some deteriorated quality, in operation 1370, the first electronic device in operation 1370 may support the call. The device may perform call forwarding or call deflection. At least one of the methods described above with respect to FIGS. 7, 11 to 12 in connection with call forwarding or or call deflection may be performed.

In operation 1380, the second electronic device may receive the call. For the call connection between the counterpart terminal and the second electronic device, operations 1340 to 1360 described above may be performed in the second electronic device. By operating in this way, the user can perform a designated function (for example, HD voice call reception) using a terminal supporting the best performance among the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, the call forwarding or call deflection function may be activated using the USSD described above. In some embodiments, in the case of VoLTE, call forwarding or call deflection may be performed by utilizing a communication diversion (CDIV) function supported by an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS).

For example, call forwarding may occur from a first electronic device to a second electronic device by using a communication forwarding unconditional (CFU) function among CDIV functions. In various embodiments, the counterpart terminal transmits an invite message to the first electronic device to the IMS network to initiate a VoLTE-capable HD voice call. In the IMS network, S-CSCF (serving-CSCF) sends this in-byte message to an application server (AS). After receiving the byte message for the first electronic device in the AS, the CFU logic is operated because the first electronic device is forwarded to the second electronic device. Therefore, in the IMS network, an in-byte message is transmitted to the second electronic device. The second electronic device receiving the in-byte message may respond to the 200 OK message, thereby performing HD voice communication with the other terminal and VoLTE.

In some embodiments, call deflection may be performed from a first electronic device to a second electronic device using a CD (communication deflection) function. The user terminal transmits an in-byte message for the first electronic device to the IMS network in order to initiate a VoLTE-capable HD voice call. In the IMS network, an in-byte message is transmitted to the first electronic device. In the first electronic device, the CD operates in an automatic or manual setting to transmit a “moved temporarily” message to the IMS network. The S-CSCF of the IMS network sends this “moved temporarily” message to the AS. In the AS, CD logic is performed, and in the IMS network, an in-byte message can be transmitted to the second electronic device. The second electronic device receiving the in-byte message may proceed with HD voice communication with the other terminal and VoLTE by responding with a 200OK message.

In various embodiments, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be mobile terminals, or may be a vehicle or a vehicle electronic device (eg, telematics) with a modem function. In some embodiments, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be devices that support call and message transmission and reception functions within a home or a designated area. In various embodiments, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be any device used in an M2M network.

14 illustrates a data reception process according to a service or content characteristic according to various embodiments.

14 is described based on data reception for convenience of description, but a corresponding process may be applied to data transmission. According to various embodiments, an electronic device that transmits and receives data may be selectively determined according to a service or content suitable for the characteristics of the electronic device.

For example, when receiving data from an application specialized for the second electronic device, the first electronic device may receive the data and transmit the data to the second electronic device through a BT or Wi-Fi connection. However, in some embodiments, the corresponding data may be directly received by the second electronic device. In addition, in the case of a service using a large-capacity content such as a movie, it can be received using a network of an electronic device (for example, a first electronic device) having excellent memory capacity, a processor, and communication performance, such as an instant message. In the case of receiving a small amount of data, data may be received using an electronic device (for example, a second electronic device) having relatively low memory capacity, processor, and communication performance. In some embodiments, in a situation where a lot of data load occurs, such as using a multimedia service while using a VoLTE call such as an RCS in a first electronic device, data used in the remaining applications or services may be received by the second electronic device. Can be. In some embodiments, data suitable for display of the electronic device may be distinguished and received. If the data to be received is suitable for being displayed on the screen of the second electronic device, the data can be directly received from the second electronic device.

Referring to FIG. 14 again, in operation 1410, the first electronic device may perform a designated function or may be in a standby state. In operation 1420, data reception may occur in the first electronic device. In operation 1430, it may be determined whether a situation in which the first electronic device receives the data is appropriate. Determining the suitability of operation 1430 includes the above-described capacity or performance of the electronic device, the current operating state of the first electronic device, or a connection state with a network in which the first electronic device is communicating, a data load of the first electronic device, and each electronic device It may be performed based on various information such as the resolution of the content displayed on the. The determination of suitability may be understood as a concept encompassing not only a situation in which data is received, but also whether the received data is suitable for the first electronic device. For example, when an application (data or an installation file (for example, an .apk file)) that can be driven only by the second electronic device is received by the first electronic device, when considering the capacity of the application, the first electronic device Even if it is determined that reception is appropriate, since the corresponding application is not suitable for the first electronic device, the first electronic device may finally decide to provide the corresponding application to the second electronic device.

If it is determined in operation 1430 that the data is suitable for the first electronic device, the process proceeds to operation 1440, and if it is determined that the data is not suitable for the first electronic device, operation 1450 is performed.

In operation 1440, the first electronic device may receive the data. The received data may be displayed on the first electronic device, installed, reproduced, or used in various forms.

In operation 1450, if it is determined that the data is not suitable for the first electronic device, it may be determined whether to receive it in the second electronic device. If it is determined to be received by the second electronic device (for example, a large data load is generated in the communication module of the first electronic device, etc.), in operation 1460, the data is to be received by the second electronic device. Can be.

If it is determined in operation 1450 that the data is not received by the second electronic device, the process proceeds to operation 1470 to receive data from the first electronic device. In operation 1430, it may be determined that the data is not suitable for the first electronic device, and thus the data may be received only by the first electronic device and provided to the second electronic device. In some embodiments, in operation 1480, a communication channel (eg, BT or Wi-Fi) between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is connected, and in operation 1490, data is relayed (or transmitted) to the second electronic device. )can do.

In addition to the various embodiments described above, various embodiments of relaying, selectively using, or simultaneously using functions between the first electronic device and the second electronic device are possible. In addition, when an operation is performed using a function between the electronic devices and a change occurs in the function utilization environment, the corresponding operation may be continuously performed in various forms.

In various embodiments, a modem may be used in the first electronic device, and a communication channel connected between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be used to make a call with the other terminal through the second electronic device. For example, even when the communication module of the second electronic device is deactivated, the user can speak with the other terminal. In this case, the call is actually connected by using the communication module of the first electronic device, but the user can obtain the effect of talking to the other party using only the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, a wearable device such as a smart watch or glass (eg, a first electronic device) is usually always worn, while a device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop PC (eg, a second device) The electronic device) may be left in a bag, in a coat, or on a desk. In this case, connection quality (for example, signal strength, RSSI, etc.) between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be monitored. In some embodiments, when the connection is released or the connection quality falls below a certain level, the first electronic device (or the second electronic device) may determine that the connection is unstable and change the method of performing the designated function. For example, if it is determined that the call service provided by the first electronic device becomes unstable through the second electronic device (or the communication module of the second electronic device), the second electronic device may proceed with a call forwarding process. For example, the process of determining whether the channel connection shown in FIG. 8 is connected (operation 830) may be replaced with a process of determining the connection quality of the channel. The call forwarding function can be activated using USSD, and in the case of VoLTE, the CDIV function supported by IMS can be used. When a call is in progress, the ECT function can be used. This will be omitted because it overlaps the above.

The above-described example can be applied to a data service as well as a (voice) call service. The data service may include, for example, video streaming through YouTube, music streaming through a music provider server such as melon, file download, and the like. For example, when the data service of the first electronic device is being received by the second electronic device (for example, operation 1490 of FIG. 14), the signal is generated as the distance between the first electronic device and the second electronic device increases. The strength may drop below the reference value or the connection may be released. The first electronic device (or the second electronic device) monitors the sensitivity of the signal (eg, RSSI), and if the sensitivity of the signal falls below a certain level, the data service forwarding process may be performed. For example, when the connection quality falls below a certain level, link URL or play time information of the currently playing file may be provided from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, and mutual synchronization may be performed. In some embodiments, the user service information (for example, a Samsung account, a Google account, an Apple account, etc.) records a data service status information at a time when the connection quality is below a certain level or when the connection is disconnected, and the corresponding status in another terminal It is possible to continuously perform data services based on information.

In various embodiments, an update of an application (or app) installed on the electronic device or app sync between the electronic devices may be performed. When an update of an app or data is required in a designated electronic device, each device may access the server to perform the update, but a representative device may access the server to perform the update and provide the received data to another device. have. The representative device may be set by the user or determined based on usage. At this time, data may be provided through a communication channel such as BT. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 14, the representative device may receive app update or app synchronization data (operation 1470), and connect a communication channel to a suitable second electronic device (operation 1480) to share (operation 1480). 1490). In this case, in operation 1430, the result of the conformity determination may indicate a plurality of electronic devices suitable for applying the received data (although the received data is also representative electronic devices (eg, the first electronic device)) Appropriate), but it is possible to proceed to operation 1450 to provide data to multiple devices.

In various embodiments, a main device (for example, a smart phone) may receive update data of an application of a secondary device (for example, a wearable device) from a network, and transmit the update data of the application to a wearable device through BT or other communication means.

In various embodiments, when an application of a main device and an application of a wearable device (Counter App) are associated and an application and a network periodically perform an app sync, one of the linked devices sinks as a representative You can share it with the rest of the devices.

15 illustrates a user interface screen according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 15, when the function of the first electronic device is being performed through the second electronic device, an indication indicating the corresponding information may be provided on the screen of the first electronic device. For example, referring to the illustrated example, when a voice call is provided to the smart phone using the communication module of the smart watch, an indication that the corresponding call is received through the smart watch on the screen of the smart phone is in the upper right corner. Can be provided.

However, in various embodiments, when the function of the first electronic device is performed using the resources of the second electronic device, no indication indicating the fact may be provided. For example, when the battery of the first electronic device decreases below a certain level, the first electronic device automatically receives a call using the communication module of the second electronic device through the pairing or interlocking process described above, and The communication module can be disabled to save battery. However, a user who receives a call through the first electronic device may not recognize that a call is transmitted and received through the second electronic device. Whether such information is displayed may be determined automatically or manually through user settings.

In a second electronic device according to various embodiments, an outgoing call forwarding method of a first electronic device includes: receiving a call originating command from the first electronic device; Sending a call using the first electronic device as a destination to the counterpart terminal, based on at least the call origination command; And when the call is received by the counterpart terminal, providing call state information to enable a call between the counterpart terminal and the first electronic device.

In various embodiments, the method may include connecting a voice channel between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; And when a call is connected between the first electronic device and the counterpart terminal, exchanging voice data between the first electronic device and the counterpart terminal through the voice channel.

In various embodiments, the voice channel is a Bluetooth (BT) channel.

A call forwarding method in a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes receiving paging information in the first electronic device; Determining whether the call is a call using the second electronic device as a destination, based on the paging information; Providing call status information to the second electronic device when the call is a call using the second electronic device as a destination; And when a reception command for the call is provided from the second electronic device, receiving the call from the first electronic device and providing status information for the call to the second electronic device. .

In various embodiments, the paging information may be received by the first electronic device by a USSD message provided to the network by the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, the USSD message may be provided to the network when the second electronic device is using a service in a designated network environment.

In various embodiments, when the second electronic device terminates the use of the service, a USSD message for releasing call forwarding may be provided to the network.

A resource utilization method of a plurality of electronic devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes an operation in which a designated function is performed in a first electronic device; Determining whether the first electronic device supports the specified function; And based on the determination result, performing the designated function on the first electronic device or a second electronic device interworking with the first electronic device.

In various embodiments, the method may include an operation performed by the designated function in the second electronic device capable of supporting the designated function when all or part of the designated function is not supported in the first electronic device. Can be.

In various embodiments, the designated function is HD voice call using VoLTE, and if the first electronic device does not support LTE communication and the second electronic device supports LTE communication, the HD voice call is 2 can be performed in an electronic device.

A data forwarding method of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes receiving data from a first electronic device; Determining the suitability of the data for the first electronic device; And receiving the data from the first electronic device or providing it to the second electronic device based on the suitability determination.

In various embodiments, the operation of providing the data to the second electronic device may stop receiving data from the first electronic device and receive the data from the second electronic device based on the suitability determination. It can contain.

In various embodiments, providing the data to the second electronic device may include receiving the data from the first electronic device; Establishing a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; And providing the data from the first electronic device to the second electronic device through the communication connection.

According to various embodiments, the first electronic device may be equipped with SIM1 and the second electronic device may be equipped with SIM 2. Now, in a call or message, data exchange, etc. using a first electronic device (eg, a main electronic device, or a master device) and a second electronic device (eg, a secondary electronic device, or a slave device), the electronic device Can improve the efficiency of use. In various embodiments, a call is a circuit switching based voice call and packet switching based voice call, video call, and packet data communication, and bidirectional communication is possible regardless of a communication bearer. Can be used in a sense that includes communication. In various embodiments disclosed herein, the SIM may be understood as a concept including all removable SIMs, embedded SIMs, virtual SIMs, soft SIMs, and the like. The method of recognizing the user of the electronic device is an electronic device unique ID such as MSISDN used as a general phone number based on SIM / USIM / ISIM / embedded SIM and Public User Identity, Private User Identity, or IMEI used in IMS-based services. Or, it may include all of the delimiters with attributes that enable two-way communication according to an IP address assigned by a device on a designated network and used, an electronic device, or a user-based account or communication bearer used in a designated application.

16A illustrates a method of transmitting signals to a first electronic device and a second electronic device using identification information according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. 16B illustrates a method of transmitting a signal for the first electronic device to the second electronic device using identification information according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 16A, the first electronic device 1610 may include SIM1, and the second electronic device 1620 may include SIM2. The phone numbers corresponding to SIM1 and SIM2 may be set to the same phone number or different phone numbers according to additional services provided by a communication provider. An example in which different phone numbers are set according to the SIM is shown in FIG. 16B.

When SIM1 and SIM2 have the same phone number, when a call is received from the base station (or network), the first electronic device 1610 and the second electronic device 1620 (or users of the first and second electronic devices) are connected to both electronic devices. It can receive call signals, SMS, and instant messages for calls. In some embodiments, the user may set priorities for the first electronic device 1610 and the second electronic device 1620 in advance. In this case, call signals and messages may be sequentially received by one electronic device or a plurality of electronic devices according to a priority set by the user.

In various embodiments, when SIM1 and SIM2 have different phone numbers, when a call is received from a base station (or network), the user may display the phone number of the first electronic device 1610 remotely located close to the second electronic device ( For example, it may be set to receive a phone number of a wearable device (such as a smart watch). For example, transmission of the signal received to the first electronic device 1610 (to SIM1) to the second electronic device 1620 (SIM2) in advance through an additional service function such as call forwarding through a network operator or a corresponding service provider server, etc. May be requested. In the case of performing call forwarding in a base station (or network) using USSD, call forwarding may be possible even if direct information transmission regarding call forwarding is not performed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The request may be, for example, the above-mentioned USSD message. Now, as shown in FIG. 16B, when call forwarding is requested through USSD or the like from the first electronic device 1610, a signal for the first electronic device 1610 may be provided to the second electronic device. For example, the second electronic device may receive a call signal and SMS, an instant message, and the like for calls of SIM1 and SIM2.

The examples illustrated in FIGS. 16A and 16B may be applied to an IP-based call reception scenario of the electronic device described below or a user account-based call reception scenario of the electronic device. In the above application, appropriate modification (for example, SIM1, SIM2 is modified to IP addresses IP # 1, IP # 2, etc.) can be made.

According to various embodiments, in the case of a call reception scenario, an IP-based communication method of an electronic device as well as a telephone number-based communication method may be possible. For example, the IP address of the first electronic device 1610, which can be called by a network operator or a corresponding service provider server, may be assumed to be IP # 1, and the IP address of the second electronic device 1620 may be assumed to be IP # 2. .

In various embodiments, a network operator or a corresponding service provider server may manage IP # A by bundling IP # 1 and IP # 2 addresses into devices for one user. When the other party (for example, the other party terminal) sends a call to the user (for example, the first electronic device 1610 and / or the second electronic device 1620 that is the user's electronic device) using IP # A, a network operator or a corresponding The service provider server or the like can send a call signal to both the first electronic device 1610 and the second electronic device 1620 using the addresses of IP # 1 and IP # 2 managed by IP # A. In this case, call signals and messages may be sequentially received by one electronic device or a plurality of electronic devices according to a priority set by the user.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a network operator or a corresponding service provider server may set IP # 1 and IP # 2 addresses to IP addresses of separate devices for one user, so that other users can call them.

In some embodiments, the user may set a call call to the first electronic device 1610 placed remotely to be received by a second electronic device (for example, a wearable device such as a smart watch) that is close to the user. In this process, methods such as call forwarding or IP routing can be used. Now, the signal for the first electronic device 1610 may be provided to the second electronic device. For example, the second electronic device 1620 may receive a call signal, SMS, instant message, etc. for a call to the first electronic device.

In various embodiments, in the case of a call reception scenario, a call method based on a user account may be possible. For example, a user account that is being input and used in the first electronic device 1610 that can be called by a network operator or a corresponding service provider server in the ID # 1 and the second electronic device 1620 is being used. The address can be assumed to be ID # 2.

In various embodiments, in a network operator or a corresponding service provider server, ID # 1 and ID # 2 accounts may be grouped into accounts for one user and managed as ID # A. When the other party (for example, the other party terminal) sends a call to the user (for example, the first electronic device 1610 and / or the second electronic device 1620, which is the user's electronic device) using ID # A, a network operator or the corresponding The service provider server or the like may send a call signal to both the first electronic device 1610 and the second electronic device 1620 using the accounts of ID # 1 and ID # 2 managed by the ID # A. In this case, call signals and messages may be sequentially received by one electronic device or a plurality of electronic devices according to a priority set by the user.

According to various embodiments, the network operator or the corresponding service provider server sets the user account addresses of ID # 1 and ID # 2 to separate user account addresses representing IDs of devices used by users so that other users can call them. You can also use

In some embodiments, the user may receive a call call to the first electronic device 1610 using the user account of ID # 1 remotely placed to the second electronic device 1620 using the user account of ID # 2 close to the user. Can be set. In this process, a method such as call forwarding or routing, which delivers a call signal and a message to an ID # 1 user account through a network operator or a corresponding service provider server to the ID # 2 user account may be used. For example, the second electronic device 1620 using the user account of ID # 2 may receive a call signal, SMS, instant message, etc. for a call to the first electronic device using the user account of ID # 1. .

In one embodiment, a user account address input and in use in a first electronic device and a user account address input and in use in a second electronic device that a network operator or a corresponding service provider server, etc. can call for a call or signal transmission are It can be the same as ID # 1. When the other party sends the call to the user using ID # 1, the call may be delivered to the first electronic device and the second electronic device using the corresponding account.

In addition to the various embodiments described above, as the separator or identification information used for a call in the first electronic device and the second electronic device, an identifier that distinguishes the first electronic device from the second electronic device itself, or An external recognition module that can provide services, etc., by inserting it in hardware form into the electronic device and the second electronic device, or a code that is set by the user in the form of software or automatically stored in the device to provide services, or designated The address value allocated from the network and used statically or dynamically, the delimiter used by the user and stored in the device for the designated service using the device's internal and external input devices, etc. may be used. The above-described method can be appropriately modified and applied.

A method of transmitting and receiving a communication signal in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes an operation of sending a signal to at least one electronic device corresponding to identification information, and the signal is the at least one electronic device according to a predefined criterion. It can be received by some of.

In various embodiments, the signal may include a voice call signal or a message signal.

In various embodiments, the identification information includes a phone number, and the signal may be received according to a preset priority in the at least one electronic device corresponding to the phone number.

In various embodiments, the priority may be set by user input.

In various embodiments, the operation of sending the signal may include an operation of sending a signal to the at least one electronic device to the other electronic device when a forwarding request from the at least one electronic device to another electronic device is requested. Can be.

In various embodiments, the identification information includes IP information, the IP information includes at least one IP address, and the signal has a priority set in the at least one electronic device corresponding to the at least one IP address. It can be received according to the rank.

In various embodiments, the identification information includes user account information, the user account information includes at least one device ID information, and the signal is the at least one electronic device corresponding to the at least one device ID information In can be received according to a preset priority.

According to various embodiments, the phone numbers of SIM1 and SIM2 may be set to the same phone number or set to different phone numbers according to an additional service provided by an operator. When SIM1 and SIM2 have the same phone number, when a call is made, the user can send a call signal, SMS, instant message, etc. for a call using any of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. When a user makes a call or a message through a first electronic device or a second electronic device, the other party can recognize the user through the user's phone number.

In various embodiments, when SIM1 and SIM2 have different phone numbers, when a call is made, the user wants to make a call through the phone number of the first electronic device equipped with SIM1 capable of recognizing the user. Only the second electronic device equipped with the SIM2 may be carried. In this case, a method in which the first electronic device relays a call from the second electronic device and connects with the other terminal is illustrated in FIG. 17.

17A illustrates an example of relaying a call of a second electronic device in a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 17A, both the first electronic device and the second electronic device (electronic devices 1 and 2) are devices of a user, and the opposite terminal B of the call may be a device of the other party.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when the user selects a call through a UI or the like that can select SIM1 as a calling number in a second electronic device equipped with SIM2, in operation 1710, the second electronic device receives identification information of the opposite terminal B. You can send a containing message. The message can be received at the first electronic device. The second electronic device and the first electronic device are devices of the same user, and may share information (eg, phone numbers, device information, SIM information, etc.) with each other. Therefore, when the second electronic device connects a call to the first electronic device using the phone number of the first electronic device (for example, the phone number of SIM1) (for example, operation 1720), the phone number of the opposite terminal B You can connect the call after sending it as a message such as SMS or instant message. When the call is connected, a communication session between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may be created.

In operation 1730, the first electronic device may send a call to the other terminal B using a conference call or multi-party call provided by the operator using the received SIM2 phone number. In operation 1740, the first electronic device may connect two call sessions (first-second electronic device and first electronic device-terminal B) together and collectively create one session. Now, in operation 1750, the call of the first electronic device is ended, and the call session between the second electronic device and the counterpart terminal B may be continuously maintained.

17B illustrates another example of relaying a call of a second electronic device from a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the method of the second electronic device talking to the other party B through the first electronic device according to various embodiments, the second electronic device may regard the first electronic device as a modem used to send a call to the other party B. For example, in operation 1760, the second electronic device transmits a message including identification information (for example, a phone number) of the other party for the second electronic device to communicate with the other terminal B to the first electronic device and transmits the message to the packet data. Can be. The message may correspond to a standardized message format that is received by the modem when a call is made from one existing electronic device.

In operation 1770, the calling number may be changed to the number of SIM1 using the message format received from the first electronic device, and a call may be transmitted to the other terminal B through the modem of the first electronic device. In this case, the other party can recognize the call originator (user) through the SIM1 number. In various embodiments, in operation 1775, the first electronic device serves as a modem of the second electronic device and creates a call session with the terminal B, thereby relaying a call message between the second electronic device-the first electronic device-the terminal can do. In this case, the communication method between the second electronic device and the first electronic device may be short-range communication such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Zigbee, and also communication using a cellular network.

In various embodiments, in operation 1780, the second electronic device connects both call sessions using a function such as a conference call or a multi-party call provided by an operator, and a session is performed as one. After being bound as, in operation 1790, the first electronic device terminates the call so that the second electronic device and the call session of the other party B are connected. Operation 1780 or operation 1790 may be selectively performed.

In various embodiments, when performing a call instead or relaying a call, the entity that originated the actual call may be identified. In various embodiments, assuming that a user having a first electronic device and a second electronic device makes a call to the other party, a SIM1 phone number is used for the user's main device, and a SIM2 phone number can be used for the user's auxiliary device. have. In the above embodiment, in general, when a call is made from the main device, a SIM1 number is displayed to a recipient, and when a call is made from a secondary device, a SIM2 number is displayed to a recipient. If the representative phone number display function is activated, the caller can select and send a representative phone number when a call is made from the main device or the auxiliary device. Alternatively, the representative telephone number is set in advance by the user. In this case, whether a call is made from the main device or a call from the auxiliary device, a preset representative phone number can be transmitted as the caller's phone number.

In various embodiments, when a user sends a call to a counterpart using an auxiliary device in a situation where the user uses the SIM1 number as a representative phone number, the outgoing call proceeds using SIM2. The other party receives the number corresponding to SIM2 and proceeds the call in a call session based on the call network exchange. Here, the call may mean the user's phone number is displayed on the screen of the other party's terminal. The user can transmit SIM1 information to the counterpart using SMS or packet data while initiating a CS call to the counterpart using SIM2. The counterpart terminal may process the SIM1 number to be displayed on the screen while receiving the SMS or packet data and recognizing that the incoming call is coming into the SIM2 number. The above-described operation may be performed in an application related to a call. In addition, this operation can be performed at the framework stage.

In various embodiments, SIM information may be transmitted using SMS. For example, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may use SIM1 and SIM2, respectively, and may be connected. In various embodiments, when a user makes a call to SIM2 (eg, a second electronic device), the application of the first or second electronic device may recognize the corresponding fact. In various embodiments, the second electronic device makes an originating call to the network using SIM2. The counterpart terminal may receive a paging message for this and provide a response (eg, a paging response).

Since the paging message was transmitted from SIM2, it can be seen that the call originated from SIM2 inside the modem of the opposite terminal. The user's terminal (for example, the second electronic device) may initiate an outgoing call and transmit data indicating that the call currently being initiated via SMS should be indicated by a SIM1 number. Based on this SMS message information, the counterpart terminal recognizes that the call initiated from SIM2 currently recognized by the modem of the counterpart terminal should be displayed as the SIM1 number, and can display the SIM1 phone number on the screen of the counterpart. In this case, the SMS received by the counterpart terminal is processed internally, and content or reception notification may not be provided to the user. In some embodiments, if the outgoing call proceeds to the representative number set by the user, the operation of sending the SMS may be omitted.

In various embodiments, SIM information may be transmitted using PS data. In various embodiments, the user's phone application may recognize that the user has made a call to SIM2. In this case, the user's terminal (for example, the second electronic device) uses SIM2 to make an outgoing call to the network. The counterpart terminal may receive a paging message for this and provide a response (eg, a paging response).

Since the paging message was transmitted from SIM2, it can be seen that the call originated from SIM2 inside the modem of the opposite terminal. The user's terminal (for example, the second electronic device) may initiate an outgoing call and transmit data indicating that the currently initiated call should be indicated by a SIM1 number through PS data. This data can be transmitted to the counterpart terminal through the server. In various embodiments, the server may be a server that manages phone applications. In various embodiments, the server may be a STUN server. The counterpart terminal recognizes that the call initiated from SIM2 currently recognized by the modem of the counterpart terminal should be displayed as the SIM1 number based on the packet data received from the server, and displays the SIM1 phone number on the screen of the counterpart.

In various embodiments, one of two phone numbers of the caller's SIM1 and SIM2 may be selected and displayed as a representative number. Assuming that the user having the main device and the auxiliary device makes a call to the other party, the SIM1 phone number may be used for the user's main device, and the SIM2 phone number may be used for the user's auxiliary device. In the above embodiment, in general, when a call is made from the main device, a SIM1 number is displayed to a recipient, and when a call is made from a secondary device, a SIM2 number is displayed to a recipient. If the representative phone number display function is activated, the caller can select and send a representative phone number when a call is made from the main device or the auxiliary device. Alternatively, the representative telephone number is set in advance by the user. In this case, whether a call is made from the main device or a call from the auxiliary device, a preset representative phone number may be transmitted as the caller's phone number.

In various embodiments, the representative phone may be a phone number stored in the contact information of the other party. Only the SIM1 phone number may be registered in the contact information of the other party. When the user makes a call to the main device, a CS call session is performed using SIM1, and SIM2 information can be transmitted as SMS or PS data. Since the other party has the SIM1 phone number registered, the SIM information received by SMS or PS data can be ignored and the SIM1 phone number can be displayed on the screen. As another example, when the user makes a call to the auxiliary device, a CS Call Session may be performed using SIM2, and SIM1 information may be transmitted as SMS or PS data. Since the other party has registered the SIM1 phone number, it is impossible to know who the caller is to the SIM2 phone number received through the CS Session. However, when SIM1 information received by SMS or PS data is processed, SIM1 and SIM2 are found to be the same user, and even if the modem receives a phone call with the SIM2 phone number, the SIM1 stored in the phonebook is displayed on the screen of the other party. It can be displayed. This operation may be performed in an application related to Call. In addition, this operation can be performed at the framework stage.

In various embodiments, each phone number using SIM1 and SIM2 is used in the electronic device, but may be managed and used as one user account. For example, when one user uses the main device and the auxiliary device with one account, devices corresponding to the numbers of SIM1 and SIM2 use the user account to transmit and receive voice calls and SMS. That is, when a voice call or SMS is transmitted to the main device or the auxiliary device, a SIM1 or SIM2 number is used as a CS network, but at the same time, a voice call and SMS data is transmitted from the corresponding user account to the server through the PS network. , On the receiving side, a notification that a voice call or SMS is coming from the corresponding user account may be displayed on the screen. In this case, the representative number may be displayed by being replaced with user identification information (eg, name, ID, etc.) included in the corresponding user account.

In various embodiments, when a device including a SIM is mapped and linked to a user account or a SIM ID / phone number, the events may be shared between devices. The event may be a device-to-device status (battery, modem, network, sensor information, etc.) or notification information. For example, when there are a plurality of electronic devices managed by one user account, when the battery condition in one electronic device is reduced to a certain level or less, the corresponding information may be provided to other electronic devices. In addition to providing the information, information that can save battery consumption, for example, a module that can be deactivated in a corresponding device, and information about another device that can replace the function of the module when the module is deactivated may be provided.

 In various embodiments, when a user has a plurality of electronic devices and all devices include a SIM, the electronic devices are located at different locations and receive short-range communication (eg, BT, etc.) to receive calls or texts. In a situation where it is impossible to send a notification, it may be necessary to provide a method for transmitting information on another device when a text or call is received.

In various embodiments, a call or a text message may be received by the first electronic device using SIM1. The received information may be retransmitted to the second electronic device using SIM 2 using packet data. When the notification for the information is provided on the screen of the second electronic device, the second electronic device may perform additional operations such as replying to a call or text based on a user input.

In another embodiment, information may be received or an event may be generated by the first electronic device using SIM1. The first electronic device may transmit the received information to a cloud server. A user may register a plurality of electronic devices in one account, and the account may be registered in the cloud server. The cloud server may share the information or event to a plurality of devices corresponding to the user account. In addition, it is possible to change the period of performing a sync operation with other devices using the same user account, or to provide other devices with update information.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when a call is attempted to a user, when a call is attempted using a representative number, a call may be attempted to the first phone number among various phone numbers included in the representative number. If the terminal corresponding to the first phone number among the plurality of terminals owned by the user is the power OFF, a response that the power of the corresponding terminal is OFF from the network may be provided. When the response is received, the electronic device may attempt to make a call to the second phone number included in the representative number. The electronic device corresponding to the first phone number and the second phone number or each phone number may be registered and managed in one user account.

In some embodiments, when an operation of attempting a call with a second phone number different from the first phone number is performed, an operation of attempting a call with the first phone number is performed on the screen of the electronic device. The screen can be displayed continuously. That is, the user who makes the call may not recognize that the electronic device is attempting to speak to another user while changing the phone number.

18 illustrates an example of a mode conversion method when an electronic device is disconnected from each other according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Before describing with reference to FIG. 18, various embodiments that may occur when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are interconnected and then disconnected are described.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the first electronic device and the second electronic device each have user information and may communicate with a base station. In some embodiments, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may each have different phone numbers or may have the same phone numbers. And, depending on the situation, you may have a different phone number or the same number.

In various embodiments, when each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device has separate numbers, the user may have two numbers, the AAA-AAAA number and the BBB-BBBB number. When a user connects and uses the first electronic device and the second electronic device, when data is received by two numbers, it is information that comes to one user, so the method of receiving data can be processed in the same way.

In various embodiments, while the first electronic device and the second electronic device are connected, an operation of the user to use the second electronic device while the first electronic device is left alone may be determined to use only the second electronic device. have. The operation may be determined through the sensor unit of the second electronic device. For example, when the movement of the second electronic device is detected in the connected state and the connection is then disconnected, the first electronic device may determine that the user has moved to use only the second electronic device. At this time, the second electronic device may transmit its movement to the first electronic device while being connected. In this case, when one of the situations in which the movement is detected or the connection is released occurs, the second electronic device may recognize that the user intends to use the designated function using the second electronic device.

Each electronic device may have its own unique number (for example, a SIM number or a phone number). When the connection is lost, the user can receive only the contact coming to each unique number with each electronic device. As a method for preventing this, if the user-used terminal mentioned above, that is, the connection is disconnected after the movement is detected is determined as the user's mobile device, the first electronic device receives the AAA-AAAA number as the base station. You can request to convert Lake God to BBB-BBBB. For example, movement may be detected in the electronic device, wear may be detected (for example, in the case of a smart watch), or the USSD may be delivered to the branch station according to a preset priority. At this time, the first electronic device may block the function of the corresponding communication unit after establishing the corresponding lake scene connection. Also, the mode of the application installed in the second electronic device may be changed.

According to some embodiments, an embodiment of a method in which each device functions independently in a situation in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device each have one phone number. When the first electronic device and the second electronic device have one number in the base station (XXX-XXXX-XXXX), the base station calls the corresponding device when a XXX-XXXX-XXXXA or XXX-XXXX-XXXXB signal comes from the device. You can forward the signal. (Do not turn on at the same time)

According to some embodiments, a scenario in which telephone number information is transferred between devices may be assumed by distinguishing a state in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired. For example, it can be assumed that the first stage is a pairing in a strong field, the second stage is a pairing between a strong field and a weak field, and the third stage is a pairing weak field. When the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired in one step, the first electronic device and the second electronic device share information for receiving a call from each other. In addition, in the case of the pairing in the second stage, each device sets a priority for each number for each device, and monitors whether it is switched from the second stage to the first or third stage pairing. And in the third step pairing, the phone number information with priority stored in each device is deleted after a predefined time. The three-step pairing may be in a state where pairing is broken.

According to some embodiments, when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired or individually operated as a data priority account, not a call reception, the user should receive the alarm with the device currently being used. . And when using an application having the same account information as the first electronic device and the second electronic device, when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired, and when operating independently, the data processing method in the app This can vary.

Referring back to FIG. 18, the first electronic device 1810 and the second electronic device 1820 each install a designated application (eg, app X), and each app may share the same user account.

Referring to the left side of FIG. 18, when the first electronic device 1810 and the second electronic device 1820 are paired, the second electronic device 1820 serves to receive and process an event received by the first electronic device 1810 from a base station or a wireless network. can do. At this time, the X application installed in the second electronic device 1820 may operate in a B mode that receives information from the X application of the first electronic device 1810.

Referring to the right side of FIG. 18, it shows a mode change of the X application when the first electronic device 1810 and the second electronic device 1820 are operated independently of each other. The situation on the left side of FIG. 18 shows that the X application operates in the second electronic device when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are paired. The situation on the right side of FIG. 18 is that when the first electronic device and the second electronic device lose a connection (for example, the distance between the first electronic device 1810 and the second electronic device 1820 increases or is disconnected), the first electronic The device may change the mode of the X app of the second electronic device. The mode change can be determined by a pairing signal, and when the call forwarding is set to the base station after the pairing is broken, the mode conversion command may be transmitted to the server of the corresponding X application. When the mode is switched, the second electronic device can independently receive the information of the X application and operate in an independent mode of the X application. At this time, the X application of the second electronic device is changed to the A mode, and the 1820 can process the event received from the base station or the wireless network to provide the user with the second electronic device.

The SIM included in the interlocked devices may support a call / data service, or a data service, but not a call service. The SIM supporting the call may be assigned an International Mobile Station Identity (IMSI) and a Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN). The SIM supporting the call and the SIM not supporting the call may switch the call service by exchanging and receiving MSISDN. In various embodiments, when a device including a SIM supporting a call cannot use a modem, MSISDN and related information may be transferred to a device capable of using a modem without using a call, and the call service may be passed.

A method of relaying a communication signal in a first electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes receiving a message including identification information of a counterpart terminal from a second electronic device; Connecting a first communication session with the second electronic device; Connecting a second communication session with the counterpart terminal using the identification information; Generating a new communication session between the second electronic device and the counterpart terminal based on the first communication session and the second communication session; And terminating the first communication session and the second communication session.

In various embodiments, the operation of connecting the second communication session with the counterpart terminal may be performed by a conference call or a multi-party call provided by a communication operator.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of relaying a communication signal in a first electronic device includes: receiving a message used to make a call from a second electronic device; Performing the call transmission to the opposite terminal based on the message; Creating a communication session between the second electronic device and the counterpart terminal; And ending the call of the first electronic device.

In various embodiments, the operation of performing the call transmission may be performed while maintaining the format of the received message, using the calling number as identification information of the second electronic device.

In various embodiments, the format of the message may correspond to the format of the message used for making a call in the modem of the first electronic device.

A method of attempting a call in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes an operation of attempting a call using a first telephone number; In response to the call attempt, when the electronic device corresponding to the first phone number receives a response indicating that the power is OFF, it may include an operation of attempting to call the second phone number different from the first phone number.

In various embodiments, the electronic devices respectively corresponding to the first phone number and the second phone number may be electronic devices registered to the same user account.

In various embodiments, when an operation of attempting a call with a second phone number different from the first phone number is performed, a screen when an operation of attempting a call with the first phone number is performed on a screen of the electronic device This can be displayed continuously.

As described above, according to various embodiments disclosed in the present specification, in a situation in which redundant resources of each device are maintained as the number of main electronic devices and auxiliary electronic devices increases due to activation of the wearable device, resources can be suitably used, thereby enabling efficient resource management. A seamless service between devices may be provided.

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In a portable communication device,
A first communication circuit for performing short-range communication;
A second communication circuit for performing cellular communication; And
Establishing a communication connection with a first external device through the first communication circuit, and based on at least in part on a determination that the portable communication device is communicatively connected with the first external device through the communication connection And a processor configured to deactivate a communication circuit and to make a phone call to a second external device using the communication connection while the second communication circuit is deactivated. The method according to claim 1,
The portable communication device further includes a microphone,
The processor, as at least a part of performing the phone call, signals the first external device through the communication connection so that a call session corresponding to the phone call is established between the first external device and the second external device. And further configured to transmit and transmit voice data corresponding to the voice input received for the phone call through the microphone to the first external device via the communication connection. The method according to claim 1,
The portable communication device further includes a camera,
And the processor is further configured to transmit video data obtained for the phone call through the camera to the first external device through the communication connection, as at least a part of performing the phone call. The method according to claim 1,
And the processor is further configured to perform the phone call using the phone number of the first external device. The method according to claim 1,
And the processor is further configured to activate the second communication circuit based on at least a portion of the determination that the communication connection has been released. The method according to claim 1,
The processor receives information about the power state of the first external device from the first external device through the communication connection, and at least part of the determination that the power state of the first external device corresponds to a specific condition. Further configured to activate the second communication circuit based thereon. The method according to claim 1,
The processor is further configured to identify the state of the communication connection using the first communication circuit, and to activate the second communication circuit based on at least a portion of the determination that the state of the communication connection corresponds to a specific condition. A configured, portable communication device. The method according to claim 7,
And the processor is further configured to identify that the status of the communication connection is using the first communication circuit based at least in part on the strength of another signal received from the first external device. In a portable communication device,
Touch screen display;
A first communication circuit for performing short-range communication;
A second communication circuit for performing cellular communication; And
Establishing a communication connection with a first external device through the first communication circuit,
The cellular communication circuit of the first external device is deactivated based at least in part on the first signal, based at least in part on the determination that the portable communication device is communicatively connected to the first external device through the communication connection. Transmit the first signal to the first external device through the communication connection,
While the cellular communication circuit of the first external device is deactivated, a second signal for making an outgoing call from the first external device to the second external device is received from the first external device through the first communication circuit. Receive,
And a processor configured to establish the call session to the second external device using the second communication circuit such that the outgoing call is made based at least in part on the call session. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
And configured to display a graphical user interface corresponding to the outgoing call via the touch screen display. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
And configured to transmit voice data corresponding to a voice input received for the outgoing call through the microphone of the first external device to the second external device through the call session. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
And configured to transmit voice data received for the outgoing call from the second external device over the call session to the first external device via the communication connection. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
And configured to transmit video data obtained for the outgoing call through the camera of the first external device to the second external device through the call session. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
And configured to transmit video data received for the outgoing call from the second external device over the call session to the first external device via the communication connection. The method according to claim 9,
The portable communication device further includes a memory for storing the phone number of the portable communication device,
And the processor is further configured to establish the call session based at least in part on the phone number of the portable communication device. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
Identify the power state of the portable communication device,
And configured to activate the cellular communication circuitry of the first external device based at least in part on the determination that the power state corresponds to a particular condition. The method according to claim 9,
The processor,
Identify the state of the communication connection using the first communication circuit,
And configured to activate the cellular communication circuitry of the first external device based at least in part on the determination that the communication connection state corresponds to a specific condition. In a portable communication device,
A first communication circuit configured to perform short-range communication;
A second communication circuit configured to perform cellular communication; And
Establishing a communication connection with a first external device through the first communication circuit,
Wherein the cellular communication circuit of the first external device is deactivated based at least in part on the first signal, based at least in part on the determination that the portable communication device is communicatively connected to the first external device via the communication connection. Transmits the first signal to the first external device through the communication connection,
While the cellular communication circuit of the first external device is deactivated, an incoming call is received from a second external device through the second communication circuit,
Transmit the second signal corresponding to the incoming call to the first external device via the communication connection such that a graphical user interface corresponding to the incoming call is displayed on the first external device based at least in part on a second signal A portable communication device comprising a processor configured to. The method according to claim 18,
The processor,
Receiving a third signal corresponding to the reception of the incoming call from the first external device through the communication connection,
In response to receiving the third signal, further configured to establish, using the second communication circuitry, the call session to the second external device such that the incoming call is performed based at least in part on the call session. Communication device. The method according to claim 19,
The portable communication device further includes a memory for storing the phone number of the portable communication device,
And the processor is further configured to establish the call session based at least in part on the phone number of the portable communication device.

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