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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-dong Yu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-yong Chang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Se-jun Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Min-jeong Moon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of notifying a user of a message received by a first device of the user is provided. The method includes connecting, by the first device, to a second device of the user through a local communication network, wherein the second device is currently registered by the first device; receiving, by the first device, a message, from an external device of another user; in response to determining the first device is not currently being used when the message is received, determining whether the registered second device is currently being used; and transmitting notification information of the received message to the second device currently being used by the user, wherein a notification regarding the received message is displayed on a display of the second device currently being used by the user.