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Samsung patents phone feature to forward local alerts to nearby devices

Samsung describes a method where a phone receives a location-based alert and checks if another connected device is in the same area. If the locations match, the phone sends a signal to that device to prompt the user to check the alert.

Why it mattersThis could help ensure important local warnings, like weather alerts, are seen by users who have their phones in their pockets or bags.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes: a wireless communication module; and a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module and configured to: establish interworking between the electronic device and at least one first external device using the wireless communication module; receive a message including geographical alert information from a second external device using the wireless communication module; obtain first location information from the message; request location information of the first external device from the first external device using the wireless communication module; obtain second location information of the first external device in response to the request; determine whether the second location information corresponds to the first location information; based on determining that the second location information corresponds to the first location information, generate data indicating a request for checking the message via the electronic device; and transmit, using the wireless communication module, the data to the first external device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a wireless communication module; and a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module and configured to: establish a wireless communication connection for interworking between the electronic device and at least one first external device using the wireless communication module; receive a message including geographical alert information from a second external device using the wireless communication module; based on the message being unchecked via the electronic device during a designated period of time from reception of the message, obtain first location information from the message; request, via the wireless communication connection, second location information of the at least one first external device from the at least one first external device; obtain the second location information of the at least one first external device in response to the request; determine whether the second location information corresponds to the first location information; based on determining that the second location information corresponds to the first location information, generate data indicating a request for checking the message via the electronic device; and transmit, using the wireless communication module, the data to at least one of the at least one first external device.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Method for transmitting request to external device, and electronic device supporting same
Patent number
US12739595B2
Application number
18083254
Filed
Dec 16, 2022
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
19

Classified under

H04W 4/025 Electricity & electronicsH04W 64/003 Electricity & electronics
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