METHOD FOR CHANGING USER-ORIGINATING INFORMATION THROUGH INTERACTION WITH OTHER USER

• US 20150078296A1
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ipnology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BK Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Byoung Chan, Na, Byeong Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,288,610 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method for automatically changing information originating from at least either of a first user and a second user by using a mobile device includes steps of: (a) a first device searching second devices as a target to perform interaction and then selecting a specific second device among the searched second device to change the user-originating information; (b) the first device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second device data related to the interaction, if a touch gesture is detected in the first device; and (c) at least either of the first and the second devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least either of the first user and the second user by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction.

Claims

1. A method for automatically changing information originating from at least either of a first user and a second user by using a mobile device, comprising steps of:

(a) a first mobile device of the first user searching at least one second mobile device of at least one second user as a target to perform a specific interaction within a predetermined distance therefrom or searching at least one second mobile device connected to an AP, an ad-hoc network, or a base station of a cellular network to which the first mobile device is connected and then selecting at least one specific second mobile device among the searched at least one second mobile device to change the user-originating information;

(b) the first mobile device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second mobile device data related to a specific interaction, if a specified touch gesture is detected in the first mobile device; and

(c) at least either of the first and the second mobile devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least either of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of acquiring information on the at least one second mobile device by using one of the server, the AP, the ad-hoc network, or the base station of the cellular network and allowing the information on the at least one second mobile device to be displayed on the first mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(a0) selecting the specific second mobile device where a certain application is turned on, if there are multiple second mobile devices searched.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(a1) supporting selection of the specific second mobile device by allowing a list of the searched second mobile devices to be displayed on the first mobile device, if there are multiple mobile devices searched.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein one of the second mobile devices searched is selected by the first user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of (b) includes the step of checking whether the specified touch gesture is performed by the first user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein whether the specified touch gesture is performed by the first user is checked by checking a fingerprint of the first user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-originating information is one piece of information on balances or transactions of financial accounts of the first user and the second user, lists of their SNS friends, address books, and coupons.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user-originating information is the information on the balances or the transactions of the first user and the second user, the data includes information on transaction amount and information on the financial account of the first user or the second user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, at the step of (c), at least either of the first mobile device and the second mobile device allows the server to update the information on the balance or the transactions of at least either of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting the data to the server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user-originating information is the information on the balances or the transactions of the first user and the second user, the data is a signal for simply declaring an intention representing that they want to perform the financial transaction.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, at the step of (c), if the signal for simply declaring the intention is transmitted between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, at least either of the first mobile device and the second mobile device allows the server to update the information on the balance or the transactions of at least either of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting the data to the server.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user-originating information is information on the list of SNS friends, the data includes information on a SNS account of the first user or the second user or a signal for simply declaring the intention to update the information on the list of SNS friends.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, at the step of (c), at least either of the first mobile device and the second mobile device allows the server to update the information on the list of SNS friends of at least either of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting information on SNS accounts of the first user and the second user to the server.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of swiping an image displayed on the first mobile device to a first direction.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the image is at least one of a bill-shaped image, a SNS friend request-related image, a business card-shaped image, and a coupon image.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(b0) detecting the touch gesture entered in the second mobile device as a signal of transmitting and receiving the data,

wherein the step of (b0) comes after the step of (b).

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of swiping the image displayed on the second mobile device to a second direction.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein, at the step of (b0), if the signal of transmitting and receiving the data is detected, the step of (c) is performed.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

setting a wireless connection between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.