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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngki Hong, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling traffic transmission time in an electronic device, and particularly, to an apparatus and a method for controlling traffic transmission time through alarm control in an electronic device. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting background traffic of an application installed in an electronic device having a communication function, and may comprise the steps of: when requested to store an alarm for transmission of background traffic by a predetermined application, setting one scheduling method among two or more scheduling methods depending on the characteristics of the traffic; generating and storing a scheduled alarm occurrence time by scheduling a requested alarm occurrence time on the basis of the determined scheduling method and a reference synchronization cycle; and, when the stored alarm time arrives, providing alarm information to the relevant application so that the background traffic can be transmitted.