Vessel and land messenger service apparatus and method using vessel maintenance service

• US 8,886,733 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Jeon, Hae Sook, Lee, Kwangil, Park, Jun Hee, Moon, Kyeong Deok
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US13/336,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• Field of Search: 709202-207, 4554121-4122
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A vessel messenger service apparatus includes: a vessel messenger service unit for providing messenger service between vessel, converting a local message from a vessel client into a global message to be transmitted to a land client, converting a message generated from the land client into a local message and providing the converted local message to the vessel client; and a vessel maintenance service unit for providing a remote vessel maintenance service and a messenger service between the vessel client and the land client by interworking with a unified vessel maintenance service unit on land. The apparatus further includes a database managing unit for managing information for the vessel client and the land client.

Claims

1. A vessel messenger service apparatus providing a vessel maintenance service for a vessel, comprising:

a vessel maintenance service unit for providing

a messenger service between vessel clients and a land client in real time, and

a remote vessel maintenance service by interworking with a unified vessel maintenance service unit on land so that maintenance of the vessel is performed by the unified vessel maintenance service unit;

a vessel messenger service unit for

managing location information of clients by performing a login process; and

providing messenger service between the vessel clients by using a local message generated from the vessel clients,

converting the local message into a global message to be provided to the land client via the messenger service between the vessel clients and the land client performed by the vessel maintenance service unit, converting a message generated from the land client into a converted local message and providing the converted local message to the vessel clients; and

a vessel database managing unit for managing information for the vessel clients and the land client.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel maintenance service unit is switchable between a local mode and a global mode, and

in the local mode, the vessel messenger service unit provides

a communication only between the vessel clients, the vessel clients all being connected to a local network of the vessel, and

in the global mode, the vessel messenger service unit provides a communication both

between the vessel clients, and

between the vessel clients and the land client.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel maintenance service unit provides the messenger service between the vessel clients and the land client

by using a session for the remote vessel maintenance service, or

by using a session different from the session for the remote vessel maintenance service.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel database managing unit manages a database where level information of the vessel clients and the land client is set, and

wherein the vessel messenger service unit constructs a buddy list by using the level information and provides at least one of the vessel clients with the buddy list.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the land client accesses the messenger service between the vessel clients and the land client, the vessel messenger service unit requests user verification based on user information inputted by the land client for a login at the unified vessel maintenance service unit via the vessel maintenance service unit, and provides the messenger service between the vessel clients and the land client based on a response to the user verification request.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel messenger service unit extracts location information of the vessel clients, which access the messenger services, and manages the location information through the vessel database managing unit by registering the location information in a database.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel messenger service unit constructs a buddy list based on a database managed by the vessel database managing unit and provides the buddy list to the vessel clients.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the vessel messenger service unit provide a friend addition and deletion function in the buddy list.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when an operation of the vessel maintenance service unit or the unified vessel maintenance service unit is terminated normally or abnormally, the vessel messenger service unit deactivates the land client in a buddy list having the vessel clients and the land client.

10. A land messenger service apparatus providing a vessel maintenance service for a vessel, comprising:

a unified vessel maintenance service unit on land and for providing

messenger service between a vessel client and land clients in real time, and

a remote vessel maintenance service by interworking with a vessel maintenance service unit to perform maintenance on the vessel;

a land messenger service unit for

providing a messenger service between the land clients by using a local message generated from the land clients,

converting the local message generated from the land clients into a global message to be provided to the vessel client via the messenger service between the vessel client and the land clients provided by the unified vessel maintenance service unit,

converting a message generated from the vessel client into a converted local message and providing the converted local message to the land clients; and

a unified database managing unit for managing information for the vessel client and the land clients.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the unified vessel maintenance service unit is switchable between a local mode and a global mode,

in the local mode, the land messenger service unit provides a communication only between the land clients, and

in the global mode, the land messenger service unit provides a communication both

between the land clients, and

between the vessel client and the land clients.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the unified vessel maintenance service unit provides the messenger service between the vessel client and the land clients

by using a session for the remote vessel maintenance service, or

by using a session different from the session for the remote vessel maintenance service.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the unified database managing unit manages a database where level information of the vessel client and the land clients is set, and

wherein the land messenger service unit constructs a buddy list by using the level information and provides the at least one of the land clients with the buddy list.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the land messenger service unit extracts location information of the land clients which access the messenger services and manages the location information through the unified database managing unit by registering the location information in a database.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the land messenger service unit constructs a buddy list based on a database managed by the unified database managing unit and provides the buddy list to the land clients.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the land messenger service unit provide a friend addition and deletion function in the buddy list.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when an operation of the unified vessel maintenance service unit or the vessel maintenance service unit is terminated normally or abnormally, the land messenger service unit deactivates the vessel client in a buddy list having the vessel client and the land clients.

18. A method for providing a messenger service by using a vessel maintenance service unit of a vessel interworking with a unified vessel maintenance service unit on land via a unified gateway, comprising:

performing a login process for a first vessel client on the vessel when a messenger service request is received from the first vessel client;

providing a messenger service between the first vessel client and a second vessel client;

converting a message generated from the first vessel client into a global message when the first vessel client requests a communication with a land client;

providing the land client with the global message via the unified vessel maintenance service unit;

receiving a land message generated from the land client via the unified vessel maintenance service unit and the vessel maintenance service unit;

converting the received land message into a local message and providing the first vessel client with the local message; and

performing with the unified vessel maintenance service unit, a remote vessel maintenance service by interworking with the vessel maintenance service unit to perform maintenance on the vessel.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the performing the login process includes:

providing a buddy list based on information of the first client.

20. A method for providing a messenger service by using a unified vessel maintenance service unit on land interworking with a vessel maintenance service unit of a vessel via a unified gateway, comprising:

performing a login process for a first land client when a messenger service request is received from the first land client;

providing a messenger service between the first land client and a second land client;

converting a message generated from the first land client into a global message when the first land client requests a communication with a vessel client

providing the vessel client with the global message via the unified vessel maintenance service unit on land;

receiving a vessel message generated from the vessel client via the vessel maintenance service unit and the unified vessel maintenance service unit;

converting the received vessel message into a local message and providing the first land client with the local message; and

performing with the unified vessel maintenance service unit, a remote vessel maintenance service by interworking with the vessel maintenance service unit to perform maintenance on the vessel.