Method of providing multimedia and information services taking into account user context information and the service providing apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A method of providing multimedia or information services taking into account user context information, the method comprising:
- determining a direction in which a user is facing based on user context information;
comparing the direction the user is facing with environment information about an area in which the user is located;
determining whether an attention of the user is directed towards a service providing device based on a result of the comparing; and
providing a service via the service providing device if it is determined that the attention of the user is directed towards the service providing device.
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Abstract
A method of providing multimedia and information services taking into account user context information, and an apparatus providing these multimedia and information services are provided. The method involves calculating the direction wherein the user is facing using the user context information; comparing the direction wherein the user is determined to be facing with the environment information source of the area wherein the user is located; determining whether the attention of the user is focused on a service device in the location of the user; and providing a service using the device that the attention of the user is focused on if it is determined that the attention of the user is focused on a service device.
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1. A method of providing multimedia or information services taking into account user context information, the method comprising:
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determining a direction in which a user is facing based on user context information; comparing the direction the user is facing with environment information about an area in which the user is located; determining whether an attention of the user is directed towards a service providing device based on a result of the comparing; and providing a service via the service providing device if it is determined that the attention of the user is directed towards the service providing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A multimedia or information service providing apparatus which is configured to determine a direction a user is facing based on user context information, compares environment information about an area where the user is located with the direction the user is facing, and determines whether an attention of the first user is directed towards a service providing device, provides a service if it is determined that the attention of the user is directed towards focused on the service providing device;
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19. A multimedia or information service providing system, comprising:
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a transmission sensor which transmits an identification signal corresponding to a location of the user; a reception sensor which receives the transmitted identification signal transmitted by the transmission sensor and determines the location of the user based on the identification signal; a portable terminal which receives information on the location of the user from the reception sensor and transmits user context information, which comprises the information on the user'"'"'s location according to the identification signal received; and a server which provides a service based on the user context information received from the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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