Samsung patents method to boost Wi-Fi priority for consistent devices
Samsung has filed a patent for a system that tracks how often an external device sends connection signals over time. By analyzing this data, the device can automatically raise the connection priority for devices that maintain a steady link.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device may include: a memory, a communication unit and a processor connected to the memory and the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to cause the device to: receive a connection packet from an external electronic device through the communication unit, identify connection management data of the external electronic device, and respond to the identification that the connection management data of the external electronic device includes a specified value, to increase the connection priority of the external electronic device, the connection management data of the external electronic device has a specified number of bits, and the bits of the connection management data can be determined based on whether a connection packet is received from the external electronic device at a plurality of time intervals.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device, comprising: a memory including at least one storage medium storing instructions; a communication unit including a communication circuitry; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, connected to the memory and the communication unit, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to cause the electronic device to: receive an access packet from an external electronic device through the communication unit; identify connection management data of the external electronic device; and increase a connection priority of the external electronic device in response to identifying that the connection management data of the external electronic device includes a specified value, wherein the connection management data of the external electronic device includes a specified number of bits, and wherein bits of the connection management data are determined based on whether the access packet is received from the external electronic device in a plurality of time intervals.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- DEVICE FOR CONNECTION WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260262117A1
- Application number
- 19652511
- Filed
- Apr 20, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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