System and method for automatically setting environment of user terminal

A system for automatically setting an environment of a user terminal, comprising:

• a space and context sensing unit for performing sensing on a user or a user terminal which is located in a specific space and a specific context using a multi-modal sensor unit, and outputting sensed information;
• a space and context analysis unit for analyzing at least one of entry and exit, a location, a space, a direction, and a speed based on the sensed information, and defining environment setting information corresponding to the specific space or specific context;
• and
• an automatic environment setting communication unit for including the environment setting information transferred by the analysis unit in an environment setting change message, and sending the environment setting change message to the user terminal,
• wherein the analysis unit, when the user or user terminal has entered the specific space, sends an automatic environment setting ID assigned to the user terminal, and defines environment setting status information for the user terminal based on the specific space when receiving a response message including the automatic environment setting ID and the current environment setting status information from the user terminal, and
• wherein the analysis unit, when the user or user terminal has moved out of the specific space or specific context, defines automatic environment setting release information, sends the automatic environment setting release information to the user terminal via the communication unit, and eliminates the automatic environment setting ID and the environment setting status information corresponding to the user terminal when receiving the response message from the user terminal.

A method of automatically setting an environment of a user terminal, comprising:

• sensing a user or a user terminal using a plurality of sensors by means of a multi-modal sensor unit, and outputting sensed information;
• analyzing a space and a context based on the sensed information;
• determining whether the user or user terminal has entered or exited into or from a specific space;
• if the user or user terminal has entered the specific space, performing automatic environment setting communication with the user terminal;
• and
• requesting the user terminal to make a change to environment setting corresponding to the specific space,
• wherein the performing automatic environment setting communication comprises:
• sending an assigned automatic environment setting ID to the user terminal;
• and
• receiving a response message including the automatic environment setting ID and the current environment setting status information from the user terminal, and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• if the user or user terminal has moved out of the specific space, defining environment setting release information and sending the defined environment setting release information to the user terminal;
• and
• if a response message is received from the user terminal, eliminating an automatic environment setting ID and environment setting status information assigned to the user terminal.

A method of automatically setting an environment of a user terminal, comprising:

• receiving an automatic environment setting ID from a space and context-aware device after a user or a user terminal has entered into a specific space;
• storing the received environment setting ID, and changing environment setting mode from manual setting mode to automatic environment setting mode;
• and
• when receiving environment setting change information from the space and context-aware device, automatically changing to a status corresponding to the environment setting change information,
• wherein the method further comprises:
• if the user or user terminal is present in a context in the specific space, receiving the environment setting change information from the space and context-aware device which has sensed the presence of the user or user terminal;
• automatically changing to an status corresponding to the environment setting change information;
• if the user or user terminal has moved out of the specific space or specific context, receiving the automatic environment setting release information from the space and context-aware device which has sensed the movement out of the specific space or specific context;
• and
• automatically changing an environment setting status to a previous environment setting status based on the automatic environment setting release information.