Mobile device, content delivery apparatus, content providing apparatus and control method thereof
First Claim
1. A mobile device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with a content delivery apparatus; and
a controller configured to control the communication unit to transmit a user profile stored on the mobile device, corresponding to a request, to a content delivery apparatus, when the request for the user profile is received from the content delivery apparatus located within a predetermined zone, and to receive content corresponding to the user profile,wherein the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to an external server, the content is stored on the external server, and the content corresponding to the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, andwherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content.
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Abstract
A mobile device, a content delivery apparatus, a content providing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile device includes a communication unit that performs communication with an external environment, a signal processor that processes signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, and a display unit that displays an image based on a signal processed by the signal processor. The mobile device also includes a controller that controls the communication unit to transmit a profile corresponding to a request to a content delivery apparatus when the request for the profile is received from the content delivery apparatus located within a predetermined zone, and to receive content corresponding to the transmitted profile. Customized contents can be provided to the mobile device on the basis of a user'"'"'s profile.
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52 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
a communication unit configured to communicate with a content delivery apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communication unit to transmit a user profile stored on the mobile device, corresponding to a request, to a content delivery apparatus, when the request for the user profile is received from the content delivery apparatus located within a predetermined zone, and to receive content corresponding to the user profile, wherein the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to an external server, the content is stored on the external server, and the content corresponding to the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A content delivery apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile device; and a controller configured to controls the communication unit to request and receive a user profile from a mobile device when the mobile device is sensed within a predetermined zone, and to transmit the received user profile to a content providing apparatus, which comprises at least one content, wherein the content corresponding to the user profile is received from the content providing apparatus and transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A content providing apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured to communicate with a content delivery apparatus; a storage unit that stores at least one content; and a controller that controls the storage unit to store a user profile of a mobile device when the user profile is received from a content delivery apparatus through the communication unit, and to select content corresponding to the user profile from among the stored at least one content, wherein the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, from a mobile device, the content corresponding to the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a user profile from a content delivery apparatus located in a predetermined zone; transmitting the user profile to the content delivery apparatus; receiving content corresponding to the user profile; and displaying the received content, wherein the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to an external server, the content is stored on the external server, and the content corresponding to the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, a controller controls a communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of controlling a content delivery apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a mobile device is sensed within a predetermined zone; requesting a user profile of the mobile device, when the mobile device is sensed within the predetermined zone; receiving the user profile from the mobile device; and transmitting the received user profile to a content providing apparatus that comprises at least one content, wherein the content corresponding to the user profile is received from the content providing apparatus and transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, a controller controls a communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of controlling a content providing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing at least one content in a storage unit; receiving a user profile of a mobile device from a content delivery apparatus through a communication unit; storing the received user profile in the storage unit; and selecting content corresponding to the received user profile among the stored at least one content, wherein the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, from the mobile device, the content corresponding to the user profile is transmitted, through the content delivery apparatus, to at least one of the mobile device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile device in accordance with characteristics of the content, and wherein in response to the characteristics of the content being acceptable in the mobile device, controller controls the communication unit to receive the content, and in response to the characteristics of the content being not acceptable in the mobile device, the controller controls the communication unit not to receive the content. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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