System and method for sharing message/content using location information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9763069-B2
Application number	US-201514821466-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2015
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A system and method for sharing a message and/or content using location information. The system for sharing a message and/or content includes at least one upload terminal that generates and transmits post metadata including a message/content prepared for uploading, location of the upload terminal, and location for uploading the prepared message/content thereto; a download terminal that transmits a connection message including current location, and downloads message/content posted within a predetermined distance from the current location to display the posted message/content; and a server that verifies the post metadata by receiving the prepared message/content and the post metadata corresponding to the prepared message/content from the upload terminal, stores a result of verification, searches for the prepared message/content to be provided to the download terminal when the connection message including the location is received from the download terminal, and provides information on the searched message/content and post location to the download terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting a content from a first terminal to a second terminal via a post server, the method comprising:
generating the content based on input information from a user interface;
generating posting information corresponding to the content; and
transmitting the content and the posting information to the post server, and
wherein the posting information includes a location information, and further includes at least one of preference information of the user for the first terminal, a type of the content, and accessibility conditions of the content,
wherein the location information includes a designated area information for providing of the content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text, image, and moving of the image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the designated area posting information includes a specific geographical point and a distance range from the specific geographical point.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the posting information includes preference information of the user, wherein the preference information includes a sharing rule of the content, wherein the type of the content identifies a sponsor message, which provides a special right from a provider.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the posting information further includes information of a path route.

6. An apparatus for transmitting a content of a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a post server;
a satellite signal receiving unit configured to receive at least one of satellite signal and acquire location information of the apparatus;
a user interface configured to receive a user input from a user; and
a controller configured to generate the content based on the user input information received at the user interface, generate posting information corresponding to the content, and transmit the content and the posting information to a post server, and
wherein the posting information includes location information, and further includes at least one of preference information of the user, a type of the content, and accessibility conditions of the content,
wherein the location information includes a designated area information for providing of the content.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text, image, and moving of the image.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the designated area information includes a specific geographical point and a distance range from the specific geographical point.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the posting information includes preference of a user, wherein the preference information includes a sharing rule of the content, wherein the type of the content identifies a sponsor message, which provides a special right from a provider.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the posting information further includes information of a path route.

11. A method for transmitting/receiving a content between a first terminal, a second terminal and a server, the method comprising:
receiving a content and posting information corresponding to the content from the first terminal;
storing the content and the posting information based on the posting information;
receiving a connection request and location information of the second terminal from the second terminal;
searching at least one of the stored content based on the location information of the second terminal and the posting information; and
transmitting at least one of the searched content to the second terminal, and
wherein the posting information includes a location information for providing of the content, and further includes at least one of preference information of a user, a type of the content, and accessibility conditions of the content,
wherein the location information for providing of the content includes a designated area information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text, image, and moving of the image.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the designated area information includes a specific geographical point and a distance range from the specific geographical point.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the posting information includes preference information for the first terminal, wherein the preference information of a user includes a sharing rule of the content, and wherein the type of the content identifies a sponsor message, which provides a special right from a provider.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the posting information further includes information of a path route.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein, when the content is stored, a life time of the content is further stored.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the life time of the content is updated based on evaluation information, if the evaluation information of the content is received.

18. A server for transmitting/receiving a content in a network, the server comprising:
a network interface configured to receive a content and posting information corresponding to the content from a first terminal via the network, receive a connection request and location information of a second terminal from the second terminal via the network, and transmit the content to the second terminal via the network;
a database configured to store the content and the posting information based on the posting information; and
a controller configured to control storing the content and the posting information based on the posting information when the content and the posting information corresponding to the content are received, search at least one of the stored content based on the location information of the second terminal and the posting information when the connection request and the location information of the second terminal are received, and transmit at least one of the searched content to the second terminal, and
wherein the posting information includes a location information for providing of the content, and further includes at least one of preference information of a user, a type of the content, and accessibility conditions of the content,
wherein the location information for providing of the content includes a designated area information.

19. The server of claim 18 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text, image, and moving of the image.

20. The server of claim 18 , wherein the posting information includes a specific geographical point and a distance range from the specific geographical point.

21. The server of claim 18 , wherein the posting information includes preference information for the first terminal, wherein the preference information of a user includes a sharing rule of the content, and wherein the type of the content identifies a sponsor message, which provides a special right from a provider.

22. The server of claim 18 , wherein the posting information further includes information of a path route.

23. The server of claim 18 , wherein, when the content is stored, a life time of the content is further stored.

24. The server of claim 23 , wherein the life time of the content is updated based on evaluation information, if the evaluation information of the content is received.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Dohy
• Cheun Kyungwhoon

Classifications

• H04W4/021

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

• H04W4/206 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04W4/21 Primary

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title