Method for providing personalization service in ubiquitous environment and intelligent gadget thereof

• US 7,822,804 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Han, Dong-Won, Won, Jong-Ho, Lee, Kwang-Hee, Noh, Kyoung-Ju, Bae, Chang-Seok, Jang, Hye-Ju, Ryoo, Dong-Wan, Choi, Eun-Jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh; John B.
• Application Number:
  US11/950,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing a personalization service in a ubiquitous environment and an intelligent gadget thereof. The intelligent gadget includes: a gadget service block for collecting and processing data to provide a personalization service; and a gadget interface block for forming a gadget network between gadgets and providing a cooperating service based on the collected and processed data.

Claims

1. An intelligent gadget for providing a personalization service in a ubiquitous environment, comprising:

a gadget service unit for collecting and processing data to provide a personalization service; and

a gadget interface unit for forming a gadget network between gadgets and providing a cooperating service based on the collected and processed data,

wherein the gadget interface unit includes;

a gadget network interface for forming a gadget network with a gadget network member;

a gadget network determining unit for determining formation of a gadget network with respect to the gadget network member based on a gadget identification (ID) and a gadget network ID; and

a gadget controlling unit for creating a gadget network based-service based on the processed data between the determined gadget network members, and

wherein the gadget network determining unit determines according to the network ID of a neighboring gadget whether the gadget network to be included is a designated private gadget or a public gadget where the gadget network to be included is not designated.

2. The intelligent gadget of claim 1, wherein the gadget service unit provides the personalization service cooperating with an external network.

3. The intelligent gadget of claim 1, wherein the gadget network determining unit forms a network having the private gadget authenticated based on the gadget ID as a member.

4. The intelligent gadget of claim 1, wherein the gadget network determining unit forms a network having the private gadget authenticated based on the gadget ID as a member and including the public gadget.

5. The intelligent gadget of claim 1, wherein the gadget controlling unit performs publishing, inquiring and responding on gadget service control information such that the gadget service provided by the gadget controlling unit can be provided to the gadget network members.

6. The intelligent gadget of claim 1, wherein the gadget controlling unit controls the gadget network member based on provided gadget service information and gadget service control information.

7. The intelligent gadget of claim 6, wherein the gadget controlling unit determines a gadget attending a specific gadget network based-service based on the gadget service control information exchanged by the gadget network member and forms a logical gadget network with only the gadgets attending the specific gadget network based-service.

8. A method for providing a personalization service by a gadget in a ubiquitous environment, comprising the steps of:

a) when a gadget network is formed based on gadget identification (ID) and network ID of neighboring gadgets, starting a gadget service from the formed gadget network, exchanging gadget service control information with the neighboring gadgets, and loading a gadget network based-service;

b) creating a new gadget network based-service based on the gadget service control information exchanged with the neighboring gadgets;

c) forming a logical gadget network including only gadgets attending performance of the gadget network based-service when the created gadget network based-service is created; and

d) performing a gadget network based-service through interaction of gadgets based on the logical gadget network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step a) includes the step of:

a1) forming a network with gadgets designated according to the network ID.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step a) includes the step of:

a2) forming the network with the gadgets designated according to the network ID and forming a network with gadgets which are not designated to the formed network.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step c) includes the steps of:

e) when first and second gadget networks are overlapped, determining whether the network ID designated to the first and second gadget networks is same;

f) when the network ID is same, determining a communication state with the first or second gadget network and trying to joining the gadget networks;

g) when it is determined that an optimal communication state gadget network is the first gadget network, trying to join the first gadget network and performing a user authentication procedure;

h) when it is determined that the first gadget network is a network of another user, trying to join the second gadget network and performing the user authentication procedure; and

i) when it is determined that the second gadget network is the user'"'"'s network, joining the second gadget network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein in the step f), a communication state with the first or second gadget network is determined based on a signal strength, link quality and Packet Error Rate (PER).

13. The method of claim 8, wherein in the step a), the gadget service control information is exchanged with the gadget network members by performing publishing, inquiring and responding.