- Patent Title: Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device
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Application No.: US15331935Application Date: 2016-10-24
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Publication No.: US10172088B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Tomas Wässingbo
- Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Tucker Ellis LLP
- Priority: EP15200629 20151217
- Main IPC: H04W52/02
- IPC: H04W52/02 ; H04W76/23 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W84/18 ; H04W4/70 ; H04W76/14

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an electronic device (10) comprising: a controller (12) configured to periodically activate the electronic device from a low power mode into a proximity area connectivity mode, while in the proximity area connectivity mode, the controller is configured to control proximity area connectivity of the electronic device with one or more proximity area electronic devices (20), via a wireless proximity area connection unit (14) of the electronic device trying to establish proximity area connection (15) with the one or more proximity area electronic devices, upon successful establishment of proximity area connection of the electronic device with a predetermined set of the one or more proximity area electronic devices, the controller is arranged to return the electronic device to the low power mode; upon unsuccessful establishment of proximity area connection of the electronic device with the predetermined set of the one or more proximity area electronic devices, the controller is arranged to transfer the electronic device from the proximity area connectivity mode into a wide area connectivity mode, while in the wide area connectivity mode, the controller is configured to, via a wireless wide area connection unit (16) of the electronic device, connect the electronic device to at least one wide area electronic device (30) via a wide area connection (35).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170181092A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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