SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE RELATED TO OBJECT

• US 20140066096A1
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KO, Jae-woo, WI, Tae-hwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,142,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/01 Customer relationship services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A system for and a method of providing service related to an object include receiving property information of the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object, requesting available service from a server based on a current location of the device receiving the property information and the received property information, and receiving the requested service from the server.

Claims

1. A method by which a device receives a service related to an object, the method comprising:

receiving property information of the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object;

requesting a server for an available service related to the object based on a current location of the device and the received property information; and

receiving the requested service from the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting comprises:

determining types of the available service and types of specific information to be provided by the available service based on the received property information and the current location of the device; and

requesting the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising acquiring context information related to the types of the available service and the types of the specific information,

wherein the requesting the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information comprises providing the acquired context information to the server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the service based on the types of the available service, the types of the specific information, and the context information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the acquiring comprises acquiring context information related to an application being executed by the device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the context information comprises information related to at least one of a date, a time, the current location of the device, a gender of a user, an age of the user, and an execution history of an application that is executed by the device in relation to the available service.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the acquired context information is provided to the server via the object.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the server for the available service based on time, a user profile of the user, and a user history of services used by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information of the object comprises information related to services related to the object and at least one of an identifier of the object and information related to applications related to the services.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the property information via a close-distance communication network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information is property information related to an object selected based on a user input via the device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the property information is provided by the object to the device based on a user input for selecting from a predetermined list displayed on a screen of the object.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving specific information to be provided by a type of service selected based on the received property information and the current location of the device from the server.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the available service from the server via the object,

the receiving comprises receiving from the server specific information to be provided by a type of service selected based on the received property information of the object and the current location of the device, and

the specific information to be provided by the type of service selected based on the received property information and the current location of the device is determined by the object.

21. The method of claim 3, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the server for the available service based on time, a user profile of the user, and a user history of services used by the user.

27. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 1.

15. A method by which a device receives a service related to an object, the method comprising:

determining an application executed by the device when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object;

requesting a server to provide an available service based on types of services provided by the application and a current location of the device; and

receiving the requested service from the server.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the requesting of the available service comprises:

determining types of the available service and types of specific information to be provided by the available service based on the received property information and the current location of the device; and

requesting the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising acquiring context information related to the types of the available service and the types of the specific information,

wherein the requesting the server for the available service based on the types of the available service and the types of the specific information comprises providing the acquired context information to the server.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the service based on the types of the available service, the types of the specific information, and the context information.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the context information comprises information related to at least one of a date, a time, the current location of the device, a gender of a user, an age of the user, and an execution history of an application that is executed by the device in relation to the available service.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the acquired context information is provided to the server via the object.

28. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 15.

22. A method by which a server provides a service related to an object, the method comprising:

receiving from the device property information of the object and a current location of a device;

determining specific information to be provided by a service related to the object to be provided to the device based on the received property information and the current location of the device; and

providing the specific information to the device,

wherein the property information of the object is provided by the object to the device when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object.

29. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 22.

23. A method by which an object provides a service related to the object to a device, the method comprising:

providing property information of the object to the device;

receiving context information related to properties of the object acquired by the device based on the property information; and

providing a service related to the object determined based on the received context information to the device, and

wherein the context information is provided by the device to the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object.

30. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer executable program for implementing the method of claim 23.

24. A device which receives a service related to an object, the device comprising:

a property information receiving unit configured to receive property information of the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object;

a service requesting unit configured to request a server for an available service related to the object based on a current location of the device and the received property information; and

a service receiving unit configured to receive the requested service from the server.

25. A server which provides a service related to an object, the server comprising:

a context information acquiring unit configured to acquire property information of the object and a current location of a device from the device; and

a service providing unit configured to provide specific information to be provided by a service related to the object, to the device,

wherein the service is determined based on the received property information and the current location of the device, and

wherein the property information of the object is provided by the object to the device when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object.

26. An object which provides a service related to the object, the object comprising:

a property information providing unit configured to provide property information of the object to the device;

a context information acquiring unit configured to acquire context information related to properties of the object acquired by the device based on the provided property information from the device; and

a service providing unit configured to provide the device a service related to the object determined based on the received context information,

wherein the context information is provided by the device to the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object.

31. A method of providing to a device a service related to an object in communication with the device, the method comprising:

receiving properties of the object from the object;

determining at least one of device context information of the device and user context information of a user of the device, based on the properties of the object; and

receiving the service from a server that contextually provides the service to the device based on the properties of the object and the at least one of the device context information and the user context information.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the determining comprises:

determining a type of the service based on the properties of the object; and

determining the at least one of the object context information and the user context information based on the type of service.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the properties of the object from the object over near field communication (NFC).

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising:

transmitting to the server a request for the server to provide the service to the device, the request comprising the properties of the object and the at least one of the object context information and the user context information.

35. The method of claim 33, further comprising:

transmitting to the object a request for the server to provide the service to the device, the request comprising the properties of the object and the at least one of the object context information and the user context information.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the object forwards the request to the server.

37. The method of claim 33, wherein the determining at least one of object context information of the object and user context information of a user of the device comprises:

determining the type of the service based on the properties of the object;

determining a type of information to be provided by the service; and

determining the at least one of the object context information and the user context information based on the type of information.

38. The method of claim 33, wherein the user context information comprises at least one of a gender, an age, a job, a name, a relationship, a nationality, a handicap, a constitution, a health condition, and a preference of the user.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the user context information is based on messages input via the device.

40. The method of claim 38, wherein the preference of the user comprises information regarding types of services used by the user and the user'"'"'s evaluations on the services.

41. The method of claim 38, wherein the user context information is based on a payment history of the user.

42. The method of claim 33, wherein the device context information comprises at least one of a location of the device, a time, weather, and a history of application execution by the device.