Service providing device, terminal, wireless charging system comprising the same, control method thereof and computer readable medium having computer program recorded therefor

• US 10,600,070 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Im, Joon Sok, Kim, Hyun Wook, Park, Yon Won, Jin, Hyung Min, Na, Seung Won, Kang, Seong Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Sigmond, Bennett M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Scott C
• Application Number:
  US14/790,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20160005068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0212 Chance discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0237 at kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present invention provides a service providing device and a terminal, a wireless charging system including the service providing device and the terminal, a control method thereof, and a computer readable medium having a computer program. That is, according to the present invention, in any one of cases when a terminal is intended to be charged by a wireless charging device, when a terminal is recognized by a wireless charging device, and when a terminal is in the BLE range of a wireless charging device, a product is selected through a corresponding terminal on the basis of product information provided from a POS terminal or a service providing device, a function of ordering the selected product is performed, and a function of paying for the selected product is performed, such that the wireless charging system can be used in more fields and more conveniently used.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an access point communicating with a terminal;

a wireless charging device configured to charge the terminal wirelessly with wireless charging intensity adjusted according to a first signal; and

a server communicating with the access point and the wireless charging device, the server comprising;

a communication unit configured to;

receive estimation information indicating (i) information about products that are touched or tagged by the terminal, (ii) times of touching or tagging, and (iii) section information indicating locations of the touched or tagged products in a store, the estimation information transmitted from the terminal positioned in the store,

send the first control signal adjusting the wireless charging intensity of the wireless charging device to the wireless charging device over a network to charge the terminal with the adjusted wireless charging intensity, and

send a second control signal adjusting wireless signal transmission intensity of the access point to the access point over the network so that the access point communicates with the terminal using adjusted wireless signal transmission intensity;

a control unit configured to;

determine the first control signal and the second control signal based on the information about the products that are touched or tagged by the terminal, the times of the touching or tagging, and the section information, whether the terminal moved across different sections of the store in a predetermined sequence, whether at least a predetermined number of the products in the sections were touched or tagged by the terminal, and whether the touching or tagging were conducted for at least a predetermined time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit provides a predetermined coupon to the terminal based on at least one of the information about the products that are touched or tagged by the terminal, the times of the touching or tagging, and the section information indicating locations of the touched products included in the estimation information.