Method and system for continuously forwarding monitored information of machine-to-machine devices by a subscriber's registered terminals to a designated user terminal

• US 9,801,049 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Koo, Bum-Mo
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Oanh
• Application Number:
  US13/966,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

The disclosure is related to providing a monitoring service to user terminals regardless of whether the user terminals are registered at a server for the monitoring service and whether the user terminals are installed with an application dedicatedly programmed for the monitoring service. The server may receiving a data forward request message from a first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals for forwarding target monitoring information to a designated user terminal, process the target monitoring information to be processable at the designated user terminal, and transmit a connection request message and the processed target monitoring information to the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals. The first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals receives the connection request message and the processed target monitoring information from the server and forwards the processed target monitoring information to the designated user terminal in response to the request message.

Claims

1. A method of providing, by a server, a monitoring service to a user terminal, wherein the server includes at least one communication circuit, at least one processor, and at least one memory and is configured to collect monitoring information from machine-to-machine (M2M) devices deployed around a target area and monitoring the target area, the method comprising:

receiving, by the server, a data forward request message from a first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals for forwarding target monitoring information collected from the M2M devices at the target area to a designated user terminal;

processing, by the server, the target monitoring information to be processable at the designated user terminal; and

transmitting, by the server, a connection request message and the processed target monitoring information to the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals, wherein the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals receives the connection request message and the processed target monitoring information from the server and forwards the processed target monitoring information to the designated user terminal in response to the request message,

receiving a second data forward request message from the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminal,

transmitting a request acceptance message to the first one, and

transmitting a second connection request message and the processed target monitoring information to a second one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals, and

wherein the first one releases communication connection established to the designated user terminal and wherein the second one establishes communication connection to the designated user terminal in response to the second connection request message and continuously forward the processed target monitoring information to the designated user terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals are user terminals belonging to a subscriber of the monitoring service, registered at the server for the monitoring service, and installed with an application dedicatedly programmed for receiving the monitoring service; and

the designated user terminal is a user terminal not registered at the server for the monitoring service and not installed with the application dedicatedly programmed for the monitoring service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the data forward request message includes first information on the designated user terminal, second information on the target monitoring information, and third information on a data forward user terminal to be used for forwarding the target monitoring information to the designated user terminal; and

the data forward user terminal is one of the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second information includes a data type of the target monitoring information to be forwarded and a forwarding period including a forwarding start time and a forwarding end time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing the target monitoring information includes:

determining the designated user terminal based on information included in the received request message;

determining hardware and software specifications of the designated user terminal based on information included in the received request message;

obtaining the target monitoring information from monitoring information stored in a container after collected from the M2M devices that are installed around the target area and monitor activities and incidents occurring at the target area; and

processing the obtained target monitoring information to be processable at the designated user terminal based on the determined hardware and software specifications of the designated user terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the obtaining the target monitoring information includes:

determining a forwarding start time and a forwarding end time of the target monitoring information based on the information included in the received data forward request message;

retrieving the target monitoring information collected and stored from the forwarding start time until the forwarding end time; and

transmitting the retrieved target monitoring information to the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminal until the forwarding end time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting includes:

determining a data forward user terminal among the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals based on the received data forward request information;

generating the connection request message including the processed target monitoring information; and

transmitting the generated connection request message to the determined data forward user terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determined data forward user terminal is the first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the determined data forward user terminal is a second one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals and the second one is different from the first one.

10. A method of a first one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals for forwarding target monitoring information to a designated user terminal wherein each one of the first one and the designated user terminal include at least one processor, at least one communication circuit, and at least one memory and are configured to receive a monitoring service from a server configured to collect monitoring information from machine-to-machine (M2M) devices deployed around a target area and monitoring the target area and to provide a monitoring service based on the collected monitoring information, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first one, a connection request message with the target monitoring information from the server;

determining, by the first one, the designated user terminal based on the connection request message;

forwarding the received target monitoring information to the designated user terminal, wherein the received target monitoring information is processed by the server to be processable at the designated user terminal,

prior to the receiving the connection request message, establishing a communication connection to the designated user terminal for one of a voice call and a video call, wherein the first one forwards the target monitoring information to the designated user terminal through the established communication connection, and

after the forwarding the received target monitoring information to the designated user terminal, receiving a request acceptance message from the server and releasing the established communication connection to the designated user terminal, wherein the request acceptance message is generated and transmitted after the server receives a second data forward request message for changing a data forward user terminal from the first one to a second one of the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals are user terminals belonging to a subscriber of the monitoring service, registered at the server for the monitoring service, and installed with an application dedicatedly programmed for receiving the monitoring service; and

the designated user terminal is a user terminal not registered at the server for the monitoring service and not installed with the application dedicatedly programmed for the monitoring service.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising:

obtaining data forward information;

generating a data forward request message including the obtained data forward information; and

transmitting the generated data forward request message to the server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the data forward information includes:

first information on the designated user terminal;

second information on the target monitoring information; and

third information on a data forward user terminal to be used for forwarding the target monitoring information to the designated user terminal.

14. A user terminal for forwarding target monitoring information to a designated user terminal, wherein each one of the user terminal and the designated user terminal includes at least one processor, at least one communication circuit, and at least one memory and is configured to receive a monitoring service from a server configured to collect monitoring information from machine-to-machine (M2M) devices deployed around a target area and monitoring the target area and to provide a monitoring service based on the collected monitoring information, the user terminal configured to:

receive a connection request message with target monitoring information from a server of providing a monitoring service;

determine the designated user terminal based on the connection request message; and

forward the received target monitoring information to the designated user terminal, wherein the received target monitoring information is processed by the server to be processable at the designated user terminal,

wherein the user terminal is configured to establish a communication connection to the designated user terminal for one of a voice call and a video call before receiving connection request message and forward the target monitoring information to the designated user terminal through the established communication connection, and

wherein, after the forwarding the received target monitoring information to the designated user terminal, the user terminal is configured to receive a request acceptance message from the server and to release the established communication connection to the designated user terminal, and wherein the request acceptance message is generated and transmitted after the server receives a second data forward request message for changing a data forward user terminal from the user terminal to other user terminal among the subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals.

15. The user terminal of claim 14, wherein:

the user terminal is one of subscriber'"'"'s registered user terminals that belonging to a subscriber of the monitoring service, are registered at the server for the monitoring service, and are installed with an application dedicatedly programmed for receiving the monitoring service; and

the designated user terminal is a user terminal not registered at the server for the monitoring service and not installed with the application dedicatedly programmed for the monitoring service.