Method for managing companion device, and electronic device using same

    公开(公告)号:US11201863B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US16341849

    申请日:2017-10-13

    摘要: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for managing a companion device, and an electronic device using the same, the electronic device comprising: a communication unit for connecting a communication channel with at least one first external electronic device; and at least one processor functionally connected with the communication unit, wherein the at least one processor requests, from the at least one first external electronic device, information (companion device authentication information) necessary for registering the at least one first external electronic device as a companion device of a second external electronic device, in response to the connection with the at least one first external electronic device, receives and stores the companion device authentication information, registers the electronic device as a companion device of the second external electronic device when the electronic device is connected with the second external electronic device, and transmits the stored companion device authentication information to the second external electronic device such that the at least one first external electronic device is registered as a companion device of the second external electronic device. Other various embodiments are possible.

    Method for controlling power and electronic device thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10652839B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16164896

    申请日:2018-10-19

    摘要: An electronic device includes: an antenna; a communication circuit connected with the antenna; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: identify a second amount of power corresponding to a second output signal outputted through the antenna for a second time using the communication circuit, the operation of identifying the second amount of power comprising an operation of identifying a second electromagnetic wave absorption rate corresponding to the second amount of power; determine a maximum output power for a third output signal to be outputted through the antenna according to a difference between a target electromagnetic wave absorption rate and the second electromagnetic absorption rate; and output the third output signal through the antenna based at least one the maximum output power.

    Electronic device for authenticating based on biometric data and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10149161B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15426274

    申请日:2017-02-07

    摘要: The present disclosure relates generally to a device and method for performing authentication using biometric data in an electronic device. The electronic device can include a memory for storing biometric authentication information about one or more external electronic devices and one or more identification information corresponding to each of the one or more external electronic devices, the one or more external electronic devices including sensors configured to acquire biometric data corresponding to the biometric authentication information, and a processor. The processor can be configured to receive a request related with authentication, to select at least one external electronic device from among the one or more external electronic devices in relation with the authentication, to transmit a request for authentication to the at least one external electronic device, using at least one identification information corresponding to the at least one external electronic device from among the one or more identification information, and to perform the authentication based at least on authentication information received from the at least one external electronic device and the biometric authentication information.

    Method and apparatus for connecting between electronic devices using authentication based on biometric information

    公开(公告)号:US10425409B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15436123

    申请日:2017-02-17

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04W12/06 G06K9/00

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for providing a connection between electronic devices using authentication based on biometric information are provided. The electronic device includes: a first communication circuit to support NFC; a second communication circuit to support non-NFC; a biometric sensor; a memory to store first authentication information corresponding to an external device; and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire connection information related to a connection with the external device from the external device using the first communication circuit in response to NFC tagging between the electronic device and the external device; establish a communication connection with the external device using the second communication circuit based on at least the connection information; receive a request for authentication information from the external device in response to the communication connection being established; acquire biometric information corresponding to a user of the electronic device using the biometric sensor in response to the request; authenticate the user based on at least the biometric information; when the authenticating succeeds, generate second authentication information based on at least the first authentication information; and transmit the second authentication information to the external device.

    Apparatus and method for controlling power

    公开(公告)号:US10038465B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15671963

    申请日:2017-08-08

    摘要: An electronic device includes a communication unit; a memory storing instructions; and a processor, coupled to the communication unit and memory, to execute instructions to determine, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device and a distance between the electronic device and a user, a value of specific absorption rate (SAR) corresponding to the value of SAR that corresponds to a power of the electronic device; determine, based on the SAR, an average SAR on a designated time interval; determine, in response to the average SAR being greater than a first designated value, a reference value limiting a maximum power of the electronic device; and transmit a signal based on the determined reference value through the communication unit, wherein the reference value includes a value obtained by subtracting a second designated value from a value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

    Method and apparatus for connection between electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10708777B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15783451

    申请日:2017-10-13

    摘要: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for connecting electronic devices based on biometric information without a certification server. An electronic device includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device; a biometric recognition module; a memory; and a processor connected to the wireless communication unit, the biometric recognition module, and the memory. The processor is configured to register, in the external device, authentication information for authenticating the external device through the electronic device, establish a communication connection with the external device through the wireless communication unit, receive a request for authenticating the electronic device from the external device in response to the communication connection, acquire biometric information corresponding to a user of the electronic device using the biometric recognition module in response to the authentication request, perform device authentication for the user based on at least the biometric information, encrypt authentication information when the authentication is successfully performed, and transmit the encrypted authentication information to the external device.

    Method for controlling power and electronic device thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11071067B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16871286

    申请日:2020-05-11

    摘要: An electronic device includes: an antenna; a communication circuit connected with the antenna; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: identify a second amount of power corresponding to a second output signal outputted through the antenna for a second time using the communication circuit, the operation of identifying the second amount of power comprising an operation of identifying a second electromagnetic wave absorption rate corresponding to the second amount of power; determine a maximum output power for a third output signal to be outputted through the antenna according to a difference between a target electromagnetic wave absorption rate and the second electromagnetic absorption rate; and output the third output signal through the antenna based at least one the maximum output power.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20180109947A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15783451

    申请日:2017-10-13

    摘要: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for connecting electronic devices based on biometric information without a certification server. An electronic device includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device; a biometric recognition module; a memory; and a processor connected to the wireless communication unit, the biometric recognition module, and the memory. The processor is configured to register, in the external device, authentication information for authenticating the external device through the electronic device, establish a communication connection with the external device through the wireless communication unit, receive a request for authenticating the electronic device from the external device in response to the communication connection, acquire biometric information corresponding to a user of the electronic device using the biometric recognition module in response to the authentication request, perform device authentication for the user based on at least the biometric information, encrypt authentication information when the authentication is successfully performed, and transmit the encrypted authentication information to the external device.

    ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING AUTHENTICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USER BY CONTROLLING AUTHENTICATION MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20170244702A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15422841

    申请日:2017-02-02

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: According to various example embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device and an operating method thereof may include receiving an access request for the electronic device from an external electronic device, activating the authentication module in response to the access request, transmitting, to the external electronic device, an authentication information request for the authentication module, receiving, from the external electronic device, authentication information corresponding to a user of the external electronic device in response to the authentication information request, performing authentication on the user based on the authentication information using the authentication module, and deactivating the authentication module if the authentication is complete.According to various example embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device and an operating method thereof may include establishing a communication connection with a plurality of external devices, requesting the plurality of external devices for identification information, receiving the identification information from at least one of the plurality of external devices in response to the identification information request, and cancelling the request to at least one external device different from the at least one of the plurality of external devices based on receiving the identification information.