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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jehwan Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Minsup Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kihyun Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Sukhoon Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongkeun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a directional antenna, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on a wireless signal being received from an external device through the directional antenna, identify an angle at which the wireless signal is received, based on the angle being within a predetermine range, obtain identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal, based on the identification information, identify whether the external device is registered to a server and based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, transmit a signal for requesting registration to the external device through the communicator.