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Samsung patents phone setting that keeps app data connection active

Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that forces a phone to stay in a specific 'connected' mode when a user activates a particular setting. Instead of letting the phone switch to a low-power 'idle' mode to save battery, the system keeps the radio link open and prevents the device from entering a sleep cycle, allowing apps to send and receive data continuously.

Why it mattersThis filing details a technical adjustment to how phones manage their battery and data connection, which could help ensure real-time apps like video calls or live streaming remain stable without dropping the connection.

In the filing’s own words

A communication method of a communication terminal and an electronic device are disclosed. The communication method comprises: in response to the communication terminal entering a predetermined mode, detecting a state of Radio Resource Control (RRC) of the communication terminal; in response to the communication terminal being in a RRC idle state, making the communication terminal enter and keep in a RRC connection state, and prohibiting the communication terminal from entering a discontinuous reception DRX state; in response to the communication terminal being in the RRC connection state, keeping the communication terminal in the RRC connection state; and receiving and/or sending service data of an application installed on the communication terminal in the RRC connection state.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A communication method of a communication terminal, comprising: in response to the communication terminal entering a first mode, detecting a state of Radio Resource Control (RRC) of the communication terminal; in response to the communication terminal being in a RRC idle state, controlling the communication terminal to enter and maintain an RRC connection state, and prohibiting the communication terminal from entering a discontinuous reception (DRX) state, the RRC connection state including the DRX state; in response to the communication terminal being in the RRC connection state, controlling the communication terminal to maintain the RRC connection state; and receiving or sending service data of an application installed on the communication terminal in the RRC connection state.

Facts

Company: Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title: Communication method of communication terminal and electronic device for communicating service data of an application
Patent number: US12750914B2
Application number: 17986491
Filed: Nov 14, 2022
Granted: Sep 29, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 19

Classified under

H04W 76/28 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/10 Electricity & electronics

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