Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Juyeon Jin

Gupil Cheong

Doosuk Kang

Bokun Choi

Hyungseoung Yoo

Hangil Moon

Byoungchul Lee

Sanghoon Lee

Junsu Choi

Hyunwook Kim

Gibeom Kim

Siejoon Cho

Sanghyeok Sim

Seongbok Kim

Jungho Cho

Hocheol Seo

Mingyu Park

Giho Lee

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to control the communication circuit to connect with a plurality of external electronic devices through independent communication links to each of the plurality of external electronic devices and, based on identifying that the plurality of external electronic devices belongs to a set of devices, control the display to display a first user interface including information indicating that the plurality of external electronic devices belongs to the set of devices, based on coupled-device information of at least one external electronic device among the plurality of external electronic devices.

Electronic device for providing user interface related to plurality of external electronic devices and operating method thereof

An electronic device having a communication circuitry, at least one memory, and at least one processor is provided. The processor is configured to identify a first communication link with a first external electronic device operating as a first master device with respect to the electronic device and a second communication link with a second external electronic device operating as a second master device with respect to the electronic device, identify whether at least a portion of first time resources used for the first communication link overlap with at least portion of second time resources used or to be used for the second communication link and transmit one of a first request signal for adjusting the first time resources and a second request signal for adjusting the second time resources based on identifying that at least the portion of the first time resources overlap with at least the portion of the second time resources.

Electronic device, method, and computer readable storage medium for changing reception timing from external electronic device within wireless environment

An electronic device includes a processor configured to: obtain a Connected Isochronous Group (CIG) event including a first Connected Isochronous Stream (CIS) event and a second CIS event at least partially overlapped with at least a part of the first CIS event; identify first data indicating a quality of a first link (with a first external device) for the first CIS event and second data indicating a quality of a second link (with a second external device) for the second CIS event; transmit, based on the first data and the second data either a first packet to the first external device or a second packet to the second electronic device.

Electronic device and method for adaptive communication in wireless environment

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuitry for Bluetooth low energy (BLE), and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a connected isochronous group (CIG) event including a first connected isochronous stream (CIS) event that includes first sub-events and a second CIS event that includes second sub-events that at least partially overlap at least part of the first sub-events, and transmit, based on receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) signal for first data transmitted to a first external electronic device via a first sub-event among the first sub-events, second data to a second external electronic device via a third sub-event among the second sub-events, wherein the third sub-event overlaps a second sub-event immediately after the first sub-event among the first sub-events.

Electronic device, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for managing transmissions to external electronic devices in wireless environment

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein on or more of the ate least one processor is configured to: receive an updating file for updating a second external electronic device from a first external electronic device based on establishing a communication connection with the first external electronic device through the communication circuit; identify whether the second external electronic device needs to be updated, based on the electronic device being safely mounted on the second external electronic device; identify whether a designated condition for transmitting the updating file to the second external electronic device is satisfied, based on state information of the second external electronic device and/or state information of the electronic device based on the second external electronic device needing to be updated; and transmit the updating file received from the first external electronic device to the second external electronic device based on the designated condition for transmitting the updating file to the second external electronic device being satisfied.

Electronic device, and method for updating external electronic device using same

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a communication circuit, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from an external electronic device via the communication circuit, information associated with a communication link established between the external electronic device and another external electronic device. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from the external electronic device via the communication circuit, a request that the electronic device transmit, to the other external electronic device instead of the external electronic device, first data transmitted from the external electronic device to the other external electronic device. The at least one processor may be configured to, in response to the request, receive, via the communication circuit, the first data transmitted from the external electronic device to the other external electronic device. The at least one processor may be configured to transmit the received first data to the other external electronic device instead of the external electronic device via the communication circuit.

Electronic device for providing audio service and operating method thereof

An electronic device includes: a wireless communication circuit; a power management circuit; and a control circuit, and the control circuit may: in a state where the electronic device connects a first communication with a first audio output device by using the wireless communication circuit, or is electrically connected with the first audio output device by using the power management circuit, operate in a connection standby mode or in an advertise mode by using a first wireless communication address of the first audio output device; receive a signal for finding the first audio output device from an external electronic device, based on the first wireless communication address; and transmit a signal for letting the first audio output device output a notification to the first audio output device through the first communication, or transmit the signal to the first audio output device through the electrical connection.

Power supply device and method for searching audio output device using power supply device

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a camera; a display; a communication module supporting Bluetooth communication; and a processor configured to: establish a communication link with a plurality of external electronic devices through the communication module; transmit a first signal indicating an occurrence of an event using the camera to at least one of the plurality of external electronic devices through the communication link; receive audio data corresponding to sound acquired by each of the plurality of external electronic devices, from each of the plurality of external electronic devices in predetermined time periods through the communication link in a state in which the plurality of external electronic devices are worn; and synchronize the audio data with video acquired using the camera and store the synchronized data, based on time and an order at which each of the plurality of external electronic devices acquires the sound.

Electronic device for processing audio data and method for operating same

Disclosed is an electronic device including: a first communication circuit configured to support wireless communication, a second communication circuit configured to support Bluetooth communication, a processor operatively connected to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: create a link with a first device based on a synchronous connection protocol using the second communication circuit, receive, from the first device via the link, second data obtained by the first device on a second time slot among a plurality of time slots of a transmission/reception period of the link, receive third data including additional data for the second data within a retransmission window configured for data retransmission among the plurality of time slots, and transmit audio data generated based on the second data and the third data to an external electronic device using the first communication circuit.

Method for transceiving data in bluetooth network environment and electronic device thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an audio reception circuit, an audio output circuit, a communication circuit configured to support Bluetooth communication, a processor, and a memory. The processor may be configured to connect to a first external electronic device by a first communication link, connect a second external electronic device with a second communication link, transmit connection information including information about the first communication link to the second external electronic device via the second communication link, receive first data from the second external electronic device via the first communication link on a first time slot for data transmission from the first external electronic device of the first communication link, and transmit second data to the second external electronic device via the first communication link on a second time slot for data transmission to the first external electronic device of the first communication link.

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