Method of sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

• US 9,288,607 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dongcheol, Jang, Jiwoong, Cho, Hangyu, Kang, Jiwon, Park, Sungho, Lim, Dongguk
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, KHOA B
• Application Number:
  US13/917,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20130336212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method of sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment, which is shared by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, includes the steps of obtaining at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information corresponding to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided by a first communication network by the neighboring user equipment, executing an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and making a request for the IP-based service to the first communication network, receiving the requested IP-based service from the first communication network, and controlling the application to execute the received IP-based service.

Claims

1. A method of sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment, by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information and identification information of the neighboring user equipment from the neighboring user equipment through a second communication network, wherein the at least one URL information corresponds to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided to the neighboring user equipment through a first communication network;

executing an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and requesting for the IP-based service to the first communication network with the obtained identification information;

receiving the requested IP-based service from the first communication network with the obtained identification information; and

controlling the application to execute the received IP-based service,

wherein the first communication network includes a cellular network,

wherein the second communication network includes a local area network using a WiFi, Bluetooth, or Zigbee communication scheme, and

wherein the neighboring user equipment is capable of receiving data through the first communication network for the user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, the obtaining of the at least one URL information further comprising establishing a connection to the neighboring user equipment in a manner that the user equipment discovers the neighboring user equipment among user equipments situated near the user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the service corresponds to the service to which a password is configured for the obtained URL information, password information on the URL information is obtained together with the URL information.

4. A user equipment for sharing a service provided to a neighboring user equipment in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit including a receiver and a transmitter, wherein the RF unit is configured to transceive signals; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

obtain at least one URL (uniform resource locator) information and identification information of the neighboring user equipment from the neighboring user equipment through a second communication network, wherein the at least one URL information corresponds to an IP (internet protocol)-based service provided to the neighboring user equipment through a first communication network,

execute an application corresponding to the obtained URL information and request for the IP-based service to the first communication network with the obtained identification information,

receive the requested IP-based service from the first communication network, and

control the application to execute the received IP-based service,

wherein the first communication network includes a cellular network,

wherein the second communication network includes a local area network using a WiFi, Bluetooth, or Zigbee communication scheme, and

wherein the neighboring user equipment is capable of receiving data through the first communication network for the user equipment.

5. The user equipment of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to establish a connection to the neighboring user equipment in a manner that the user equipment discovers the neighboring user equipment among user equipments situated near the user equipment.

6. The user equipment of claim 4, wherein if the service corresponds to the service to which a password is configured for the obtained URL information, the processor is further configured to obtain password information on the URL information together with the URL information.