Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sun Kee Lee

Won Suk Choi

Ji Hyun Park

Dong Il Son

Sun Min Hwang

Young Kyoo Kim

Kwang Sub Son

Su Ha Yoon

Sung Hyuk Shin

Sung Ho Son

Han Bit Kim

Kyung Tae Kim

Doo Suk Kang

Bo Kun Choi

Geon Soo Kim

Seung Nyun Kim

Cheong Jae Lee

Sung Jo Oh

Gyu Cheol Choi

Han Jib Kim

Seung Young Jeon

Chang Hyup Jwa

Sung Min Yoon

Je Won Lee

Jung Jik Lee

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a housing; a user interface exposed through a portion of the housing; at least one communication circuit configured to discover and connect to another electronic device wirelessly without an access point or a base station; at least one processor operatively connected with the user interface and the communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected with the processor, wherein, when being executed, the memory stores instructions that cause the processor to transmit a plurality of first beacon signals for wireless connection by using the communication circuit during first time periods, to detect at least one second beacon signal for wireless connection, transmitted from an external device, by using the communication circuit, during one period of second time periods which are different from the first time periods, to receive multimedia data from an external server after detecting the at least one second beacon signal, and to output at least one of an audio, an image, or a video based at least in part on the multimedia data. Other embodiments are possible.

Method for providing content and electronic device for supporting same

A portable communication device is provided. A communication connection is established with a first external device. A telephone call function using is deactivated, based at least in part on a determination that the portable communication device is communicatively coupled with the first external device and that a cellular communication circuitry of the first external device is available. While the telephone call function is deactivated, a telephone call is performed with respect to a second external device using the communication connection and a cellular communication between the first external device and the second external device. The cellular communication is established via the cellular communication circuitry of the first external device.

Method of operating function and resource of electronic device

A portable communication device is provided. The portable communication device includes a first communication circuitry to perform a short-range communication; a second communication circuitry to perform a cellular communication; and a processor configured to establish, via the first communication circuitry, a communication connection with a first external device; deactivate the second communication circuitry, based at least in part on a determination that the portable communication device is communicatively coupled with the first external device via the communication connection; and while the second communication circuitry is deactivated, perform a telephone call with respect to a second external device using the communication connection.

A content providing method of a content providing system is provided. The method includes transmitting identification information in a broadcasting manner from a first electronic device, if the identification information is received, generating user history information based on a receiving record of the identification information, at a second electronic device, transmitting the user history information to a database server from the second electronic device, transmitting the user history information to the first electronic device from the database server, transmitting the user history information to a content server at the first electronic device, transmitting a content associated with the user history information to the first electronic device from the content server, and providing the content to a user of the first electronic device.

Content providing method of content providing system and electronic apparatus

A method for managing operating system executed by an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining, by a guest module of the guest operating system, information regarding a guest app executable on the guest operating system, providing, by the guest module, the information regarding the guest app to a host module of the host operating system, providing, by the host module, the information regarding the guest app to an app list creation module of the host operating system, combining, by the app list creation module, information regarding a host app executable on the host operating system and the information regarding the guest app, and outputting, by the app list creation module, an app execution list that includes the combined information.

Method for managing operating system and electronic device supporting the same

An electronic device and method for operation of same are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor configured to execute a first operating system, a second operating system and an application run on the second operating system. The processor displays an execution screen of the application on the display, compares, in response to an event that occurs on the first operating system, a priority of an event with a priority of the application, and maintains the execution screen of the application running on the second operating system if the priority of the application is higher than the priority of the event.

Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of operating systems

A function operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a first electronic device, information relating to a second electronic device; and deactivating at least one of a function or a component of the first electronic device based on the received information. A communication method of an electronic device is also provided. The method includes comparing, by a first electronic device including a first communication module, resource states of the first electronic device and a second electronic device including a second communication module; providing information relating to a state change of the second communication module based on at least the comparison result; and receiving a communication signal for the first electronic device or the second electronic device via the first communication module.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sun Kee Lee