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US20120089719A1 - Methods and apparatus for obtaining a service - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for obtaining a service Download PDF

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US20120089719A1
US20120089719A1 US13/270,640 US201113270640A US2012089719A1 US 20120089719 A1 US20120089719 A1 US 20120089719A1 US 201113270640 A US201113270640 A US 201113270640A US 2012089719 A1 US2012089719 A1 US 2012089719A1
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Sang-ok Cha
Yong-gook Park
Ho-Jun Lee
Tae-Young Kang
Hee-Chul Jeon
Ju-il EOM
Joo-Yoon BAE
Won-Young Choi
Sang-gon Song
Kuk-hyun Han
Bum-joo Lee
Seung-hwan HONG
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  • the present invention relates generally to a service method and apparatus, and a server, and more particularly, to a service method and apparatus and a server, in which information about an external device is received to determine whether a service is to be provided to the external device in accordance with registration of the external device.
  • AP network Access Point
  • WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
  • APs have recently become overrun. Consequently, as a user scans APs in a Wi-Fi zone to sort APs and connect to a desired AP, various problems may occur, which include, for example, authenticity of the desired AP, absence of a way for the user to filter and check multiple scanned APs, inconsistency of a server operating system providing a service or content, and absence of a way to provide interoperability between a service in a region and the service out of that region.
  • an aspect of the present invention provides methods and apparatus for obtaining a service.
  • a method for obtaining a service is provided.
  • Information about an external device is received at a terminal from the external device. It is determined whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device. Service information associated with the external device is provided when at least the external device has been registered.
  • a method for obtaining a service is provided.
  • Information about an external device is received from a terminal.
  • the information about the external device was received at the terminal from the external device. It is determined whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device.
  • Service information associated with the external device is provided to the terminal when at least the external device has been registered.
  • an apparatus for obtaining a service.
  • the apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving information about an external device from the external device.
  • the apparatus also includes a controller for determining whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device, and providing service information associated with the external device when at least the external device has been registered.
  • a server for obtaining a service includes a receiving unit for receiving information about an external device from a terminal. The information about the external device was received from the external device at the terminal. The server also includes a determining unit for determining whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device. The server further includes a transmitting unit for providing service information associated with the external device to the terminal when at least the external device has been registered.
  • an article of manufacture for obtaining a service.
  • the article of manufacture includes a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of: receiving information about an external device at a terminal from the external device; determining whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device; and providing service information associated with the external device when at least the external device has been registered.
  • an article of manufacture for obtaining a service.
  • the article of manufacture includes a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of: receiving information about an external device from a terminal, wherein the information about the external device was received at the terminal from the external device; determining whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device; and providing service information associated with the external device to the terminal when at least the external device has been registered.
  • a service method is provided. Unique information and zone information about at least one nearby external device, which has been received by a terminal, are received from the terminal. It is determined whether the received zone information is the same as set zone information. Service information related to the external device is provided to the terminal, when it is determined that the zone information is the same as the set zone information.
  • a service server includes a receiving unit for receiving, from a terminal, unique information and zone information about at least one nearby external device, which has been received by the terminal.
  • the service server also includes a determining unit for determining whether the received zone information is the same as set zone information.
  • the service server further includes a control unit for providing service information related to the external device to the terminal, when it is determined that the zone information is the same as the set zone information.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a service system, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a service method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an interface that displays service information associated with an AP, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an interface that displays a service received from a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating previously stored external device information, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating external device registration information, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a service apparatus and a service server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a service method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a table of registration information and zone information regarding external devices, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an interface through which a user's confirmation is received, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a service system, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a service system includes an AP 101 , a terminal 102 , a registration determination server 103 , a service providing server 104 , and service providers 105 and 106 , which are connected to the service providing server 104 .
  • the terminal 102 receives information about the AP 101 , which is broadcast from the AP 101 .
  • the terminal 102 then transmits the received information about the AP 101 to the registration determination server 103 .
  • the registration determination server 103 transmits an address of the service providing server 104 to the terminal 102 .
  • the terminal 102 then connects to the service providing server 104 according to the received address of the service providing server 104 to receive content or a service.
  • the service providing server 104 may be embodied as the service providers 105 and 106 .
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a service method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a terminal receives information about a nearby external device from the external device.
  • the external device broadcasts predetermined information to a client that is located within a reachable distance.
  • the external device must be in close proximity to the terminal for the terminal to receive the information broadcasted from the external device.
  • the external device is embodied as an AP.
  • an AP refers to a low-power wireless device that acts as a base station in a WLAN.
  • the AP serves as a bridge between a wireless device and a wired device.
  • the AP is attached to a router or a switch, which does not recognize a mobile station.
  • extension of a wired network to a wireless network is entirely dependent on the AP.
  • the information about the external device includes unique information of the external device.
  • the unique information specifies the external device.
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) and a Media Access Control (MAC) address.
  • SSID is a connecting IDentifier (ID) between a wireless terminal and the AP, which is used by a service provider to distinguish different wireless cells, e.g., Basic Service Sets (BSSs), in a WLAN.
  • BSSs Basic Service Sets
  • the MAC address refers to a network-specific number of the AP.
  • the information about the external device may include public information of the external device.
  • the public information is information about the external device that remains aside from the unique information.
  • the public information of the external device may be location information of the external device.
  • the terminal determines whether the external device has been registered, based on the received information about the external device.
  • the terminal may check external device information corresponding to the received information about the external device from list information regarding previously registered external devices.
  • the determination of whether the external device has been registered may be performed by the terminal or an external server connected with the terminal, as is described in greater detail below.
  • the terminal provides service information associated with the external device based on the determination result. If the terminal determines that the external device has been registered, the terminal provides the service information associated with the external device.
  • the service information associated with the external device is information about a service to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be address information of a server that provides the service, or advertisement information associated with the external device.
  • advertisement information the service information may include address information of a server that provides an advertisement. For example, when the external device is an AP associated with a coffee shop ‘Starbucks’, the service information associated with the external device may be server address information of a service or content provider associated with Starbucks or Starbucks advertisement information including the address information.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the terminal receives information about a nearby external device from the external device.
  • the external device is an AP.
  • the information about the external device includes unique information of the external device.
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of an SSID and a MAC address.
  • the information about the external device may include public information of the external device.
  • the public information of the external device may be location information of the external device.
  • the terminal transmits the received information about the external device to a server that determines whether the external device is a valid external device. Specifically, the server determines whether the external device has been registered.
  • the terminal may also transmit information about itself, such as location information, to the server, together with the received information about the external device.
  • the terminal may directly transmit the information about the external device to the server by using a predetermined communication network, such as, for example, a 3 rd -Generation (3G) network.
  • the terminal may also transmit the information about the external device to the server through the external device by using a communication network connected with the external device, which has transmitted the information about itself. For example, if the external device is a WLAN AP, the communication network is a WLAN communication network.
  • the transmissions to the server described above are examples only, and the transmission scheme is not limited thereto.
  • the terminal receives service information associated with the external device from the server.
  • the service information associated with the external device refers to information about a service to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be address information of a server that provides the service, or advertisement information associated with the external device.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be received from the external device.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be included in the information about the external device that is transmitted by the external device. If the external device has not been registered, the terminal may request the external device to provide the information about the external device and may receive the provided information about the external device. The determination of whether the external device has been registered at the server will be described in greater detail below.
  • the terminal outputs the received service information associated with the external device.
  • the terminal provides an interface on which the service information associated with the external device is displayed.
  • the terminal may selectively display a valid external device that has been registered.
  • FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an interface that displays service information associated with an AP, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a region 410 includes icons related to functions of a terminal and a region 420 displays information associated with the AP that has been determined to have been registered.
  • information 421 associated with the AP is displayed, and a button 422 is displayed that indicates that there are other APs, which were determined to have been registered.
  • “Shinsegae Gang-nam” is displayed as the information 421 .
  • “5 More Channels Near By” shown on the button 422 indicates that there are five APs, which were determined to have been registered.
  • the terminal may display only one AP and the number of other APs.
  • an AP transmitting a signal with the largest strength is preferentially displayed.
  • Information associated with all APs determined to have been registered may be displayed.
  • information associated with the AP, which has been determined to have been registered may be displayed on a portion of a display of the terminal in the form of a flowing ‘ticker’.
  • the terminal may determine an ID for the external device, map the ID to the information associated with the external device, and output the ID.
  • the ID of the external device may be text information or image information capable of indicating the external device.
  • the terminal is connected to a server capable of providing a service based on the mapped information.
  • the terminal filters service information according to a predetermined condition, instead of displaying information associated with all external devices determined to have been registered. For example, when the strength of a signal received from the external device is smaller than a predetermined strength, the terminal filters service information.
  • the terminal filters service information based on user information stored in the terminal, such as, for example, user preference. For example, when user preference is designated as ‘movie’, service information irrelevant to ‘movie’ is filtered and is not output.
  • step 350 when the user selects the output service information associated with the external device, the terminal connects to a server according to an address of the server, which is included in the service information associated with the external device.
  • the terminal requests the server to provide the service.
  • the server provides a service associated with the external device. If the user selects “Shinsegae Gang-nam” which is the service information 421 of the AP, which has been determined to have been registered in FIG. 4A , the terminal requests a server of Shinsegae Gang-nam to provide the service.
  • step 360 the terminal receives the requested service or contents associated with that service from the server, which provides the service for the external device.
  • FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an interface that displays a service received from a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a region 430 displays service information associated with a selected AP on an interface 400 b .
  • a region 440 displays a provided service on the interface 400 b.
  • a server that provides a service for an external device may be included in a server that determines whether an external device has been registered.
  • the terminal requests the server, which determines the registration, to provide a service, and the terminal is provided with the requested service from the server.
  • the terminal may transmit information about itself to the server, in addition to the information the terminal received regarding the external device.
  • the information about the terminal may be location information, such as, for example, Global Positioning System (GPS) information of the terminal.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • the service information associated with the external device transmitted from the server may further include service information associated with the location information of the terminal.
  • the terminal may transmit identity information of the user of the terminal to the server, in addition to the received information about the external device.
  • the terminal may filter the received information about the external device.
  • the prescribed scheme is to apply a specific mark to an SSID field region or to use a particular AP naming rule.
  • an SSID may be set to ‘Starbucks_Gang-nam_AP’ or ‘Starbucks AP — 01000010’.
  • the specific mark or AP naming rule may be set by the terminal or providers of the server in accordance with any setting method.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a service method at a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the terminal receives information about a nearby external device from the external device.
  • the external device is an AP.
  • the information about the external device includes unique information of the external device.
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of an SSID and a MAC address.
  • the information about the external device may include public information of the external device.
  • the public information of the external device may be location information of the external device.
  • the terminal determines whether the external device has been registered based on the received information about the external device and external device information previously stored in the terminal.
  • the previously stored external device information refers to information about external devices that the terminal previously accessed. For example, when the terminal determines that the Starbucks Gang-nam AP has been registered as a valid AP, the terminal stores the Starbucks Gang-nam AP as the valid AP in a log. Afterwards, when the terminal receives a signal from the Starbucks Gang-nam AP, the terminal automatically determines that the Starbucks Gang-nam AP is the valid AP.
  • FIG. 5 and FIG. 3 A difference between FIG. 5 and FIG. 3 is that the terminal, instead of the server, determines whether the external device has been registered in FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the previously stored external device information, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the list information 600 includes information about APs 610 , which are the external devices, and information about recent access dates to the APs 620 .
  • the external device information refers to information about external devices that the terminal previously accessed.
  • the terminal Upon receiving information about an AP ‘A-001’, the terminal determines whether the AP ‘A-001’ is included in the list information 600 , and if the AP ‘A-001’ is included in the list information 600 , the terminal determines that the AP ‘A-001’ has been registered as a valid AP.
  • the terminal determines that the AP ‘B-004’ is an invalid AP because there is no match information in the list information 600 .
  • the terminal requests the server or the external device to provide service information associated with the external device.
  • the service information associated with the external device refers to information about a service to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be address information of a server that provides the service, or advertisement information associated with the external device.
  • step 540 the terminal receives the requested service information from the server or the external device.
  • a process after step 540 is the same as steps 350 through 360 of FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a service method at a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the server receives information about at least one nearby external device from the terminal.
  • the external device may be an AP.
  • Information about the external device includes unique information of the external device.
  • the unique information refers to information capable of specifying the external device.
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of an SSID and a MAC address.
  • SSID a specific mark is applied to an SSID field region or a particular AP naming rule is used.
  • an SSID may be set to ‘Starbucks_Gang-nam_AP’ or ‘Starbucks AP — 01000010’.
  • the specific mark or AP naming rule may be set by the terminal or providers of the server in accordance with any setting method.
  • the server may receive the information about the external device from the terminal through the external device.
  • the server determines whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device.
  • the server verifies whether the external device is a valid external device capable of providing a service. Specifically, the server compares the information about the external device with external device registration information stored in the server. If the information about the external device is identical to the external device registration information, the server determines that the external device has been registered.
  • the external device registration information refers to information storing a list of external devices, which are determined to have been registered as valid external devices and are to be provided with a service. The registration information may be set by providers of a server, which determine whether the external device has been registered, or which provide a service associated with the external device as described in greater detail below.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating external device registration information, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • registration information 800 of external devices may include information about external devices 810 (APs), service information 820 , and service server address information 830 .
  • APs external devices 810
  • service information 820 service information 820
  • service server address information 830 service server address information 830 .
  • data fields are provided as examples only, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
  • the server when the server determines that the external device has been registered, the server provides service information associated with the external device to the terminal.
  • the service information associated with the external device includes information about a service to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device may be address information of a server, which provides the service to be provided in association with the external device, or advertisement information associated with the external device.
  • the service information is determined by extracting service information corresponding to the external device from service information included in external device registration information previously stored in the server.
  • the service information may be an address of a server that is to provide a service according to the service information.
  • the server is of a service provider capable of providing the service.
  • the service information 820 or the service server address information 830 may be service information associated with the external information.
  • the server Upon receiving unique information of the AP ‘A-001’, the server extracts the service information 820 or the service server address information 830 from the registration information 800 , and transmits the extracted information to the terminal as the service information associated with the external device.
  • the service includes contents.
  • the server will not provide the service information associated with the external device to the terminal even though it has been determined that the external device has been registered.
  • the server may filter service information according to a predetermined condition and provide the filtered service information.
  • the server may filter received service information according to user information, such as user preference, received from the terminal or previously stored in the server.
  • the server may receive services from service providers, and store services corresponding to service information. If the user of the terminal selects service information provided from the server, the server provides a stored corresponding service to the terminal.
  • a server that provides a service for an external device may be included in a server, which determines whether an external device has been registered.
  • the terminal requests the server, which determines whether an external device has been registered, to provide a service, and is provided with the requested service from the server.
  • the server may receive information about the terminal in addition to received information about an external device.
  • information about the terminal may be location information such as GPS information of the terminal.
  • the server may further include service information associated with the location information of the terminal in addition to service information associated with the external device.
  • the server may further receive identity information of the user of the terminal in addition to the received information about the external device.
  • the identity information may be a phone number or a serial number of the mobile device.
  • the server may store for example, a user preference of the user of the terminal, user identity information of the user of the terminal, access history information, such as the number of times the terminal accesses the server to determine whether an external device has been registered, location history information of the terminal, and history information of service use between an external device and the terminal and service use between a service providing server and the terminal.
  • the stored information may be collected for a predetermined time to be used as a use pattern or a connection log of the user.
  • the server provides such information or the use pattern in connection with another server, thereby expanding services or providing marketing information.
  • FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a service apparatus and a service server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a service system includes an external device 910 , a terminal 920 , a first server 930 , and a second server 940 .
  • the terminal 920 is a service apparatus.
  • the first server 930 determines whether an external device has been registered.
  • the second server 940 is a service providing server.
  • the terminal 920 includes a receiving unit 921 , a transmitting unit 922 , an output unit 923 , a control unit 924 , and a storing unit 925 .
  • the first server 930 includes a receiving unit 931 , a transmitting unit 932 , a determining unit 933 , a control unit 934 , and a database 935 .
  • the receiving unit 921 of the terminal 920 receives information about a nearby external device 910 from the nearby external device 910 .
  • the external device 910 is an AP.
  • the information about the external device 910 includes unique information of the external device 910 .
  • the unique information refers to information capable of specifying the external device 910 .
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of an SSID and a MAC address.
  • the information about the external device 910 may include public information of the external device 910 .
  • the public information of the external device 910 may be location information of the external device 910 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 determines, based on the received information about the external device 910 , whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the terminal 920 checks external device information corresponding to the received information about the external device 910 from list information regarding previously registered external devices. The determination of whether the external device 910 has been registered may be performed by the terminal 920 or by the first server 930 connected with the terminal 920 , as described in greater detail below.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may provide service information associated with the external device 910 based on the determination result. If the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 determines that the external device 910 transmitting the information about itself has been registered, the control unit 924 provides the service information associated with the external device 910 .
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 refers to information about a service to be provided in association with the external device 910 .
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 may be address information of the second server 940 , or advertisement information associated with the external device 910 .
  • the service information may include address information of a server that provides an advertisement. For example, when the external device is an AP associated with a coffee shop ‘Starbucks’, the service information associated with the external device 910 may be server address information of a service or content provider associated with Starbucks or Starbucks advertisement information including the address information.
  • the transmitting unit 922 of the terminal 920 transmits information about the external device 910 to the first server 930 .
  • the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 is a valid external device by determining whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the terminal 920 may transmit the information about the external device 910 to the first server 930 by using a predetermined communication network, or may transmit the information about the external device 910 to the first server 930 through the external device 910 by using a communication networkconnected with the external device 910 .
  • the receiving unit 921 of the terminal 920 receives service information associated with the external device 910 from the first server 930 if the external device 910 is determined to have been registered.
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 refers to information about a service to be provided in association with the external device 910 .
  • the service is a concept including contents.
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 may be address information of the second server 940 , which provides a service to be provided in association with the external device 910 , or may be advertisement information associated with the external device 910 .
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 may be received from the external device 910 .
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 may be included in the information about the external device 910 . If the external device 910 is determined to have been registered, the terminal 920 may request the external device 910 to provide the service information and may receive the service information from the external device 910 .
  • the terminal 920 may determine whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may determine whether the external device 910 has been registered, based on the received information about the external device 910 and external device information previously stored in the storing unit 925 of the terminal 920 .
  • the external device information previously stored in the storing unit 925 of the terminal 920 is information about external devices the terminal 920 previously accessed. For example, when the terminal 920 determines that the Starbucks Gang-nam AP has been registered as a valid AP, the terminal 920 stores the Starbucks Gang-nam AP in a log. When the terminal 920 receives a signal from the Starbucks Gang-nam AP, the terminal 920 automatically determines the Starbucks Gang-nam AP as the valid AP.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 requests the first server 930 or the external device 910 to provide service information associated with the external device 910 determined to have been registered.
  • the receiving unit 921 of the terminal 920 receives the requested service information from the first server 930 or the external device 910 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 After receiving the information associated with the external device 910 , the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 outputs the received information associated with the external device 910 through the output unit 923 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 provides an interface on which the information associated with the external device 910 is displayed. Thus, the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may selectively display the valid external device 910 through the output unit 923 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal may display only one AP and the number of other APs according to a predetermined rule. As an example of the predetermined rule, an AP transmitting a signal with the largest strength may be preferentially displayed. Information associated with all APs determined to have been registered may be displayed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may display information associated with the AP on a portion of a display of the terminal in the form of a flowing ‘ticker’.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may determine an ID for the external device 910 , map the ID to the information associated with the external device 910 , and output the ID.
  • the ID of the external device 910 may be text information or image information capable of indicating the external device 910 .
  • the terminal 920 is connected to a server capable of providing a service based on the mapped information.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 filters service information according to a predetermined condition, instead of displaying information associated with all external devices determined to have been registered. For example, when the strength of a signal received from the external device 910 is smaller than a predetermined strength, the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 filters service information. Alternatively, the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 filters service information based on user information stored in the terminal 920 , such as a user preference. For example, when the user preference is designated as ‘movie’, service information irrelevant to ‘movie’ is filtered and is not output.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 connects to the second server 940 according to an address of the second server 940 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 requests that the second server 940 provide the service.
  • the second server 940 provides a service associated with the external device 910 .
  • the receiving unit 921 of the terminal 920 receives the requested service or contents associated with that service from the second server 940 , which provides the service for the external device 910 .
  • the second server 940 which provides a service for the external device 910 , may be included in the first server 930 , which determines whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the terminal 920 requests the first server 930 to provide a service and is provided with the requested service from the first server 930 .
  • the transmitting unit 922 of the terminal 920 may transmit information about the terminal 920 to the first server 930 , in addition to the received information about the external device 910 .
  • the information about the terminal 920 may be location information, such as, for example, GPS information of the terminal 920 .
  • the service information associated with the external device 910 which is transmitted by the first server 930 , may further include service information associated with the location information of the terminal 920 .
  • the transmitting unit 922 of the terminal 920 may transmit identity information of the user of the terminal 920 to the first server 930 in addition to the received information about the external device 910 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 may filter the received information about the external device 910 .
  • the prescribed scheme is to apply a specific mark to an SSID field region or to use a particular AP naming rule.
  • an SSID may be set to ‘Starbucks_Gang-nam_AP’ or ‘Starbucks AP — 01000010’.
  • the specific mark or AP naming rule may be set by the terminal or providers of the server in any setting method.
  • the receiving unit 931 of the first server 930 receives, from the terminal 920 , information about at least one nearby external device 910 which the terminal 920 has received.
  • the external device 910 may be an AP.
  • Information about the external device 910 includes unique information of the external device 910 .
  • the unique information refers to unique information capable of specifying the external device 910 .
  • the unique information of the AP includes at least one of an SSID and a MAC address. For an SSID, a specific mark is applied to an SSID field region or a particular AP naming rule is used.
  • an SSID may be set to ‘Starbucks_Gang-nam_AP’ or ‘Starbucks AP — 01000010’.
  • the specific mark or AP naming rule may be set by the terminal or providers of the server in any setting method.
  • the first server 930 may receive the information about the external device 910 from the terminal 920 through the external device 910 .
  • the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 determines, based on the information about the external device 910 , whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 verifies whether the external device 910 is a valid external device capable of providing a service. More specifically, the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 compares the information about the external device 910 with external device registration information stored in the database 935 , and if the information about the external device 910 is identical to the external device registration information, the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the external device registration information refers to information storing a list of external devices, which are determined to have been registered as valid external devices and are to be provided with a service.
  • the registration information may be set by providers of the first server 930 , which determines whether the external device 910 has been registered, or may be set by providers of the second server 940 , which provides a service associated with the external device 910
  • the control unit 934 of the first server 930 When it is determined that the external device 910 has been registered, the control unit 934 of the first server 930 provides service information associated with the external device 910 to the terminal 920 .
  • the control unit 934 of the first server 930 extracts service information corresponding to the external device 910 determined to have been registered from service information included in the external device registration information previously stored in the database 935 to determine the service information.
  • the service information may be an address of the second server 940 capable of providing a service according to the service information.
  • the second server 940 refers to a server of a service provider capable of providing the service.
  • control unit 934 of the first server 930 may filter service information according to a predetermined condition and provide the filtered service information.
  • control unit 934 of the first server 930 may filter received service information according to user information, such as user preference, received from the terminal 920 or previously stored in the database 935 .
  • the first server 930 may receive services from service providers, and store services corresponding to service information. If the user of the terminal 920 selects service information provided from the first server 930 , the first server 930 provides a stored corresponding service to the terminal 920 .
  • the second server 940 which provides a service for the external device 910 , may be included in the first server 930 , which determines whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the terminal 920 requests the first server 930 , which determines whether the external device 910 has been registered, to provide a service, and is provided with the requested service from the first server 930 .
  • the receiving unit 931 of the first server 930 may receive information about the terminal 920 in addition to received information about the external device 910 .
  • information about the terminal 920 may be location information, such as, for example, GPS information of the terminal 920 .
  • the first server 930 may further include service information associated with the location information of the terminal 920 in addition to service information associated with the external device 910 .
  • the receiving unit 931 of the first server 930 may further receive identity information of the user of the terminal 920 in addition to the received information about the external device 910 .
  • the identity information may be a phone number or a serial number of the mobile device.
  • the database 935 may store, for example, a user preference of the user of the terminal 920 , user identity information of the user of the terminal 920 , access history information such as the number of times the terminal 920 accesses the first server 930 to determine whether the external device 910 has been registered, location history information of the terminal 920 , and history information of service use between the external device 910 and the terminal 920 and service use between the second server 940 and the terminal 920 .
  • the stored information may be collected for a predetermined time to be used as a use pattern or a connection log of the user.
  • the first server 30 provides such information or the use pattern in connection with another server, thereby expanding services or providing marketing information.
  • the receiving unit 921 of the terminal 920 receives unique information regarding the external device 910 from the external device 910 adjacent thereto.
  • the external device 910 may be an AP. If the external device 910 is an AP, the unique information regarding the AP may be an MAC address. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the unique information regarding the AP may be an SSID.
  • the unique information regarding the external device 910 may include public information regarding the external device 910 . For example, the public information regarding the external device 910 may be location information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 transmits a signal requesting determining whether the external device 910 has been registered and a signal requesting zone information regarding the external device 910 , to the first server 930 , via the transmitting unit 922 .
  • the signal requesting determination of whether the external device 910 has been registered includes the unique information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 that transmits the unique information thereof is valid, i.e., whether the external device 910 has been registered, and checks the zone information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the terminal 920 may directly transmit the unique information regarding the external device 910 to the first server 930 via a communication network, e.g., a 3G network, or may transmit the unique information to the first server 930 via a communication network connected to the external device 910 , e.g., a WLAN when the external device 910 is a WLAN AP.
  • a communication network e.g., a 3G network
  • a WLAN when the external device 910 is a WLAN AP.
  • the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto and different methods of transmitting the unique information to the first server 930 may be utilized.
  • the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 has been registered, based on the unique information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the first server 930 verifies whether the external device 910 is a valid external device capable of providing a service. Specifically, the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 compares the unique information regarding the external device 910 with registration information regarding the external device 910 stored in the first server 930 , and determines that the external device 910 has been registered when the unique information is the same as the registration information.
  • the registration information includes a list of external devices that have been registered as valid external devices and that may provide services.
  • the registration information may be set either by providers of the first server 930 that determines whether the external device 910 has been registered or providers who provide services related to the external device 910 . Also, the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 may check the zone information regarding the external device 910 , based on the unique information regarding the external device 910 . The database 935 of the first server 930 has stored zone information corresponding to the unique information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the control unit 934 of the first server 930 provides service information related to the external device 910 and zone information corresponding to the service information to the terminal 920 via the transmitting unit 932 .
  • the service information related to the external device 910 includes information regarding services to be provided in association with the external device 910 .
  • the term ‘services’ is a concept including contents.
  • the service information related to the external device 910 may be address information regarding the first server 930 that provides the services in association with the external device 910 or may be advertisement information related to the external device 910 .
  • the service information is obtained by extracting service information corresponding to the external device 910 that has been registered from among service information included in the registration information regarding the external device 910 stored in the database 935 of the first server 930 .
  • the service information may be the address of the first server 930 that provides services according to the service information.
  • the first server 930 that provides services is a server of a service provider that can provide the services.
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 confirms the received zone information, based on a selection signal from a user. Specifically, if the zone information is related to a service that a user desires to receive, then the control unit 924 confirms the received zone information, based on a selection from the user in the terminal 920 .
  • the control unit 924 of the terminal 920 outputs only information related to the external device 910 corresponding to the confirmed zone information via the output unit 923 .
  • the receiving unit 931 of the first server 930 receives zone information selected by a user from the terminal 920 . If the user confirms zone information regarding an AP, which is received via the terminal 920 , then the terminal 920 transmits the confirmed zone information to the first server 930 . Then, the database 935 of the first server 930 stores the confirmed zone information.
  • the receiving unit 931 of the first server 930 receives a request for a determination as to whether the external device 910 has been registered, from the terminal 920 .
  • the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 transmitting unique information thereof is valid by determining whether the external device 910 has been registered, and checks zone information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the terminal 920 may directly transmit information regarding the external device 910 to the first server 930 via a predetermined communication network, or may transmit the information regarding the external device 910 to the first server 930 via a communication network connected to the external device 910 , but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
  • the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 has been registered, based on the unique information.
  • the determining unit 933 verifies whether the external device 910 is a valid device capable of providing services. Specifically, the determining unit 933 compares the unique information of the external device 910 with the registration information regarding the external device 910 stored in the database 935 of the first server 930 , and determines that the external device 910 has been registered, when the unique information is the same as the registration information.
  • the registration information includes a list of external devices that have been registered as valid external devices and that may provide services. The registration information may be set either by providers of the first server 930 that determines whether the external device 910 has been registered or providers who provide services related to the external device 910 .
  • the first server 930 may check the zone information regarding the external device 910 , based on the unique information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the database 935 of the first server 930 has stored the zone information corresponding to the unique information regarding the external device
  • the determining unit 933 of the first server 930 compares the confirmed zone information with the zone information regarding the external device 910 that has been registered.
  • the zone information of the external device 910 that has been registered may be obtained by extracting zone information stored based on the zone information of the external device 910 .
  • the server 930 of the control unit 934 provides the service information related to the external device 910 to the terminal 920 .
  • the service information related to the external device 910 includes information regarding services to be provided in association with the external device 910 .
  • the term, ‘services’ is a concept including contents.
  • the service information related to the external device 910 may be address information regarding the first server 930 that provides the services in association with the external device 910 , or may be advertisement information related to the external device 910 .
  • the service information is obtained by extracting service information corresponding to the external device 910 that has been registered from among service information included in the registration information regarding the external device 910 , stored in the database 935 of the first server 930 .
  • the service information may be the address of the first server 930 that provides services according to the service information.
  • the first server 930 that provides services is a server of a service provider who can provide the services.
  • a service includes contents.
  • the first server 930 determines whether the external device 910 has been registered, and then checks zone information regarding the external device 910 .
  • the first server 930 may check zone information regarding the external device 910 and then determine whether the external device 910 has been registered.
  • the first server 930 provides a service to the terminal 920 only when the external device 910 has been registered and the zone information of the external device 910 is the same as zone information selected by the user. Otherwise, the first server 930 does not provide a service to the terminal 920 , e.g., when the external device 910 is not registered or the zone information of the external device 910 is not the same as the zone information selected by the user. In other words, when the above two conditions are not satisfied, the service is filtered.
  • the other methods related to a service providing method are as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8 .
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a service method, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a terminal receives unique information regarding an external device adjacent thereto from the external device.
  • the external device may be an AP. If the external device is an AP, then unique information regarding the AP may be a MAC address.
  • the unique information regarding the AP may be an SSID.
  • the unique information may include public information regarding the external device. For example, the public information may be location information regarding the external device.
  • the terminal transmits a signal requesting a determination as to whether the external device has been registered, and a signal requesting zone information regarding the external device, to a server.
  • the signal requesting a determination includes unique information regarding the external device.
  • the server determines whether the external device transmitting the unique information thereof is valid by determining whether the external device has been registered, and checks the zone information regarding the external device.
  • the terminal may directly transmit information regarding the external device to the server via a predetermined communication network thereof, or may transmit the information regarding the external device to the server via a communication network connected to the external device.
  • the server determines whether the external device has been registered, based on the unique information.
  • the server compares the unique information of the external device with registration information regarding the external device stored in the server, and determines that the external device has been registered when the unique information is the same as the stored registration information.
  • the registration information regarding the external device includes a list of external devices that have been determined to be valid external devices.
  • the registration information may be set by providers of the server that determines whether the external device has been registered, or may be set by providers of services related to the external device.
  • the server may check zone information regarding the external device, based on the unique information of the external device.
  • the server has stored zone information corresponding to the unique information of the external device.
  • FIG. 11 is a table showing registration information 1100 and examples of zone information 1140 regarding external devices, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the registration information 1100 may include information regarding APs that are external devices 1110 , service information 1120 , service server addresses 1130 , and the zone information 1140 , however, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
  • the AP ‘A-001’ is defined in the registration information 1100 , and thus, a server determines that the AP ‘A-001’ has been registered as a valid AP and that zone information regarding the AP ‘A-001’ is ‘Gang-nam A’.
  • the server when it is determined that the external device has been registered, the server provides the terminal with service information related to the external device and checked zone information.
  • the service information related to the external device includes information regarding services to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service information related to the external device may be address information regarding the server that provides the services, or may be advertisement information related to the external device.
  • the service information is obtained by extracting service information corresponding to the external device that has been registered from among service information included in the registration information regarding the external device stored in the server.
  • the service information may be the address of the server that provides services according to the service information.
  • the server that provides services is a server of a service provider that can provide the services. Referring to FIG.
  • the service information 1120 or the service server addresses 1130 may be the service information related to the external device, and ‘Gang-nam A’ is zone information regarding the external device. If the server receives unique information regarding the AP ‘A-001’, the server extracts the service information 1120 or the service server addresses 1130 , and the zone information 1140 from the registration information 1100 , and transmits the extracted information as the service information related to the external device to the terminal.
  • the terminal confirms the received zone information, based on a selection signal from a user. Specifically, if the received zone information is related to a service that the user desires to receive, then the terminal confirms the received zone information, based on the user's selection.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an interface 1200 via which a user's confirmation is received, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a region 1210 displays service information regarding a selected AP
  • a region 1220 displays a provided service
  • a user zone selection region 1230 is provided.
  • ‘Shinsegae Gang-nam’ is displayed as information 1221 related to an AP that has been registered.
  • ‘5 More channels near by’ displayed on a button 1222 indicating that there are other APS that have been registered means that other five APs have been further registered.
  • ‘Shinsegae Gang-nam’ 1231 that is received information related to the AP
  • ‘Gang-nam A Zone’ 1232 that is zone information
  • a ‘Confirm’ button 1233 it means that the user confirms the ‘Gang-nam A Zone’ 1232 .
  • the user selects the ‘Delete’ button 1234 then the received service information is removed.
  • the terminal outputs only information related to external devices corresponding to the confirmed zone information.
  • the terminal displays only information related to APs corresponding to the ‘Gang-nam A Zone’ 1232 in the button 1222 indicating that there are other APS that have been registered.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a service method performed in a server, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the server receives zone information selected by a user from a terminal.
  • the terminal transmits the confirmed zone information to the server. Then, the server stores the received zone information.
  • the server receives a signal requesting a determination as to whether an external device has been registered, from the terminal.
  • the external device may be an AP.
  • the signal requesting a determination as to whether the external device has been registered includes unique information regarding the external device. If the external device is an AP, the unique information regarding the AP may be a MAC address. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the unique information regarding the AP may be an SSID.
  • the server determines whether the external device transmitting the unique information thereof is a valid external device, i.e., whether the external device has been registered, and checks zone information regarding the external device.
  • the terminal may directly transmit the unique information regarding the external device to the server via a communication network thereof, or may transmit the unique information to the first server 930 via a communication network connected to the external device.
  • the server determines whether the external device has been registered, based on the unique information regarding the external device.
  • the server verifies whether the external device is a valid external device. Specifically, the server compares the unique information of the external device with registration information regarding the external device stored in the server, and determines that the external device has been registered when the unique information is the same as the stored registration information.
  • the registration information regarding the external device includes a list of external devices that have been determined to be valid external devices and to provide services. The registration information may be set by providers of the server that determines whether the external device has been registered or may be set by providers who provide services related to the external device.
  • the server may check zone information regarding the external device, based on the unique information of the external device. The server has stored zone information corresponding to the unique information of the external device. The method proceeds to step 1340 when it is determined that the external device has been registered, and the method terminates when it is determined that the external device is not registered.
  • the server compares the confirmed zone information with the zone information regarding the external device that has been registered, when it is determined that the external device has been registered.
  • the zone information regarding the external device that has been registered is obtained by extracting stored zone information, based on the unique information of the external device. For example, referring to FIG. 11 , if the external device is the AP ‘A-001’, then the server extracts the ‘Gang-nam A’ as the zone information. Then, the server compares the zone information received in operation 1310 with the extracted zone information.
  • step 1350 it is determined whether the confirmed zone information is the same as the extracted zone information.
  • the method proceeds to step 1360 when the confirmed zone information and the extracted zone information are the same, and the method terminates when the confirmed zone information and the extracted zone information are not the same.
  • the method of FIG. 13 is performed by sequentially performing operations 1330 , 1340 , and 1350 but may be performed by sequentially performing operations 1340 , 1350 , and 1330 .
  • the server provides service information related to the external device to the terminal.
  • the service information related to the external device is information regarding services to be provided in association with the external device.
  • the service information related to the external device may be address information regarding the server that provides the services related to the external device or may be advertisement information related to the external device.
  • the service information is obtained by extracting service information corresponding to the external device that has been registered from among service information included in the registration information regarding the external device stored in the server.
  • the service information may be the address of the server that provides services according to the service information.
  • the server that provides services is a server of a service provider that can provide the services.
  • the server only when the external device has been registered and the zone information of the external device is the same as the zone information selected by the user, does the server provide a service to the terminal. Otherwise, for example, when it is determined in operation 1330 that the external device is not registered, or when it is determined in operation 1350 that the zone information of the external device is not the same as the zone information selected by the user, then the server does not provide a service to the terminal. When the above two conditions are not satisfied, the service is filtered.
  • the other methods related to a service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention are as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 .
  • the embodiments of the present invention described above may be embodied as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, which when ready to be utilized, are loaded in part or in whole and executed by a Central Processing Unit (CPU).
  • the recording medium may be all kinds of recording devices storing data that is readable by a computer. Examples of the recording medium include Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), Compact Disk (CD)-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves such as transmissions over the Internet.
  • the computer-readable recording medium can also be distributed over a network of coupled computer systems so that the computer-readable code is stored and executed in a decentralized fashion. Function programs, code, and code segments for implementing the service method may be easily derived by programmers of ordinary skill in the art.

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