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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-jin Lee, Woon-tack Woo, Dae-ho Han, Woo-jin Jeong
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A method of providing multimedia and information services taking into account user context information, and an apparatus providing these multimedia and information services are provided. The method involves calculating the direction wherein the user is facing using the user context information; comparing the direction wherein the user is determined to be facing with the environment information source of the area wherein the user is located; determining whether the attention of the user is focused on a service device in the location of the user; and providing a service using the device that the attention of the user is focused on if it is determined that the attention of the user is focused on a service device.
A method of providing multimedia or information services taking into account user context information, the method comprising:
A multimedia or information service providing apparatus which is configured to determine a direction a user is facing based on user context information, compares environment information about an area where the user is located with the direction the user is facing, and determines whether an attention of the first user is directed towards a service providing device, provides a service if it is determined that the attention of the user is directed towards focused on the service providing device;
A multimedia or information service providing system, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.