Data transmission method for terminal performing near field communication and terminal thereof

• US 9,538,370 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Jae-woo, Wi, Tae-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hsieh, Ping
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, James
• Application Number:
  US13/975,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20140057561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,226 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• 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

Provided are a method of transmitting data from a terminal through near field communication (NFC) according to information input to the terminal, and a terminal thereof. The method includes detecting a user interaction input to the terminal, determining data mapped to the detected user interaction; and transmitting the data mapped to the user interaction to the other device through the NFC.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data in a terminal capable of near field communication (NFC), comprising:

selecting a user interaction type of a user interaction, from among a plurality of types of user interactions that are detectable by different types of input units of the terminal;

detecting a user interaction input to the terminal, wherein the detected user interaction corresponds to the selected user interaction type;

storing a record of previous transmission of data through the NFC within a predetermined time from a time point when a user interaction of a certain type is detected;

determining predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction, based on a predetermined number or more of previous transmissions of the predetermined data through the NFC within the predetermined time from a time point when the user interaction of the selected user interaction type is detected; and

transmitting the data mapped to the detected user interaction to another device through the NFC.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the predetermined time that is set for transmission of the predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction,

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction to the other device through the NFC when a contactless link is established between the terminal and the other device using the NFC within the predetermined time from the time point when the user interaction of the selected user interaction type is detected.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of user interaction comprises a motion of a user recognized through a motion recognition sensor of the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of user interaction comprises a fingerprint of a user input to the terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of user interaction comprises a voice of a user input to the terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining comprises generating a text through voice recognition of the voice of the user, input to the terminal, and determining predetermined data mapped to the generated text.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the determining:

selecting an application for processing the predetermined data; and

mapping the predetermined data to the detected user interaction to be transmitted to the other device according to the selected application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information about the user interaction to the other device.

9. A terminal, comprising at least one hardware processor:

an input unit configured to receive an input of a selection of a type a user interaction, from among a plurality of types of user interactions that are detectable by different types of input units of the terminal;

a near field communication (NFC) unit configured to perform near field communication (NFC) with another device;

a controller configured to detect the user interaction that is input to the terminal, and control the NFC unit to transmit predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction to the other device through the NFC;

a storage configured to store a record of previous transmission of data through the NFC within a predetermined time from a time point when the user interaction of a certain type is detected; and

a mapping unit configured to map the predetermined data to the detected user interaction when the detected user interaction corresponds to the selected type of the user interaction,

wherein the mapping unit is configured to map the predetermined data to the detected user interaction, based on a predetermined number or more of previous transmission of the predetermined data through the NFC within the predetermined time from a time point when the user interaction of the selected type is detected.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the NFC unit to transmit the predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction to the other device through the NFC when a contactless link is established between the terminal and the other device using the NFC within the predetermined time from the time point when the user interaction of the selected type is detected.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the input unit comprises a motion recognition sensor, and the plurality of types of user interaction comprises a motion of a user input through the motion recognition sensor of the terminal.

12. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the input unit comprises a fingerprint recognition sensor, and the plurality of types of user interactions comprise a fingerprint of a user input through the fingerprint recognition sensor.

13. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the input unit comprises a microphone for voice recognition, and the plurality of types of user interactions comprises voice information of a user input through the microphone.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the input unit generates a text through voice recognition of the voice information of the user input to the terminal and the controller transmits predetermined data mapped to the generated text to the other device.

15. The terminal of claim 9, further comprising a setting unit comprising:

an application selecting unit configured to select an application for processing the predetermined data, and wherein

the mapping unit is configured to map the predetermined data to the detected user interaction to be transmitted to the other device according to the selected application.

16. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the NFC unit transmits the user interaction, together with the predetermined data, to the other device through the NFC.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon at least one program comprising a command for performing a method of providing recommendation information using a display apparatus, the method comprising:

selecting a user interaction type of a user interaction, from among a plurality of types of user interactions that are detectable by different types of input units of the terminal;

storing a record of previous transmission of data through the NFC within a predetermined time from a time point when the user interaction of a certain type is detected;

detecting a user interaction input to the terminal, wherein the user interaction corresponds to the selected user interaction type;

determining predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction, based on a predetermined number or more of previous transmissions of the predetermined data through the NFC within the predetermined time from a time point when the user interaction of the selected user interaction type is detected; and

transmitting the predetermined data mapped to the detected user interaction to another device through the NFC.