Method and device for providing user-customized information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016357765-A1
Application number	US-201515112000-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for providing user-customized information is disclosed. The method for providing user-customized information can provide information suitable for a user's situation by: obtaining information on a location where a terminal is located, and information on the time when the location information was obtained; obtaining situation information of a user of the terminal predicted on the basis of the location information and the time information; and requesting, to a server, situation-adaptive information corresponding to the user's situation on the basis of the obtained situation information of the user, pre-stored profile information of the user, and state information of the terminal at a time when the location information is obtained so as to obtain the situation-adaptive information from the server.

First claim

1 . A method of providing user-customized information, the method comprising:
transmitting location information about a location, at which a terminal is located, and time information about a time, when the location information is obtained, to a server; obtaining situation information of the user of the terminal, predicted based on the location information and the time information, from the server; requesting situation-adaptive information corresponding to a situation of the user from the server, based on the obtained situation information of the user, pre-stored profile information of the user, and state information of the terminal at a time when the location information is obtained; and obtaining the situation-adaptive information from the server.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requesting of the situation-adaptive information comprises:
predicting an intention of the user in a situation of the user, based on the profile information of the user and the state information of the terminal; and determining the situation-adaptive information necessary for realizing the predicted intention of the user.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requesting of the situation-adaptive information comprises:
generating a query from which the situation-adaptive information is capable of being extracted; and transmitting the generated query to the server.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: if first location information obtained at a first time does not correspond to second location information obtained after the first time or first time information obtained at the first time does not correspond to second time information obtained after the first time, transmitting the second location information and the second time information to the server.

5 - 7 . (canceled)

8 . A terminal for providing user-customized information, the terminal comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit location information about a location, at which the terminal is located, and time information about a time, when the location information is obtained, to a server; a receiver configured to obtain situation information of the user of the terminal, predicted based on the location information and the time information, from the server; and a controller configured to request situation-adaptive information corresponding to a situation of the user from the server, based on the obtained situation information of the user, pre-stored profile information of the user, and state information of the terminal at a time when the location information is obtained, wherein the receiver obtains the situation-adaptive information from the server.

9 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller predicts an intention of the user in a situation of the user, based on the profile information of the user and the state information of the terminal and determines the situation-adaptive information necessary for realizing the predicted intention of the user.

10 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller generates a query from which the situation-adaptive information is capable of being extracted, and transmits the generated query to the server.

11 . The terminal of claim 10 , wherein if first location information obtained at a first time does not correspond to second location information obtained after the first time or first time information obtained at the first time does not correspond to second time information obtained after the first time, the transmitter transmits the second location information and the second time information to the server.

12 . A server for providing user-customized information, the server comprising:
an obtainer configured to receive location information about a location at which a terminal is located and time information about a time, when the location information is obtained, from the terminal; a transmitter configured to transmit situation information of a user of the terminal, determined based on the location information and the time information, to the terminal; and a controller configured to extract situation-adaptive information from situation pattern information obtained by classifying, based on a predetermined time interval, at least one piece of location information obtained from the terminal and time information about a time when the at least one piece of location information is obtained, wherein the obtainer receives a request for situation-adaptive information, corresponding to a situation of the user, from the terminal.

13 . The server of claim 12 , wherein
if the location information is location information obtained a predetermined number of times or more, the controller predicts the situation of the user, based on location information, obtained in a first period before a time when the location information is obtained, and time information obtained in the first period, if the location information is location information obtained less than the predetermined number of times, the controller predicts the situation of the user, based on location information, obtained in a second period before a time when the location information is obtained, and time information obtained in the second period, and the first period is set as a period which is relatively shorter than the second period.

14 . The server of claim 12 , wherein the controller extracts information, repeated based on a certain time interval, from among the at least one piece of location information and the at least one piece of time information obtained from the terminal and generates the situation pattern information, based on the extracted information.

15 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hang-Kyu
• Park Chi-Hyun
• Yeo Hae-Dong

Classifications

• G06F16/9537 Primary

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G06F17/3087 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title