Method for providing information in system including electronic device and information providing server, and electronic device thereof

• US 9,681,287 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hee-seon, Jang, Won-chang, Yeo, Hae-dong, Yang, Jong-eun, Ham, Jong-gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred
• Application Number:
  US14/169,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20140213302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 4554143, 4554351, 4554562, 4554563, 709206, 340439, 34053911, 37914206
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/22 Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching for multi-layer articles B44C3/005
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/32 Superplasticisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• 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

Exemplary embodiments may disclose a method for providing information in a system including an electronic device and an information providing server and an electronic device. The information providing method includes transmitting location information of a region that a user wishes to search and a local information request signal to the information providing server, by the electronic device, searching local information of the region using at least one social network service of at least one user located in the region, by the information providing server, in response to the local information request signal, transmitting the searched local information to the electronic device, by the information providing server, and displaying a local information user interface (UI) using the local information received from the information providing server and a map of the region, by the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for providing information in an information providing system including an electronic device and an information providing server, comprising:

transmitting location information of a region to search and a local information request to the information providing server, by the electronic device;

searching local information of the region using a social network service, by the information providing server, based on the location information and the local information request;

transmitting the searched local information to the electronic device, by the information providing server; and

displaying a local information user interface (UI), on a map of the region, based on the local information received from the information providing server, by the electronic device, wherein the searched local information from the information providing server includes local information of the region provided to the social network service by at least one user of the social network service currently located in the region;

wherein the local information UI is displayed on the map of the region at a position corresponding to a current location of the at least one user of the social network service,

wherein the searching local information of the region comprises;

searching the local information by searching whether there is a text or image related to the local information in response to text information in the social network service of the at least one user,

wherein the local information UI displays an item corresponding to the local information on the map, and

wherein the displaying comprises displaying a timeline UI with the local information of a selected region which corresponds to the item.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the searching local information of the region comprises:

searching at least one user located in the region based on the location information; and

searching the location information using the social network service of the at least one searched user.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the searching local information of the region comprises:

searching the local information by searching whether there is an image related to the local information in response to image data in the social network service of the at least one user.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, in response to the local information being weather information, the searching local information of the region comprises:

determining whether the image data is an external image;

dividing the image data into a sky area and a ground area in response to determining that the image data is the external image; and

searching color information and pattern information of the sky area in the weather information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the local information includes at least one of weather information, performance information, festival information, restaurant information, tourist attraction information, and traffic information.

6. A method for providing information in an electronic device, the method comprising:

transmitting location information of a region to search and a local information request to an information providing server by the electronic device;

receiving searched local information provided on a social network service by the electronic device from the information providing server; and

displaying by the electronic device a local information user interface (UI), on a map of the region, based on the searched local information received from the information providing server,

wherein the searched local information from the information providing server includes local information of the region provided to the social network service by at least one user of the social network service currently located in the region,

wherein the local information UI is displayed on the map of the region at a position corresponding to a current location of the at least one user of the social network service,

wherein the local information is searched by searching whether there is a text or image related to the local information in response to text information in the social network service of the at least one user,

wherein the local information UI displays an item corresponding to the local information on the map,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying a timeline UI with the local information of a selected region which corresponds to the item.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the local information of the region from the information providing server is provided using the social network service which corresponds with the at least one user located in the region.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the local information transmitted by the electronic device includes at least one of weather information, performance information, festival information, restaurant information, tourist attraction information, and traffic information.