Method for changing user-originating information through interaction with other user

• US 9,288,610 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ipnology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BK Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Byoung Chan, Na, Byeong Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Beyen, Zewdu A
• Application Number:
  US14/485,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20150078296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method for automatically changing information originating from at least either of a first user and a second user by using a mobile device includes steps of: (a) a first device searching second devices as a target to perform interaction and then selecting a specific second device among the searched second device to change the user-originating information; (b) the first device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second device data related to the interaction, if a touch gesture is detected in the first device; and (c) at least either of the first and the second devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least either of the first user and the second user by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction.

Claims

1. A method for automatically changing information originating from at least one of a first user and a second user by using a communication device, the method comprising steps of:

(a) a first communication device of the first user searching for at least one second communication device of at least one second user as a target with which to perform a specific interaction within a predetermined distance therefrom or searching for at least one second communication device connected to an access point (AP), an ad-hoc network, or a base station of a cellular network to which the first communication device is connected;

(a0) selecting at least one specific second communication device from among the searched at least one second communication device to change the user-originating information;

(b) the first communication device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second communication device data related to a specific interaction, if a specified touch gesture is detected in the first communication device; and

(c) at least one of the first and the second communication devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least one of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction,

wherein the first communication device searches for the at least one second communication device based on whether the at least one second communication device has a certain application program that is related to the specific interaction, and

wherein the first communication device selects the specific second communication device where the certain application is turned on in either the background or the foreground, if there are multiple second communication devices searched.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of acquiring information on the at least one second communication device by using one of the server, the AP, the ad-hoc network, or the base station of the cellular network and allowing the information on the at least one second communication device to be displayed on the first communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

(a1) supporting selection of the specific second communication device by allowing a list of the searched second communication devices to be displayed on the first communication device, if there are multiple communication devices searched.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein one of the second communication devices searched is selected by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of (b) includes the step of checking whether the specified touch gesture is performed by the first user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein whether the specified touch gesture is performed by the first user is checked by checking a fingerprint of the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific interaction within the predetermined distance is a direct wireless connection, and

wherein the user-originating information is information on balances or transactions of at least one of the first user and the second user, and the data includes information on transaction amount and information on the financial account of at least one of the first user and the second user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, at the step of (c), at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device allows the server to update the information on the balance or the transactions of at least one of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting the data to the server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user-originating information is information on balances or transactions of at least one of the first user and the second user, the data is a signal indicating an intention that the first user and the second user want to perform the financial transaction.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, at the step of (c), if the signal indicating the intention is transmitted between the first communication device and the second communication device, at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device allows the server to update the information on the balance or the transactions of at least one of the first user and the second user stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting the data to the server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user-originating information is information on a list of SNS friends, the data includes information on an SNS account of at least one of the first user and the second user or a signal indicating the intention to update the information on the list of SNS friends.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, at the step of (c), at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device allows the server to update the information on the list of SNS friends stored in the server or a storage device interacted with the server by transmitting information on an SNS account of at least one of the first user and the second user to the server.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of swiping an image displayed on the first communication device in a first direction.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the image is at least one of an image of currency, an SNS friend request-related image, an image of a business card, and an image of a coupon.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

(b0) detecting the touch gesture entered in the second communication device as a signal of transmitting and receiving the data, wherein the step of (b0) comes after the step of (b).

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the touch gesture corresponding to the data is a gesture of swiping the image displayed on the second communication device in a second direction.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, at the step of (b0), if the signal of transmitting and receiving the data is detected, the step of (c) is performed.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

setting a wireless connection between the first communication device and the second communication device.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(a2) directly connecting the first communication device with the at least one specific second communication device.