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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seungil Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwanyoung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongwook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Minsup Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaemyung Hur, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungseop Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hojune Yoo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus and method of controlling the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes an operation performer, network communicator circuitry that performs network communication with a server, infrared communicator circuitry, and a processor that controls the operation performer to perform a predetermined operation, obtains information of an external device from a first infrared signal of the external device, is the first infrared signal being obtained through the infrared communicator circuitry, controls the network communicator circuitry to transmit the obtained information of the external device to the server to register the external device as a control target, obtains a control command for controlling the external device from the server, and controls the infrared communicator circuitry to transmit a second infrared signal, which contains command information based on the obtained control command, to the external device to make the external device perform an operation corresponding to the obtained control command.