SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO SERVICES

• US 20170005945A1
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Published: 01/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KUMAR, Prashant
• Granted Patent: US 10,554,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• 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: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system, method and apparatus for providing access to plurality of services under the control of at least one near field communication (NFC) enabled service device and the method includes receiving, by a first device, a configuration file from a second device based on a proximity between the first device and the second device and providing access to at least one service corresponding to a reservation request based on control information included in the configuration file.

Claims

1. A method of providing access to at least one service, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first device, a configuration file from a second device based on a proximity between the first device and the second device; and

providing access to at least one service corresponding to a reservation request based on control information included in the configuration file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving is performed via at least one of radio-frequency identification (RFID) communication, Bluetooth communication, wired communication and wireless communication.

3. The method of in claim 1, wherein the receiving is performed by tapping between the first device and the second device via near field communication.

4. The method of in claim 1, further comprising decoding the configuration file to provide the at least one service.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the configuration file to a server and receiving one or more control information generated at the server based on the configuration file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a format of the control information is at least one of xml, json, csv, dat, PHP serialized, and PHP associative.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the reservation request is at least one of reserving a hotel room, reserving a taxi, reserving a conference room, selection of digital content, reserving a game room or game console, making a spa appointment, ordering food, making travel reservations, reserving a hospitality suite.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration file comprises at least one of reservation details, reservation time, user information, device information corresponding to one or more devices, list of content, service type, access frequency of the at least one service, number of services, payment information, and transaction information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reservation request is made by a user via a mobile application or a web application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one service includes access to a plurality of content available via a content renderer, the plurality of content including at least one of audio content, video content, multimedia content, and gaming content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration file is an encoded file.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a mobile device or a tag.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration file is a confirmation of the reservation request.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising a user interface via which a user may select one of the at least one service and the user interface is rendered by a content renderer.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising analyzing, by an analyzer, the user'"'"'s selecting one of the at least one service.

16. An apparatus for providing access to at least one service, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a configuration file from a second device based on a proximity between the apparatus and the second device; and

a controller configured to provide access to at least one service corresponding to a reservation request based on control information included in the configuration file.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive control information generated at a server based on the configuration file.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a content renderer which provides a user interface via which a user selects one of the at least one service.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising an analyzer configured to analyze the user'"'"'s selecting the one of the at least one service.

20. An apparatus for providing access to at least one service, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, over a network, a request for the at least one service;

a processor configured to generate a configuration file corresponding to the request; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one device over the network, the configuration file which allows the at least one device to access the at least one service based on control information included in the configuration file.