Patent ID: 11863510
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. An electronic device, comprising:
a transmitter;
a receiver; and
a controller configured to:
receive one or more settings, wherein the one or more settings include a selection of one from among:
an instruction to search for available subscription notification services that are related to a local area around the electronic device upon connecting to at least one wireless local area network corresponding to the local area; and
an alternative instruction to not search for the available subscription notification services that are related to the local area upon connecting to the at least one wireless local area network correspondina to the local area;

in response to a determination that the one or more settings include the alternative instruction as the selection:
determine no subscriptions to subscription notification services are to be made; and
upon connecting to the at least one wireless local area network corresponding to the local area, cause the transmitter and the receiver to not search for the available subscription notification services that are related to the local area around the electronic device; and

in response to a determination that the one or more settings include the instruction as the selection:
upon connecting to the at least one wireless local area network corresponding to the local area, search for the available subscription notification services that are related to the local area around the electronic device, wherein, to search for the available subscription notification services, the controller is configured to:
establish a connection with a subscription notification server;
cause the transmitter to transmit, to the subscription notification server, a request for a list of the subscription notification services that are related to the local area; and
receive, from the subscription notification server, the list of the subscription notification services;

subscribe to at least one of the subscription notification services discovered as a result of the search, wherein, to subscribe to the at least one subscription notification service, the controller is configured to choose the at least one subscription notification service from the list of the subscription notification services;
monitor the at least one wireless local area network for notification messages from the at least one subscription notification service; and
cause a display of the electronic device to display the notification messages from the at least one subscription notification service.