ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Abstract

An electronic device and a controlling method of the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving a call request of a caller from a server, identifying whether a recipient who is a user of the electronic device is in a call with another caller, identifying a first external device close to the electronic device among one or more external devices connected to the electronic device in case that it is identified that the recipient is in the call with the other caller, and transmitting identification information for the identified first external device and a response to the call request to the server to transmit the call request to the identified first external device.

Description

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising: a communicator;a memory that stores at least one instruction; anda processor configured to allow the at least one instruction to be executed, wherein the processor is further configured to: identify whether a recipient who is a user of the electronic device is in a call with another caller by allowing the at least one instruction to be executed in case that a call request of a caller is received from a server through the communicator,identify a first external device close to the electronic device among one or more external devices connected to the electronic device in case that it is identified that the recipient is in the call with the other caller, andcontrol the communicator to transmit identification information for the identified first external device and a response to the call request to the server to transmit the call request to the identified first external device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to identify the first external device close to the electronic device among the one or more external devices based on information on a strength of a signal received from the one or more external devices through the communicator.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the call request is a call request for performing a call based on mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) technology, andwherein the first external device is a device capable of processing the call request based on the MCPTT technology.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: allow a session initiation protocol (SIP) invitation based on the MCPTT call request to be received from the server through the communicator, andidentify whether the recipient is in the call with the other caller based on whether a call session is established between the electronic device and another electronic device of the other caller.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: allow a call session according to the call request to be started in case that the call request is a call request for performing a call based on emergency mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) technology; andcontrol the communicator to transmit a notification indicating that the call session is started to one or more external devices among the identified one or more external devices in case that the response of the recipient to the call request is not received for a predetermined threshold time.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to: identify a local network to which the electronic device is connected based on a position of the recipient, andidentify one or more external devices connected to the identified local network as the one or more external devices.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the position of the recipient is identified based on at least one of: information on a position of the user received through a position information sensor included in the electronic device,information on a strength of a signal received from the external device through the communicator, orpre-stored network position information for the local network.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit the notification and a request for broadcasting the notification to a second external device among the one or more external devices, andwherein the second external device transmits a control signal corresponding to the notification to all the external devices other than the second external device among the one or more external devices based on the request.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the notification is transmitted to the one or more external devices at a predetermined period.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the one or more external devices change an on/off state, blink, output a voice, change color of information displayed, provide a notification through a display, or provide haptic vibration in response to the control signal.

11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second external device is a hub device.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the server redirects the call request of the caller to the first external device based on the identification information for the first external device.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the identification information is subscriber identity module (SIM) information for the first external device.

14. A controlling method of an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a call request of a caller from a server;identifying whether a recipient who is a user of the electronic device is in a call with another caller;identifying a first external device close to the electronic device among one or more external devices connected to the electronic device in case that it is identified that the recipient is in the call with the other caller; andtransmitting identification information for the identified first external device and a response to the call request to the server to transmit the call request to the identified first external device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the identifying of the first external device includes identifying the first external device close to the electronic device among the one or more external devices based on information on a strength of a signal received from the one or more external devices through a communicator.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the call request is a call request for performing a call based on mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) technology, andwherein the first external device is a device capable of processing the call request based on the MCPTT technology.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising: starting a call session according to the call request in case that the call request is a call request for performing a call based on emergency mission critical push to talk (MCPTT) technology; andtransmitting a notification indicating that the call session is started to one or more external devices among the identified one or more external devices in case that the response of the recipient to the call request is not received for a predetermined threshold time.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: identifying a local network to which the electronic device is connected based on a position of the recipient; andidentifying one or more external devices connected to the identified local network as the one or more external devices.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the position of the recipient is identified based on at least one of: information on a position of the user received through a position information sensor included in the electronic device,information on a strength of a signal received from the external device, orpre-stored network position information for the local network.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the notification and a request for broadcasting the notification to a second external device among the one or more external devices, wherein the second external device transmits a control signal corresponding to the notification to all the external devices other than the second external device among the one or more external devices based on the request.