System and method of providing control information to device regarding product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9768975-B2
Application number	US-201614987175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2016
Priority date	Apr 7, 2012
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

Controlling a consumer electronic applicant through a mobile terminal to execute functionality appropriate for processing a consumer product is performed by obtaining a device specification of the consumer electronic device and product information on the product to be processed, and generating a command that controls the consumer electronic device to execute the appropriate functionality for processing the product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for controlling an electronic appliance through a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
a server comprising:
a processor configured to obtain a command that controls the electronic appliance to perform a process on a product, based on device information of the electronic appliance and product information of the product which are transmitted from the mobile terminal; and
a communication interface configured to transmit the command to the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive the device information of the electronic appliance from the electronic appliance, receive the product information of the product from the product using near field communication (NFC) between the mobile terminal and the product, and transmit the device information and the product information to the server; and
a processor configured to provide the command to the electronic appliance for causing the electronic appliance to perform the process on the product,

wherein the device information comprises at least one of an identifier of the electronic appliance and an operational capability of the electronic appliance, and the product information comprises at least one of an identifier of the product, processing information for the product, and a property of the product,
wherein the processor of the server provides the command to the mobile terminal as extensible markup language (XML) formatted data, and
wherein the processor of the mobile terminal converts the command from XML format to NFC format.

2. A system for controlling an electronic appliance through a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
a server comprising:
a processor configured to obtain a command that controls the electronic appliance to perform a process on a product, based on device information of the electronic appliance and product information of the product which are transmitted from the mobile terminal; and
a communication interface configured to transmit the command to the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive the device information of the electronic appliance from the electronic appliance, receive the product information of the product from the product using near field communication (NFC) between the mobile terminal and the product, and transmit the device information and the product information to the server; and
a processor configured to provide the command to the electronic appliance for causing the electronic appliance to perform the process on the product,

wherein the device information comprises at least one of an identifier of the electronic appliance and an operational capability of the electronic appliance, and the product information comprises at least one of an identifier of the product, processing information for the product, and a property of the product,
wherein the electronic appliance comprises a first electronic device and a second electronic device,
wherein the communication interface of the mobile terminal receives first device information of the first electronic device, and receives second device information of the second electronic device, and
wherein the processor of the mobile terminal selects one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device as a selected electronic device based on the first device information, the second device information, and the product information, and selects one of the first device information and the second device information of the selected electronic device as the device information.

3. A system for controlling an electronic appliance through a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
a server comprising:
a processor configured to obtain a command that controls the electronic appliance to perform a process on a product, based on device information of the electronic appliance and product information of the product which are transmitted from the mobile terminal; and
a communication interface configured to transmit the command to the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive the device information of the electronic appliance from the electronic appliance, receive the product information of the product from the product using near field communication (NFC) between the mobile terminal and the product, and transmit the device information and the product information to the server; and
a processor configured to provide the command to the electronic appliance for causing the electronic appliance to perform the process on the product,

wherein the device information comprises at least one of an identifier of the electronic appliance and an operational capability of the electronic appliance, and the product information comprises at least one of an identifier of the product, processing information for the product, and a property of the product,
wherein the electronic appliance comprises a first electronic device and a second electronic device,
wherein the communication interface comprised in the mobile terminal receives first device information of the first electronic device, and receives second device information of the second electronic device,
wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:
a display configured to display a list of the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and
an input interface configured to receive an input selecting one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device in the list as the selected electronic device, and
wherein the processor of the mobile terminal selects one of the first device information and the second device information of the selected electronic device as the device information.

4. A system for controlling an electronic appliance through a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
a server comprising:
a processor configured to obtain a command that controls the electronic appliance to perform a process on a product, based on device information of the electronic appliance and product information of the product which are transmitted from the mobile terminal; and
a communication interface configured to transmit the command to the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive the device information of the electronic appliance from the electronic appliance, receive the product information of the product from the product using near field communication (NFC) between the mobile terminal and the product, and transmit the device information and the product information to the server; and
a processor configured to provide the command to the electronic appliance for causing the electronic appliance to perform the process on the product,

wherein the device information comprises at least one of an identifier of the electronic appliance and an operational capability of the electronic appliance, and the product information comprises at least one of an identifier of the product, processing information for the product, and a property of the product,
wherein the product comprises a first product and a second product,
wherein the communication interface of the mobile terminal receives first product information of the first product, and receives second product information of the second product, and
wherein the processor of the mobile terminal selects one of the first product and the second product as a selected product based on the first product information, the second product information, and the device information, and selects one of the first product information and the second product information of the selected product as the product information.

5. A system for controlling an electronic appliance through a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Jae-Woo
• Wi Tae-Hwan
• Jung Hee-Won

Classifications

• H04L12/2816 Primary

  Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities (arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• G05B19/0426 Primary

  Programming the control sequence · CPC title

• G06F17/30

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06K7/10415

  the interrogation device being fixed in its position, such as an access control device for reading wireless access cards, or a wireless ATM (banking machines in general G07F19/00) · CPC title