INTERWORKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICE AND MACHINE TO MACHINE SERVICE

• US 20140244770A1
• Filed: 02/26/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: KIM, Dong-Jun, KIM, Jun-Won
• Granted Patent: US 10,567,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The disclosure is related to an interworking procedure between a social media service (e.g., a social network service) and a machine to machine (M2M) service. More specifically, the interworking procedure may be performed based on location information (e.g., a location of user equipment).

Claims

1. A method of performing an interworking procedure between a social media service and a machine to machine (M2M) service in a social media server, the method comprising:

extracting at least one keyword associated with the M2M service from user input data;

obtaining location information corresponding to the at least one keyword;

generating a request message including the at least one keyword and the location information;

transmitting the request message to an M2M service server;

receiving M2M data in response to the request message; and

providing additional information formed based on the M2M data, to corresponding user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is a location of the corresponding user equipment at a time when the user input data is input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the location information includes at least one of (i) location information obtained through a location information obtaining system of the corresponding user equipment, and (ii) location information input by a user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one keyword is extracted using a keyword table.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request message includes at least one of a header, sender information, the location information, the at least one keyword, and an additional field for an M2M content value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media server is a social network service (SNS) server.

7. A method of performing an interworking procedure between a social media service and a machine to machine (M2M) service in a social media server, the method comprising:

extracting at least one keyword associated with the M2M service from user input data;

obtaining location information corresponding to the at least one keyword;

determining at least one M2M device type corresponding to the at least one keyword;

generating a request message including the location information and the at least M2M device type;

transmitting the request message to an M2M service server;

receiving M2M data in response to the request message; and

providing additional information formed based on the M2M data, to corresponding user equipment.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the location information is a location of the corresponding user equipment at a time when the user input data is input.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the location information includes at least one of (i) location information obtained through a location information obtaining system of the corresponding user equipment, and (ii) location information input by a user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one keyword is extracted using a keyword table.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the request message includes at least one of a header, sender information, the location information, the at least one M2M device type, and an additional field for an M2M content value.

12. A method of performing an interworking procedure between a social media service and a machine to machine (M2M) service in an M2M service server, the method comprising:

receiving a request message from a social media server;

obtaining (i) at least one of one or more keywords and one or more M2M device types, and (ii) location information, by analyzing the request message;

determining at least one M2M device corresponding to an analysis result of the request message;

obtaining M2M data from the at least one M2M device; and

transmitting the M2M data to the social media server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining (i) at least one of one or more keywords and one or more M2M device types, and (ii) location information includes:

determining one or more M2M device types corresponding to the one or more keywords, in a case that the request message includes the one or more keywords and the location information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining includes:

determining the at least one M2M device corresponding to the one or more device types and the location information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining includes:

determining the at least one M2M device by performing a resource discovery.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining M2M data further includes:

controlling a data collection period if the at least one M2M device is in a normal operation mode.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining M2M data further includes:

performing a wake-up procedure if the at least one M2M device is in a sleep mode.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining a social media traffic state associated with the at least one M2M device;

determine at least one neighboring M2M device based on the location information when a social media traffic amount is over a threshold value; and

transmitting a data request to the at least one neighboring M2M device.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving additional M2M data from the at least one neighboring M2M device; and

providing the additional M2M data to at least one of the social media server and a different service provider.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein at least one of the number of the neighboring M2M devices and a range of the neighboring M2M devices is determined based on the social media traffic state.