Server, electronic device, and electronic device information providing method

Abstract

Various examples of the present invention provide a server for providing information of an electronic device, and the server can comprise: a communication unit for receiving, from at least one first electronic device, at least one piece of information of the first electronic device; and a control unit for determining, from the received information, a current state among a plurality of states preset for the first electronic device, and controlling the first electronic device such that state prediction information of the first electronic device is transmitted to a second electronic device if the determined current state satisfies a preset notification condition on a state diagram in which a relationship among the plurality of states is set. Additionally, other examples could be possible besides the various examples of the present invention.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server for providing information of an electronic device, the server comprising:
 a communication circuitry;   a processor configured to:
 receive, through the communication circuitry, information of a first electronic device, from the first electronic device; 
 identify a current state of the first electronic device, based on the received information; 
 identify whether the identified current state corresponds to a first state in which a second state is expected; and 
 based on identifying that the identified current state corresponds to the first state, transmit, through the communication circuitry, a message to a second electronic device, the message comprising a prevention information which indicates information for preventing the first electronic device from entering the second state. 
   
     
     
         2 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the second state corresponds to at least one of a malfunction state or an abnormal state of the first electronic device. 
     
     
         3 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises estimated time information at which the second state is expected. 
     
     
         4 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the message comprises information related to the first state. 
     
     
         5 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the message comprises information related to the second state. 
     
     
         6 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the information related to second state comprises at least one of information related to battery discharging, information related to sound output, information related to light out, information related to a navigator, and information related to transition to a power saving mode. 
     
     
         7 . The server of  claim 1 , the processor further configured to:
 identify whether the identified current state corresponds to the first state based on analyzing a life cycle corresponding to a use pattern of a user from the information received from the first electronic device.   
     
     
         8 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the information of the first electronic device corresponds to information obtained by at least one sensor included in the first electronic device. 
     
     
         9 . A method for providing information of an electronic device at a server, the method comprising:
 receiving, information of a first electronic device, from the first electronic device;   identifying a current state of the first electronic device, based on the received information;   identifying whether the identified current state corresponds to a first state in which a second state is expected; and   based on identifying that the identified current state corresponds to the first state, transmitting a message to a second electronic device, the message comprising a prevention information which indicates information for preventing the first electronic device from entering the second state.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the second state corresponds to at least one of a malfunction state or an abnormal state of the first electronic device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the first information comprises estimated time information at which the second state is expected. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the message comprises information related to the first state. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the message comprises information related to the second state. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the information related to second state comprises at least one of information related to battery discharging, information related to sound output, information related to light out, information related to a navigator, and information related to transition to a power saving mode. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 identifying whether the identified current state corresponds to the first state based on analyzing a life cycle corresponding to a use pattern of a user from the information received from the first electronic device.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the information of the first electronic device corresponds to information obtained by at least one sensor included in the first electronic device.