Patent ID: 11972065
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. An operation method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
detecting a trigger related to external device control;
performing situation recognition related to at least one external device;
identifying, based on a result of the situation recognition, an external device and a capability of the external device to be controlled;
displaying a user interface related to control of the identified capability of the identified external device on a display, the user interface including at least one object related to control of the identified capability based on the result of the situation recognition as a priority;
changing a function associated with a physical input interface from a first function related to control of the electronic device to a second function different from the first function and related to control of the identified capability of the identified external device; and
controlling, based on detection of an input to the physical input interface, the identified capability of the identified external device.