公开(公告)号：US10177927B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US14326945

申请日：2014-07-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jee-hyeok Kim ,  Young-jin Kim

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  H04L12/18 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04M1/725

Abstract: A portable terminal and a method for controlling an external apparatus thereof are provided. The method for controlling an external apparatus of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes display, when an application to perform chatting with a user of another portable terminal is executed, a chatting screen including at least one icon corresponding to an external apparatus, obtaining, when one of the at least one icon is selected, information regarding an external apparatus corresponding to the selected one icon, and transmitting the information regarding the external apparatus to the other portable terminal.