Method and system for sharing content by using position information and content access history

• US 9,762,697 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2012
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, In-young, Kim, Ji-hyeok, Park, Woo-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Barry, Lance L
• Application Number:
  US13/711,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,736 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and system for sharing content by using context information. A content recommendation server for recommending content to a device includes a context information receiving unit configured to receive position information of a first device from the first device. The server also includes a content registering unit configured to receive a request for registration of content from the first device and register the content together with the received position information. The server further includes a content recommendation unit configured to recommend the registered content to a second device in response to determining that the second device is within a region associated with the received position information of the first device. The region is allocated to the first device and a size of the region is determined based on a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device.

Claims

1. A content recommendation server configured to recommend content to a device, the content recommendation server comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a first device, position information of the first device; and

a controller configured to;

receive a request to register content from the first device and register the content with the received position information, and

recommend the registered content to a second device as a function of the received position information and a content access history of the second device in response to determining that the second device is within a region associated with the received position information of the first device,

wherein the region is allocated to the first device and a size of the region is determined based on a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device, and

wherein the size of the region is changeable based on the number of times that the registered content is provided to the other device.

2. The content recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine the region corresponding to the first device based on an evaluation of the registered content and provide the registered content to the second device when the second device is positioned within the determined region corresponding to the first device.

3. The content recommendation server of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to determine the region corresponding to the first device based on the received position information.

4. The content recommendation server of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to determine the region corresponding to the first device based on a landmark within a predetermined range from a position where the first device requests registration of the content.

5. The content recommendation server of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to determine a size of the region corresponding to the first device based on the evaluation of the registered content.

6. The content recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine content to be recommended to the second device based on information about at least one of a time and date when the content is registered and a weather condition of a place where the first device providing the content is positioned.

7. The content recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive user information of the first device and user information of the second device, and

wherein the controller is configured to determine content to be provided to the second device based on the user information of the first device and the user information of the second device.

8. The content recommendation server of claim 7, wherein the user information comprises information about at least one of a sex, an age or a field of interest of a user.

9. The content recommendation server of claim 2, wherein the registered content is evaluated based on at least one of a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device or the evaluation of the registered content which is input that is received from the second device.

10. The content recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to receive an identification value of content from the first device and register content corresponding to the identification value.

11. The content recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the content access history of the second device comprises at least one of a type of content provided from the content recommendation server to the second device, a date when content is provided, a position where content is provided, a weather condition at the position, and an evaluation of content by the second device.

12. A method to recommend content to a device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first device, position information of the first device;

receiving a request to register content from the first device and registering the content with the received position information; and

recommending the registered content to a second device based on the received position information and a content access history of the second device in response to determining that the second device is within a region associated with the received position information of the first device,

wherein the region is allocated to the first device and a size of the region is determined based on based on a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device, and

wherein the size of the region is changeable based on the number of times that the registered content is provided to the other device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining the region corresponding to the first device based on an evaluation of the registered content,

wherein the recommending of the registered content comprises providing the registered content to the second device when the second device is positioned within the determined region corresponding to the first device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the region corresponding to the first device comprises determining the region corresponding to the first device based on the received position information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the region corresponding to the first device comprises determining the region corresponding to the first device based on a landmark within a predetermined range from a position where the first device requests registration of the content.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the region corresponding to the first device comprises determining a size of the region corresponding to the first device based on the evaluation of the registered content.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the registered content is evaluated based on at least one of a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device or the evaluation of the registered content which is input that is received from the second device.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein recommending the registered content comprises determining content to be recommended to the second device based on information about at least one of a time and date when the content is registered or a weather condition of a place where the first device providing the content is positioned.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving user information of the first device and user information of the second device,

wherein recommending the registered content comprises determining content to be provided to the second device based on the user information of the first device and the user information of the second device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the user information comprises information about at least one of a sex, an age or a field of interest of a user.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the content access history of the second device comprises at least one of a type of content provided from a content recommendation server to the second device, a date when content is provided, a position where content is provided, a weather condition at the position, or an evaluation of content by the second device.