SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SETTLEMENT INFORMATION

• US 20140059565A1
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KO, Jae-woo, WI, Tae-hwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,639,405 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A method for providing settlement information in which a device provides settlement information to an application which is installed on the device includes executing a first application which is installed on the device, receiving settlement information from an external device via the executed first application, converting at least a part of the received settlement information, and providing the converted settlement information to a second application which is installed on the device in order to allow the second application to use the received settlement information.

Claims

1. A method for providing settlement information by using a device which provides the settlement information to an application which is installed on the device, the method comprising:

executing a first application which is installed on the device;

receiving the settlement information from an external device via the executed first application;

converting at least a part of the received settlement information; and

providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to a second application which is installed on the device in order to facilitate a use of the received settlement information by the second application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting at least the part of the received settlement information comprises extracting forwarding information to be provided to the second application from the at least the part of the received settlement information and converting a format of the extracted forwarding information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the converting at least the part of the received settlement information further comprises using a server to convert the format of the extracted forwarding information, and the providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application comprises providing the extracted forwarding information to the server and using the server to provide the extracted forwarding information for which the format has been converted by the server to the second application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second application which relates to the received settlement information,

wherein the providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application comprises providing forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received settlement information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, when the settlement information is received, a user interface which is usable for determining the second application is provided, and the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application is output.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface comprises a popup window.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises an application which relates to making a settlement, and the second application comprises at least one of a calendar application, a budget planner application, and a social network service (SNS) application.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method defined in claim 1.

9. A device for providing settlement information to an application which is installed on the device, comprising:

an application execution component which is configured to execute a first application which is installed on the device;

an information acquisition component which is configured to receive settlement information from an external device via the executed first application;

a forwarding information conversion component which is configured to convert at least a part of the received settlement information in order to facilitate a use of the received settlement information by a second application which is installed on the device; and

an information providing component which is configured to provide the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the forwarding information conversion component is further configured to extract forwarding information to be provided to the second application from the received settlement information and to cause a conversion of a format of the extracted forwarding information.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the forwarding information conversion component is further configured to provide the extracted forwarding information to a server and to receive, from the server, the forwarding information for which the format has been converted by the server.

12. The device of claim 9, further comprising an application determination component which is configured to determine the second application which relates to the received settlement information,

wherein the information providing component is further configured to provide forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received settlement information.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein, when the settlement information is received, a user interface which is usable for determining the second application is provided, and the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application is output.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the user interface comprises a popup window.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the first application comprises an application which relates to making a settlement, and the second application comprises at least one of a calendar application, a budget planner application, and a social network service (SNS) application.

17. A method for providing data by using a device which provides data to an application which is installed on the device, the method comprising:

executing a first application which is installed on the device;

receiving data from an external device via the executed first application;

converting at least a part of the received data; and

providing the converted at least the part of the received data to a second application which is installed on the device in order to facilitate a use of the received data by the second application.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method defined in claim 17.

20. A method for using information for execution of an application, comprising:

using a device to execute a first application;

receiving, by the device, information which relates to the execution of the first application;

using the received information to determine a second application; and

using the device to execute the determined second application.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises determining a type of the received information and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the determined type.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises determining a format of the received information and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the determined format.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises displaying at least a part of the received information on a screen of the device, receiving a user input which relates to the displaying of the at least the part of the received information, and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the received user input.