Service providing method using profile information and system thereof

• US 8,561,145 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Hun, Lee, Sung-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA
• Application Number:
  US11/295,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20060168137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,869 Days
• Field of Search: 726/4, 726/5, 726/9, 709/219, 705 2- 45
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A service providing method using profile information and a system thereof is provided. According to the invention, in order to provide profile information for serving a user to a service provider at a place other than a home, a user device, an external device, an authentication server and a profile server are provided and interconnected through a network such as the Internet. Accordingly, the service provider can provide the best services to users, and users can be provided with services that are the same as those provided at home.

Claims

1. A service providing method for an external device on a network using profile information, the method comprising:

connecting a user device, comprising a user key, to the external device;

transferring external device information to the user device and receiving by the external device the external device information encrypted using the user key, from the user device;

requesting profile information for serving a user of the user device by transmitting the encrypted external device information to a profile server that stores the profile information; and

receiving the profile information provided by the profile server that determines the request as being authorized,

wherein the external device is a computer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the encrypted external device information comprises an event number which is created by the user device and decrypted by the profile server for user confirmation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein requesting of the profile information is performed using an unencrypted address of the profile server that is received from the user device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile information comprises the user'"'"'s living patterns and wherein a portion of the profile information is selected based on selection information which relates to services provided by the external device and is received from an external source.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s living patterns comprise at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the determining of the request as being authorized comprises:

granting a site key to the external device using an authentication server prior to receiving the external device information;

inserting the site key into the external device information; and

determining, using the site key, whether the external device is an authorized device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the profile information provided by the profile server is selection information needed for the external device out of the profile information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

registering with the authentication server a list of the selection information, when granting the site key; and

receiving the needed selection information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized device, the needed selection information corresponding to the list registered with the authentication server.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein receiving of the needed selection information out of the profile information when the external device is determined to be an authorized device further comprises:

searching for the needed selection information from the profile information stored in the profile server according to the list provided by the authentication server; and

receiving the needed selection information.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein receiving the needed selection information further comprises:

encrypting and transmitting the needed selection information to the user device by way of the external device; and

receiving the needed selection information decrypted by the user device using the user key.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile server is a home network server of the user.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user device is one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and a smart card.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein no encryption or decryption is performed in the external device wherein the external device relates to providing services to a user of the user device, and wherein the external device selects at least one product or service of the services based on the received profile information.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining of the request being authorized comprises determining whether the external device is an authorized device based on a request from the profile server.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the user device via the external device the profile information encrypted and transmitted from the profile server;

decrypting by the user device the received profile information; and

transmitting the decrypted profile information to the external device.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the encryption of the external device information for transmission to the profile server is performed by the user device and wherein the external device transmits the encrypted external device information to the profile server.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the received profile information from the profile server by the external device is provided to the user device for decryption.

19. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user device performs encryption and decryption for the external device of information to be transmitted to the profile server and of information received from the profile server.

20. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external device relates to providing at least one service and product selected based on the received profile information.

21. A service providing method for an external device on a network using profile information, the method comprising:

connecting a user device to a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of the user device;

transferring the profile information to the user device;

transferring to the user device a list of selection information needed by the external device out of the profile information;

selecting by the user using the user device at least some of the information on the list; and

receiving by the external device only information selected by the user out of the list of selection information,

wherein the external device is a computer.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the profile information comprises the user'"'"'s living patterns.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the user'"'"'s living patterns comprise at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

25. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the information selected by the user from the list of selection information comprises an indication of user personal preferences and wherein the profile information comprises information about at least one of food preferences of the user, medical information of the user, and apparel related information of the user.

26. A service providing system using profile information, the system comprising:

a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of a user device, receives a request for the profile information, and outputs the profile information if the request is determined as being authorized;

the user device comprising a user key provided by the profile server; and

an external device that transmits the request and receives the profile information, the request comprising external device information that was transferred to the user device and returned to the external device after having been encrypted using the user key by the user device,

wherein the external device is a computer.

27. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

28. The system as claimed in claim 27, wherein, in the case where the user device comprises a wireless interface, the wireless interface comprises one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and a smart card.

29. The system as claimed in claim 26,

wherein the user device is configured to create an encrypted event number which is decrypted by the profile server for user confirmation.

30. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the external device is configured to receive an unencrypted address of the profile server from the user device together with the encrypted external device information.

31. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns.

32. The system as claimed in claim 31, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living pattern comprising at least any one of information regarding eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.

33. The systems as claimed in claim 26, comprising an authentication server that determines whether the request is authorized.

34. The system as claimed in claim 26,

wherein the authentication server is configured to grant a site key to the external device and confirm the site key;

and

wherein the external device is configured to insert the site key to the external device information.

35. The system as claimed in claim 34, wherein the profile server is configured to transmit to the external device selection information needed for the external device out of the profile information, when the external device is determined to be an authorized one.

36. The system as claimed in claim 35, wherein:

the authentication server is further configured to register a list of the selection information, when granting the site key; and

the profile server is further configured to search for the needed selection information from the profile information according to the list provided by the authentication server, and transmits to the external device the needed selection information that has been found as a result of the search.

37. The system as claimed in claim 36, wherein:

the profile server is configured to encrypt and transmit the needed selection information to the user device by way of the external device; and

the user device is configured to decrypt and transmit the needed selection information to the external device.

38. The system as claimed in claim 26, further comprising a network, the external device, the authentication server, and the profile server being connected through at least one of wired and wireless interfaces.

39. The system as claimed in claim 26 wherein the profile server is a home network server of the user.

40. A service providing system using profile information, the system comprising:

a profile server that stores profile information for serving a user of a user device;

the user device that receives the profile information from the profile server; and

an external device that transfers to the user device a list of needed selection information out of the profile information, and receives only information selected by the user out of the list of selection information,

wherein the external device is a computer, and

wherein said selected information is information that is selected by the user using the user device based on the displayed list of needed selection information received from the profile server.

41. The service providing system as claimed in claim 40, wherein the user device comprises at least one of wired and wireless interfaces configured to connect the user device to the external device.

42. The service providing system as claimed in claim 40, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns.

43. The service providing system as claimed in claim 42, wherein the profile server is configured to store the profile information comprising the user'"'"'s living patterns comprising at least any one of information on eating habits, measurements, preferred styles, preferred colors, sleeping habits, basic living, physical strength, emergency treatments, case history, and particular facts relevant to the user.