US 7,602,290 B2
Method of providing electronic device information to mobile station and system using the same
Sung-Kwon Jung, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Feb. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/346,510.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0015129 (KR), filed on Feb. 23, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0197667 A1, Sep. 07, 2006
Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—572.1  [340/539.24; 235/376] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing electronic device information, the system comprising:
an electronic device equipped with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, for periodically checking a state of the electronic device and, when a function or setting different from a general operational state in the electronic device is detected, storing electronic device state information and associated information in the RFID tag; and
a mobile station equipped with an RFID reader for reading the RFID tag within a communicable range, for reading and displaying the electronic device state information and associated information stored in the RFID tag when the mobile terminal approaches the RFID tag of the electronic device.