User terminal, external apparatus, data transceiving system, and data transceiving method

• US 9,622,076 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-young, Park, Sung-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred
• Application Number:
  US14/073,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20140128031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554563, 455457, 4554566, 455466, 4554141, 4554122, 455 412, 4554565, 4554042, 4554121, 455418, 455420, 709203, 709207, 709224, 340991, 340993, 3406866
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A user terminal is provided. The user terminal includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus, a sound detector configured to detect a sound around the user terminal during a period of time, a location detector configured to detect a location of the user terminal during the period of time, and a controller configured to transmit information regarding the detected sound and the detected location to the external apparatus, and transmit data relevant to a user group determined based on the information regarding the detected sound and the detected location to the external apparatus or receive the data from the external apparatus.

Claims

1. A user terminal, comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus;

a sound detector configured to detect a sound around the user terminal during a period of time;

a location detector configured to detect a location of the user terminal during the period of time;

at least one processor configured to;

automatically transmit detected sound information and detected location information to the external apparatus, and

receive data identifying a user group determined based on the detected sound information and the detected location information from the external apparatus,

wherein the user group comprises a plurality of user terminals which are located within a preset area and have a same sound pattern detected within a same period of time,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive data related to the user group restrictively according to a result of a comparison of a security level set for the user terminal and a security level set, by an external apparatus, for data related to the determined user group, and

wherein the external apparatus is configured to determine the user group by comparing patterns of the detected sounds by the plurality of user terminals in a least mean square (LMS) method; and

an inputter configured to receive a user command,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

receive a list of the data from the external apparatus, and

select data to receive according to the user command from the list of the data.

2. The user terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external apparatus is further configured to:

receive the detected sound information and the detected location information from a plurality of user terminals, and

determine that among the plurality of user terminals, user terminals having a same sound pattern in a same period of time and at a same location belong to a same user group.

3. The user terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external apparatus is at least one of a server, an Access Point (AP), or a user terminal.

4. The user terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least one of contact information, image contents, multimedia contents, uniform resource locators (URLs), text information, or documents.

5. An external apparatus, comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with at least one user terminal; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive sound information and location information, detected by the at least one user terminal,

determine a user group based on the received detected sound information and the detected location information, and

transceive data identifying the determined user group with the at least one user terminal,

wherein the user group comprises a plurality of user terminals which are located within a preset area and have a same sound pattern detected within a same period of time,

wherein the external apparatus is configured to determine the user group by comparing patterns of the detected sounds by the plurality of user terminals in a least mean square (LMS) method, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

transmit data related to the user group restrictively according to a result of a comparison of a security level set for the user terminal and a security level set, by an external apparatus, for data related to the determined user group, and

transmit a list of data to the user terminal wherein the user terminal is configured to receive a user command and the list of the data and select data to transmit and receive according to the user command from the list of data.

6. The external apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine that from among the at least one user terminal which transmits the detected sound information and the detected location information, user terminals having a same sound pattern in a same period of time and at a same location belong to a same user group.

7. A data transceiving system, comprising:

a user terminal configured to;

detect a sound around the user terminal and a location during a period of time,

automatically transmit detected sound information and detected location information to an external apparatus,

receive a user command and a list of data from the external apparatus, and

select data to receive according to a user command from the list of the data; and

an external apparatus configured to;

receive the detected sound information and the detected location information,

determine a user group based on the received detected sound information and the detected location information, and

transceive data identifying the user group with the user terminal,

wherein the user group comprises a plurality of user terminals which are located within a preset area and have a same sound pattern detected within a same period of time, and

wherein the external apparatus is further configured to;

determine the user group by comparing patterns of the detected sounds by the plurality of user terminals in a least mean square (LMS) method,

transmit data related to the user group restrictively according to a result of a comparison of a security level set for the user terminal and a security level set, by an external apparatus, for data related to the determined user group, and

transmit a list of data to the user terminal wherein the user terminal is configured to receive a user command and the list of the data and select data to transmit according to the user command from the list of data.

8. A data transceiving method, comprising:

at a user terminal having at least one processor, a sound detector, a location detector, and a communicator;

controlling the sound detector for detecting a sound around the user terminal during a period of time;

controlling the location detector for detecting a location of the user terminal during the period of time;

controlling the communicator for automatically transmitting detected sound information and detected location information to an external apparatus;

controlling the communicator for further transmitting data identifying a user group determined based on the detected sound information and the detected location information to the external apparatus or receiving the data from the external apparatus; and

controlling the communicator for further receiving data related to the user group restrictively according to a result of a comparison of a security level set for the user terminal and a security level set, by an external apparatus, for data related to the determined user group,

wherein the user terminal is configured to receive a user command and the list of the data and select data to transmit according to the user command from the list of data,

wherein the user group comprises a plurality of user terminals which are located within a preset area and have a same sound pattern detected within a same period of time, and

wherein the external apparatus is configured to determine the user group by comparing patterns of the detected sounds by the plurality of user terminals in a least mean square (LMS) method.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the external apparatus is configured to:

receive the detected sound information and the detected location information from a plurality of user terminals, and

determine that among the plurality of user terminals, user terminals having a same sound pattern in a same period of time and at a same location belong to a same user group.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the external apparatus is at least one of a server, an access point (AP), or a user terminal.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transmitting or receiving the data comprises:

receiving a list of the data from the external apparatus;

receiving a user command; and

selecting data to transmit or receive according to the user command from the list of the data.

12. A data transceiving method performed by an external apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving sound information and location information, detected by the at least one user terminal;

determining a user group based on the received detected sound information and detected location information;

transceiving data identifying the determined user group with the at least one user terminal, wherein the user group comprises a plurality of user terminals which are located within a preset area and have a same sound pattern detected within a same period of time;

transceiving data related to the user group restrictively according to a result of a comparison of a security level set for the at least one user terminal and a security level set for data related to the determined user group; and

transmitting a list of data to the user terminal,

wherein the user terminal is configured to receive a user command and the list of the data and select data to transmit according to the user command from the list of data, and

wherein the external apparatus is configured to determine the user group by comparing patterns of the detected sounds by the plurality of user terminals in a least mean square (LMS) method.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein in the determining the user group, determining that from among the at least one user terminal which transmits the detected sound information and the detected location information, user terminals having a same sound pattern in a same period of time and at a same location belong to a same user group.