METHOD, TERMINAL, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE

• US 20120326848A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, Sang-Bum
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method, terminal, server, and a system for providing a service are provided. In a method of providing a plurality of applications pursuant to identifying a tag by a user terminal, the user terminal identifies the tag to obtain tag information and transmits a request for a service to a service providing server, which then obtains a plurality of application identification information corresponding to the tag information and generates and provides to the user terminal an applications list corresponding to the plurality of application identification information.

Claims

1. A system for providing a service, comprising:

an application code storing server configured to map at least one from among a service category and application identification information in tag information, and to store the at least one from among the service category and the application identification information;

an object directory service (ODS) server configured to obtain a plurality of application identification information corresponding to the tag information from the application code storing server pursuant to a service provision request of a user terminal that includes the tag information; and

a service providing server configured to generate an applications list including the plurality of obtained application identification information and transmit the applications list to the user terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of application identification information are all related to a same service category.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the service provision request further comprises user terminal information,

wherein the service providing server is configured to store a selection frequency pursuant to the application identification information in a database, and

wherein the applications list is generated by arranging extracted application identification information pursuant to the user terminal information in the order of selection frequency.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the service providing server is configured to store a user preference per each application identification information in a database, and

wherein the user information is obtained from the user terminal pursuant to the service provision request, and the applications list is generated by arranging extracted application identification information in an order of user preference based on user information.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the user information is at least one from among gender, age and location.

6. A method of providing a plurality of applications pursuant to identifying a tag by a user terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining tag information by identifying a tag;

receiving a service provision request including the tag information from the user terminal, the service provision request being received by a service providing server;

obtaining a plurality of application identification information corresponding to the tag information pursuant to the service provision request, the plurality of application identification information being obtained by the service providing server; and

generating an applications list including the plurality of application identification information and providing the applications list to the user terminal, the applications list being generated and provided by the service providing server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the tag is identified by the user terminal.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the obtaining of the plurality of application identification information is performed by obtaining all of the application identification information of which a service category is the same, and which corresponds to the tag information.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the generating of the applications list comprises:

obtaining user information from the user terminal; and

generating the applications list by arranging the application identification information in an order of user preference based on use indicated by the user information.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the generating of the applications list comprises:

obtaining terminal information of the user terminal; and

generating the applications list by arranging the application identification information in an order of selection frequency corresponding to the terminal information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating of the applications list comprises:

checking resolution information of the user terminal based on the terminal information; and

if the quantity of extracted application identification information exceeds a quantity of output based on the resolution information, generating the applications list by selecting an amount of the application identification information among the extracted application identification information that is less than the quantity of output, in the order of selection frequency.

13. The user terminal of claim 10, wherein the service provision request further comprises user terminal information,

wherein the service providing server is configured to store a selection frequency pursuant to the application identification information in a database, and

wherein the applications list is generated by arranging extracted application identification information pursuant to the terminal information in an order of selection frequency.

12. A user terminal for receiving a service, comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit a service provision request including tag information, to a service providing server,

a reader which reads a tag,

a registration unit configured to register at least one from among a service category to be linked with the tag and the application identification information, in a database, and

a controller configured to control the transmission of the service provision request which includes the tag information to be sent to the service providing server, and to obtain a corresponding applications list from the service providing server.

14. The user terminal of claim 12, wherein the registration unit receives and registers at least one from among the tag information, the service category for a service to be linked with the corresponding tag and at least one of the application identification information.

15. A service providing server, comprising:

a communication unit which receives a service provision request including tag information from a user terminal, and outputs the service provision request to an extraction unit;

the extraction unit which extracts at least one of the application identification information corresponding to the tag information included in the service provision request, and outputs the application identification information to a service providing unit, and

the service providing unit which generates an applications list, and provides the applications list to a user terminal.

16. The service providing server of claim 15, wherein the service provision request further comprises user terminal information,

wherein the service providing server stores a selection frequency pursuant to the application identification information in a database, and

wherein the applications list is generated by arranging the extracted application identification information pursuant to the user terminal information in an order of selection frequency.