Service providing method using profile information and system thereof

• US 20060168137A1
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Hun, Lee, Sung-jin
• Granted Patent: US 8,561,145 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A service providing method using profile information and a system thereof is provided. According to the invention, in order to provide profile information for serving a user to a service provider at a place other than a home, a user device, an external device, an authentication server and a profile server are provided and interconnected through a network such as the Internet. Accordingly, the service provider can provide the best services to users, and users can be provided with services that are the same as those provided at home.

Claims

1. A service providing method for an external device on a network using profile information, the method comprising:

connecting a user device, comprising a user key, to the external device;

transferring external device information to the user device and receiving the external device information encrypted using the user key;

requesting profile information for serving a user of the user device by transmitting the encrypted external device information to a profile server that stores the profile information; and

receiving the profile information provided by the profile server that determines the request as being authorized.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the encrypted external device information comprises an event number which is created by the user device and decrypted by the profile server for user confirmation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein requesting of the profile information is performed using an unencrypted address of the profile server that is received from the user device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile information comprises the user'"'"'s living patterns.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s living patterns comprise at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining of the request as being authorized comprises:

granting a site key to the external device using an authentication server prior to receiving the external device information;

inserting the site key into the external device information; and

determining, using the site key, whether the external device is an authorized device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the profile information provided by the profile server is selection information needed for the external device out of the profile information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

registering with the authentication server a list of the selection information, when granting the site key; and

receiving the needed selection information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized device, the needed selection information corresponding to the list registered with the authentication server.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein receiving of the needed selection information out of the profile information when the external device is determined to be an authorized device further comprises:

searching for the needed selection information from the profile information stored in the profile server according to the list provided by the authentication server; and

receiving the needed selection information.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein receiving the needed selection information further comprises:

encrypting and transmitting the needed selection information to the user device by way of the external device; and

receiving the needed selection information decrypted by the user device using the user key.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile server is a home network server of the user.

13. A service providing method for an external device on a network using profile information, the method comprising:

connecting a user device to a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of the user device;

transferring the profile information to the user device;

transferring to the user device a list of selection information needed by the external device out of the profile information; and

receiving only information permitted by the user out of the selection information.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the profile information comprises the user'"'"'s living patterns.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the user'"'"'s living patterns comprise at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

17. A service providing system using profile information, the system comprising:

a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of a user device, receives a request for the profile information, and outputs the profile information if the request is determined as being authorized;

the user device comprising a user key provided by the profile server; and

an external device that transmits the request and receives the profile information, the request comprising external device information that was transferred to the user device and returned after having been encrypted using the user key.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein, in the case where the user device comprises a wireless interface, the wireless interface comprises one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and a smart card.

20. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the user device is configured to create an encrypted event number which is decrypted by the profile server for user confirmation.

21. The system as claimed in claim 17 wherein the external device is configured to receive an unencrypted address of the profile server from the user device together with the encrypted external device information.

22. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns.

23. The system as claimed in claim 22, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living pattern comprising at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

24. The systems as claimed in claim 17, comprising an authentication server that determines whether the request is authorized.

25. The system as claimed in claim 24, wherein:

the authentication server is configured to grant a site key to the external device and confirm the site key; and

the external device is configured to insert the site key to the external device information.

26. The system as claimed in claim 25, wherein the profile server is configured to transmit to the external device selection information needed for the external device out of the profile information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized one.

27. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein;

the authentication server is further configured to register a list of the selection information, when granting the site key; and

the profile server is further configured to search for the needed selection information from the profile information according to the list provided by the authentication server, and transmits to the external device the needed selection information that has been found as a result of the search.

28. The system as claimed in claim 27, wherein:

the profile server is configured to encrypt and transmit the needed selection information to the user device by way of the external device; and

the user device is configured to decrypt and transmit the needed selection information to the external device.

29. The system as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a network, the external device, the authentication server, and the profile server being connected through at least one of wired and wireless interfaces.

30. The system as claimed in claim 17 wherein the profile server is a home network server of the user.

31. A service providing system using profile information, the system comprising:

a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of a user device;

the user device that receives the profile information from the profile server; and

an external device that transfers to the user device a list of needed selection information out of the profile information, and receives only information permitted by the user out of the selection information.

32. The service providing system as claimed in claim 31, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

33. The service providing system as claimed in claim 31, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns.

34. The service providing system as claimed in claim 33, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns comprising at least any one of information on eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.