Patent application EP18178401A (EP), filed 2018-06-19
Publication number: EP3419254A1
Title: INFORMATION METHOD AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING TO A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL OF A USER, INFORMATION MANAGER AND BROADCASTER
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing information to and a method for broadcasting to a communication terminal of a user, said information being based on data relating to at least one object connected to a communication network, such as the Internet, and also relates to the information manager and broadcaster using said methods.  One subject of the invention is a method for providing information to a user of a communication terminal, said information being based on data relating to at least one object connected to a communication network. The information-providing method includes selecting a broadcasting channel depending on whether the broadcasting channel is being actively used by the communication terminal of the destination user, the broadcasting channel being able to broadcast, to the at least one communication terminal of the user, a piece of information generated on the basis of at least one datum originating from at least one connected object associated with the user.  Thus, the data originating from the connected object(s) allow a user to be informed in a pertinent, personalized and unintrusive way.
IPC codes: H04L  45/    02            A I
H04L  67/    12            A I
H04L  67/    55            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: Method for providing information to a user of a communication terminal, said information being based on data relating to at least one object connected to a communication network, the information-providing method including selecting a broadcasting channel depending on whether the broadcasting channel is being actively used by the communication terminal of the destination user, the broadcasting channel being able to broadcast, to at least one communication terminal of the user, a piece of information generated on the basis of at least one datum originating from at least one connected object associated with the user.
number: 2
text: Information-providing method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the information-providing method includes analyzing the behavior of the destination user, the analyzed behavior being used, by the selection, to determine whether one or more broadcasting channels are being actively used by the user.
number: 3
text: Information-providing method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information-providing method includes predicting, depending on at least one behavior of the user, whether a broadcasting channel will be being actively used by the user at a given time at which the generated piece of information is to be broadcast.
number: 4
text: Information-providing method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information-providing method includes generating a piece of information to be broadcast depending:
number: 5
text: Information-providing method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the information-providing method includes integrating the generated piece of information into useful data of a signal transmitted via the selected broadcasting channel.
number: 6
text: Information-providing method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the information-providing method includes converting the generated piece of information into a format compatible with the selected broadcasting channel, the resulting converted piece of information being able to be integrated into useful data of a signal in the process of being broadcast.
number: 7
text: Method for broadcasting, to a communication terminal of a user, a signal based on data relating to at least one object connected to a communication network, the broadcasting method including broadcasting a piece of information generated on the basis of at least one datum originating from at least one connected object to at least one communication terminal of the user over a broadcasting channel that is selected depending on whether the broadcasting channel is being actively used by the communication terminal of the destination user.
number: 8
text: Broadcasting method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the broadcasting method includes integrating the generated piece of information into useful data of a signal transmitted via the selected broadcasting channel.
number: 9
text: Broadcasting method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the integration includes at least one of the following steps:
number: 10
text: Broadcasting method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the broadcasting method includes converting the generated piece of information into a format compatible with the selected broadcasting channel, the resulting converted piece of information being able to be integrated into useful data of a signal in the process of being broadcast.
number: 11
text: Broadcasting method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the broadcasting channel is a broadcasting channel of at least one of the following types:
number: 12
text: Program comprising program-code instructions for executing steps of the information-providing method according to any one of the preceding claims and/or steps of a broadcasting method according to any one of the preceding claims when said program is executed by a processor.
number: 13
text: Manager of the information provided to a user of a communication terminal depending on data relating to at least one object connected to a communication network, the information manager including at least one broadcasting-channel selector, the selector choosing a broadcasting channel depending on whether the broadcasting channel is being actively used by a communication terminal of a destination user, the broadcasting channel being able to broadcast, to at least one communication terminal of the user, a piece of information generated on the basis of at least one datum originating from at least one connected object.
number: 14
text: Connected-object manager including:
number: 15
text: Broadcaster of multimedia data to at least one communication terminal of a user, the broadcaster including an emitter for emitting, over a selected broadcasting channel, to at least one communication terminal of a user, a signal intended to be transmitted by the selected broadcasting channel, into which signal is integrated a piece of information generated on the basis of at least one datum originating from at least one connected object, the broadcasting channel having been selected depending on whether the broadcasting channel is being actively used by a communication terminal of a destination user.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-26
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2011187928A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2093967A2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2005198063A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2005198063
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2093967
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2011187928
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-26)