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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-Kwang Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
One-Gun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Seok Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus includes a connector to connect with an electronic device external to the apparatus, and a processor configured to identify a connection with the electronic device via the connector, receive, using a first communication scheme, a message from the electronic device based at least in part on the identifying, determine, based at least in part on the message, whether the electronic device supports a second communication scheme, and establish a communication link corresponding to the second communication scheme with the electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the electronic device supports the second communication scheme.