METHOD OF SHARING A SERVICE PROVIDED TO A NEIGHBORING USER EQUIPMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

• US 20130336212A1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Dongcheol, JANG, Jiwoong, CHO, Hangyu, KANG, Jiwon, PARK, Sungho, LIM, Dongguk
• Granted Patent: US 9,288,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method of sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment, which is shared by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, includes the steps of obtaining at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information corresponding to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided by a first communication network by the neighboring user equipment, executing an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and making a request for the IP-based service to the first communication network, receiving the requested IP-based service from the first communication network, and controlling the application to execute the received IP-based service.

Claims

1. A method of sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment, by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information corresponding to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided from a first communication network by the neighboring user equipment;

executing an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and requesting for the IP-based service to the first communication network;

receiving the requested IP-based service from the first communication network; and

controlling the application to execute the received IP-based service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one URL information is obtained via an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag of the neighboring user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one URL information is obtained using the neighboring user equipment and a second communication network.

4. The method of claim 3, the obtaining of the at least one URL information using the second communication network further comprising establishing a connection to the neighboring user equipment in a manner that the user equipment discovers the neighboring user equipment among user equipments situated near the user equipment.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first communication network comprises a cellular network and wherein the second communication network comprises a local area communication network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second communication network corresponds to a network using WiFi, Bluetooth, or Zigbee communication scheme.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the service corresponds to the service to which a password is configured for the obtained URL information, password information on the URL information is obtained together with the URL information.

8. A user equipment for for sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver; and

a processor,

the processor configured to control the neighboring user equipment to obtain at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information corresponding to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided by a first communication network, the processor configured to execute an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and configured to request for the IP-based service to the first communication network, the processor configured to control the receiver to receive the requested IP-based service from the first communication network, the processor configured to control the application to execute the received IP-based service.

9. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the at least one URL information via an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag of the neighboring user equipment.

10. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the at least one URL information using the neighboring user equipment and a second communication network.

11. The user equipment of claim 10, wherein if the at least one URL information is obtained using the second communication network, the processor is configured to establish a connection to the neighboring user equipment in a manner that the user equipment discovers the neighboring user equipment among user equipments situated near the user equipment.

12. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein if the service corresponds to the service to which a password is configured for the obtained URL information, the processor is configured to obtain password information on the URL information together with the URL information.