Unified communication system and unified communication method using multi-login, terminal for controlling operation of unified communication tool, and communication method in terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9659337-B2
Application number	US-201113284237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2011
Priority date	Oct 29, 2010
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

Provided are a unified communication system and a unified communication method using multi-login, a terminal for controlling an operation of a unified communication tool, and a communication method in a terminal. The unified communication system may include a communication tool provider to provide a communication tool for at least one communication server associated with a user; a login manager to manage login information of the user when the user is logged in to two or more terminals simultaneously through respective communication tools on the two or more terminals, respectively, the login manager storing the login information of the user in a storage unit; a terminal determining unit to determine, among the two or more terminals, at least one terminal to which data associated with the user is to be transmitted based on the login information; and a communication unit to transmit the data to the at least one determined terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method that uses a processor for unified communication, the method comprising:
providing a communication tool for at least one communication server user;
managing, by the processor, login information of a user when the user is logged into a plurality of terminals through a plurality of respective communication tools, the user being logged into the plurality of terminals simultaneously, wherein the login information includes
an operational environment of each of the plurality of respective communication tools, and
information on an environmental setting of each of the plurality of respective communication tools,
storing the login information;
identifying, by the processor, a terminal at which a latest user event has occurred, from among the plurality of terminals;
determining, by the processor, the operational environment of the communication tool of the identified terminal according to the login information, the determined operational environment being one of a first operational environment and a second operational environment from among the operational environments of the plurality of respective communication tools, the first operational environment different from the second operational environment;
determining whether to transmit data associated with the user to each of the plurality of terminals according to whether the determined operational environment is the first operational environment or the second operational environment;
transmitting the data associated with the user to each of the plurality of terminals when the determined operational environment is the first operational environment;
transmitting the data associated with the user to the identified terminal when the determined operational environment is the second operational environment;
wherein the plurality of respective communication tools are software modules executed on the plurality of terminals.

2. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising an executable program, which when executed, performs the method of claim 1 .

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the first operational environment is a web browser in which the communication tool is configured to operate as an overlay module; and
the second operational environment is one of
a wired terminal on which the communication tool is installed and configured to operate, and
a wireless terminal on which the communication tool is installed and configured to operate.

4. A method for unified communication when a user is simultaneously logged into a plurality of terminals through a plurality of respective unified communication tools on the plurality of terminals, the method comprising:
displaying at least one user interface of a unified communication tool at a first terminal, among the plurality of terminals, at which a latest user event has occurred;
transmitting, to a unified communication system, input data entered through a user interface of the unified communication tool;
receiving, from the unified communication system, data for operation of the unified communication tool; and
controlling the operation of the unified communication tool using the received data;
wherein
the data for the operation of the unified communication tool is received at each of the plurality of terminals when an operational environment of the terminal is a first of a plurality of operational environments,
the data for the operation of the unified communication tool is received at the first terminal when the operational environment of the first terminal is a second of the plurality of operational environments, and
the first of the plurality of operational environments is different from the second of the plurality of operational environments;

wherein the multi-login information includes connectivity information indicating whether the plurality of terminals have a wired or wireless connection;
wherein the plurality of respective unified communication tools are software modules executed on the plurality of terminals.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein
the first operational environment is a web browser in which the communication tool is configured to operate as an overlay module; and
the second operational environment is one of
a wired terminal on which the communication tool is installed and configured to operate, and
a wireless terminal on which the communication tool is installed and configured to operate.

6. A communication system, comprising:
a processor including,
a communication tool provider configured to provide a communication tool for at least one communication server user,
a login manager configured to manage login information of a user when the user is logged into a plurality of terminals through a plurality of respective communication tools, the user being logged into the plurality of terminals simultaneously, the login manager storing the login information of the user in a storage unit, wherein the login information includes
an operational environment of each of the plurality of respective communication tools, and
information on an environmental setting of each of the plurality of respective communication tools,

a terminal determining unit configured to
identify a terminal at which a latest user event has occurred, from among the plurality of terminals,
determine the operational environment of the communication tool of the identified terminal according to the login information, the determined operational environment being one of a first operational environment and a second operational environment from among the operational environments of the plurality of respective communication tools, the first operational environment and the second operational environment being different, and
determine whether to transmit data associated with the user to each of the plurality of terminals according to whether the determined operational environment is the first operational environment or the second operational environment;

a memory storing instructions for implementing the communication tool provider, the login manager, and the terminal determining unit; and
a communication transceiver unit configured to
transmit the data associated with the user to each of the plurality of terminals when the determined operational environment is the first operational environment, and
transmit the data associated with the user to the identified terminal when the determined operational environment is the second operational environment;
wherein the plurality of respective communication tools are software modules executed on the plurality of terminals.

7. The communication system of claim 6 , wherein the provided communication tool is configured to
provide the user with notification data transmitted from the at least one communication server,
transmit data input by the user to the at least one communication server, and
support a real-time conversation between the user and another user through the at least one communication server.

8. The communication system of claim 7 , wherein the terminal determining unit is further configured to determine the plurality of terminals which the user is logged into based on the login information when the data associated with the user corresponds to the notification data.

9. The communication system of claim 6 , wherein the communication tool of the identified terminal operates as an overlay module on a web browser, and is configured to provide the same user interface to a plurality of Internet windows activated by the web browser.

10. The communication system of claim 9 , wherein data received from the plurality of respective communication tools is processed in the same manner on the plurality of Internet windows

Assignees

• Lee Suk Young
• Kim Soo Young
• Kim Gyu Il
• Park Jin Soo
• Kim Austin
• Nhn Corp

Inventors

• Lee Suk Young
• Kim Soo Young
• Kim Gyu Il
• Park Jin Soo
• Kim Austin

Classifications

• G06Q50/50 Primary

  Business processes related to the communications industry (charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications H04L12/14; telephonic communication involving automatic or semi-automatic exchanges H04M3/00; arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication H04M15/00; prepayment telephone systems H04M17/00; accounting or billing for wireless communication networks H04W4/24) · CPC title

• G06Q50/30 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F15/173

  using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake · CPC title

• G06Q50/40 Primary

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title