ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD AND LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140351351A1
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thinkware Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Thinkware Systems Corporation
• Inventors: YU, Hyun Joong, KIM, Jun Sik, HEO, Won Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,243,909 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

An electronic device of the present invention is enclosed. An electronic device in one embodiment of the present invention periodically transmits current location information to the location information service providing server in case of executing grouping applications, produces group including at least one member, selected by a user, of address list information received from the location information service providing server, requests messages requesting group participation to the member included in the group through the social network service providing server in case of generating predetermined events, and periodically receives the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displays the received location information on a map.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit for communicating with a social network service providing server and location information service providing server; and

a controller for periodically transmitting current location information to the location information service providing server through the communication unit in case of executing grouping application, producing group including at least member, selected by a user, of address list information received from the location information service providing server, requesting the messages requesting group participation to the member included in the group through the social network service providing server in case of generating predetermined events, periodically receiving the location information from the member accepting the group participation, and displaying the received location information on a map.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller sets a joint destination of the group, and displays starting location information and real time location information of member, included in the group, for the joint destination into an indicator on a first interface having bar-type.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the controller selects at least two of the members included in the group and sets a passage destination to them, and displays starting location information and real time location information of members sharing the passage destination for the passage destination into an indicator on a second interface having bar-type.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the controller converts into a screen providing routes from a current location to the joint destination on requesting route search for the joint destination of the group, and again converts into the screen displaying information for the group on receiving a specific input.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller sets limiting time receiving the location information of the member included in the group, in real time updates the location information of the member included in the group during the limiting time, and displays the updated location information on a map.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the controller ends location information providing of the member included in the group and stores group information including member information and name of the group, after lapse of the limiting time.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the controller re-transmits messages requesting group participation to the member included in the group through the social network service providing server on re-setting the joint destination and limiting time, together with generation of the predetermined events, using the stored group information.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined events includes at least one of selection of the user or advent of setting time.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller provides detail information including at least one of time accessed finally to the location information service providing server, average speed per hour, and final location information for the member included in the group in case of the specific input.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, on receiving the specific input and on adding or deleting the member included in the group after producing the group, the controller in real time displays the location information of the member accepting group participation request of the added member on the map and deletes the location information of the deleted member on the map.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, on producing a plurality of groups, the controller produces each widget displaying schematic information of the groups including names, personnel of the member, and the limiting time of the groups and therefore displays the produced widget on one screen.

12. A location information service providing server, comprising:

a communication unit for communicating with at least one electronic device and a social network service providing server; and

a controller producing address list information for location information services using address list information for at least one electronic device received from the social network service providing server in case of receiving requests of location information services interworked with social network services from a first electronic device through the communication unit and transmitting the produced address list information to the first electronic device, requesting group participation and location information to a second electronic device through the social network service providing server in case of receiving the requests of group production including at least one member, selected by a user, of the transmitted address list information and the location information of the second electronic device corresponding to member included in the group from the first electronic device, and transmitting the location information of the second electronic device to the first electronic device in case of receiving the location information from the second electronic device.

13. The location information service providing server according to claim 12, wherein the controller provides a widget displaying detail information of the group including names, personnel of the members, and limiting time of the group to the first electronic device, and controls to change and display the limiting time of the widget according to lapse of time.

14. The location information service providing server according to claim 12, wherein the controller matches information for the group with information of the first electronic device and manages the matched information.

15. The location information service providing server according to claim 12, wherein the controller provides an interface, having a bar-type, displaying real time location information of the second electronic device and starting location and real time location information of the second electronic device for a joint destination of the group into an indicator to the first electronic device during the limiting time.

16. A method for controlling an electronic device, comprising:

executing grouping applications;

producing group including at least one member, selected by a user, of address list information received from an location information service providing server;

transmitting messages requesting group participation to member included in the group through the social network service providing server in case of generating predetermined events after producing the group; and

receiving the location information from member accepting the group participation and displaying the received location information on a map.

17. The method for controlling the electronic device according to claim 16, wherein a step receiving the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displaying the received location information on the map periodically receives the location information of the member included in the group from the location information service providing server, and displays the received location information on the map.

18. The method for controlling the electronic device according to claim 16, further comprising a step setting a joint destination and limiting time of the produced group between the step producing the group and the step transmitting messages requesting the group participation to the member included in the group.

19. The method for controlling the electronic device according to claim 18, wherein a step periodically receiving the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displaying the received location information on the map displays the location information of the member included in the group on the map, and simultaneously displays starting location information and real time location information of the member included in the group for the joint destination into an indicator on an interface having bar-type.

20. The method for controlling the electronic device according to claim 18, further comprising a step selecting at least two of the members of the group and setting a passage destination to them between the step transmitting messages requesting the group participation to the member included in the group and the step periodically receiving the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displaying the received location information on the map.