Electronic device and method for managing body information by electronic device

Abstract

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory storing identifiers for one or more external electronic devices defined as a group, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including receiving biometric information detected by an external biometric detection device via transmission from at least one external electronic device of the group, selecting from within the group a particular external electronic device based on the received biometric information and the information related to the particular external electronic device, and transmitting the received biometric information to the selected particular external electronic device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a communication circuit;   a memory storing identifiers for one or more external electronic devices defined as a group; and   a processor configured to:
 receive biometric information detected by an external biometric detection device via transmission from at least one external electronic device of the group, 
 select from within the group a particular external electronic device based on the received biometric information and the information related to the particular external electronic device, and 
 transmit the received biometric information to the selected particular external electronic device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein selection of the particular external electronic device is based on a plurality of calculated similarities between the received biometric information and previously stored biometric information for each of the one or more external electronic devices.   
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein
 the calculated similarly comprises a distance-based similarity, and   the particular external electronic device is selected as previously stored biometric information stored in the particular external electronic device has a lowest similarity with the received biometric information from among the group.   
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 3 , wherein the distance-based similarity comprises an Euclidean distance-based similarity. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
 transmit an instruction to the selected particular external electronic device to store the received biometric information.   
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
 in response to receiving a request for information related to the one or more external electronic devices in the group from another external electronic device in the group different than the particular external electronic device, transmit the information related to the one or more external electronic devices to the another external electronic device.   
     
     
         7 . A non-transitory storage medium storing commands executable by at least one processor of an electronic device to cause the processor to:
 store in a memory identifiers for one or more external electronic devices defined as a group;   receive biometric information detected by an external biometric detection device via transmission from at least one external electronic device of the group;   select from within the group a particular external electronic device based on the received biometric information and the information related to the particular external electronic device; and   transmit the received biometric information to the selected particular external electronic device.   
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 7 , wherein selection of the particular external electronic device is based on a plurality of calculated similarities between the received biometric information and previously stored biometric information for each of the one or more external electronic devices. 
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the calculated similarly comprises a distance-based similarity, and
 the particular external electronic device is selected as previously stored biometric information stored in the particular external electronic device has a lowest similarity with the received biometric information from among the group.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 7 , wherein the commands further include:
 transmitting an instruction to the selected particular external electronic device to store the received biometric information.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory storage medium of  claim 7 , wherein the commands further include:
 in response to receiving a request for information related to the one or more external electronic devices in the group from another external electronic device in the group different than the particular external electronic device, transmit the information related to the one for more external electronic devices to the another external electronic device.   
     
     
         12 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a communication circuit for communicatively coupling with an external electronic device;   a memory storing biometric information received from an external biometric detection device; and   a processor configured to:
 transmit the stored biometric information to a server, 
 receive from the server an instruction corresponding to the received biometric information, and 
 process the received s biometric information based on the received instruction. 
   
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to receiving a command to store the received biometric information from the server, store the received biometric information in the memory.   
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 in response to receiving a command from the server to delete the received biometric information, delete the received biometric information.   
     
     
         15 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 transmit to the server a request for information related to at least one external electronic device, the at least one external device belonging to a predefined group related to the external biometric information device to the server,   receive the information related to the at least one external electronic device from the server,   transmit the received biometric information to the at least one external electronic device based on the received information,   select a device from among the group corresponding to the received biometric information based on the received biometric information and biometric information previously stored in each electronic device of the group, and   transmit the received biometric information to the selected device.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic device of  claim 15 , wherein selection of the device is based on a plurality of calculated similarities between the received biometric information and previously stored biometric information for each device of the group. 
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 calculate a plurality of distance-based similarities between the received biometric information and biometric information previously stored in each electronic device of the group,   receive the plurality of distance-based similarities from the devices of the group, and   select as the device a device of the group that has a lowest calculated similarity from among the group.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to store the received biometric information in the memory, and transmit a command to the at least one external electronic device to delete the received biometric information, when the selected device includes the electronic device. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 15 , wherein when the selected device is an external device of the group, the processor is further configured to:
 delete the received biometric information from the memory, transmit a first command to the external device to store the received biometric information, and transmit a second command to another external device of the group to delete the received biometric information.   
     
     
         20 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to store in the memory a plurality of identifiers corresponding to a plurality of external devices predefined as a group,
 wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the received biometric information to a corresponding external electronic device using network address information for the corresponding external electronic device, and   wherein network address information for each external electronic device of the group is received and stored in the memory when each external electronic device is registered to the group within the electronic device.