METHOD FOR CHANGING USER-ORIGINATING INFORMATION THROUGH INTERACTION BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20170147199A1
• Filed: 02/08/2017
• Published: 05/25/2017
• 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 10,055,123 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• 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 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

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 changing information originating from a user by using a mobile device and an information display device, comprising steps of:

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

(b) the mobile device transmitting to, or receiving from, the information display 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 mobile device and the information display device allowing a server to update the information originating from the 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 information display 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 related to the information display device to be displayed on the mobile device.

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

(a0) selecting the specific information display device where a certain content is displayed on, if there are multiple information display devices searched.

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

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

5. The method of claim 4, wherein one of the information display 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 user.

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

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data related to a specific interaction at the step of (b) is one piece of information on product, price, customer review/rating, financial account, or seller.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-originating information is the shopping information on user ID, order history, financial account for the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, at the step of (c), at least either of the mobile device and the information display device allows the server to update the information on the order history or the financial account of the 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 shopping information on the order history or the financial account of the user, the data is a signal for simply declaring an intention representing that the user want to perform the shopping.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, at the step of (c), if the signal for simply declaring the intention is transmitted between the mobile device and the information display device, at least either of the mobile device and the information display device allows the server to update the information on the order history or the financial account of the 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 the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of tapping an image displayed on the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the image is a product image.

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

(b0) detecting the touch gesture entered in the mobile device as a signal of transmitting or receiving the data, wherein the step of (b0) comes after the step of (b).

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of tapping the image displayed on the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, at the step of (b0), if the signal of transmitting and receiving the data is detected, the step of (c) is performed.

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

setting a wireless connection between the mobile device and the information display device.