Samsung patents pairing devices by listening for a specific sound
This filing describes a method where an electronic device uses its microphone to detect a specific sound coming from another device. Once the sound is recognized, the device sends a wireless signal in a unique pattern to automatically connect with that specific external apparatus.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic apparatus including: a plurality of communication interfaces; a microphone; memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor operatively connected to the plurality of communication interfaces, the microphone, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic apparatus to: transmit an advertising signal including an advertising packet through a first communication interface among the plurality of communication interfaces; based on a preset sound generated from an external apparatus being received through the microphone, identify the external apparatus for establishing a communication connection based on the preset sound, and transmit the advertising signal in a preset pattern through the first communication interface; and based on a response signal being received in response to the advertising signal of the preset pattern, establish a communication connection with the external apparatus through the first communication interface.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a plurality of communication interfaces; a microphone; memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor operatively connected to the plurality of communication interfaces, the microphone, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic apparatus to: transmit an advertising signal including an advertising packet through a first communication interface among the plurality of communication interfaces; based on a preset sound generated from an external apparatus being received through the microphone: identify the external apparatus for establishing a communication connection based on the preset sound; and transmit the advertising signal in a preset pattern through the first communication interface; and based on a response signal being received in response to the advertising signal of the preset pattern, establish a communication connection with the external apparatus through the first communication interface.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
- Publication number
- US20260292911A1
- Application number
- 19685546
- Filed
- May 22, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 76/15 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/165 Physics & computingH04B 10/1149 Electricity & electronicsH04W 88/06 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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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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