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Samsung patents faster control for Bluetooth devices

This filing describes a method where a phone sends a control command to a device like headphones before the usual connection is fully set up. It broadcasts a special packet containing the command and a connection request, allowing the device to start working immediately while the link establishes.

Why it mattersIt could make switching between devices feel less laggy by starting actions before the connection is officially ready.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes communication circuitry, memory storing instructions, and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to receive a user input for controlling an external electronic device, identify whether a communication link is not established between the electronic device and the external electronic device, based on identifying that the communication link is not established, broadcast an advertising packet, including a control command, identification information of the external electronic device, and a connection request for establishing the communication link, for allowing the external electronic device to provide a function corresponding to the control command before the communication link is established, and based on identifying that the communication link has been established, transmit, to the external electronic device, via the communication link, a packet including the control command.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: communication circuitry; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: receive a user input for controlling an external electronic device registered in the electronic device, identify whether a communication link is not established between the electronic device and the external electronic device, based on identifying that the communication link is not established between the electronic device and the external electronic device, broadcast an advertising packet, including a control command generated in accordance with the user input, identification information of the external electronic device, and a connection request for establishing the communication link between the electronic device and the external electronic device, for allowing the external electronic device to provide a function corresponding to the control command before the communication link is established, and based on identifying that the communication link has been established between the electronic device and the external electronic device, transmit, using the communication circuitry to the external electronic device, via the communication link, a packet including the control command generated in accordance with the user input.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Publication number
US20260261612A1
Application number
19404691
Filed
Dec 1, 2025
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
12
Claims
20

Classified under

H04M 1/72415 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/14 Electricity & electronics
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