USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120084352A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Nam-geol, CHO, In-sung, LEE, Young-seop
• Granted Patent: US 8,935,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/54 by adding security routines or objects to programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A user terminal device and method for providing a service in the user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a location calculation unit that calculates location information of the user terminal device, a storage unit that stores a service hub program, a display unit that displays an icon container including icons of application programs set with the service hub program, and a control unit that restricts usability of at least one of the application programs or the service hub program based on the location information and effective area information.

Claims

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a location calculation unit that calculates location information of the user terminal device;

a storage unit that stores a service hub program;

a display unit that displays an icon container including icons of application programs set with the service hub program; and

a control unit that restricts usability of at least one of the application programs or the service hub program based on the location information and effective area information.

2. The user terminal device of claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the effective area information and, if it is determined that the user terminal device deviates from the effective area based on the location information and the effective area information, the control unit sets at least one of the application programs or the service hub program to be in an unusable state.

3. The user terminal device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit that receives the effective area information from a server,

wherein the effective area information is changeable.

4. The user terminal device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit that transmits the location information to a server and receives availability information that is generated based on the location information in the server,

wherein the control unit restricts the usability regarding the at least one of the application programs or the service hub program according to the availability information received from the server,

wherein if the location of the user terminal device is within the effective area, the availability information sets the application program and the service hub program to be in a usable state, and

wherein if the location of the user terminal device is out of the effective area, the availability information sets the at least one of the application programs or the service hub program to be in an unusable state.

5. The user terminal device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit that transmits the location information to a server and receives a list regarding an application that is determined as an unusable state, based on the location information and the effective area information from the server,

wherein the control unit restricts the usability regarding the application program included in the list and restricts the usability of the service hub program, if all the application programs regarding the service hub program are in an unusable state.

6. The user terminal device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display an icon on a screen, the icon being included in an icon container, and executes the application program corresponding to the selected icon, if the icon displayed on a screen is selected.

7. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein if the location of the user terminal device deviates from the effective area, the control unit controls the display unit to display an icon or the icon container regarding the application program set as an unusable state among the application programs of an inactivation state.

8. The user terminal device of claim 1, wherein when the service hub program is initially executed, the control unit registers the user terminal device by transmitting, to the server, location information of the user terminal device and unique information of the user terminal device.

9. The user terminal device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with a server; and

an input unit for inputting user information,

wherein the control unit transmits, to the server, the user information input through the input unit and unique information, downloads the service hub program from the server, transmits the user information, the unique information, and identification information of the service hub program to the server when the service hub program is executed, receives a first list including at least one application program set for an organization and a group of the user of the user terminal device and a second list including an icon of the application program from the server, generates the icon container including the icon regarding the application program of the first list according to the second list, and provides the icon container to the display unit.

10. A service providing method of a user terminal device, the method comprising:

calculating location information of the user terminal device; and

restricting usability regarding at least one application program which is set for a service hub program or the service hub program, if the location information indicates that the user terminal device deviates from an effective area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein restricting the usability comprises setting the at least one application program or the service hub program to be in an unusable state.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information regarding the effective area is received from the server, and the information is changeable.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein restricting the usability comprises:

transmitting the location information to a server;

receiving availability information generated based on the location information from the server;

restricting the usability regarding at least one application program or the service hub program according to the availability information received from the server, and

if the location information indicates that the user terminal device is within the effective area, the usability information sets the application program and the service hub program to be in an usable state, and if the location information indicates that the user terminal device is not within the effective area, the usability information sets at least one of the application program or the service hub program to be in an unusable state.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein restricting the usability comprises:

transmitting the location information to a server;

receiving a list regarding an application of an unusable state determined based on the location information from the server;

restricting the usability regarding the application program included in the list; and

restricting the usability of the service hub program, if all the application programs regarding the service hub program are in an unusable state.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying an icon container corresponding to the service hub program;

displaying an icon included in the icon container, when the icon container is selected; and

executing an application program corresponding to the displayed icon, when the displayed icon is selected.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein if the location information indicates that the user terminal device deviates from the effective area, the icon container or the icon regarding the application program of an unusable state is displayed in an inactivated state.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising, when the service hub program is initially executed, registering the user terminal device by transmitting, to the server, unique information of the user terminal device and the location information of the user terminal device.

18. A user terminal device, comprising:

an authentication manager that performs authentication by transmitting unique information of the user terminal device and user information to a server;

a download manager that downloads a service hub program, a first list including application programs corresponding to the service hub program and a second list including icons of the application programs from the server;

an icon generation manager that generates an icon container including the icons of the application programs in the first list according to the second list;

a display controller that displays the icon container on a screen; and

a location management manager that restricts usability regarding the service hub program or the application program based on location information of the user terminal device and effective area information.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the location management manager receives the effective area information from the server, when the service hub program is executed, compares the received effective area information with the location information of the user terminal device, and sets the service hub program or the application program to be in an unusable state, when the user terminal device deviates from the effective area.

20. The device of claim 23, wherein the location management manager transmits the location information to the server, and the server receives availability information regarding the service hub program or the application program so as to restrict usability regarding the service hub program or the application program according to the availability information.