Method for remotely controlling portable terminal and system therefor

• US 9,131,359 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2009
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, In Hyung, Kim, Tae Kyoung, Kim, Sung Yong, Lee, Sang Ha, Son, Young Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US12/565,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20100087165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,176 Days
• Field of Search: 455/420, 455/417, 455/419, 379/74, 379/88.01, 379/102.01, 379/102.02, 379/102.07, 379/210.02, 379/211.02, 340/539.13, 340/539.17, 340/4.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote control of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for remotely controlling functions of a portable terminal, and a system thereof. A method for remotely controlling a function of a portable terminal includes receiving a request for remote control of at least one function of the portable terminal, setting up the requested at least one function for remote control, determining whether an event corresponding to the set up function is generated and performing the set up function if the event is generated.

Claims

1. A method for remotely controlling a function of a remote controlled terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by a remote controlled terminal, a set up request message for remote control function from a remote controlling terminal;

setting up a remote control function according to an outcome authentication of the set up request message;

receiving, when the remote control function corresponds to a recipient change function, new recipient information from the remote controlling terminal;

changing a recipient information of the remote controlled terminal to the received new recipient information;

after changing the recipient information, transmitting a confirmation message to a terminal associated with the new recipient information; and

transmitting an event information to the terminal associated with the new recipient information, when an event related to a recipient of the remote controlled terminal is generated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control function comprises at least one of a call barring function and a forwarding function.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the forwarding function comprises at least one of a call forwarding function and a message forwarding function.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the message forwarding function comprises at least one forwarding function from among all Short Message Service (SMS) message forwarding functions, a partial SMS message forwarding function, all Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message forwarding functions and a partial MMS message forwarding function.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating the received request by comparing a password stored in the remote controlled terminal with a password provided from the remote controlling terminal requesting the remote control function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control function comprises a mobile tracker function.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving new information and a new remote control password; and

replacing the stored information and the remote control password with the new information and the new remote control password.

8. A system for remotely controlling a function of a remote controlled terminal, the system comprising:

a remote controlled terminal for receiving a set up request message for remote control function from a remote controlling terminal, for setting up a remote control function according to an outcome authentication of the set up request message, for receiving, when the remote control function corresponds to a recipient change function, new recipient information from the remote controlling terminal, for changing a recipient information of the remote controlled terminal to the received new recipient information, for, after changing the recipient information, transmitting a confirmation message to a terminal associated with the new recipient information, and for transmitting an event information to a terminal related to the new recipient information, when an event related to a recipient of the remote controlled terminal is generated; and

the remote controlling terminal for remotely controlling a set up of the remote control function of the remote controlled terminal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the remote controlled terminal comprises:

a wireless communications unit for communicating with the remote controlling terminal;

a storage unit for storing at least one of remote controlling terminal information, a remote control password, and information for the set up of the remote control function; and

a controller for analyzing a message received from the remote controlling terminal, for authenticating the remote controlling terminal, for determining whether the request for set up of remote control function based on the at least one function is received from the remote controlling terminal, and whether an event related to the remote control function is generated, and for performing the remote control function according to the generated event.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the remote control function comprises at least one of a call barring function and a forwarding function.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the forwarding function comprises at least one of a call forwarding function and a message forwarding function.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the message forwarding function comprises at least one forwarding function from among all Short Message Service (SMS) message forwarding functions, a partial SMS message forwarding function, all Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message forwarding functions and a partial MMS message forwarding function.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller authenticates the remote controlling terminal by determining whether the stored password coincides with a password provided from the remote controlling terminal.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller, if new remote controlling terminal information and a new remote control password is input, replaces the stored remote controlling terminal information and the remote control password with the new remote controlling terminal information and the new remote control password.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the remote control function comprises a mobile tracker function.