System and method for operating a smart service robot

An intelligent service robot comprising:

• a communication unit performing communication with an integrated control server through a communication network;
• a storage unit storing service applications downloaded from the integrated control server through the communication unit;
• a user interface unit receiving a service application downloading request command from a user;
• an application updating unit transmitting, when the service application downloading request command is input through the user interface unit, a service application request signal to the integrated control server through the communication unit, and receives a corresponding service application from the integrated control server and stores the received service application in the storage unit;
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• a service execution controlling unit extracting, when execution of at least one service application among service applications stored in the storage unit is requested, information on the execution requested service application from the storage unit to provide a corresponding service,
• wherein the service application includes a recognition application constituted by recognition technology acquiring context information when the intelligent service robot performs a specific-purpose service, a service scenario application corresponding to robot intelligence which stepwise provides a robot service according to the recognition application information, and a content application used to express a unit scenario.

An integrated control server comprising:

• a communication unit performing communication with an intelligent service robot through a communication network;
• a robot information database storing robot identification information, user identification information, an operating state, robot product information, and a robot content for a plurality of respective intelligent service robots;
• an application database storing a service application;
• a robot information monitoring unit monitoring context information of the plurality of intelligent service robots connected through the communication unit in real time to update the robot information database;
• a subscriber authenticating unit searching the robot information database to perform authentication of a corresponding user when a service application request signal is received from the intelligent service robot through the communication unit;
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• an application providing unit judging whether service application identification information included in the service application request signal is present in the application database when the corresponding user is an authenticated user according to an authentication result of the subscriber authenticating unit, and acquiring a corresponding service application from the application database according to the judgment result and providing the acquired service application to the intelligent service robot,
• wherein the application providing unit acquires the service application from the application database and providing the acquired service application to the intelligent service robot when the service application identification information is present in the application database, and outputs a service application registration request signal requesting new registration of the service application when the service application identification information is not present in the application database.

A method for operating a smart service robot, comprising the steps of:

• (a) transmitting a service application request signal to an integrated control server when an intelligent service robot receives a service application downloading request command;
• (b) performing, by the integrated control server, user authentication by searching a robot information database and judging whether service application identification information included in the service application request signal is present in an application database when a corresponding user is an authenticated user;
• (c) acquiring a service application mapped with the service application identification information from the application database and transmitting the acquired service application to the intelligent service robot when the service application identification information is present in the application database according to the judgment result of step (b), and outputting, by the integrated control server, a service application registration request signal to request new registration of the service application when the service application identification information is not present in the application database according to the judgment result of step (b);
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• (d) receiving and storing, by the intelligent service robot, the service application.