Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090318151 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITHOUT GPS - An apparatus and method for supporting a handover of a mobile terminal without a Global Positioning System (GPS) are provided. The method includes receiving a sub-cell IDentifier (ID) from a Base Station (BS) using Transmission Parameter Signaling (TPS), recognizing a location of the mobile terminal using the received sub-cell ID, and determining a candidate group of adjacent cells, to which the handover is possible, using the recognized location information of the mobile terminal. Accordingly, the mobile terminal may performs a handover within a short period of time, and a seamless service may be provided by avoiding a possibility that a service Further, in comparison with the conventional handover, power consumption may be reduced by decreasing a frequency search time of an adjacent cell during an off time. | 12-24-2009 |
20100086079 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL BROADCAST INFORMATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for providing digital broadcasting information in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a channel list manager for setting a channel list according to an actual burst transmission order, and a controller for performing a process to sequentially search for channels of the set channel list using a plurality of players. | 04-08-2010 |
20110075031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL BROADCASTING IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for controlling digital broadcasting reproduction such as digital broadcasting reproduction via a sub-screen, reproduction end and channel group management through simple touch drag in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller. The controller controls a Picture In Picture (PIP) function of the apparatus and controls an operation of channel group management using a drag-and-drop with a main screen output. | 03-31-2011 |
20110150107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal that transmits digital broadcast data through an ad hoc network are provided. If a terminal receiving digital broadcast transmits the received digital broadcast to a neighboring terminal, a control unit enters a sleep mode after buffering received data for a predefined time. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF ACCESS POINT FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for operating as a virtual terminal to participate in competition for medium access while a mobile terminal operates as an access point are provided. In a case where the mobile terminal accesses a medium while competing with a terminal that transmits data of low priority, an apparatus and a method for entering a low power mode to resolve a power consumption problem of the mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a medium competing unit, which allows the mobile terminal to operate as a virtual terminal and participate in competition for a medium access when data to be transmitted does not exist in the mobile terminal operating as an Access Point (AP). | 06-30-2011 |
20110283001 | TETHERING METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A mobile device and a method for providing a tethering service via a security mode and a list of preferred mobile devices are provided. The method includes determining, when the mobile device receives a connection request from a client mobile device, a number of client mobile devices that are currently connected to the mobile device, determining, when the number of connected client mobile devices is less than a preset maximum connection number, the number of created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), determining, when the number of BSSs is less than a preset maximum creation number, the identification-information regarding the client mobile device that requested connection, and providing a tethering service to the client mobile device according to the determined identification-information. | 11-17-2011 |
20120106475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING WLAN NETWORK SHARING DATA OF WI-FI P2P GROUP - A method and apparatus for transmitting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network sharing data of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group are provided. The method includes forming the Wi-Fi P2P group, establishing, at a mobile station that is a Wi-Fi P2P group owner, a connection to a WLAN access point, determining whether data, to be communicated with a mobile station that is a Wi-Fi P2P client, is WLAN network sharing data, assigning, when the data is the WLAN network sharing data, a high priority to the WLAN network sharing data, preoccupying a radio channel for data transmission through channel access contention with the high priority, and transmitting the WLAN network sharing data through the preoccupied radio channel. | 05-03-2012 |
20120134349 | DEVICE DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF WI-FI P2P DEVICE - A device discovery method and apparatus of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) device for improving connection compatibility with legacy devices are provided. The method includes receiving a command for executing a modified P2P device discovery mode, configuring the Wi-Fi P2P device as a group owner autonomously, entering a group owner receive mode in which a probe request can be received, and discovering an external device which transmits the probe request. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ACCESS POINT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling access to an Access Point AP in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes storing information of an AP as profile information, determining whether profile information of an accessed AP is stored in the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal accesses the AP, and logging in to the accessed AP based on the stored profile information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120220282 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING APPLICATION IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system and mobile device for searching for and acquiring a desired application by using Near Field Communication (NFC) regardless of time and location are provided. In the method, the mobile device reads a keyword from an NFC tag of a target structure in response to a tagging event between the mobile device and the NFC tag. Then the mobile device performs an application search using the keyword, and downloads a specific application found using the keyword. | 08-30-2012 |
20130034023 | METHOD FOR CREATING WI-FI P2P GROUP - A method and an apparatus for creating a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group are provided. The method includes creating a 1:N P2P group by connecting a third P2P device to a 1:1 P2P group created by setting a first P2P device as a group owner and setting a second P2P device as a group client, transmitting, by the second P2P device, a request message requesting creation of a new P2P group, to the third P2P device, transmitting, by the third P2P device, a response message to the request message, and creating the new P2P group between the second P2P device and the third P2P device through exchange of the request message and the response message. | 02-07-2013 |
20130065627 | METHOD FOR USING LEGACY WI-FI AND WI-FI P2P SIMULTANEOUSLY - A method for using legacy Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) simultaneously is provided. The method includes entering a device discovery process of Wi-Fi P2P, if use of a Wi-Fi P2P function is requested while using a legacy Wi-Fi function, acquiring a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P in the device discovery process, performing a listen state over the same channel as a channel where the legacy Wi-Fi function is in use, through the acquisition of the GO right, and performing a search state over a social channel of Wi-Fi P2P, and repeating the listen state and the search state until the device discovery process is ended. | 03-14-2013 |
20130100855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WI-FI CONNECTION USING WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for Wi-Fi connection based on Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes entering a group owner mode of Wi-Fi Direct when enabling of WPS is requested, after entering the group owner mode, entering a WPS session mode where the portable terminal is operable in a WPS registrar mode, determining whether an Access Point (AP) whose WPS session of the WPS registrar mode is enabled or a device whose group owner mode is enabled, exists nearby, and when an AP whose WPS registrar mode is enabled is discovered, disabling the WPS registrar mode and the group owner mode, enabling a WPS session where the portable terminal is to operate in a WPS enrollee mode, and accessing the discovered AP. | 04-25-2013 |
20130148545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DEVICE DISCOVERY IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for managing device discovery in a wireless system are provided. The method includes performing a periodic search operation to discover a peer device, stopping the periodic search operation upon discovering a suitable peer device, and switching to a periodic listening operation for allowing the Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) Peer-To-Peer (P2P) device to be discovered by the discovered peer device and for permitting a connection with the discovered peer device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130170482 | WI-FI DIRECT CONNECTION METHOD - A Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct connection method is provided. The method includes, when a Wi-Fi-Direct connection is requested, performing a device discovery to display a device discovery result and generating a target peer list from Peer-to-Peer (P2P) devices in the displayed device discovery result, performing a provision discovery of a Personal Identification Number (PIN) connection type with the P2P devices within the target peer list, after inputting a PIN, transmitting a PIN check query request message to the P2P devices within the target peer list, and receiving a PIN check query response message from each of the P2P devices within the target peer list, and identifying a status code of each received PIN check query request message establishing the Wi-Fi Direct connection when the status code corresponds to a success. | 07-04-2013 |
20140078950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING WAKE ON WLAN - A method of connecting to a network by a terminal in a communication system, the communication system including the terminal, one or more access points, and a network controller controlling the one or more access points is provided. The method includes establishing a connection with a first access point, setting and storing wake-up information, configured to selectively transceive with the first access point, in the first access point and the network controller, performing hand off to a second access point connected to the network controller, and selectively transceiving data with the second access point based on the wake-up information set and stored in the network controller. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SETTING DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION PERIOD - A method and an apparatus for setting a data transmission and reception period are provided. The method includes determining an average margin threshold for data communication with a second terminal, determining a data rate for the data communication with the second terminal, setting an active period and an idle period based on a ratio of the average margin threshold to the data rate, and synchronizing the active period and the idle period with the second terminal | 03-20-2014 |
20140140288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING TO ACCESS POINT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of connecting to an Access Point (AP) in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes scanning at least one first AP and at least one second AP that has a different connection scheme from a connection scheme of the first AP; and checking a connection setting and connecting to any of the first and second APs based on the connection setting. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140332 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO A LOCAL AREA COMMUNICATION IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for connecting to a local area communication resource in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes receiving access point connection-related information and automatic connection support-related information from a plurality of access points, identifying at least one access point capable of supporting automatic connection among the plurality of access points based on the automatic connection support-related information, receiving connection information from an information server connected to the at least one access point, selecting one access point from the at least one access points based on Base Station Subsystem (BSS) link information included in the access point connection-related information with respect to the at least one access point, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) information, and link information of an external network included in the connection information, and performing a local area communication with the selected access point. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143435 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SERVICE INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device for displaying service information is provided. The electronic device includes a short-range communication unit configured to connect the electronic device to an external device, and a controller configured to extract service information, provided by a service provider providing the external device, from an information message used for connection to the external device and to display the extracted service information, if the electronic device is connected to the external device via the short-range communication unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140235167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal are provided. The method includes connecting with an external device through a short-range wireless communication unit, and after connecting with the external device, providing information about at least one other connectable external device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140295762 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for connecting short-range communication in an electronic device, and the electronic device, in which an information exchange operation with an information server may be selectively performed are provided. The method includes detecting second identification information for identifying a service venue of a service provider from discovery information received from a first external device and connecting communication with the first external device by using network information of the first external device, which is stored in the electronic device, if the detected second identification information exists in the electronic device. Other embodiments are also possible. | 10-02-2014 |
20140321347 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal that transmits digital broadcast data through an ad hoc network are provided. If a terminal receiving digital broadcast transmits the received digital broadcast to a neighboring terminal, a control unit enters a sleep mode after buffering received data for a predefined time. | 10-30-2014 |
20150065126 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO NETWORK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for connecting to a network in an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a list of Access Points (APs) to which the electronic device fails to connect upon AP connection, when APs are scanned, classifying the scanned APs into a first group and a second group based on the list, and omitting performance of a discovery operation with an AP of the second group and performing the discovery operation with an AP of the first group, wherein the first group is a group of APs which are not included in the list. | 03-05-2015 |