Home network system and method for providing information therein

• US 20060190590A1
• Filed: 12/27/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyung-gon
• Application Number:
  US11/316,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A home network system and a method of providing information in the home network system, wherein the home network system includes a sensor network tracking the location of a user in real time and transmitting location information of the user, a plurality of information terminals providing predetermined information to the user, and a home server receiving the location information from the sensor network and transmitting the predetermined information to the user, by selecting at least one of the plurality of information terminals by using the location information.

Claims

1. A home network system, comprising:

a sensor network tracking a location of a user in real time and transmitting a location information of the user;

a plurality of information terminals providing predetermined information to the user; and

a home server receiving the location information of the user from the sensor network and transmitting the predetermined information to the user, by selecting at least one of the plurality of information terminals by using the location information of the user.

2. The home network system according to claim 1, wherein each information terminal comprises a display portion displaying the information transmitted from the home server.

3. The home network system according to claim 2, wherein the display portion displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a permeable medium when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

4. The home network system according to claim 2, wherein the display portion displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a mirror reflecting an image of the user when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

5. The home network system according to claim 1, wherein the home server comprises:

a storing portion storing the location information of the plurality of information terminals; and

a home server control portion comparing the user'"'"'s location information transmitted from the sensor network with the locations of the plurality of information terminals stored in the terminal information storing portion to select the information terminal which would transmit the information to the user.

6. The home network system according to claim 5, wherein the home server selects the information terminal which is located closest to the user'"'"'s location, among the plurality of information terminals.

7. A home network system for providing a user with predetermined information transmitted from a homeserver using at least one terminal and controlling the terminal, wherein the at least one terminal comprises:

a display portion which displays the predetermined information transmitted from the home server; and

a terminal control portion which obtains a user authentication by transmitting a predetermined voice command to the home server when the voice command is input by the user and displaying a User Interface (UI) screen transmitted from the home server on the display portion.

8. The home network system according to claim 7, wherein the display portion serves as a display unit when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a permeable medium when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

9. The home network system according to claim 7, wherein the display portion serves as a display unit when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a mirror reflecting a user'"'"'s image thereon when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

10. The home network system according to claim 7, wherein the home server comprises:

a voice recognition authorizing portion which performs a user authentication by analyzing a voice command transmitted from the terminal; and

a UI processing portion providing a predetermined UI screen for an authorized user to the terminal when the user authentication on the transmitted voice command is obtained.

11. A method for providing information in a home network system comprising a plurality of information terminals and a home server for providing predetermined information, comprising:

receiving information requested to be transmitted to predetermined users;

checking location information on the user to receive the predetermined information;

selecting at least one of a plurality of information terminals by using the location information; and

providing the information requested to the user by transmitting the information requested to the selected at least one information terminal.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the information terminal located nearest to the user'"'"'s location is selected among the plurality of information terminals.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of information terminals displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a permeable medium when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of information terminals displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a mirror reflecting a user'"'"'s image when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

15. A home server which transmits predetermined information to a user through one of a plurality of information terminals in a home network system, the home server comprising:

a storing portion storing a location information of the plurality of information terminals; and

a home server control portion comparing a user'"'"'s location information transmitted from a sensor network with the locations of the plurality of information terminals stored in the terminal information storing portion to select the information terminal which would transmit the information to the user.

16. The home server according to claim 15, wherein the home server selects the information terminal which is located closest to the user'"'"'s location, among the plurality of information terminals.

17. The home server according to claim 15, further comprising:

a voice recognition authorizing portion which performs a user authentication by analyzing a voice command transmitted from the information terminal; and

a UI processing portion providing a predetermined UI screen for an authorized user to the selected information terminal when the user authentication on the transmitted voice command is obtained.

18. An information terminal which provides predetermined information transmitted from a home server to a user in a home network system, the information terminal comprising:

a display portion which displays the predetermined information transmitted from the home server; and

a terminal control portion which obtains a user authentication by transmitting a predetermined voice command to the home server when it is input by the user and displaying a UI screen transmitted from the home server on the display portion.

19. The information terminal according to claim 18, wherein the display portion displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a permeable medium when there is no information transmitted from the home server.

20. The information terminal according to claim 18, wherein the display portion displays the transmitted information when there is information transmitted from the home server and serves as a mirror reflecting an image of the user when there is no information transmitted from the home server.