COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SERVER AND PROGRAM

• US 20120179749A1
• Filed: 08/18/2010
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takamura, Kazuhisa
• Application Number:
  US13/496,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20120179749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2094 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Provided is a communication method, a communication system, a server, and a program capable of promptly providing a user with a service that is near the user. The communication method is provided, including a reading step of reading identification data including position information and information about the service by a device for using the service; a transmitting step of transmitting the read identification data to a predetermined communication channel by the device; a receiving step of receiving the transmitted identification data by the server; a communication channel selecting step of selecting a communication channel for providing the service based on the position information included in the received identification data by the server; an execution server selecting step of selecting an execution server executing a program for providing the service by the server based on information about the selected communication channel; an execution step of executing the program by the selected execution server; and an execution result transmitting step of transmitting the result of the execution of the program to the device by the selected execution server.

Claims

1. A communication method comprising:

a reading step of reading identification data including position information and information about a service by a device for using the service;

a transmitting step of transmitting the read identification data to a predetermined communication channel by the device;

a receiving step of receiving, by a server, the transmitted identification data;

a communication channel selecting step of selecting, by the server, a communication channel for providing the service based on the position information included in the received identification data;

an execution server selecting step of selecting, by the server, an execution server executing a program for providing the service based on information about the selected communication channel;

an execution step of executing the program by the selected execution server; and

an execution result transmitting step of transmitting a result of the execution of the program to the device by the selected execution server.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a providing step of providing the selected execution server with the program by the server after the execution server selecting step.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein device information about the device and user information including user setting information are transmitted together with the read identification data to the predetermined communication channel in the transmitting step.

4. The communication method according to claim 3, wherein the transmitted identification data and user information are received in the receiving step,

the communication channel for providing the service is selected based on the position information included in the received identification data and the user setting information included in the received user information in the communication channel selecting step, and

the execution server executing the program for providing the service is selected based on the information about the selected communication channel and the device information about the device included in the received user information in the execution server selecting step.

5. The communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a changing step of changing the selected communication channel in the absence of the execution server executing the program for providing the service to be selectable in the execution server selecting step.

6. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein, in the communication channel selecting step,

a list of the selectable communication channels for providing the service is compiled based on the position information included in the received identification data,

a communication channel in the compiled list of the communication channels is provisionally selected in the order of priority as the communication channel for providing the service, and

in the case where the provisionally selected communication channel is capable of communication, the provisionally selected communication channel is selected as the communication channel for providing the service.

7. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein, in the execution server selecting step,

a list of selectable execution servers executing the program for providing the service is referenced based on the information about the selected communication channel,

an execution server in the referenced list of the execution servers is provisionally selected in the order of priority as the execution server executing the program for providing the service, and

in the case where the provisionally selected execution server is capable of communicating with the device, the provisionally selected execution server is selected as the execution server executing the program for providing the service.

8. A communication system comprising:

a device including;

a reading part reading identification data including position information and information about a service; and

a transmitting part transmitting the read identification data to a predetermined communication channel;

a server including;

a receiving part receiving the transmitted identification data;

a communication channel selecting part selecting a communication channel for providing the service based on the position information included in the received identification data; and

an execution server selecting part selecting an execution server executing a program for providing the service based on information about the selected communication channel; and

an execution server including;

an execution part executing the program; and

an execution result transmitting part transmitting a result of the execution of the program to the device.

9. A server comprising:

a receiving part receiving identification data including position information and information about a service, the identification data being read and transmitted by a device for using the service;

a communication channel selecting part selecting a communication channel for providing the service based on the position information included in the received identification data; and

an execution server selecting part selecting an execution server executing a program for providing the service based on information about the selected communication channel.

10. A program causing a computer to function as:

a receiving part receiving identification data including position information and information about a service, the identification data being read and transmitted by a device for using the service;

a communication channel selecting part selecting a communication channel for providing the service based on the position information included in the received identification data; and

an execution server selecting part selecting an execution server executing a program for providing the service based on information about the selected communication channel.