Method and device for service negotiation

• US 10,271,358 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Taeyoung, Kang, Jaeeun, Kang, Hansu, Shin, Bongjhin, Yang, Chilyoul, Lee, Myounghwan, Lee, Chunho, Lee, Jihye
• Primary Examiner(s): Akinyemi, Ajibola A
• Application Number:
  US14/317,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20150004908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,761 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A method and an electronic device for service negotiation are provided. The method includes sensing, by the electronic device, a counterpart device through a first protocol, transmitting a request message to the counterpart device through the first protocol, the request message including indication information indicating that the electronic device requests a first service and first service information regarding the first service, and connecting with the counterpart device through a second protocol, when a selection message including indication information selecting the first service is received from the counterpart device through the first protocol, and, after connecting through the second protocol, executing the first service with the counterpart device using the first service information. The request message and the selection message each includes connection information for a connection using the second protocol, and the electronic device and the counterpart device use the connection information to perform the connection using the second protocol.

Claims

1. A method of service negotiation by a first device, the method comprising:

detecting a second device using a first protocol;

transmitting, to the second device using the first protocol, a message comprising first indication information indicating that the first device seeks to use a first service and second indication information indicating that the first device provides a second service, the first service and the second service to be executed using a second protocol;

identifying, whether a first selection message or a second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol, wherein the first selection message comprises indication information indicating that the first service is supported by the second device, and wherein the second selection message comprises indication information indicating that the first service is not supported and indication information requesting the second service;

establishing a connection with the second device using the second protocol for executing the first service or the second service, when the first selection message or the second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol; and

executing the first service with the second device when the first selection message is received, or the second service with the second device when the second selection message is received, based on the connection using the second protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, when the second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol, a third selection message comprising indication information selecting the second service to the second device using the first protocol.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the method further comprises at least one of transmitting additional information regarding the first service to the second device and receiving the additional information from the second device, when the first selection message comprising the indication information selecting the first service is received from the second device using the first protocol, and

wherein the executing of the first service with the second device further comprises executing the first service with the second device using first service related information and the additional information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, when a communication device included in the second device is deactivated, the message includes information for requesting a switch of the communication device to an activated state.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the message, the first selection message, and the second selection message each comprise connection information for a connection using the second protocol, and

wherein the establishing of the connection further comprises establishing the connection with the first device using the second protocol based on the connection information.

6. A method of service negotiation by a second device, the method comprising:

detecting a first device using a first protocol;

receiving from the first device using the first protocol when the second device is tagged with a tag attached to the first device, a message comprising at least one of first indication information indicating that the first device seeks to use a first service and second indication information indicating that the first device provides a second service, the first service and the second service to be executed using a second protocol;

establishing a connection with the first device using the second protocol, when service execution is determined based on the first indication information and the second indication information in the message;

determining one service of the first service and the second service which is selected by the second device from services that are provided by the first device; and

executing the determined service based on the connection using the second protocol.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, when a communication device included in the second device is deactivated, the message includes information for requesting a switch of the communication device to an activated state.

8. The method of claim 6,

wherein the message comprises connection information for a connection using the second protocol, and

wherein the establishing of the connection further comprises establishing the connection with the first device using the second protocol based on the connection information.

9. A first device of service negotiation, the first device comprising:

a communication device configured to;

detect a second device using a first protocol,

transmit, to the second device using the first protocol, a message comprising first indication information indicating that the first device seeks to use the first service and second indication information indicating that the first device provides a second service, and a second protocol being used for executing the first service and the second service; and

at least one processor configured to;

identify, whether a first selection message or a second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol, wherein the first selection message comprising indication information indicating that the first service is selected by the second device, and wherein the second selection message comprises indication information indicating that the first service is not supported and indication information requesting the second service,

establish a connection with the second device using the second protocol for executing the first service or the second service, when the first selection message or the second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol, and

execute the first service with the second device when the first selection message is received, or the second service with the second device when the second selection message is received, based on the connection using the second protocol.

10. The first device of claim 9,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control, when the second selection message is received from the second device using the first protocol, the communication device to transmit a third selection message comprising indication information selecting the second service to the second device using the first protocol.

11. The first device of claim 9,

wherein the communication device is further configured to further perform at least one of a function of transmitting additional information regarding the first service to the second device and a function of receiving the additional information from the second device, when the first selection message comprising the indication information selecting the first service is received from the second device using the first protocol, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the first service with the second device using first service related information and the additional information.

12. The first device of claim 9, wherein, when a communication device included in the second device is deactivated, the message includes information for requesting a switch of the communication device to an activated state.

13. The first device of claim 9,

wherein the message, the first selection message, and the second selection message each comprise connection information for a connection using the second protocol, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to establish the connection with the first device using the second protocol based on the connection information.

14. A second device of service negotiation, the second device comprising:

a communication device configured to;

detect a first device using a first protocol, and

receive a message from the first device using the first protocol when the second device is tagged with a tag attached to the first device, the message comprising at least one of first indication information indicating that the first device seeks to use a first service and second indication information indicating that the first device provides a second service, the first service and the second service to be executed using a second protocol; and

at least one processor configured to;

establish a connection with the first device using the second protocol, when service execution is determined based on the first indication information and the second indication information in the message,

determine one service of the first service and the second service which is selected by the second device from services that are provided by the first device, and

execute the determined service based on the connection using the second protocol.

15. The second device of claim 14, wherein, if a communication device included in the second device is deactivated, the message includes information for requesting a switch of the communication device to an activated state.

16. The second device of claim 14,

wherein a selection message is sensed from the tag, the selection message including an identifier of the first device, a type of service available from the first device, and service information of the first device.

17. The second device of claim 14,

wherein the message comprises connection information for a connection using the second protocol, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to establish the connection with the first device using the second protocol based on the connection information.