Method, device and system for providing services based on location information and terminal device thereon

• US 10,313,482 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Wang, Wei, Wang, Chunhua, Yang, Fei, Li, Kun
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US14/515,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A method, device, terminal, and system for providing services based on location information are provided. The method includes acquiring location information of a client; retrieving attribute information of a group of the client when the client is located within a group service region; and providing a group service according to the attribute information of the group of the client. The device includes an acquisition module configured to acquire location information of a client; a retrieval module configured to retrieve attribute information of a group of the client when the client is located within a group service region; and a service provision module configured to provide a group service according to the attribute information of the group of the client.

Claims

1. A method of providing services by a server based on location information, comprising:

creating a group, and setting attribute information of the group by the server, wherein the group corresponds to a group service among a plurality of group services of a plurality of service providers which is integrally provided through a communication network by the server;

receiving, by the server, registration information for joining the group from a terminal device of a client;

receiving, by the server, location information of the client from the terminal device;

identifying, by the server, whether the client is located within a group service region related to the group based on the received location information of the client;

retrieving, by the server, the attribute information of the group in response to identifying that the client is located within the group service region;

providing, by the server, the group service from a service provider among the plurality of service providers, according to the attribute information of the group;

receiving, by the server, a request to change the attribute information of the group from the terminal device; and

changing the attribute information of the group based on at least one of a credit rating of the group, a number of login times and login time of each client in the group in response to receiving the request to change the attribute information of the group,

wherein the attribute information includes at least one of a provider of the group service, a type of a service of the group service, service frequency of the group service and service time of the group service.

2. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 1, wherein providing the group service according to the attribute information of the group comprises providing the group service corresponding to the attribute information of the group to the terminal device.

3. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 2, wherein providing the group service corresponding to the attribute information of the group to the terminal device comprises sending notification information to the terminal device when the client enters and/or leaves the group service region.

4. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 1, wherein providing the group service according to the attribute information of the group comprises providing the group service corresponding to the attribute information of the group to the client.

5. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 1, wherein providing the group service according to the attribute information of the group comprises providing a service of information interaction between clients in the group when the client is located within the group service region.

6. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 1, further comprising ceasing to provide the group service to the client when the client leaves the group service region.

7. The method of providing services based on the location information according to claim 1, wherein setting the attribute information of the group comprises at least one of the following:

setting cancellation rules of the group;

setting qualifications of clients in the group; and

setting service items in the group.

8. A server for providing services based on location information, comprising:

a creating module configured to create a group, wherein the group corresponds to a group service among a plurality of group services of a plurality of service providers which is integrally provided through a communication network by the server;

a setting module configured to set attribute information of the group;

an acquisition module configured to receive registration information for joining the group from a terminal device of a client and to receive location information of the client from the terminal device;

a retrieval module configured to retrieve the attribute information of the group when the client being located within a group service region related to the group is identified based on the received location information of the client; and

a service provision module configured to provide the group service from a service provider among the plurality of service providers, according to the attribute information of the group,

wherein the setting module is further configured to change the attribute information of the group based on at least one of a credit rating of the group, a number of login times and login time of each client in the group in response to receiving a request to change the attribute information of the group, and

wherein the attribute information includes at least one of a provider of the group service, a type of a service of the group service, service frequency of the group service and service time of the group service.

9. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 8, wherein the service provision module is further configured to provide the group service corresponding to the attribute information of the group to the terminal device according to the attribute information of the group.

10. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 9, wherein the service provision module is further configured to send notification information to the terminal device when the client enters and/or leaves the group service region.

11. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 9, wherein the service provision module is further configured to provide a service of information interaction between clients in the group when the client is located within the group service region.

12. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 8, wherein the service provision module is further configured to provide the group service corresponding to the attribute information of the group to the client.

13. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 8, wherein the service provision module is further configured to stop providing the group service to the client when the client leaves the group service region.

14. The server for providing services based on the location information according to claim 8, wherein setting the group information of the group comprises at least one of the following:

setting cancellation rules of the group;

setting qualifications of clients in the group; and

setting service items in the group.

15. A terminal device, comprising:

a sending module configured to send registration information, to a server for providing services, for joining a group created by the server, and send location information of a client of the terminal device to the server, wherein the group corresponds to a group service among a plurality of group services of a plurality of service providers which is integrally provided through a communication network by the server; and

a receiving module, configured to receive the group service provided by a service provider among the plurality of service providers, through the server based on the location information according to attribution information of the group;

wherein, when the server identifies, based on the location information, that the client is located within a group service region related to the group, the server retrieves the attribution information of the group,

wherein the sending module is further configured to send a request to change the attribute information of the group to the server,

wherein the attribute information of the group is changed by the server based on at least one of a credit rating of the group, a number of login times and login time of each client in the group, and

wherein the attribute information includes at least one of a provider of the group service, a type of a service of the group service, service frequency of the group service and service time of the group service.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

a status switching module configured to switch a login state of the client in the group;

wherein the login state comprises at least two of an active state, an inactive state and an cloaked state.

17. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein the sending module is further configured to send information to other clients in the group;

and the receiving module is further configured to receive information sent by the other clients in the group.

18. A method for receiving services by a terminal device based on location information, comprising:

sending registration information, to a server for providing services, for joining a group created by the server, wherein the group corresponds to a group service among a plurality of group services of a plurality of service providers which is integrally provided through a communication network by the server;

sending location information of a client of the terminal device to the server;

receiving the group service provided by a service provider among the plurality of service providers, through the server based on the location information according to attribution information of the group; and

sending a request to change the attribute information of the group to the server,

wherein the attribute information of the group is changed by the server based on at least one of a credit rating of the group, a number of login times and login time of each client in the group,

wherein, when the server identifies, based on the location information, that the client is located within a group service region related to the group, the server retrieves the attribution information of the group, and

wherein the attribute information includes at least one of a provider of the group service, a type of a service of the group service, service frequency of the group service and service time of the group service.