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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sunghan Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jaeyung Yeo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
There is disclosed an electronic device including a communication circuitry, a processor, and a memory that stores instructions. The electronic device may be configured to acquire, from a plurality of external electronic devices that have received a wake-up utterance, state information indicating states of the plurality of external electronic devices, acquire control data corresponding to a control utterance subsequent to the wake-up utterance and instructing control of a first function, determine availability of the first function for at least one of the plurality of external electronic devices by using the state information, determine a target device to perform the first function from the plurality of external electronic devices, based on the availability, and control the target device so as to perform the first function.