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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Youngchan Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
Jihye Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Joayoung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Miyoung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A mobile device and a method of controlling the same. A control method according to an embodiment comprises displaying a user interface (UI) screen which includes a plurality of UI elements, detecting a first user input associated with a first UI element among the plurality of UI elements, identifying one or more identification codes associated with the first UI element based on the detecting of the first user input, detecting one or more neighboring devices based on the one or more identification codes, displaying a window which includes one or more UI elements associated with the one or more neighboring devices, detecting a second user input associated with a second UI element among the one or more UI elements, determining a neighboring device associated with the second UI element, among the one or more neighboring devices, as a controlled device controllable through the second UI element, based on detecting of the second user input, and transmitting a control command related to the first UI element to the neighboring device determined as the controlled device.