Method and system for providing service information using location information

• US 8,868,098 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2009
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Dong Jun, Kim, Kyoung Taek, Kim, Hyun Kyoung, Kim, Hyang Ah, Kim, Jin Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSARIO, NELSON M
• Application Number:
  US12/481,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20090305725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,960 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 455/414.3, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/420, 455/432.3, 455/456.2, 455/456.5
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system to provide service information to a portable terminal based on the location information associated with the portable terminal. The service information providing method is performed in such a way that a server acquires location information associated with the portable terminal and service information corresponding to the location information. The portable terminal may acquire and store the service information from the server. The portable terminal user can also identify new service information regarding a place where the user is located.

Claims

1. A method for providing service information, comprising:

acquiring, by a server, location information associated with a portable terminal;

determining whether a location of the portable terminal has changed based on the acquired location information;

in response to determining that the location of the portable terminal has changed, acquiring, by the server, the service information corresponding to the location information from at least one service provider;

transmitting, by the server, the service information to the portable terminal,

wherein pieces of the transmitted service information are displayed in a form of a prioritized list for user selection, the prioritized list being provided based on weighted metrics associated with a user and the pieces of the transmitted service information,

wherein the weighted metrics comprise;

recentness of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user; and

at least one of frequency of use of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user and frequency of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user, and

wherein at least one of the weighted metrics are increased in response to selection of one of the listed pieces of service information by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service information comprises coupon information, information regarding stores and restaurants, and/or event information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the service information comprises:

determining, by the portable terminal, whether to update previously stored service information based on the received service information; and

storing, in response to a determination to update the previously stored service information, the received service information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein storing the currently received service information comprises:

deleting, by the portable terminal, the previously stored service information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein deleting the previously stored service information comprises:

displaying a message providing an option to delete service information; and

deleting, in response to selection of the option, the previously stored service information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

increasing, in response to use, selection, or use and selection of one of the listed pieces of service information, a weighted metric associated with the used, selected, or used and selected piece of service information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pieces of the transmitted service information are further displayed to the user of the portable terminal based on one or more characteristics of the pieces of the transmitted service information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the server, a request associated with the selected service information; and

transmitting, to the portable terminal, additional service information corresponding to the request.

9. A system to provide service information, the system comprising:

a portable terminal; and

a server configured to;

receive location information associated with the portable terminal,

determine whether a location of the portable terminal has changed based on the received location information,

acquire service information corresponding to the location information in response to the determination that the location of the portable terminal has changed, and

transmit the service information to the portable terminal,

wherein the portable terminal is configured to;

store the service information received from the server,

display pieces of the service information in a prioritized list for user selection, the prioritized list being provided based on weighted metrics associated a user and the pieces of the transmitted service information, the weighted metrics comprising recentness of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user, and at least one of frequency of use of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user and frequency of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user, and

increase, in response to selection of one of the listed pieces of service information by the user, a weight of the selected piece of service information.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the portable terminal is further configured to:

determine whether to update previously stored service information based on the received service information; and

store the received service information in response to a determination to update the previously stored service information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the portable terminal is further configured to delete the previously stored service information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the server is further configured to receive the location information according to a location based service (LBS).

13. A portable terminal, comprising:

a location identifying unit configured to;

acquire location information associated with a location of the portable terminal, and

transmit the location information to a server; and

a service information managing unit configured to;

store service information received from the server, and

control, in response to a request, presentation of pieces of the service information on a display in a prioritized list for user selection, the prioritized list being provided based on weighted metrics associated with a user and the pieces of the service information, and the weighted metrics comprising recentness of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user, and at least one of frequency of use of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user and frequency of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user,

wherein, in response to selection of one of the pieces of the service information by the user, the service information managing unit is further configured to increase a weight of the selected piece of the service information.

14. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein, in response to receipt of the service information from the server, the service information managing unit is further configured to:

delete previously stored service information; and

store the received service information.

15. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the service information managing unit is further configured to:

control presentation of the pieces of the service information further based on one or more characteristics of the pieces of the service information.