User terminal device and service providing method thereof

• US 8,839,235 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young-seop, Lee, Nam-geol, Cho, In-sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luna, Roberto E
• Application Number:
  US13/250,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 717/178
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A method for providing a service in a user terminal device, in which the user terminal device downloads a service hub program, installs the service hub program, generates an icon container corresponding to the service hub program, displays the icon container, receives an input selecting the icon container, displays an application icon included in the icon container, and deletes a program and data installed in the user terminal device according to a change in status of the user terminal device.

Claims

1. A service providing method in a user terminal device, the method comprising:

transmitting, to the server, unique information of the user terminal device, the user information, and identification information of a service hub program;

downloading, by the user terminal device, a service hub program that is provided to all users of an organization that requests the service hub program;

installing the service hub program;

displaying an icon container corresponding to the service hub program;

receiving, from the server, a list and icons of application program corresponding to the service hub program and the user terminal device;

displaying the received application icons included in the icon container when an input selecting the icon container is received; and

receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of application icons; and

downloading an application program, corresponding to the at least one selected application icon, from a server;

wherein the list of application programs corresponding to the service hub program and the user terminal device includes an application program to be provided for an organization and a group to which a user of the user terminal device belongs.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a deletion command; and

deleting at least one of the icon container, all icons included in the icon container, and data stored when performing application programs according to the deletion command.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating the user terminal device, prior to downloading the service hub program, by transmitting, to the server, unique information of the user terminal device and user information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

downloading application programs included in the list of application programs corresponding to the service hub program and the user terminal device; and

installing the application programs.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

confirming a location of the user terminal device; and

deleting the programs and the data installed in the user terminal device, if the location of the user terminal device leaves an effective area.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

deleting a program and data installed in the user terminal device according to a change in status of the user terminal device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein deleting the program and the data installed in the user terminal comprises:

receiving, from the server, a list of programs to be deleted; and

deleting application programs according to the list.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein deleting the program and the data installed in the user terminal comprises:

wherein deleting the program and the data installed in the user terminal comprises;

receiving, from the server, a deletion command to delete all application programs corresponding to the service hub program; and

deleting all of the application programs according to the deletion command.

6. A user terminal device comprising:

a memory that stores a service hub program and an application program corresponding to the service hub program that is provided to all users of an organization that requests the service hub program;

a display that displays an icon container corresponding to the service hub program; and

a controller that controls the display to display a plurality of application icons contained in the icon container when the icon container is selected, receives a selection of at least one of the plurality of application icons; and

downloads an application program, corresponding to the at least one selected application icon, from a server,

wherein the controller executes the service hub program, transmits user information, unique information of the user terminal device, and identification information of the service hub program to the server, receives a list regarding an application program corresponding to the service hub program and a list regarding an icon of the application program from the server, and generates the icon container including the icon regarding the application program and provides the icon container to the display, and

wherein the list regarding the application program corresponding to the service hub program includes an application program for an organization and a group to which a user of the user terminal device belongs.

7. The user terminal device of claim 6, further comprising:

a communication unit that downloads the service hub program and the application program from the server.

8. The user terminal device of claim 7, wherein, when a list of programs to be deleted is received from the server, the controller deletes application programs according to the list.

9. The user terminal device of claim 7, wherein, if a deletion command to delete all application programs corresponding to the service hub program from the server is received, the controller deletes all of the application programs corresponding to the service hub program according to the deletion command.

10. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein the controller deletes at least one of the icon container, all icons included in the icon container, and all data stored when performing application programs according to a deletion command.

11. The user terminal device of claim 6, further comprising an input unit.

12. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein the controller downloads application programs included in the list regarding the application program corresponding to the service hub program from the server and installs the downloaded programs in the memory.

13. The user terminal device of claim 6, further comprising:

a location calculation unit that calculates location information of the user terminal device,

wherein the controller, if the location of the user terminal device leaves an effective area, deletes at least one of the programs and the data installed in the user terminal device.

20. The user terminal device of claim 6, wherein the controller deletes at least one of programs and data installed in the user terminal device according to a change in status of the user terminal device.

21. The user terminal device of claim 20, wherein the controller receives a list of programs to be deleted from the server and deletes the application programs according to the list.

22. The user terminal device of claim 21, wherein controller deletes all application programs corresponding to the service hub program, when a command to delete all of the application programs corresponding to the service hub program is received from the server.

14. A user terminal device comprising:

an authentication manager that performs authentication by transmitting unique information and user information of the user terminal device to a server;

a download manager that downloads a service hub program, an application program list associated with the service hub program, and an application icon list associated with the application program list from the server, when authentication is successful;

a display controller that displays an icon container including a plurality of application icons corresponding to the application icon list on a display screen; and

wherein the service hub program is provided to all users of an organization that requests the service hub program, and

wherein if a selection of at least one of the plurality of application icons is received, the user terminal device;

downloads an application program, corresponding to the at least one selected application icon, from the server,

transmits, to the server, unique information of the user terminal device, the user information, and identification information of the service hub program, and

receives, from the server, a list of application programs corresponding to the service hub program and the user terminal device, and a list icons for the application programs, and

wherein the list of application programs corresponding to the service hub program and the user terminal device includes an application program to be provided for an organization and a group to which a user of the user terminal device belongs.

15. The user terminal device of claim 14, wherein a deletion manager receives a list of programs to be deleted from the server and deletes the application programs according to the list.

16. The user terminal device of claim 15, wherein the deletion manager deletes all application programs corresponding to the service hub program, when a command to delete all of the application programs corresponding to the service hub program is received from the server.

23. The user terminal device of claim 14, further comprising;

a deletion manager that deletes at least one of programs and data installed in the user terminal device according to a change in status of the user terminal device.

24. The user terminal device of claim 23, wherein the deletion manager receives a list of programs to be deleted from the server and deletes the application programs according to the list.

25. The user terminal device of claim 24, wherein the deletion manager deletes all application programs corresponding to the service hub program, when a command to delete all of the application programs corresponding to the service hub program is received from the server.