SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT INFORMATION IN LAN

• US 20090043626A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sim, Dae-Hyun, Kim, Jae-Ho, Lee, Jeong-Eun, Han, Young-Seop, Choi, Woo-Jun
• Application Number:
  US12/187,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20090043626A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

Provided is a system and a method for reporting data in a Local Area Network (LAN), which includes at least one router for broadcasting both product information of an entire shopping center including product advertisement information and product information including identification information of each of shopping center local communication terminals providing the product advertisement information, and identification information of each of shopping center local communication terminals located within a coverage area of each of the at least one router; and a user local communication terminal for receiving the product information and the identification information, detecting the product advertisement information and displaying the detected product advertisement information, finding product information including any one of the received identification information among the received product information of the entire shopping center, analyzing the found product information to detect product advertisement information of the found product information, and first displaying the detected product advertisement information.

Claims

1. A method for providing product information by a system capable of local communication, the method comprising:

receiving product information and cell identification information of each of multiple cells provided by each of the multiple cells located in a predetermined area;

collecting the product information and the cell identification information received from each of the multiple cells; and

transmitting at least some of the collected product information and cell identification information to a terminal located in a coverage area by using the local communication.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the terminal, at least some of the product information and the cell identification information and first displaying product information of a cell capable of current local communication reception among the received product information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in first displaying product information of the cell capable of current local communication reception among the received product information, any of predetermined character colors and background colors for displaying the product information is changed to a different color, and the different color is displayed.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system corresponds to a router capable of the local communication.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the local communication corresponds to either ZIGBEE®

, BLUETOOTH®

, or Ultra-WideBand (UWB).

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, transmitting at least some of the collected product information and cell identification information to the terminal located in the coverage area by using the local communication comprises broadcasting the information to either a particular terminal, grouped terminals, or all terminals, thereby performing the transmission.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in receiving product information and cell identification information of each of multiple cells provided by each of the multiple cells located in a predetermined area, the product information and the cell identification information of each of the multiple cells are received from a terminal capable of the local communication in which the product information and the cell identification information of each of the multiple cells are stored.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the product information comprises at least one of a product name, a price, a brand, a store name, a location of a store, and a telephone number of the store.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, when a router uses a ZIGBEE®

communication scheme as the local communication, identification information of the router corresponds to an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) address.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein collecting the product information and the cell identification information received from each of the multiple cells comprises:

transmitting the product information received from the cell to a gateway; and

receiving entire product information obtained by collecting several pieces of the product information from the gateway.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the collected product information and cell identification information to a terminal existing in a coverage area by using the local communication;

receiving, by the existing terminal, the collected product information and cell identification information, and detecting a location of the terminal based on location information corresponding to previously-stored cell identification information and identification information of a cell capable of current local communication; and

displaying, by the terminal, the detected location of the terminal along with a map around the terminal.

12. A system capable of local communication for providing product information, the system comprising:

a communication unit for performing the local communication,

wherein the system receives product information and cell identification information of each of multiple cells provided by each of the multiple cells located in a predetermined area, collects the product information and the cell identification information received from each of the multiple cells, and transmits at least some of the collected product information and cell identification information to a terminal located in a coverage area by using the local communication.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the terminal receives at least some of the product information and the cell identification information, and first displaying product information of a cell capable of current local communication reception among the received product information.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, in first displaying product information of the cell capable of current local communication reception among the received product information, the terminal changes any of predetermined character colors and background colors for displaying product information to a different color, and displays the different color.

15. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the system corresponds to a router capable of the local communication.

16. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the local communication corresponds to either ZIGBEE®

, BLUETOOTH®

, or Ultra-WideBand (UWB).

17. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in transmitting at least some of the collected product information and cell identification information to the terminal located in the coverage area by using the local communication, the system broadcasts the information to either a particular terminal, grouped terminals, or all terminals, thereby performing the transmission.

18. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in receiving product information and cell identification information of each of multiple cells provided by each of the multiple cells located in a predetermined area, the system receives the product information and the cell identification information of each of the multiple cells from a terminal capable of the local communication in which the product information and the cell identification information of each of the multiple cells are stored.

19. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the product information comprises at least one of a product name, a price, a brand, a store name, a location of a store, and a telephone number of the store.

20. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein, when a router uses a ZIGBEE®

communication scheme as the local communication, identification information of the router corresponds to an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) address.

21. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in collecting the product information and the cell identification information received from each of the multiple cells, the system transmits the product information received from the cell to a gateway, and receives entire product information obtained by collecting several pieces of the product information from the gateway.

22. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the collected product information and cell identification information is transmitted to a terminal existing in a coverage area by using the local communication, and

wherein the receiving terminal receives the collected product information and cell identification information through the terminal, detects a location of the terminal based on location information corresponding to previously-stored cell identification information and identification information of a cell capable of current local communication, and displays the detected location of the terminal along with a map around the terminal on the terminal.

23. A terminal for providing product information, the terminal comprising:

a local communication unit for performing local communication; and

a control unit for controlling a user node so as to receive product advertisement information, product information of an entire shopping center obtained by collecting several pieces of product information including identification information of a shopping center local communication terminal providing the product advertisement information, and identification information of each of shopping center local communication terminals located in a coverage area of a relay node from the relay node which, being located in one region, has a predetermined coverage area and performs local communication with another node located in the coverage area, to detect the product advertisement information included in the received product information of the entire shopping center and display the detected product advertisement information, to find product information including any of the received identification information among the received product information of the entire shopping center, to analyze the found product information and detect product advertisement information of the found product information, and to first display the detected product advertisement information, when the terminal operates as the user node.

24. A method for providing product information in a Local Area Network (LAN), the method comprising:

broadcasting both product information of an entire shopping center and identification information of each of shopping center local communication terminals located in a coverage area of the at least one relay node by using local communication, by the at least one relay node which, being located in one region, has a predetermined coverage area and performs the local communication with another node located in the coverage area;

receiving, by a user node, product advertisement information, the product information of the entire shopping center obtained by collecting several pieces of product information including identification information of a shopping center local communication terminal providing the product advertisement information, and the identification information of each of the shopping center local communication terminals located in the coverage area of the at least one relay node from the at least one relay node;

detecting, by the user node, the product advertisement information included in the received product information of the entire shopping center and displaying the detected product advertisement information;

finding, by the user node, product information including any one of the received identification information among the received product information of the entire shopping center; and

analyzing, by the user node, the found product information to detect product advertisement information of the found product information and first displaying the detected product advertisement information.