Server and method for providing collaboration service, and sociality management server

• US 9,380,085 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kang, Kyuchang, Kang, Dong-Oh, Bae, Changseok, Lee, Jeun-Woo, Lee, Hyungjik, Jung, Joon-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Gillis, Brian J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Gil H.
• Application Number:
  US13/946,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a server and method for providing collaboration service, and a sociality management server. The server includes a service provision unit and a space construction unit. The service provision unit sets up collaboration service corresponding to the results of combining functions of at least two collaboration terminals based on sociality values corresponding to the at least two collaboration terminals. The space construction unit constructs a service provision device space via which the collaboration service is to be provided. The service provision unit provides the collaboration service to the at least two collaboration terminals via the service provision device space.

Claims

1. A server for providing collaboration service, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory;

a service provider running on the processor and configured to set up collaboration service corresponding to results of combining functions of at least two collaboration terminals based on sociality values corresponding to the at least two collaboration terminals, the sociality values having a fixed sociality based on fixed information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the fixed information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that does not vary depending on time and place, and where the fixed information includes a fixed function of the corresponding collaboration terminal and user information, and a dynamic sociality based on dynamic information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the dynamic information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that varies depending on the time and place, and where the dynamic information includes a current location of the corresponding collaboration terminal and a service being provided to a user; and

a space constructor configured to construct a service provision device space via which the collaboration service is to be provided and transfer the service provision device space to the at least two collaboration terminals;

wherein the service provider provides the collaboration service to the at least two collaboration terminals via the service provision device space.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein the server operates in conjunction with a sociality management server that assigns a sociality value corresponding to each of the at least two collaboration terminals.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein the sociality management server includes:

an information manager configured to manage collaboration terminal information and user information corresponding to the at least two collaboration terminals in a database form;

a sociality manager configured to assign and manage the sociality values based on the collaboration terminal information;

a connector configured to maintain connections to the at least two collaboration terminals using a specific protocol; and

a request processor configured to provide a sociality value corresponding to an external request.

4. A method of providing collaboration service, comprising:

assigning corresponding sociality values to at least two collaboration terminals based on collaboration terminal information corresponding to the at least two collaboration terminals, the sociality values having a fixed sociality based on fixed information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the fixed information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that does not vary depending on time and place, and wherein the fixed sociality is further based on fixed information including a fixed function of each of the at least two collaboration terminals and user information, and a dynamic sociality based on dynamic information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the dynamic information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that varies depending on the time and place, and wherein the dynamic sociality is further based on dynamic information including a current location of each of the at least two collaboration terminals and a service being provided to a user;

setting up collaboration service corresponding to results of combining functions of the at least two collaboration terminals based on the sociality values;

constructing a service provision device space via which the collaboration service is to be provided;

transferring the service provision device space to the at least two collaboration terminals; and

providing the collaboration service to the at least two collaboration terminals via the service provision device space.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein providing the collaboration service to the at least two collaboration terminals includes providing the collaboration service to the at least two collaboration terminals over a network to which zero configuration technology has been applied.

6. A sociality management server, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory;

an information manager running on the processor and configured to manage collaboration terminal information and user information corresponding to at least two collaboration terminals in a database form;

a sociality manager configured to assign and manage sociality values based on the collaboration terminal information, the sociality values having a fixed sociality based on fixed information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the fixed information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that does not vary depending on time and place, and wherein the fixed sociality is further based on fixed information including a fixed function of each of the at least two collaboration terminals and user information, and a dynamic sociality based on dynamic information of each of the at least two collaboration terminals, where the dynamic information is the information of the at least two collaboration terminals that varies depending on the time and place, and wherein the dynamic sociality is further based on dynamic information including a current location of each of the at least two collaboration terminals and a service being provided to a user; and

a request processor configured to provide a sociality value corresponding to an external request;

wherein the request processor provides the sociality value to a service provision server, and provides collaboration service, corresponding to results of combining functions of the at least two collaboration terminals based on the sociality values, to the at least two collaboration terminals.