Method for processing data received and an electronic device thereof

• US 9,584,955 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Ji-Hyun, Kim, Hyun-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): West, Lewis
• Application Number:
  US14/615,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20150223013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

A method for operating a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving data from a second electronic device in short-range radio communication. The method also includes detecting a location of the first electronic device. The method further includes determining an execution method of the received data based on at least one of the location of the electronic device and one or more of communication region information of the short-range radio communication of the second electronic device, signal strength of the short-range radio communication in the communication region, and location information of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method to operate a first electronic device, the method comprising:

determining an execution method of data received from a second electronic device using short-range radio communication based on at least one of;

i) a location of the first electronic device and one or more communication region information sets of the short-range radio communication of the second electronic device,

ii) a signal strength of the short-range radio communication in a communication region, and

iii) location information of the first electronic device; and

processing the received data according to the determined execution method,

wherein determining the execution method comprises determining a display priority or an arrangement priority of the received data, and

wherein the received data comprises at least one of;

one or more event information sets or one or more operation control information sets.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data further comprises at least a part of an Identification (ID) code of the second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data comprises one or more event information sets associated with calendar events for a user of the first electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when detecting a disconnection of the short-range radio communication, deleting the received data or lowering an accessibility of the data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution method is determined based on one or more of the communication region information of the second electronic device, the signal strength of the short-range radio communication in the communication region, the location information of the first electronic device, or date information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

lowering data accessibility or deleting the data based on one or more of a reliability of the other electronic device, a reliability of the data, or a reliability of operation control information received from the other electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the reliability is determined based on one or more of a number of communications between a third electronic device that recommends the data reception and the first electronic device, a number of recommendations for the data obtained in network communication, a reliability of the second electronic device that sends the data, or physical distance information of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein one or more of the reliability of the second electronic device, the reliability of the data, or the reliability of the operation control information are updated based on one or more of the reliability of the second electronic device, the reliability of the data, or the reliability of the operation control information received from the third electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

classifying the received data based on one or more preset categories; and

determining data corresponding to the one or more preset categories.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more preset categories are determined based on one or more of a reliability information of a data transmitter sending the data or the data, recommendation information of the data transmitter or the data received from a server or a third electronic device which is connected to a Social Networking Service (SNS), usage information of the data, event time information, location information of the data transmitter sending the data, discount rate information when the data is a discount coupon, or event expiration date information.

11. A first electronic device comprising one or more processors configured to:

determine an execution method of data received from a second electronic device using short-range radio communication based on at least one of;

i) a location of the first electronic device and one or more communication region information sets of the short-range radio communication of the second electronic device,

ii) a signal strength of the short-range radio communication in a communication region, and

iii) location information of the first electronic device; and

process the received data according to the determined execution method,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the execution method by determining a display priority or an arrangement priority of the received data, and

wherein the received data comprises at least one of;

one or more event information sets or one or more operation control information sets.

12. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the received data further comprises at least a part of an Identification (ID) code of the second electronic device.

13. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the received data comprises one or more event information sets associated with calendar events for a user of the first electronic device.

14. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein, when the short-range radio communication is disconnected, the one or more processors are configured to delete the received data or lower accessibility of the data.

15. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the execution method based on one or more of the communication region information of the second electronic device, the signal strength of the short-range radio communication in the communication region, the location information of the first electronic device, or date information.

16. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to lower data accessibility or delete the data based on one or more of a reliability of another electronic device, a reliability of the data, or a reliability of operation control information received from the other electronic device.

17. The first electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a reliability of the data based on one or more of a number of communications between a third electronic device that recommends the data reception and the first electronic device, a number of recommendations for the data obtained in network communication, a reliability of the second electronic device that sends the data, or physical distance information of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

18. The first electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are configured to update one or more of the reliability of the second electronic device, the reliability of the data, or the reliability of the operation control information, based on one or more of the reliability of the second electronic device, the reliability of the data, or the reliability of the operation control information received from the third electronic device.

19. The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to classify the received data based on one or more preset categories, and determine a data reliability corresponding to the one or more preset categories.

20. The first electronic device of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the one or more preset categories based on one or more of reliability information of a data transmitter sending the data or the data, recommendation information of the data transmitter or the data received from a server or a third electronic device connected to a Social Networking Service (SNS), usage information of the data, event time information, location information of the data transmitter sending the data, discount rate information when the data is a discount coupon, or event expiration date information.