Social network service (SNS) server for providing profile information of mobile device user

• US 10,189,481 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2015
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Ahn, Geon Guk
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrell, Robert B
• Application Number:
  US14/957,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20170048349A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 705 4, 209219
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/18 Distance travelled
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

An apparatus for providing profile information, in which a mobile device is connected to a vehicle device through a first communication network and connected to a profile information providing server through a second communication network, includes a driving information collection unit configured to collect driving information of a vehicle, a driving state determination unit configured to determine a driving state of a mobile device user based on the driving information, and a communication unit configured to transmit a driving state determination result to the profile information providing server.

Claims

1. A social network service (SNS) server connectable to a first mobile device of a first user and a second mobile device of a second user through a communication network, the SNS server storing a first profile information of the first user and providing the first profile information to the second mobile device upon request, the SNS server comprising:

a communication device configured to receive a driving state of the first user and receive a profile information change request from the first mobile device when the first mobile device is connected to a vehicle device in a vehicle; and

a processor configured to;

search a content which represents the driving state of the first user in response to receiving the profile information change request from the first mobile device, the content including at least one of an image, a picture, a message, music, and a moving image;

store the searched content in a storage as a second profile information of the first user; and

provide the stored content to the second mobile device through the communication device upon request from the second mobile device, such that the second user determines a response state of the first user to a phone call or a message without the first user changing a profile information while driving,

wherein the processor is further configured to recover the second profile information back to the first profile information which is an original profile information of the first user, in response to receiving a profile information recovery request from the first mobile device through the communication device when the first mobile device is disconnected from the vehicle device.

2. The SNS server of claim 1, wherein

the driving state of the first user represents information including at least one of a location of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and weather in an area corresponding to the location of the vehicle.

3. The SNS server of claim 1, wherein

the communication network is a mobile communication network.

4. A social network service (SNS) server connectable to a first mobile device of a first user and a second mobile device of a second user through a communication network, the SNS server storing a first profile information of the first user and providing the first profile information to the second mobile device upon request, the SNS server comprising:

a communication device configured to receive driving information of a vehicle connected to a first mobile device from the first mobile device when the first mobile device is connected to a vehicle device in the vehicle; and

a processor configured to;

determine a driving state of the first user based on the received driving information;

search a content representing the driving state of the first user, the content including at least one of an image, a picture, a message, music, and a moving image;

store the searched content in a storage as a second profile information of the first user; and

provide the stored content to the second mobile device through the communication device upon request from the second mobile device, such that the second user determines a response state of the first user to a phone call or a message without the first user changing a profile information while driving,

wherein the processor is further configured to recover the second profile information back to the first profile information which is an original profile information of the first user, in response to receiving a profile information recovery request from the first mobile device through the communication device when the first mobile device is disconnected from the vehicle device.

5. The SNS server of claim 4, wherein

the driving state of the first user includes speed information of the vehicle.

6. The SNS server of claim 4, wherein

the driving state of the first user includes location information of the vehicle.

7. The SNS server of claim 4, wherein

the driving state of the first user includes weather information corresponding to a position of the vehicle.

8. The SNS server of claim 4, wherein

the driving information includes a position of the first mobile device received from a global positioning system (GPS), and a moving distance and a moving time of the first mobile device, which are the same as a position, a moving distance, and a moving time of the vehicle.

9. The SNS server of claim 4, wherein

the communication network is a mobile communication network.