Mobile device, server, and content management method for a system comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9571966-B2
Application number	US-201013505568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2010
Priority date	Nov 2, 2009
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A content managing method of a mobile device, a server, and a system is provided. According to the content managing method, when the mobile device enters into a specific region, the mobile device transmits location information of the location of the mobile device and device information of the mobile device to the server, and the server searches for and transmits content information corresponding to the location information to the mobile device. Accordingly, a user can receive the content information simply by entering into a specific location with the mobile device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A content managing method of a mobile device capable of communicating with a server, the method comprising:
displaying, if the mobile device enters into a specific region that is defined by a user of the mobile device, a message indicating that the mobile device has entered into the specific region;
transmitting, if a user input is received in response to displaying the message, location information of the mobile device and device information of the mobile device to the server, the server having content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device pre-stored therein;
receiving the content corresponding to the location information from the server; and
transmitting a command for printing content to the server in response to receiving a user input for printing the content,
wherein the server, in response to receiving the location information of the mobile device and the device information of the mobile device, identifies the mobile device based on the device information of the mobile device, converts a first resolution of the content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device to a second resolution which is playable in the mobile device, and transmits the converted content, and
wherein the server has a driver for executing a printing function on a printing device and prints the converted content through the printing device using the driver.

2. The content managing method of the mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the content corresponding to the location information comprises a document.

3. The content managing method of the mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the location information is detected by a Global Positioning System (GPS).

4. The content managing method of the mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the content corresponding to the location information comprises content used at a location corresponding to the location information and comprises information relating to content registered to the server.

5. The content managing method of the mobile device of claim 1 , wherein user manipulation comprises user manipulation for shaking the mobile device.

6. The content managing method of the mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the device information comprises at least one of model name of the mobile device, a manufacturer of the mobile device, a serial number of the mobile device and a user identification.

7. A content managing method of a content management system comprising a mobile device and a server capable of communicating with each other, the method comprising:
displaying, at the mobile device, if the mobile device enters into a specific region that is defined by a user of the mobile device, a message indicating that the mobile device has entered into the specific region;
transmitting, if a user input is received in response to displaying the message, location information of the mobile device and device information of the mobile device to the server, the server having content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device pre-stored therein;
searching, at the server, for the content corresponding to the location information based on the device information;
transmitting, at the server, the content to the mobile device; and
receiving, at the server, a command for printing the content to a printing device located in the specific region corresponding to the content, in response to a user input,
wherein the server, in response to receiving the location information of the mobile device and the device information of the mobile device, identifies the mobile device based on the device information of the mobile device, converts a first resolution of the content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device to a second resolution which is playable in the mobile device, and transmits the converted content, and
wherein the server has a driver for executing a printing function on the printing device and prints the converted content through the printing device using the driver.

8. A mobile device comprising:
a communication unit configured to:
transmit location information and device information to a server, and
receive content related to the location information from the server, the server having content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device pre-stored therein;

a location determining unit configured to determine a location of the mobile device; and
a controller configured to:
display, if the mobile device is in a specific region that is defined by a user of the mobile device, a message indicating that the mobile device has entered into the specific region,
generate the location information based on the location determined by the location determining unit,
control the communication unit to transmit the location information to the server, and
control the communication unit to transmit a command for printing the content to the server in response to receiving a user input for printing the content,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the communication unit to transmit the location information and the device information to the server if the controller determines that a user input is received in response to displaying the message,
wherein the server, in response to receiving the location information of the mobile device and the device information of the mobile device, identifies the mobile device based on the device information of the mobile device, converts a first resolution of the content corresponding to the location information of the mobile device to a second resolution which is playable in the mobile device, and transmits the converted content, and
wherein the server has a driver for executing a printing function on a printing device and prints the converted content through the printing device using the driver.

Assignees

• Lee Jong-Rim
• Sung Ju-Yun
• Choo Hee-Jeong
• Lee Keum-Koo
• Kwahk Ji-Young
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jong-Rim
• Sung Ju-Yun
• Choo Hee-Jeong
• Lee Keum-Koo
• Kwahk Ji-Young

Classifications

• H04L67/303

  Terminal profiles · CPC title

• G06F17/3087

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W4/18

  Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals · CPC title