Patent 10397736 was granted and assigned to LG on August, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A mobile terminal includes: a microphone; a short-range communication module; and a controller operably coupled to the microphone and the short-range communication module. The controller is configured to: establish communication with a wearable device via the short-range communication module; enter an audio recognition mode when the communication is established with the wearable device to perform surrounding context awareness in response to audio received via the microphone; and cause the short-range communication module to transmit notification information corresponding to a preset audio signal to the wearable device when the preset audio signal is detected in the audio.