METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OUTSIDE NETWORK SERVICE BASED ON ADVERTISMENT VIEWING

• US 20130178166A1
• Filed: 10/05/2011
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Je-Young Maeng
• Inventors: Kim, Jun-Hyung, Maeng, Je-Young
• Application Number:
  US13/823,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20130178166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• 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: G06Q 30/0268 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

Disclosed is a telephony service in a public place, and a method and an apparatus for an advertisement viewing based free telephony service. The method includes a process in which a telephony client requests a free call service in order to enable a specific telephony client to use the telephony service free of charge in a public place such as a subway, a process of providing an advertisement to a telephony client having requested the service, and a process of setting a telephony server in order to enable a telephony client having received an advertisement to use the service.

Claims

1. A method of performing Short Distance Communicaiton with at least one electronic device and providing a service using an outside network to the electronic device, by a gateway establishing a network, the method comprising:

allocating an IP address to an electronic device and blocking an outside network access of the electronic device;

receiving a request message for an outside network service from the electronic device;

identifying whether the electronic device has an access right for an outside network;

when the electronic device has no access right, transmitting an advertisement to the electronic device;

when an advertisement viewing report message is received from the electronic device, giving the access right to the electronic device and allowing an access to the outside network; and

providing the outside network service to the electronic device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising transmitting a message indicating that the outside network service is not allowed, to the electronic device when the electronic device has no access right.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein transmitting of the advertisement to the electronic device comprises:

transmitting location information of the advertisement, which is to be received, to the electronic device;

receiving an advertisement request message including the location information from the electronic device; and

transmitting advertisement data corresponding to the location information to the electronic device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein transmitting of the advertisement to the electronic device comprises:

transmitting a request message for requesting the electronic device to receive the advertisement;

receiving an advertisement request message from the electronic device;

transmitting location information of the advertisement, which is to be received, to the electronic device;

receiving an advertisement request message including the location information from the electronic device; and

transmitting advertisement data corresponding to the location information to the electronic device.

5. A gateway apparatus for performing Short Distance Communicaiton with at least one electronic device, establishing a network, and providing a service using an outside network to the electronic device, the gateway apparatus comprising:

a Short Distance Communicaiton unit for performing Short Distance Communicaiton with an electronic device;

a public network communication unit for performing communication with the outside network;

an IGD service unit for allocating an IP address to the electronic device, blocking an outside network access of the electronic device, and allowing the outside network access of the electronic device according to a request of a telephony service unit; and

the telephony service unit for identifying whether the electronic device has an access right for the outside network when a request message for an outside network service is received from the electronic device, transmitting an advertisement to the electronic device through an advertisement manager when the electronic device has no access right, and, when an advertisement viewing report message is received from the electronic device, giving an access right to the electronic device, requesting the IGD service unit to allow an outside network access of the electronic device, and providing the outside network service to the electronic device.

6. The gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein, when the electronic device has no access right, the telephony service unit transmits a message indicating that the outside network service is not allowed, to the electronic device.

7. The gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein, when the electronic device has no access right, the telephony service unit transmits an advertisement transmission command to the advertisement manager,

wherein the advertisement manager transmits location information of the advertisement, which is to be received, to the electronic device through the Short Distance Communicaiton unit, receives an advertisement request message including the location information from the electronic device, transmitting advertisement data corresponding to the location information to the electronic device, receiving the advertisement viewing report message, and notifying the telephony service unit of the advertisement viewing report message.

8. The gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein, when the electronic device has no access right, the telephony service unit transmits a request message for requesting the electronic device to receive an advertisement, and the advertisement manager receives an advertisement request message from the electronic device, transmits location information of an advertisement, which is to be received, to the electronic device, receives an advertisement request message including the location information from the electronic device, and transmits advertisement data corresponding to the location information to the electronic device.

9. A method for receiving a service using an outside network from a gateway, which performs Short Distance Communicaiton with one or more electronic devices and establishes a network, by a particular electronic device among the one or more electronic devices, the method comprising:

receiving an allocation of an IP address from the gateway;

transmitting a request message for an outside network service to the gateway;

receiving a notification that the electronic device has no access right for a network from the gateway;

receiving an advertisement from the gateway;

transmitting an advertisement viewing report message corresponding to the advertisement to the gateway; and

receiving the outside network service from the gateway.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein receiving of the advertisement comprises:

receiving location information of the advertisement, which is to be received, from the gateway;

transmitting an advertisement request message including the location information to the gateway; and

receiving advertisement data corresponding to the location information from the gateway.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein receiving of the advertisement comprises:

receiving a request message for requesting to receive the advertisement from the gateway;

transmitting an advertisement request message to the gateway;

receiving location information of the advertisement to be received, from the gateway;

transmitting an advertisement viewing report message corresponding to the advertisement to the gateway; and

receiving the outside network service from the gateway.

12. An electronic device for receiving a service using an outside network from a gateway, which performs Short Distance Communicaiton with one or more electronic devices and establishes a network, the one or more electronic devices including the electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a Short Distance Communicaiton unit for performing Short Distance Communicaiton with the gateway

a telephony CP for receiving an allocation of an IP address from the gateway, transmitting a request message for an outside network service to the gateway, and receiving a notification that the electronic device has no access right for a network from the gateway; and

an advertisement processor for receiving an advertisement from the gateway, and transmitting an advertisement viewing report corresponding to the advertisement to the gateway and the telephony CP, wherein, when the telephony CP receives the advertisement viewing report, the telephony CP receives the outside network service from the gateway.

13. The electronic device apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein an advertisement processor receives location information of the advertisement to be received from the gateway, transmits an advertisement request message including the location information to the gateway, and receives advertisement data corresponding to the location information from the gateway.

14. The electronic device apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the advertisement processor receives a request message for requesting to receive an advertisement from the gateway, transmits an advertisement request message to the gateway, receives location information of an advertisement to be received from the gateway, transmits an advertisement request message including the location information to the gateway, and receives advertisement data corresponding to the location information from the gateway.