Patent application EP17153981A (EP), filed 2017-01-31
Publication number: EP3229409A1
Title: ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF
Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed, the electronic apparatus including a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external apparatus, a memory configured to store knowledge information including information regarding the external apparatus and a plurality of action templates that define an operation of the external apparatus and a controller configured to receive identification information of the external apparatus through the communication circuitry of the communicator, to acquire knowledge information and an action template corresponding to the external apparatus based on the identification information from the memory, to generate a command to operate the external apparatus based on the knowledge information and the action template and to transmit the command to the external apparatus through the communication circuitry of the communicator.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    08            A I
H04L  12/    28            A I
H04L  67/    12            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: An electronic apparatus, comprising:
number: 2
text: The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the knowledge information includes one or more of function information or state information of the external apparatus.
number: 3
text: The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the action template includes one or more of a name of an external apparatus to be operated, a condition for operating the external apparatus and a command to perform an operation in response to the condition being satisfied.
number: 4
text: The apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein the controller is configured to select at least one action template from among the plurality of action templates based on at least one of: environment information and user movement information, and to control the communication circuitry of the communicator to transmit a command to perform an operation defined in the selected action template to the external apparatus.
number: 5
text: The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the environment information is received from the external apparatus.
number: 6
text: The apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 5, wherein the knowledge information and the action template are updated based on data received from a server.
number: 7
text: The apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 6, wherein the controller is configured to group a plurality of external apparatuses as one based on the identification information received from the external apparatus and to collectively control the grouped plurality of external apparatuses.
number: 8
text: The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the controller, in response to there being the plurality of external apparatuses that operate within a certain period of time based on the identification information received from the external apparatus, is configured to group the plurality of external apparatuses.
number: 9
text: The apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 8, wherein the controller, if it is determined that an operation of the external apparatus that operates based on an action defined in the action template is stopped by a user, is configured to stop a re-operation of the external apparatus.
number: 10
text: A method of controlling an external apparatus of an electronic apparatus, comprising:
number: 11
text: The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the action template includes one or more of a name of an external apparatus to be operated, a condition for operating the external apparatus and a command to perform an operation in response to the condition being satisfied.
number: 12
text: The method as claimed in claim 10 or 11, further comprising:
number: 13
text: The method according to any one of claim 10 to 12, wherein the knowledge information and the action template are updated based on identification information received from a server.
number: 14
text: The method according to any one of claim 10 to 13, further comprising:
number: 15
text: The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the grouping includes, in response to there being the plurality of external apparatuses that operate within a certain period of time based on the identification information received from the external apparatus, grouping the plurality of external apparatuses.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-10-11
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: WO2014092503A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: WO2005050921A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: WO2005050921
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: WO2014092503
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2017-10-11)