SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE VIA APPLICATION

• US 20160085536A1
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: EO, Kil-su, AN, Dong-hyeok
• Granted Patent: US 9,971,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for providing a service through an application. A device that receives a service from a service providing server using an application includes a communicator configured to communicate with the service providing server and an application providing server, and a controller configured to control the communicator to request the application providing server to transmit the application and a browser user interface (UI) of the application, receive the browser UI from the application providing server, receive user data which is input in association with the service while the service is provided through the browser UI, receive the application from the application providing server and execute the received application while receiving the service through the browser UI, and retrieve the user data through the application to continuously receive the service.

Claims

1. A device that receives a service from a service providing server using an application, the device comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with the service providing server and an application providing server; and

a controller configured to control the communicator to request the application providing server to transmit the application and a browser user interface (UI) of the application, receive the browser UI from the application providing server, receive user data which is input in association with the service while the service is provided through the browser UI, receive the application from the application providing server and execute the received application while receiving the service through the browser UI, and retrieve the user data through the application to continuously receive the service.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a browser installed on the device, display the browser UI on a screen of the device through the executed browser, and receive the service from the service providing server based on the user data received through the displayed browser UI.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the user data is server log information associated with the service, and the controller is further configured to use the received log information to continuously receive the service through the executed application after a web browser displaying the browser UI is closed.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to end display of the browser UI and apply the log information, which has been stored at the end of the display of the browser UI, to a service to be received through the executed application.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the time at which the display of the browser UI is to be ended based on a service usage status of the service being received through the browser UI.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to synchronize service data received through the browser UI up to the end time with service data to be received through the executed application.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the request for the application includes requesting an installation file of the application or an update file of the application.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the browser UI is registered on the application providing server by the service providing server in addition to the installation file of the application or the update file of the application.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the browser UI is automatically converted from a UI of the application by the application providing server.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to download the requested application in a background of the device and execute the downloaded application.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the application providing server and the service providing server are managed by one provider.

12. A method of a device receiving a service from a service providing server using an application, the method comprising:

requesting an application providing server to transmit the application and a browser UI of the application;

receiving the browser UI from the application providing server;

receiving user data which is input in association with the service while the service is provided through the browser UI;

receiving the application from the application providing server and executing the received application while receiving the service through the browser UI; and

retrieving the user data through the application to continuously receive the service through the executed application.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving the service through the browser UI comprises executing a browser installed on the device, displaying the browser UI on a screen of the device through the executed browser, and receiving the service from the service providing server based on the user data received through the displayed browser UI.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the user data is server log information associated with the service, and the retrieving the user data comprises retrieving the log information received through the browser UI from the service providing server, and using the received log information to continuously receive the service through the executed application after a web browser displaying the browser UI is closed.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising ending display of the browser UI and applying the log information, which has been stored at the end of the display of the browser UI, to a service to be received through the executed application.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the time at which the display of the browser UI is to be ended based on a service usage status of the service being received through the browser UI.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising synchronizing service data received through the browser UI up to the end time with service data to be received through the executed application.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the requesting the application comprises requesting an installation file of the application or an update file of the application.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the browser UI is registered on the application providing server by the service providing server in addition to the installation file of the application or the update file of the application.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to perform the method of claim 12.

20. A device that receives a service using an application, the device comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with a server that provides the application and the service provided through the application; and

a controller configured to control the communicator to request the server to transmit the application and a browser user interface (UI) of the application, receive the browser UI from the server, receive user data which is input in association with the service while the service is provided through the browser UI, receive the application from the server and execute the received application while receiving the service through the browser UI; and

retrieve the user data through the application to continuously receive the service.

21. A method of an application providing server providing an application for using a service of a service providing server, the method comprising:

registering the application dedicated to the service and a browser UI of the application;

receiving a request for the application and the browser UI from the device; and

providing the browser UI and the application to the device in response to the request,

wherein the application is provided to and installed on the device while the service is provided to the device through the browser UI.

23. A method of a terminal device receiving a service from a server through an application dedicated to the service, the method comprising:

accessing a web browser that provides the service;

downloading the application from the server;

launching the application while the service is being provided through the web browser in response to the terminal device determining that the download of the application has been completed; and

retrieving data that is input through the web browser and transmitted to the server in response to the application being launched.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising displaying a pop-up window on a screen of the terminal device that allows a user to decide whether the service is to be provided through the web browser or the application in response to the terminal device determining that the download of the application has been completed.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the data is automatically retrieved from the server or a storage of the terminal device in response to the application being launched.