KR101992375B1 - Wi-Fi router with POS terminal function - Google Patents

Abstract

A Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function is provided. The Wi-Fi router includes a Wi-Fi chip that provides a Wi-Fi function; POS module providing POS terminal function; And a display device for displaying a screen configuration related to the Wi-Fi function and a screen configuration related to the POS terminal function, wherein the display device includes a screen configuration configured to include an administrator mode access setting button for restricting connection in a Wi- .

Description

(Wi-Fi router with POS terminal function)

The present invention relates to a Wi-Fi router, and more particularly, to a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal (Point-Of-Sales terminal) function.

Recently, as the spread of smart terminals and smart pads has increased, wireless networks such as Wi-Fi have been established and conveniently used in many places such as a business place or a store.

On the other hand, most of the shops or stores have POS (Point-Of-Sales terminal) terminals called merchant terminals. The POS terminal collects, stores, and transmits product information and customer information at the point of sale, and is a device configured to include a bar code reading mechanism, an optical character reading mechanism (OCR), and a magnetic card reading mechanism.

Typically, operators purchase POS devices and Wi-Fi routers to build wireless networks such as Wi-Fi. Therefore, the initial installation cost due to the individual purchase of the POS terminal and the Wi-Fi router is large.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a Wi-Fi router in which a POS terminal function and a Wi-Fi function are integrated.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function, including: a Wi-Fi chip providing a Wi-Fi function; POS module providing POS terminal function; And a display device for displaying a screen configuration related to the Wi-Fi function and a screen configuration related to the POS terminal function, wherein the display device includes a screen configuration configured to include an administrator mode access setting button for restricting connection in a Wi- .

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost of separately purchasing and installing the POS terminal and the Wi-Fi router, by providing the Wi-Fi router that integrates the POS terminal function and the Wi-Fi function.

Furthermore, by restricting the connection of the Wi-Fi manager mode through the touch screen provided in the Wi-Fi router, it is possible to prevent a third party from hacking into the manager mode through the Wi-Fi connection.

1 is an overall system configuration diagram including a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an overall configuration diagram of the Wi-Fi router shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the Wi-Fi chip shown in FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the POS module shown in FIG.
5 to 7 are views showing a UI screen configuration displayed on a display screen of a display device installed in a Wi-Fi router according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The various embodiments of the present invention are capable of various changes and may have various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and the detailed description is described with reference to the drawings. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the various embodiments of the invention to the specific embodiments, but includes all changes and / or equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the various embodiments of the invention. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

Hereinafter, a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall system configuration diagram including a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an overall system 500 including a Wi-Fi router equipped with a POS terminal function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a network 100, a Wi-Fi router 200, a WiFi router, a payment agent server 300 And a card server 400. [0033] FIG. However, since the entire system shown in FIG. 1 is only one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the system configurations shown in FIG.

The network 100 performs a communication connection between the wafers router 200 and the payment agent server 300. In some cases, the network 100 may perform a connection between the wafers router 200 and the payment server 400. In this case, the payment agent server 300 in the entire system 500 may be omitted. The network 100 refers to a configuration that enables mutual information exchange between nodes such as the Wi-Fi router 200 and the payment proxy server 300. An example of the network 100 is an Internet, a LAN But is not limited to, a local area network (LAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), a personal area network (PAN), 3G, 4G, LTE, .

The Wi-Fi router 200 may be a wireless access device (AP) that provides a Wi-Fi function as a device installed in a predetermined place by a business operator. For example, the Wi-Fi router 200 provides a wireless Internet service to a terminal providing a Wi-Fi zone 50 and a plurality of user terminals 1, 2, ..., n located in the Wi-Fi zone 50 The WiFi communication network can be a terminal supporting a local area network or a terminal supporting IEEE 802.11 based wireless LAN connection and device-to-device connection (PAN / LAN / WAN configuration).

The Wi-Fi router 200 may be a wireless access device (AP) equipped with a point-of-sale terminal function together with a Wi-Fi function. In terms of mounting the POS terminal function, the Wi-Fi sharer 200 may be referred to as a POS terminal equipped with an i-pie function. In this case, the POS terminal may be referred to as a merchant terminal.

In order to perform the POS terminal function, the Wi-Fi sharer 200 equipped with the POS terminal function can perform the card settlement and provide the program for the settlement to the user (merchant dealer or business operator) It is possible to connect to the settlement proxy server 300 at a remote place through the network 100 so as to transmit the settlement information to the settlement proxy server 300. [

The payment proxy server 300 includes the AP information of the corresponding merchant installed with the card information for credit card payment and the Wi-Fi router 200 equipped with the POS terminal function from the user of each user terminal 1, 2, ..., n When the payment request message is received from the Wi-Fi router 200, it communicates with the payment server 400 to provide the payment card 400 with the user's card information and provides the payment agency service.

The payment server 400 may be a server installed in a bank or card company.

Meanwhile, the user terminals 1, 2, ..., n may be a terminal connected to the Wi-Fi router 200 equipped with the POS terminal function.

Each of the user terminals 1, 2, ..., n is a wireless communication device with guaranteed portability and mobility. The user terminals 1, 2, ..., n include a Personal Communication System (PCS), a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), a Personal Digital Cellular (PDC) Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W- A handheld based wireless communication device such as a smart phone, a smartphone, a smartpad, a tablet PC, and the like.

2 is an overall configuration diagram of the Wi-Fi router shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the Wi-Fi router 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a function of integrating a Wi-Fi function and a POS terminal function. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately purchase and install a Wi-Fi router in order to provide a Wi-Fi service in addition to the POS terminal in a business place or an affiliated shop where the Wi-Fi router 200 of the present invention is installed. Therefore, the cost for separately installing the Wi-Fi router and the POS terminal can be greatly reduced.

2, the Wi-Fi router 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a Wi-Fi chip 210, a POS module 220, and a POS module 220. The Wi- And a display module 230.

The Wi-Fi chip 210 may be a module manufactured in the form of a chip providing a Wi-Fi function. The Wi-Fi chip 210 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be configured not only to provide a Wi-Fi function, but also to have additional functions for blocking hacking penetrating the Wi-Fi manager mode through Wi-Fi connection. This will be described in more detail in FIG. 3 below.

The POS module 220 may be a chip-type module for providing a POS function. In other words, the POS module 220 can proceed to settle the card, provide the program for the settlement to the user (merchant dealer or business operator), and transmit the card settlement information related to the card settlement to the payment agency server 300 (100) to the remote payment agent server (300).

The display device 230 includes a display panel in which a touch panel is incorporated to recognize a touch input of a user, and the display module 230 can display various display screens through the display panel.

The display device 230 may display a Wi-Fi manager mode connection screen for blocking hacking penetrating the Wi-Fi manager mode through the display screen. The display device 230 may generate an administrator mode access control signal in response to the user's touch input for restricting access to the Wi-Fi manager mode on the Wi-Fi manager mode connection screen, and may transmit the generated manager mode access control signal to the Wi-Fi chip 210.

The Wi-Fi chip 210 restricts access to the Wi-Fi manager mode according to an administrator mode access control signal from the display device 230, thereby blocking hacking that penetrates the manager mode through a Wi-Fi connection.

Also, the display device 230 can display a progress screen of card settlement and an execution screen of a program for settlement.

Also, the display device 230 can display an inventory management screen, an order management screen, a commute / work management screen, and a sales management screen in accordance with the processing result of the POS module.

3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the Wi-Fi chip shown in FIG.

3, the Wi-Fi chip 210 may control access to the Wi-Fi manager mode according to an administrator mode access control signal transmitted from the display device 230 according to a user's touch input, have. Therefore, the Wi-Fi router of the present invention can block the operation control of the router by another person by hacking. In particular, when integrating the POS terminal function and the Wi-Fi function as in the present invention, it is very important to completely block the external hacking in order to prevent the hacking related to the card settlement.

Therefore, in the present invention, not only the simple integration of the Wi-Fi function and the POS terminal function is provided, but also an important technical feature of achieving the weakness of the security due to the integration through the anti-hacking function of the Wi-Fi chip.

More specifically, the Wi-Fi chip 210 includes a control unit 210-1, a Wi-Fi module 210-3, a network chipset 210-5, a switching MAC 210-7, a wired transceiver unit 210-9, an EEPROM A buffer memory 210-11, a buffer memory 210-13, and a management information memory 210-15.

The control unit 210-1 responds to an administrator mode access control signal from the display device 230 in accordance with a touch input of the user so as to block the administrator mode access to the Wi- -15) access blocking or a read-only mode. The controller 210-1 controls the EEPROM 210-2 in response to an administrator mode access control signal from the display device 230 in response to a user's touch input in order to block the firmware update to the Wi- 11 from the access point.

The Wi-Fi module 210-3 may perform wireless communication with the user terminals 1, 2, ..., n located in the Wi-Fi zone based on the wireless communication protocol.

The network chipset 210-5 can transmit a network signal between the wired transmitting / receiving unit 210-9 and the Wi-Fi module 210-3, which are wired in the room, to the device.

The switching MAC 210-7 is provided between the wired transmission / reception unit 209 and the network chipset 210-5, and can perform an IP address search and allocation function based on the MAC address information.

The EEPROM 210-11 may store system information of the Wi-Fi router 200. [

The buffer memory 210-13 can temporarily store data.

The management information memory 210-15 may store password information of the Wi-Fi router 200 set by the user and information related to the Wi-Fi router.

In the WiFi chip 210 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the EEPROM 210-11 and the management information memory 210-15 are physically separated. This is to prevent unauthorized access to memory itself. That is, when the management information memory 210-15 and the EEPROM 210-11 are allocated only to one memory element, it is difficult to block unauthorized access only by address control for each memory. For example, even if the firmware update information stored in the EEPROM 210-11 is set to be read-only, the EEPROM 210-11 information can be modified with administrator authority after extracting the management information with different addressing.

Accordingly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 210-1 sets a right to modify management information and firmware information in response to an administrator mode access control signal transmitted from the display device 230 according to a user's touch input, Registration management for management information and firmware information is also controlled in a physically separated state.

The management information memory 210-15 registers and manages the device information registered by the user including the password information set by the user. The password information and the device information can be modified only by the touch input of the user through the display screen. That is, the password information and the device information are given a right of modification only by the user's touch input through the display screen.

Meanwhile, the control unit 210-1 controls operation of the network chipset 210-5 according to activation of the Wi-Fi module 210-3, extracts password information registered in the management information memory 210-15 To the network chipset 210-5, thereby activating the network chipset 210-5.

On the other hand, when the password change is requested from the Wi-Fi module 210-3, the network chipset 210-5 extracts the previously registered password information from the management information memory 210-15 and matches the password input from the device And a user confirmation procedure for determining whether the user is a user. This confirmation procedure proceeds on the display screen of the display device 230 only. Then, the network chipset 210-5 requests the control unit 210-1 to approve the password change after the approval according to the user confirmation procedure.

At this time, the controller 210-1 determines whether or not the administrator mode access control signal is received from the display device 230 in response to the password change request requested from the network chipset 210-5. The administrator mode access control signal The control unit 210-1 notifies the network chipset 210-5 of the rejection of the password change.

Of course, since the control unit 210-5 is in the state in which the management information memory 221 is blocked (read-only mode) in response to the manager mode access control signal from the display device 230, Access is not possible. Nevertheless, the control unit 210-1 refuses the access to the management information memory 221 through communication with the network chipset 205 to notify the corresponding device of a message of connection rejection.

The controller 210-1 determines whether the firmware information registered in the EEPROM 210-11 is accessed according to an administrator mode access control signal from the display device 230, A notification is made as to whether or not the firmware is updated.

4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the POS module shown in FIG.

4, a POS module 220 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a communication module 220-1, a sign pad module (digital signature terminal) 220-3, The magnetic tape reader 220-7, the interface 220-9, the IC card reader 220-11, the encryption module 220-13, and the database 220-15, . ≪ / RTI >

The communication module 220-1 may be connected to the network 100 (shown in FIG. 1). The communication module 2210-1 transmits the payment information generated according to the execution of the card settlement process and settlement process performed by the control section 220-17 to the settlement agency server 2200 via the network 100 300) or the payment server (400).

The sign pad module 220-3 can encrypt the signature data of the customer inputted through the signature input unit formed on one side of the housing constituting the Wi-Fi router 200, and display the signature data of the customer. The sine pad module 120 functions as a kind of electronic signature terminal.

The pin pad module 220-5 can be configured to input the password and input the amount to send out the data.

The magnetic stripe card readout reader 220-7 can be configured to have a function of reading information recorded on a card recorded in a magnetic stripe.

The interface 220-9 may be configured to have a function of interfacing the external device with the Wi-Fi router 200. [ Here, the external device may be a printer device that prints the receipt. Further, the interface 220-9 may be configured to further have a function of interfacing with the display device 230. [

The IC card reader 220-11 can be configured to have a function of reading the information recorded in the customer's IC card chip.

The encryption module 220-13 may be configured to encrypt the data related to the card settlement processed by the controller 220-17 so that the settlement server 300 or the payment server 400 can authenticate the data.

The database 220-15 may store transaction information including transaction amount and item of the customer who has been paid using the customer's credit card or the cash IC card. For example, the settlement history information about the settlement item and the amount caused by the settlement using the cash IC card, and the account related transaction history information about the transaction item and the amount caused by the account related transaction using the cash IC card are stored in the database 220 -15). ≪ / RTI >

The control unit 220-17 manages and controls the overall operations of the configurations 220-1 to 220-15 shown in FIG. 4, and mainly carries out card settlement, and executes a program for settlement, an inventory management program, An order management program, a commute management program, a sales management program, and the like. The control unit 220-17 may include a general purpose processor for processing a program and a graphics processor for processing data according to a program execution result into various graphic screens and outputting the processed data to a display screen.

Although not shown in the figure, the POS module 220 may be configured to further include a dongle module functioning to recognize the RF card.

5 to 7 are views showing a UI screen configuration displayed on a display screen of a display device installed in a Wi-Fi router according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation of the Wi-Fi router, a WIFI connection screen may be displayed to the user. As shown in FIG. 5, the WIFI connection screen may include an ID input window 51 for inputting a user ID and a password input window 53 for inputting a password of a user. For example, when the user touches the ID input window 51, a key input screen is automatically displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the user inputs his or her ID using the key input screen, Click the Finish button displayed on the screen. In a similar manner, when the user touches the password input window 53, a key input screen is automatically displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the user inputs his / her password using the key input screen, Click the Finish button.

When the user presses the next button 55 after inputting the correct ID and password, a WiFi manager mode connection screen capable of restricting the connection in the Wi-Fi manager mode is displayed for blocking the hacking, as shown in FIG. .

The WiFi manager mode connection screen may be configured to include, for example, an administrator mode access setting button 61 and a firmware update setting button 63. [

The administrator mode access setting button 61 is a button for setting the access information block (210-15 of FIG. 3) in the WiFi router 200 to block access or read only mode. When the user presses the administrator mode access setting button 61 2) generates an administrator mode access control signal for setting access read-only mode or access blocking of the management information memory (210-15 in FIG. 3), and transmits the manager mode access control signal to the WiFi chip 210 To the control unit (210-1 in Fig. 3).

The firmware update setting button 63 is a button for blocking the firmware update to the Wi-Fi router 200. When the user touches the firmware update setting button 63, the display device (230 of FIG. 2) 210-11), and transmits the generated manager mode access control signal to the control unit (210-1 in FIG. 3) in the Wi-Fi chip 210. [

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to restrict access to the Wi-Fi manager mode only on the touch screen provided by the Wi-Fi router 200, thereby enabling the third party to intrude on hacking into the manager mode through the Wi-Fi connection.

Thereafter, when the user touches the next button 63 after completing the connection restriction setting through the administrator mode connection screen, a UI screen configuration that can be provided by the POS terminal can be displayed as shown in FIG. 7 . The UI screen configuration that can be provided by the POS terminal may include, for example, a window 71 in which an ordered goods list is displayed, a display window 73 in which the total amount is displayed, and an order button 75.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood that various modifications and applications not illustrated in the drawings are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments of the present invention can be modified and implemented. It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims (1)

WiFi chip with WiFi capability;
POS module providing POS terminal function; And
And a display device for displaying a screen configuration related to the Wi-Fi function and a screen configuration related to the POS terminal function,
In the screen configuration,
An administrator mode access setting button and a firmware update setting button for limiting connection in the Wi-Fi manager mode,
In the above-described Wafer chip,
A management information memory, an EEPROM physically spaced from the management information memory, and a network chipset,
Wherein the display device generates an administrator mode access control signal for setting an access blocking mode or a read-only mode of the management information memory according to a user touch of the administrator mode access setting button, Generates an administrator mode access control signal for blocking the access of the EEPROM,
Wherein,
Setting an access right to the management information stored in the management information memory and the firmware information stored in the EEPROM in response to the manager mode access control signal to block access to the management information memory and the EEPROM,
Controlling the registration management of the management information and the firmware information while the management information memory and the EEPROM are physically separated from each other,
When receiving the password change request from the network chipset, if the administrator mode access control signal is not received according to whether the administrator mode access control signal is received, the network chipset is notified of the approval rejection of the password change Wi-Fi router with force terminal function.

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