System and method for providing settlement information

• US 9,639,405 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• 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): DAO, TUAN C.
• Application Number:
  US14/010,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A method for providing settlement information in which a device provides settlement information to an application which is installed on the device includes executing a first application which is installed on the device, receiving settlement information from an external device via the executed first application, converting at least a part of the received settlement information, and providing the converted settlement information to a second application which is installed on the device in order to allow the second application to use the received settlement information.

Claims

1. A method for providing settlement information by using a device which provides the settlement information to an application which is installed on the device, the method comprising:

executing a first application which is installed on the device, wherein the first application is determined based on a user selection from among a first list of applications that is displayed on the device;

displaying a second list of applications on the device as a result of the user selection;

receiving the settlement information from an external device via the executed first application, wherein the first application is a transaction application which executes a transaction with the external device;

converting at least a part of the received settlement information in order to facilitate a use of the received settlement information by a second application which is installed on the device, wherein the second application is determined based on a user selection from among the second list of applications that is displayed on the device;

providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application;

providing a user interface for selecting forwarding information which is used by the selected second application; and

determining the second application which relates to the received settlement information,

wherein the providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application comprises providing forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application, and

wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received settlement information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting at least the part of the received settlement information comprises extracting forwarding information to be provided to the second application from the at least the part of the received settlement information and converting a format of the extracted forwarding information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the converting at least the part of the received settlement information further comprises using a server to convert the format of the extracted forwarding information, and the providing the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application comprises providing the extracted forwarding information to the server and using the server to provide the extracted forwarding information for which the format has been converted by the server to the second application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the settlement information is received, a user interface which is usable for determining the second application is provided, and the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application is output.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user interface comprises a popup window.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises an application which relates to making a settlement, and the second application comprises at least one of a calendar application, a budget planner application, and a social network service (SNS) application.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method defined in claim 1.

7. A device for providing settlement information to an application which is installed on the device, comprising:

a controller which is configured to execute a first application which is installed on the device, wherein the first application is determined based on a user selection from among a first list of applications that is displayed on the device, and wherein the controller is further configured to display a second list of applications on the device as a result of the user selection; and

a transceiver which is configured to receive settlement information from an external device by the executed first application, wherein the first application is a transaction application which executes a transaction with the external device;

wherein the controller is configured to convert at least a part of the received settlement information in order to facilitate a use of the received settlement information by a second application which is installed on the device, and provide the converted at least the part of the received settlement information to the second application, and provide a user interface for selecting forwarding information which is used by the selected second application,

wherein the second application is determined based on a user selection from among the second list of applications that is displayed on the device,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine the second application which relates to the received settlement information, and provide forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application, and

wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received settlement information.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to extract forwarding information to be provided to the second application from the received settlement information and to cause a conversion of a format of the extracted forwarding information.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to provide the extracted forwarding information to a server and to receive, from the server, the forwarding information for which the format has been converted by the server.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein, when the settlement information is received, a user interface which is usable for determining the second application is provided, and the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application is output.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the user interface comprises a popup window.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the first application comprises an application which relates to making a settlement, and the second application comprises at least one of a calendar application, a budget planner application, and a social network service (SNS) application.

13. A method for providing data by using a device which provides data to an application which is installed on the device, the method comprising:

executing a first application which is installed on the device, wherein the first application is determined based on a user selection from among a first list of applications that is displayed on the device;

displaying a second list of applications on the device as a result of the user selection;

receiving data from an external device via the executed first application, wherein the first application is a transaction application which executes a transaction with the external device;

converting at least a part of the received data in order to facilitate a use of the received data by a second application which is installed on the device, wherein the second application is determined based on a user selection from among the second list of applications that is displayed on the device;

providing the converted at least the part of the received data to the second application;

providing a user interface for selecting forwarding information which is used by the selected second application; and

determining the second application which relates to the received data,

wherein the providing the converted at least the part of the received data to the second application comprises providing forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application, and

wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received data.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method defined in claim 13.

16. A method for using information for execution of an application, comprising:

using a device to execute a first application which is installed on the device, wherein the first application is determined based on a user selection from among a first list of applications that is displayed on the device;

displaying a second list of applications on the device as a result of the user selection;

receiving, by the device, information which relates to the execution of the first application, wherein the first application is a transaction application which executes a transaction with an external device;

converting at least a part of the received information in order to facilitate a use of the received information by a second application which is installed on the device, wherein the second application is determined based on a user selection from among the second list of applications that is displayed on the device;

providing the converted at least the part of the received information to the second application;

providing a user interface for selecting forwarding information which is used by the selected second application;

using the received information to determine the second application, wherein the second application is determined based on a user selection from among the second list of applications that is displayed on the device; and

using the device to execute the determined second application,

wherein the providing the converted at least the part of the received information to the second application comprises providing forwarding information which corresponds to the determined second application to the second application, and

wherein the forwarding information which corresponds to the second application includes information which is selected from the received information.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises determining a type of the received information and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the determined type.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises determining a format of the received information and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the determined format.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the using the received information to determine a second application comprises displaying at least a part of the received information on a screen of the device, receiving a user input which relates to the displaying of the at least the part of the received information, and selecting the second application from a plurality of candidate applications which are installed on the device based on the received user input.