System for and method of providing service related to object

• US 10,142,768 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Jae-woo, Wi, Tae-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaheed, Khalid
• Application Number:
  US14/015,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20140066096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,915 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/01 Customer relationship services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A system for and a method of providing service related to an object include receiving property information of the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object, requesting available service from a server based on a current location of the device receiving the property information and the received property information, and receiving the requested service from the server.

Claims

1. A method by which a device receives a service associated with an object, the method comprising:

forming a communication network including the device and the object, when the device is located within a near field communication range from the object;

receiving property information of the object from the object connected to the device via the communication network;

determining types of services based on the received property information and a current location of the device;

transmitting the determined types of services to the object;

sending a request directly from the object to a server for an available service based on the types of services and the property information of the object; and

receiving the available service requested by the object from the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining types of specific information to be provided by the available service based on the received property information and the current location of the device;

and

wherein the sending comprises sending a request from the object to the server for the available service based on the types of the specific information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising acquiring context information related to the types of the available service and the types of the specific information,

wherein the sending the request from the object to the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information comprises providing the acquired context information to the object.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the service based on the types of the available service, the types of the specific information, and the context information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the acquiring comprises acquiring context information related to an application being executed by the device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the context information comprises information related to at least one of a date, a time, the current location of the device, a gender of a user, an age of the user, and an execution history of an application that is executed by the device in relation to the available service.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the acquired context information is provided to the server via the object.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein sending the request comprises requesting the server for the available service based on time, a user profile of the user, and a user history of services used by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information of the object comprises information related to services associated with the object and at least one of an identifier of the object and information related to applications related to the services.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the property information via a close-distance communication network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information is property information related to an object selected based on a user input via the device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information is provided by the object to the device based on a user input for selecting from a predetermined list displayed on a screen of the object.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving specific information to be provided by a type of service selected based on the received property information and the current location of the device from the server.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the request comprises requesting the available service from the server via the object,

the receiving comprises receiving from the server specific information to be provided by a type of service selected based on the received property information of the object and the current location of the device, and

the specific information to be provided by the type of service selected based on the received property information and the current location of the device is determined by the object.

21. The method of claim 3, wherein the sending a request comprises requesting the server for the available service based on time, a user profile of the user, and a user history of services used by the user.

24. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 1.

15. A method by which a device receives a service associated with an object, the method comprising:

forming a communication network including the device and the object, when the device is located within a near field communication range from the object;

determining an application executed by the device and receiving property information of the object from the object connected to the device via the communication network;

sending a request directly from the object to a server to provide an available service based on types of services provided by the application and a current location of the device; and

receiving the available service requested by the object, from the server.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the sending a request of the available service comprises:

determining types of the available service and types of specific information to be provided by the available service based on the received property information and the current location of the device; and

requesting the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising acquiring context information related to the types of the available service and the types of the specific information,

wherein the sending a request to the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information comprises providing the acquired context information to the server.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the service based on the types of the available service, the types of the specific information, and the context information.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the context information comprises information related to at least one of a date, a time, the current location of the device, a gender of a user, an age of the user, and an execution history of an application that is executed by the device in relation to the available service.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the acquired context information is provided to the server via the object.

25. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 15.

22. A method by which an object provides a service associated with the object to a device, the method comprising:

forming a communication network including the device and the object, when the device is located within a near field communication range from the object;

transmitting property information of the object to the device connected to the object via the communication network;

receiving types of services which are determined by the device based on the property information and a current location of the device; and

sending a request, by the object, directly to a server for an available service based on the types of services and the property information of the object,

wherein the available service requested by the object is transmitted from the server to the device.

26. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 22.

23. An object which provides a service related to the object, the object comprising:

a control unit configured to;

form a communication network including a device and the object, when the device is located within a near field communication range from the object,

transmit property information of the object to the device connected to the object via the communication network,

receive types of services which are determined by the device based on the property information and a current location of the device; and

send a request, by the object, directly to a server for an available service based on the types of services and the property information of the object,

wherein the available service requested by the object is transmitted from the server to the device.