System, server and method capable of displaying user status

• US 9,185,527 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2013
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chiu, Kuan-Jung, Tu, Han-Fang, Chen, Mei-Ju
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US14/060,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20140256363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A server includes a communication module, a database and a processor. The communication module receives identification information of a user of a mobile terminal and a movement status and a geographic position of the user from the mobile terminal. The processor determines real time traffic condition of the geographic position of the user according to the real time traffic information of the area where the user is located stored in the database and evaluates a time period to be spent from the geographic position of the user to the display terminal according to the movement status of the user and the real time traffic condition of the area. The communication module further transmits the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal. A system including the server and a method of displaying a user status are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising a mobile terminal, a display terminal corresponding to the

mobile terminal and a server communicating with the mobile terminal and the display terminal,

the mobile terminal comprising:

a storage module configured to store identification information of a user of the mobile terminal and identification information of the display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal;

a movement sensor module configured to sense a movement status of the user and determine a geographic position of the user;

a processor configured to generate the user'"'"'s information, the user'"'"'s information comprising the identification information of the user of the mobile terminal, the identification information of the display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal and the movement status and the geographic position of the user;

a communication module configured to transmit the identification information of the user of the mobile terminal, the identification information of the display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal and the movement status and the geographic position of the user to the server; and

the server comprising;

a communication module configured to receive the identification information of the user of the mobile terminal, the identification information of the display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal and the movement status and the geographic position of the user from the mobile terminal;

a database configured to store real time traffic information of a plurality of areas;

a processor configured to determine real time traffic condition of the geographic position of the user according to the real time traffic information of the area where the user is located and evaluate a time period to be spent from the geographic position of the user to the display terminal according to the movement status of the user and the real time traffic condition of the area;

the communication module further configured to transmit the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal;

the display terminal configured to display the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user transmitted from the server;

wherein the database is further configured to store a reference movement status, and the processor of the server is further configured to compare the movement status transmitted from the mobile terminal to the reference movement status to determine whether the user is in a normal status;

wherein the reference movement status includes a reference speed, when the difference between the reference speed and a movement speed of the movement status falls in a preset range, the processor of the server determines the user is in a normal status, when the difference between the reference speed and the movement speed of the movement status falls beyond the preset range, the processor of the server determines the user is in an abnormal status.

2. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the processor of the server transmits the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal when the user in a normal status.

3. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the processor of the server generates a warning signal, and transmits the warning signal, the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal when the user in an abnormal status.

4. The system as described in claim 3, wherein the display terminal is further configured to alert a user in front of the display terminal in response to the warning signal.

5. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal further includes a switch module operable by the user, the processor is further configured to actuate the movement sensor module in response a user'"'"'s operation on the switch module.

6. A server for communicating with a mobile terminal and a display terminal associated with the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal configured to sense a movement status of a user of the mobile terminal and determine a geographic position of the user, the server comprising:

a communication module configured to receive identification information of the user of the mobile terminal, identification information of the display terminal and the movement status and the geographic position of the user from the mobile terminal;

a database configured to store real time traffic information of a plurality of areas;

a processor configured to determine real time traffic condition of the geographic position of the user according to the real time traffic information of the area where the user is located and evaluate a time period to be spent from the geographic position of the user to the display terminal according to the movement status of the user and the real time traffic condition of the area;

the communication module further configured to transmit the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal;

wherein the database is further configured to store a reference movement status, and the processor is further configured to compare the movement status transmitted from the mobile terminal to the reference movement status to determine whether the user is in a normal status;

wherein the reference movement status includes a reference speed and a reference direction, when the difference between the reference speed and a movement speed of the movement status falls in a preset range, the processor of the server determines the user is in a normal status, when the difference between the reference speed and the movement speed of the movement status falls beyond the preset range, the processor of the server determines the user is in an abnormal status.

7. The server as described in claim 6, wherein the processor transmits the position of the user, the evaluated time and the identification information of the user to the display terminal when the user in a normal status.

8. The server as described in claim 6, wherein the processor generates a warning signal, and transmits the warning signal, the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal when the user is in an abnormal status.

9. A method of displaying a user'"'"'s status comprising:

detecting a movement status of a user of a mobile terminal; and

determining a geographic position of the user;

storing identification information of a user of the mobile terminal and identification of a display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal;

generating user'"'"'s information comprising identification information of the user of the mobile terminal, identification information of the display terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal, and the movement status and the geographic position of the user;

transmitting the user'"'"'s information to a server;

determining a real time traffic condition of an area where the geographic position of the user is located according to real time traffic information of a plurality of areas stored in a database and evaluating a time period to be spent from the geographic position of the user to the display terminal according to the movement status of the user and the real time traffic condition of the area;

comparing a movement speed of the movement status of the user'"'"'s information to a reference speed comprised in a reference movement status;

determining that the user is in a normal status if the difference between the reference speed and the movement speed of the movement status of the user'"'"'s information falls in a preset range;

transmitting the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user to the display terminal associated with the mobile terminal, if the user is in the normal status;

displaying the geographic position of the user, the evaluated time period and the identification information of the user transmitted from the server on the display terminal associated with the mobile terminal;

determining that the user is in an abnormal status if the difference between the reference speed and the movement speed of the movement status of the user'"'"'s information falls beyond the preset range;

generating a warning signal if the user is in the abnormal status and transmitting the warning signal to the display terminal; and

alerting a user in front of the display terminal using the display terminal in response to the warning.