Method and apparatus for providing service

• US 10,321,271 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2018
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Tae-young, Jeon, Hee-chul, Kim, Hye-rin, Park, Da-hye, Choi, Won-young, Hong, Seung-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaroenchonwanit, Bunjob
• Application Number:
  US15/863,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20180132065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A mobile device, a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a server, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method performed by the mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes communication circuitry configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter; and a processor configured to determine identification information of the wireless transmitter based on the received signal and signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal, and provide the identification information and the determined signal intensity information to an application executed in the mobile device in order to send, to a server, a request for information based on the identification information and the determined signal intensity information.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

communication circuitry configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter; and

a processor configured to determine identification information of the wireless transmitter based on the received signal and signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal, and provide the identification information and the determined signal intensity information to an application executed in the mobile device in order to send, to a server, a request for information based on the identification information and the determined signal intensity information.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to receive the information that is determined by the server based on at least one of the determined signal intensity information and the identification information.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the wireless transmitter includes at least one of a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) and a Media Access Control (MAC) address.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a proximity of the mobile device to the wireless transmitter based on the determined signal intensity information.

5. The mobile device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a distance between the mobile device and the wireless transmitter.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to receive information that is determined by the server based on a distance between the mobile device and the wireless transmitter.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to transmit Identification (ID) information of the mobile device to the server, and

wherein the information is further determined by the server based on the ID information of the mobile device.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the information includes at least one of content and a service Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

9. A method performed by a mobile device for receiving a service from a server, the method comprising:

receiving a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter;

determining identification information of the wireless transmitter based on the received signal and signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal;

providing the identification information and the determined signal intensity information to an application executed in the mobile device; and

sending, through the executed application, to the server, a request for information based on the identification information and the determined signal intensity information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the information determined by the server based on at least one of the determined signal intensity information and the identification information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the identification information of the wireless transmitter includes at least one of a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) and a Media Access Control (MAC) address.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining a proximity of the mobile device to the wireless transmitter based on the determined signal intensity information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining the proximity comprises calculating a distance between the mobile device and the wireless transmitter.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the information determined by the server based on a distance between the mobile device and the wireless transmitter.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein sending the request to the server comprises transmitting Identification (ID) information of the mobile device to the server, and

wherein the information is further determined by the server based on the ID information of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the information includes at least one of content and a service Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a signal transmitted from the wireless transmitter;

determining identification information of the wireless transmitter based on the received signal and signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal;

providing the identification information and the determined signal intensity information to an application executed in the mobile device; and

sending, through the executed application, to the server, a request for information based on the identification information and the determined signal intensity information.