Method for supplying local service using local service information server based on distributed network and terminal apparatus

• US 9,049,544 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jun Hyeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US13/102,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20120039317A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for supplying a local service (LS) using a LS information server that is based on a distributed network. The LS may be supplied to the terminal through at least one of an LS information server, a root server, and a neighboring LS information server.

Claims

1. A method for providing a local service (LS), the method comprising:

requesting an LS information server for remote LS information, wherein the remote LS information comprises LS information about a neighboring region of a region in which the LS information server is located;

receiving, from the LS information server, at least one of information about a root server, information about a neighboring LS information server of the neighboring region, and the remote LS information;

requesting, in response to the information about the root server being received from the LS information server, the root server for at least one of the remote LS information and the information about the neighboring LS information server;

requesting, in response to the information about the neighboring LS information server being received from the root server, the neighboring LS information server for the remote LS information based on the received information about the neighboring LS information server; and

receiving the remote LS information from the neighboring LS information server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the LS information server is a distributed LS information server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in response to the remote LS information being received from the LS information server, the remote LS information received from the LS information server; and

supplying a LS selected from the displayed remote LS information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in response to the remote LS information being received from the root server, the remote LS information received from the root server; and

supplying a LS selected from the displayed remote LS information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the remote LS information received from the neighboring LS information server; and

supplying a LS selected from the displayed remote LS information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the remote LS information,

wherein the remote LS information includes at least one of summaries of the remote LS, a method for connection to the localized wireless network (LWN), a method for connection with the remote LS server, and use of an LS.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server for information about the LS information server based on a region in which a terminal is located; and

receiving the information about the LS information server from the DHCP server in response to the requested information about the LS information server.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting, in response to the information about a neighboring LS information server being received from the LS information server, the neighboring LS information server for the remote LS information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the LS information server and at least one neighboring LS information server share LS information about the region in which the LS information server is located, and

wherein the neighboring region is adjacent to the region in which the terminal is located.

10. A method for providing a local service (LS), the method comprising:

requesting, in response to a terminal being moved from a region in which an LS information server is located to a neighboring region in which a neighboring LS information server is located, the LS information server for LS information about the neighboring region in which the terminal is moved;

receiving information about the neighboring LS information server from the LS information server;

requesting the neighboring LS information server for the LS information about the neighboring region based on the received information about the neighboring LS information server; and

receiving the LS information of the neighboring region from the neighboring LS information server.

11. A terminal comprising:

a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the terminal;

an information request unit configured to;

request a local service (LS) information server for remote LS information, wherein the remote LS information comprises LS information about a neighboring region of a region corresponding to the position information,

request, in response to information about a root server being received from the LS information server in response to the request for the remote LS information, the root server for at least one of the remote LS information and information about a neighboring LS information server for the neighboring region, and

request, in response to the information about the neighboring LS information server being received from the root server, the neighboring LS information server for the remote LS information based on the received information about the neighboring LS information server; and

an information supply unit configured to supply the remote LS information.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein, in response to the remote LS information being received from the LS information server, the information supply unit displays the remote LS information received from the LS information server and supplies a LS selected from the displayed remote LS information.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the information supply unit comprises:

an information reception unit to receive remote LS information from the root server;

a display unit to display the remote LS information received from the root server; and

a connection unit to connect the terminal to the LS selected based on the displayed remote LS information.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the information supply unit comprises:

an information reception unit configured to receive the information about the neighboring LS information server from the root server; and

a display unit configured to display the remote LS information received from the neighboring LS information server.

15. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising a display unit to display the remote LS information,

wherein the remote LS information comprises at least one of summaries of the remote LS, a method for connection to the LWN, a method for connection with a remote LS information server, and use of a LS.

16. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the information request unit requests a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server for information about the LS information server based on a region in which the terminal is located.

17. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the information request unit is configured to:

request, in response to the terminal being moved from the region in which the LS information server is located to the neighboring region, the LS information server for LS information about the neighboring region, and

request the neighboring LS information server for the LS information about the neighboring region based on the information about the neighboring LS information server.

18. A local service (LS) information server comprising:

an information reception unit configured to receive position information of a terminal and a request for at least one of remote LS information and information about a neighboring LS information server from the terminal, wherein the neighboring LS information server is located in a neighboring region of a region in which the LS information server is located; and

an information supply unit configured to supply at least one of the information about the neighboring LS information server and information about a root server,

wherein, in response to the terminal moving into the neighboring region and the information reception unit receiving a request for LS information about the neighboring region, the information supply unit supplies to the terminal information about the neighboring LS information server.

19. The LS information server of claim 18, wherein the LS information server and the neighboring LS information server are distributed servers, and

wherein LS information about the region in which the terminal is located is shared with the neighboring LS information server.

20. The LS information server of claim 18, wherein the information supply unit supplies information about the root server to the terminal, in response to the received request for the remote LS information.