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Samsung patents shared phone mode that respects Do Not Disturb settings

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for electronic devices with multiple users to track who has enabled Do Not Disturb mode. When an event like a call or notification occurs, the device checks if a user with Do Not Disturb enabled is nearby and adjusts the alert accordingly.

Why it mattersThis feature could help families or roommates share a single device without accidentally disturbing someone who is sleeping or focusing.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display, a sensor, a moving device moving the electronic apparatus, memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor that is connected with the display, the sensor, the moving device, and the memory, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic apparatus to identify a set state of a Do Not Disturb mode for each of a plurality of users using the electronic apparatus, and based on a predetermined event occurring, perform an operation corresponding to the event to a user who did not set the Do Not Disturb mode.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a display; a sensor; a moving device configured to move the electronic apparatus; memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display, the sensor, the moving device, and the memory, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, causes the electronic apparatus to: identify a set state of a Do Not Disturb mode for each of a plurality of users using the electronic apparatus, and based on a predetermined event occurring, perform an operation corresponding to the predetermined event for a first user who did not set the Do Not Disturb mode among the plurality of users, wherein the predetermined event includes at least one of a call of a specific user among the plurality of users, an arrival of a predetermined notification time, reception of notification information through a home network, an operation of outputting a notification as sound, or an operation of displaying an image, and wherein the performing of the operation corresponding to the predetermined event comprises, based on recognizing a second user who set the Do Not Disturb mode being located within a predetermined distance from the electronic apparatus among the plurality of users, perform the operation corresponding to the predetermined event in the Do Not Disturb mode.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Electronic apparatus performing do not control mode for multiple users and controlling method thereof
Patent number
US12769506B2
Application number
18795742
Filed
Aug 6, 2024
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
21

Classified under

G06F 3/165 Physics & computingG05D 1/2297 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG05D 2107/40 Physics & computing
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