Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gyungmin Park

Hogun Lim

Hyoyong Jeong

Hyunsuk Min

Changgun Ko

Sangsun Choi

Inho Park

A method of a server for controlling, a device of one region among a plurality of regions is provided. The method includes acquiring situation information of a first region among the plurality of regions, determining a state of a user in the first region based on the acquired situation information of the first region, determining a device set-up value of a second region adjacent to the first region among the plurality of regions based on the determined state of the user in the first region, and transmitting the determined device set-up value of the second region to a device of the second region or a gateway connected to the device of the second region.

Method and apparatus for controlling device of one region among a plurality of regions

The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an apparatus for dynamically changing a group control mode for operating a plurality of devices based on user intervention information according to a user's need are provided. A method of changing a group control mode using user intervention information by a home gateway includes executing the group control mode for controlling functions of a group of devices according to a predetermined setting, determining whether a user intervention condition is met, and, when the user intervention condition is met, suggesting a change to the group control mode based on pre-stored user intervention information and external environment data to a user.

Method and apparatus for dynamically changing group control mode by using user intervention information

A method of a beacon transmitting a beacon signal is provided. The method including, receiving, by the beacon including a processor, authentication-related information of the device from a server, broadcasting a beacon signal generated based on the authentication-related information, and when a receiver located at an arbitrary location receives the generated beacon signal, receiving beacon service information corresponding to information about the receiver from the server.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Gyungmin Park