US 11,818,636 B2
External audio electronic device, electronic device, and method of managing communication link
Kyusang Ryu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Gupil Cheong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sanghyeok Sim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sungjun Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Doosuk Kang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Seongmin Je, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/992,748.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0115829 (KR), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0092578 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio electronic device comprising:
a first audio electronic device; and
a second audio electronic device,
wherein the first audio electronic device is configured to:
establish a first communication link between the first audio electronic device and the second audio electronic device;
establish a second communication link between the first audio electronic device and a first external electronic device; and
establish a third communication link established between the first audio electronic device and a second external electronic device, and
wherein the second audio electronic device is configured to:
receive data transmitted between the first audio electronic device and the first external electronic device through the second communication link by monitoring the second communication link;
when a condition for changing an entity of a right for the third communication link satisfied, manage and maintain the third communication link; and
transmit and receive data to and from the second external electronic device through the third communication link while the second audio electronic device monitors the third communication link.