SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING QUEUE ORDER, AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20100191842A1
• Filed: 11/21/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JANG, Tae Ho, Yu, Dong Hun, Kim, Jun Hyeong, Jeon, Paul Barom
• Granted Patent: US 8,458,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 11/00 Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2011/04 related to queuing systems

Abstract

A system for managing a queue order may receive queue order registration requests from a plurality of user terminals, generate queue order information of the plurality of user terminals, and broadcast, when the queue order information changes, notification information about the change of the queue order information.

Claims

1. A system for managing a queue order, the system comprising:

an information generation unit configured to receive queue order registration requests from a plurality of user terminals, and configured to generate queue order information of the plurality of user terminals; and

a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast, when the queue order information changes, notification information about the change of the queue order information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information generation unit generates queue number information of each of the plurality of user terminals based on an order of receiving the queue order registration requests, and the broadcasting unit sequentially includes the queue number information of each of the plurality of user terminals in the notification information, every time the queue order information changes.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the information generation unit comprises:

an information transmission unit configured to transmit queue number information of any one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals to the one user terminal, when the information generation unit receives a queue order registration request from the one user terminal.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the information generation unit comprises:

a communication information transmission unit configured to transmit broadcasting channel information and address information to any one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, when a queue order registration request is received from the one user terminal,

wherein the one user terminal receives the notification information based on the broadcasting channel information and the address information.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein, when a cancellation request of the queue order registration is received from any one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, the information generation unit updates the queue number information of each of the plurality of user terminals based on the queue number information of the one user terminal.

6. A terminal device comprising:

a request unit configured to transmit a queue order registration request to a system for managing a queue order; and

a notification information receiving unit configured to receive notification information about a change of queue order information, the queue order information being broadcasted from the system for managing a queue order,

wherein the system for managing a queue order receives queue order registration requests from a plurality of terminal devices, generates the queue order information of the plurality of terminal devices, and broadcasts the notification information about the change of the queue order information when the queue order information changes.

7. The terminal device of claim 6, wherein the system for managing a queue order generates queue number information of each of the plurality of terminal devices based on an order of receiving the queue order registration requests transmitted from each of the plurality of terminal devices, and the notification information sequentially includes the queue number information of each of the plurality of terminal devices, every time the queue order information changes.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, further comprising:

a queue number information receiving unit configured to receive first queue number information, associated with a current queue number, from the system for managing a queue order.

9. The terminal device of claim 7, further comprising:

a communication information receiving unit configured to receive broadcasting channel information and address information from the system for managing a queue order,

wherein the notification information receiving unit receives the notification information based on the broadcasting channel information and the address information.

10. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the request unit transmits a cancellation request of the queue order registration to the system for managing a queue order depending on a choice of a user, and the system for managing a queue order updates the queue number information of each of the plurality of terminal devices based on the first queue number information when the cancellation request of the queue order registration is received.

11. A method of managing a queue order, the method comprising:

receiving by a system for managing a queue order, queue order registration requests from a plurality of user terminals, and generating by the system for managing a queue order, queue order information of the plurality of user terminals; and

broadcasting by the system for managing a queue order, when the queue order information changes, notification information about the change of the queue order information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of the queue order information comprises generating queue number information of each of the plurality of user terminals based on an order of receiving the queue order registration requests, and the broadcasting of the notification information comprises sequentially including the queue number information of each of the plurality of user terminals in the notification information, every time the queue order information changes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating of the queue order information comprises:

transmitting queue number information of any one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals to the one user terminal, when queue order registration request is received from the one user terminal.

14. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program to manage a queue order, comprising instructions to cause a computer to:

receive queue order registration requests from a plurality of user terminals, and generating queue order information of the plurality of user terminals; and

broadcast, when the queue order information changes, notification information about the change of the queue order information.