SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD

• US 20160267453A1
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Toshiya
• Application Number:
  US15/008,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20160267453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A service providing system includes a terminal; a repeater; and a server device. The terminal includes a terminal short range radio communication unit configured to perform short range radio communication with the repeater, and a terminal transmitting unit configured to send a connection request including a user ID for identifying a user of the terminal, to the server device. The server device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a connection request including a repeater ID for identifying the repeater and the user ID, from the terminal or the repeater, and a service management unit configured to manage a type of a service that can be provided to the user, based on the received repeater ID and user ID.

Claims

1. A service providing system comprising:

a terminal;

a repeater; and

a server device, wherein

the terminal includes

a terminal short range radio communication unit configured to perform short range radio communication with the repeater, and

a terminal transmitting unit configured to send a connection request including a user ID for identifying a user of the terminal, to the server device, and wherein

the server device includes

a receiving unit configured to receive a connection request including a repeater ID for identifying the repeater and the user ID, from the terminal or the repeater, and

a service management unit configured to manage a type of a service that can be provided to the user, based on the received repeater ID and user ID.

2. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of the repeaters are disposed in an area where a same event is held, and

the service management unit identifies the event, based on a present time when the repeater ID is received, and manages the type of the service relating to the event that can be provided to the user, based on the repeater ID and the event.

3. The service providing system according to claim 2, wherein

in a case where the user ID is already stored in association with a second repeater ID when the connection request including a first repeater ID and the user ID is received in the same event, the service management unit determines whether to update the repeater ID stored in association with the user ID based on the first repeater ID and the second repeater ID.

4. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal includes

a terminal receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of the repeater IDs, and

an operation unit by which the user can select the repeater ID to be sent to the server device, from among the received plurality of the repeater IDs.

5. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server device includes a charging management unit configured to determine an amount of a fee to be charged to the user, based on the repeater ID.

6. The service providing system according to claim 2, wherein

the server device includes a charging management unit configured to determine an amount of a fee to be charged to the user, based on the repeater ID and information relating to the user that has changed according to the same event.

7. The service providing system according to claim 5, wherein

the charging management unit determines the amount of the fee to be charged to the user, based on the type of the service or a data amount of the service used according to the user ID.

8. The service providing system according to claim 5, wherein

the charging management unit determines the amount of the fee to be charged to the user, based on a length of a time during which the repeater and the terminal are connected by the short range radio communication.

9. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein

the service management unit manages a content that can be downloaded from the terminal, as the type of the service.

10. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein

the service management unit manages permission/rejection of transmission of a message from the terminal to a predetermined device, as the type of the service.

11. A server device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a connection request, the connection request including a user ID for identifying a user of a terminal and a repeater ID that is information for identifying a repeater that performs short range radio communication with the terminal; and

a service management unit configured to manage a type of a service that can be provided to the user, based on the received repeater ID and user ID.

12. The server device according to claim 11, wherein

a plurality of the repeaters are disposed in an area where a same event is held,

the service management unit identifies the event, based on a present time when the repeater ID is received, and manages the type of the service relating to the event that can be provided to the user, based on the repeater ID and the event, and

in a case where the user ID is already stored in association with a second repeater ID when the connection request including a first repeater ID and the user ID is received in the same event, the service management unit determines whether to update the repeater ID stored in association with the user ID based on the first repeater ID and the second repeater ID.

13. The server device according to claim 11, wherein

the server device includes a charging management unit configured to determine an amount of a fee to be charged to the user, based on the repeater ID.

14. The server device according to claim 11, wherein

a plurality of the repeaters are disposed in an area where a same event is held,

the service management unit identifies the event, based on a present time when the repeater ID is received, and manages the type of the service relating to the event that can be provided to the user, based on the repeater ID and the event, and

the server device includes a charging management unit configured to determine an amount of a fee to be charged to the user, based on the repeater ID and information relating to the user that has changed according to the same event.

15. The server device according to claim 13, wherein

the charging management unit determines the amount of the fee to be charged to the user, based on the type of the service or a data amount of the service used according to the user ID.

16. The server device according to claim 13, wherein

the charging management unit determines the amount of the fee to be charged to the user, based on a length of a time during which the repeater and the terminal are connected by the short range radio communication.

17. The server device according to claim 11, wherein

the service management unit manages a content that can be downloaded from the terminal, as the type of the service.

18. The server device according to claim 11, wherein

the service management unit manages permission/rejection of transmission of a message from the terminal to a predetermined device, as the type of the service.

19. A service providing method executed by a server device, the service providing method comprising:

receiving a connection request, the connection request including a user ID for identifying a user of a terminal and a repeater ID that is information for identifying a repeater that performs short range radio communication with the terminal; and

managing a type of a service that can be provided to the user, based on the received repeater ID and user ID.