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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Min Shik Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Dong Seok Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sun A Kim, Seoul, KR;
Se Hyun Park, Seoul, KR;
Ga Eun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ye Nah Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Eun Bi Cho, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of electronic devices; and a controller configured to determine a second electronic device capable of displaying information of a user interface (UI) for controlling a first electronic device, among the plurality of electronic devices, based on at least one of information about the plurality of electronic devices and information about a user, in response to an event of the user which makes a request for controlling the first electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices, and control the information of the UI to be transmitted to the determined second electronic device. In such an electronic apparatus, states of a user and peripheral devices are determined to provide a UI optimized to control a device-to-be-controlled, thereby improving user convenience.