Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Haewook Oh

Doosuk Kang

Seongjun Lee

Buseop Jung

Kunyoung Choi

Yongju Kim

Youngmin Yoo

Sangyoun Lee

A processor of an electronic device connects a first short-range wireless communication circuit with a peripheral device, forms a cluster including the electronic device and at least one external electronic device, wherein the electronic device and the at least one external electronic device are registered to a same user account, transmits information associated with the peripheral device to the at least one external device included in the cluster through the second short-range wireless communication, selects an external electronic device responding to the transmitted information, from among the at least one device included in the cluster, establishes a wireless data communication path with the selected external electronic device, receives input information from the peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit, and transmits the received input information or control information corresponding to the received input information to the external electronic device through the wireless data communication path.

Electronic device sharing peripheral device with external electronic device and method thereof

An electronic device includes a short-range wireless communication circuit that performs first short-range wireless communication based on a first protocol and second short-range wireless communication based on a second protocol, and a processor that connects the first short-range wireless communication with a peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit, transmits a service discovery frame including service information associated with the peripheral device to devices included in a cluster configured to include the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication when a trigger event occurs, establishes a wireless data communication path with an external electronic device, which transmits a message in response to the service discovery frame to the electronic device through the second short-range wireless communication, from among the devices included in the cluster, and transmits input information received from the peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit or control information corresponding to the input information to the external electronic device through the wireless data communication path.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive at least one radio frequency (RF) signal, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed, enable the at least one processor to generate a first random address of the electronic device, transmit a first advertising packet including the first random address, receive a scan request corresponding to the first advertising packet from an external electronic device, generate a first encrypted random address resulting from encrypting the first random address and a second encrypted random address resulting from encrypting the second random address corresponding to reception of the scan request, transmit a scan response including the first encrypted random address and the second encrypted random address to the external electronic device, and transmit a second advertising packet including the second random address.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Haewook Oh