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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an electronic device, 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 corresponding to the local area;

in response to a determination that the one or more settings include the alternative instruction as the selection:
determining 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, not searching 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, searching for the available subscription notification services that are related to the local area around the electronic device, wherein the searching includes:
establishing a connection with a subscription notification server;
transmitting, to the subscription notification server, a request for a list of the subscription notification services that are related to the local area; and
receiving, from the subscription notification server, the list of the subscription notification services;
subscribing to at least one of the subscription notification services discovered as a result of the searching, wherein subscribing to the at least one subscription notification service includes choosing the at least one subscription notification service from the list of the subscription notification services;

monitoring the at least one wireless local area network for notification messages from the at least one subscription notification service; and
displaying, by the electronic device, the notification messages from the at least one subscription notification service.