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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a first device performed by a control device using the Bluetooth. The present invention provides a method and apparatus including receiving a first advertising message from a first device; calculating a first distance value that indicates a distance with the first device based on the first advertising message; receiving a second advertising message from a second device when the first distance value is smaller than a threshold value preconfigured to determine a proximity with the control device; and calculating a second distance value that indicates a distance with the second device based on the second advertising message, where a Bluetooth connection is established between the first device and the second device when the second distance value is smaller than the threshold value.