WO2020071571A1

WO2020071571A1 - Bluetooth low energy (ble)-based object communication system integrated into mobile messenger, and object communication method using same

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Publication number: WO2020071571A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/011801
Authority: WO
Inventors: 홍종욱; 공명석
Original assignee: 주식회사 커넥스트
Priority date: 2018-10-05
Filing date: 2018-10-05
Publication date: 2020-04-09

Abstract

The present invention relates to an object communication system and method, and more specifically, to: a system in which an object communication system is integrated into an existing mobile messenger system such that object communication can be performed without the need for a separate application for object communication; and a method thereof.

Description

[Correction according to Rule 26.02.2019] 저 Low-power Bluetooth (BLE) -based object communication system integrated in mobile messenger and object communication method using the same

The present invention relates to a low-power Bluetooth (Bluetooth Low Energy) -based object communication, and more particularly, to an object communication system and method using a low-power Bluetooth (BLE) that integrates the object communication function in the existing mobile messenger.

Internet of Things (IoT) technology can be described as providing communication functions to objects in order to monitor or control them. In order to monitor or control objects to which the communication function is provided as described above, an observation / control means for performing the monitoring or control function is required, and a typical example of such observation / control means is a smartphone or mobile There is a device.

In order to monitor or control objects using an observation / control means including a smart phone or a mobile device, a communication technology for communication between the observation / control means and objects is required, and as a representative example, low-power Bluetooth (Bluetooth) Low Energy) technology.

Low-power Bluetooth (Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE) technology is derived from the existing Bluetooth (Bluetooth) technology, and is supported by being installed on all smartphones or mobile devices along with the existing Bluetooth (Bluetooth) technology. Low-power Bluetooth (BLE) technology is the most scalable technology in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in that it is basically installed in all smartphones or mobile devices. It is a widely used wireless communication technology.

In order to monitor or control objects to which communication functions are provided using such low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication technology, a platform related to the communication technology is required. It is mainly developed and used in the form of an application program of a separate smartphone or mobile device.

However, a method of observing / controlling object communication using an application of a smart phone or a mobile device requires installation of an individual application for a specific object. Therefore, in order to observe / control by communicating with various kinds of different objects with one smartphone or mobile device, an individual application must be installed and used for each object.

This method has a problem in that the capacity and power consumption of a smart phone or a mobile device are not efficient, and the user convenience is significantly reduced in terms of installing and managing multiple applications.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of the method of using a separate application for each object for communication with objects, the present invention does not need to install and manage a separate application, multiple objects with a single smartphone or mobile device It is to provide a system and method for communicating with the.

An object communication system integrated with a mobile messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a conversation partner ID obtaining unit for acquiring a conversation partner ID for data exchange; A conversation partner ID display unit displaying a conversation partner ID obtained through the conversation partner ID acquisition unit; A chat partner selection unit that selects a specific chat partner ID from among the chat partner IDs displayed on the chat partner ID display unit; A communication unit connecting and performing communication for data exchange with the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit; An input / output unit for displaying and inputting data exchanged with a conversation partner ID connected through communication through a chat window; It is configured to include.

On the other hand, the conversation partner ID acquisition unit, a user ID acquisition unit for obtaining a user ID from a user registered in a phone number and a messenger account previously stored in a mobile device; And an object ID acquiring unit that acquires an object ID from an advertising packet received from at least one object existing within a certain radius. Characterized in that it comprises a.

The object ID acquisition unit, through a low-power Bluetooth (BLE), advertising packet receiving unit for receiving an advertising packet (Advertising packet) at a predetermined periodic interval from at least one object existing within a certain radius; An advertisement packet selector for selecting a specific advertisement packet from among the received advertisement packets to obtain an object ID; Characterized in that it comprises a.

In addition, the advertisement packet selection unit, a packet information extraction unit for extracting the advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet received by the advertisement packet receiving unit; A packet list generator for generating a list of advertisement packet information for the extracted advertisement packet information; A selection signal receiver configured to receive a selection signal generated by selecting specific advertisement packet information to obtain an object ID from the generated advertisement packet information list; Characterized in that it comprises a.

On the other hand, the object ID acquisition unit, object ID extraction unit for extracting the object ID from the advertisement packet information selected by the advertisement packet selection unit; An object ID list generator for generating an object ID list including object information for the extracted object ID; Characterized in that it comprises a.

On the other hand, if the communication unit includes a first identification code that identifies the identification number included in the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit and the selected conversation partner ID is a user ID, based on the mobile communication network. A data path setting unit that sets a path for data exchange with a user; When performing a communication connection through, and includes a second identification code for distinguishing that the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit is an object ID, data for data exchange with the corresponding object based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE) A data channel setting unit for setting a channel; It is characterized by performing a communication connection through.

Here, when the communication connection is completed through the data path setting with the corresponding user by the data path setting unit of the communication unit or the communication connection is completed through the data channel setting with the object by the data channel setting unit, the input / output unit When a chat window for exchanging data with the conversation partner ID is generated, and when the created chat window is exited or deleted, the communication unit is characterized in terminating a communication connection with a corresponding user or object.

On the other hand, when the input / output unit includes a second identification code for distinguishing that the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit is an object ID, object data and settings received from a corresponding communication object connected through a set data channel. A text conversion unit that converts information into text and displays it in a chat window; A data input unit for inputting information that resets object data and setting information displayed in the chat window; And a data conversion unit that converts and transmits reset information input as text information from the data input unit to data that can be recognized by the object, and performs data exchange with the object.

On the other hand, the advertisement packet information list generated by the packet list generating unit is characterized by being composed of the type of advertisement packet, the object ID and the main data transmitted by the object.

In addition, the object ID list is characterized in that it consists of an object setting image, the object ID and the main data transmitted by the object.

On the other hand, the object ID list generating unit, update information acquisition unit; It is configured to further include, and the update information acquisition unit extracts the main data transmitted by the objects included in the object ID list among the advertisement packets inputted from the advertisement packet receiver, and uses the extracted main data to extract the object ID list. It is characterized by updating.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for communicating objects through an object communication system integrated with a mobile messenger, advertising packets (Advertising) at predetermined cycle intervals from at least one object existing within a certain radius through low-power Bluetooth (BLE) an advertisement packet receiving step of receiving a packet); For data exchange through a user ID acquisition step of acquiring a user ID from a phone number stored in a mobile device and a user registered in a messenger account and an object ID acquisition step of acquiring an object ID from the received advertising packet A conversation partner ID acquisition step of acquiring a conversation partner ID; A conversation partner ID display step of displaying a conversation partner ID obtained through the conversation partner ID acquisition step; A conversation ID selection step of selecting a specific conversation ID for data exchange among the conversation IDs displayed through the conversation ID display step; And a communication connection step of connecting and performing communication with the conversation partner selected in the conversation partner ID selection step.

Here, the conversation partner ID display step includes: a user ID display step of displaying a user ID obtained through the user ID acquisition step; And an object ID display step of displaying the object ID obtained through the object ID obtaining step. It is configured to include, the user ID display step and the object ID display step, characterized in that it is displayed by using any one of a method of displaying together in a single window or a method of displaying in a separate window, respectively. do.

On the other hand, the object ID acquisition step, the packet information extraction step of extracting the advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet received in the advertisement packet receiving step; A packet list generation step of generating a list of advertisement packet information for the extracted advertisement packet information; An object ID extraction step of selecting specific advertisement packet information to obtain an object ID from the generated advertisement packet information list, and extracting an object ID for the selected advertisement packet information; An object ID list generating step of generating an object ID list including object information on the object ID extracted in the object ID extraction step; Characterized in that it comprises a.

On the other hand, in the communication connection step, when the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step includes a first identification code for distinguishing the user ID, a path for data exchange with the corresponding user is set based on the mobile communication network. A data path setting step; When the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step includes a second identification code for distinguishing that it is an object ID, a data channel for data exchange with the object is set based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE). A data channel setting step; Characterized in that is performed, and when the communication connection with the selected conversation partner ID is completed, a chat window for data exchange with the corresponding user ID or object ID is generated.

At this time, including a second identification code for distinguishing that the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step is an object ID, when communicating with the object through the data channel setting step, the object received from the communication connected object A text conversion step of converting data and setting information into text and displaying it in a chat window; A data input step of inputting reset information that resets setting information of the object displayed on the chat window; And a data transmission step of converting and transmitting reset information input as text information in the data input step into data recognizable by the object. Characterized in that it is performed to exchange data with the object.

Meanwhile, a communication termination step of terminating a communication connection with a communication-connected object through the communication connection step; It further comprises, and terminating the communication connection is characterized in that consisting of leaving or deleting the chat room.

On the other hand, the advertisement packet information list generated in the packet list generation step is characterized in that it consists of the type of advertisement packet, the object ID and the main data transmitted by the object.

In addition, the object ID list including the object information is characterized by being composed of an object setting image, an object ID, and main data transmitted by the object.

The present invention can solve the inconvenience of installing and managing individual applications for each object as in the past by integrating the object communication function into the messenger of a smartphone or mobile device. In addition, since there is no need to install multiple applications, a reduction in capacity and power consumption can be achieved.

1 is a view showing a basic configuration screen of a mobile messenger.

2 is a view showing the configuration of the chat window of the mobile messenger.

3 is a diagram showing a conversation establishment procedure of a mobile messenger.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for establishing an object communication in a mobile messenger.

Figure 5 shows the configuration of the object communication system integrated in the mobile messenger of the present invention

Is a drawing.

6 is a diagram showing the configuration of an advertisement packet information list.

7 is a diagram illustrating Embodiment 1 of an object ID list display method.

8 is a view showing a second embodiment of the object ID list display method.

9 is a view showing an embodiment of data exchange using a chat window.

10 is a view showing an embodiment of a communication connection termination.

11 is a view showing an object communication method of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily practice. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In addition, in order to clearly describe the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

Terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component without departing from the scope of the present invention, and similarly, the second component may be referred to as a first component. Terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . Also, when a part “includes” a certain component, this means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise specified. The terms "~ (step)" or "step of" as used in the present specification do not mean "step for".

The terminology used in the present invention was selected from the general terms that are currently widely used while considering the functions in the present invention, but this may vary according to the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art or the appearance of new technologies. In addition, in certain cases, some terms are arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, their meanings will be described in detail in the description of the applicable invention. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the contents of the present invention, not simply the names of the terms.

Prior to the detailed description, an overview of the system and method of the present invention will be described to help understanding of the present invention.

1. Overview of the system and method of the present invention

end. Interpretation of terms used in the present invention

Terms used in the present invention are interpreted to have the meanings described below, but are not limited thereto.

(1) Object

In the present invention, the object means a device incorporating a BLE chip capable of low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication, which is a short-range communication technology with a smartphone or a mobile device, and may be configured with, for example, a beacon.

(2) Smartphone or mobile messenger

A smartphone or mobile messenger refers to all programs in the form of an application developed to exchange various data such as text between people using a smartphone or mobile.

The smartphone or mobile messenger, the profile image of the friend / user (user) corresponding to the phone number or messenger ID registered in the smartphone or mobile, the friend / user (user) name, and the state set by the users (user) An initial screen in the form of a list displaying a message is constructed. Depending on the type of smartphone or mobile messenger, status messages may not be displayed. (See Figure 1)

In addition, a chat window (chat room) for transmitting and receiving various data such as text with a specific friend / user among friends / users displayed on the initial screen is configured. (See Figure 2)

In the present invention, a smart phone messenger and a mobile messenger have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably.

(3) Type of advertising packet transmitted by an object / Main data

The types of advertising packets transmitted by objects through low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication are typically three types as follows, and the main data among the data transmitted by each advertising packet are as follows.

Ⅰ. BLE Advertising packet

-Manufacturer specific data: Manufacturer company ID

-Tx Power Level: Transmission power level

-Appearance: the shape code of the object (designate each shape code in the Bluetooth SIG)

-LE Bluetooth Device Address

Ⅱ. iBeacon

-UUID: Wide range of service ID

-Major ID: ID classified within UUID range

-Minor ID: ID classified within the range of Major ID

-Tx Power Level: Transmission power level

Ⅲ. Eddyston

-UID: application service ID

-URL: URL address information

-TLM: Telemetry beacon terminal status information (status information of objects transmitting Eddystone beacon)

Here, the main data transmitted by the advertising packet has the same configuration as the main data transmitted by the object. Also, the main data transmitted by the advertising packet / object means a part included in the object advertisement data.

I. Overview of IoT communication system and method integrated in mobile messenger of the present invention

1. Mobile messenger communication establishment procedure

Prior to describing the present invention, the number of conversations with the user in the mobile messenger

Explain the rip and end procedures.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the procedure for establishing a conversation in a mobile messenger may be composed of five steps, and each step operation may be described as follows.

Ⅰ. Search phase

In the search step, a user ID to be searched among the user IDs registered in the mobile messenger account is searched for the corresponding user. In addition, a user whose phone number has already been registered on the mobile is automatically registered in the user ID list.

Ⅱ. Registration stage

This is the step of registering the user ID of the user searched in the search step in the user ID list. Once registered, it is added to the user list and displayed on the initial screen as shown in FIG. 1.

Ⅲ. Selection stage

The selection step is a step of selecting a contact person to chat (chat) with a specific user or multiple users.

Ⅳ. Connection stage

This is the step of creating a chat room (chat window) to proceed with the conversation (chat) with the conversation partner selected in the selection step. Data is transmitted and received through a generated chat room (chat window) through a specific chat partner or a plurality of chat partners.

Ⅴ. End stage

This is the step of ending data transmission and reception with the user through the generated chat room (chat window). This consists of leaving or deleting the chat room (chat window).

2. Things communication establishment procedure

As in the present invention, in order to integrate the thing communication function in the mobile messenger, as described with reference to FIG. 3, a thing communication procedure and a user interface corresponding to the mobile messenger communication procedure are required. Accordingly, a procedure for establishing an object communication corresponding to a mobile messenger communication procedure will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The procedure for establishing an object communication consists of six steps, and each step is described as follows.

Ⅰ. Search phase

The search step is a step of searching for surrounding objects. The search method is performed by searching for all objects that are performing object communication within a certain radius, and filtering and searching according to a specific address (or ID) or a set of address groups.

Ⅱ. Registration stage

This is the step of registering objects that you want to monitor or communicate with among the found objects.

Ⅲ. Monitoring (observation) stage

This is the step of monitoring (observing) data or status signals transmitted by the registered objects in the registration step.

Ⅳ. Selection stage

This is a step of selecting objects to be set / controlled through the communication connection with a specific object among registered objects.

Ⅴ. Connection stage

This is a step of performing service discovery and setting of objects in a state in which communication is made with a specific object or objects selected in the selection step.

Ⅵ. End stage

This is a step of terminating the connection with a specific object or objects connected with communication, that is, a step of ending data exchange with the object. Here, after ending the connection, the process returns to the monitoring (observation) step.

Hereinafter, an object communication system integrated in the mobile messenger of the present invention and an object communication method using the same will be described using the mobile messenger and the object communication procedure.

2. Object communication system integrated in a mobile messenger according to the present invention

The object communication system of the present invention is integrated into a mobile messenger. The overall system configuration is as shown in FIG. 5.

2.1. Conversation partner ID acquisition unit (100)

The conversation partner ID acquisition unit is configured to acquire a conversation partner ID for data exchange. The conversation partner ID acquisition unit may include a user ID acquisition unit and an object ID acquisition unit.

end. User ID acquisition unit (110)

The user ID acquisition unit is configured to acquire a user ID from a user registered in a mobile messenger account and a phone number previously stored in the mobile device. The user ID thus obtained is displayed in the form of a list.

I. Object ID acquisition unit 120

The object ID acquisition unit is configured to acquire an object ID from an advertising packet received from at least one object existing within a certain radius. The acquired object ID has a predetermined data format, and includes a unique identifier corresponding to each object ID, and includes a second identification code indicating that it is an object ID.

The object ID acquisition unit may be configured to include each of the following configurations.

1) Ad packet receiving unit 121

It is a configuration that receives an advertising packet at predetermined periodic intervals from at least one object existing within a certain radius through low-power Bluetooth (BLE).

In low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication, the mobile messenger performs the Central / Master function, and the objects perform the Peripheral / Slave function. Things that function as a peripheral function are in the state of repeatedly transmitting BLE Advertising packets defined according to the low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication protocol, iBeacon, an Apple standard, or Eddystone packets of Google, at predetermined intervals. Accordingly, the mobile messenger performing the central function is to scan the above-described packets at predetermined intervals.

2) Ad packet selection unit 122

The advertisement packet selection unit is configured to select a specific advertisement packet in order to obtain an object ID among advertisement packets received from the advertisement packet reception unit. The advertisement packet selection unit may include a packet information extraction unit and a packet list generation unit.

2-1) Packet information extraction unit 1222

This configuration extracts advertisement packet information from advertisement packets received by the advertisement packet receiver. Here, the advertisement packet information includes a type of advertisement packet, an object ID, and main data transmitted by the object.

2-2) Packet list generator 1224

The packet list generation unit is configured to generate a list of advertisement packet information on advertisement packet information extracted by the packet information extraction unit. The types of advertisement packets included in the advertisement packet information, the object ID, and the main data transmitted by the object are generated and displayed in a list form. (See Figure 6)

Here, the advertisement packet information list is displayed in a window separate from the screen on which the user ID is displayed.

2-3) Selection signal receiver 1226

A selection signal is generated as a user selects specific advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet information list generated by the packet list generator. The selection signal receiving unit may filter the specific advertisement packet information selected by the user among the plurality of advertisement packet information included in the packet list generation unit, upon receiving the generated selection signal.

3) Object ID extraction unit (123)

This configuration extracts the object ID from the advertisement packet information selected by the advertisement packet selector. This consists of extracting advertisement packet information corresponding to the selection signal received from the selection signal receiving unit.

4) Object ID list generator 124

This is a configuration for generating an object ID list including object information on the object ID extracted by the object ID extraction unit. The object ID list including object information is composed of an object image, an object ID, and main data transmitted by the object. Here, the object image is an image set according to a user's selection. In addition, the object ID list is displayed in a window separate from the advertisement packet information list.

4-1) Update information acquisition unit (1242)

The update information acquisition unit is a component that updates the main data transmitted by the objects included in the object ID list generating unit. The update information acquisition unit is connected to an advertisement packet receiving unit, and receives an advertisement packet received from the advertisement packet receiving unit. Accordingly, it is possible to update the object ID list by extracting the main data transmitted by the object ID generated by the object ID list generator from among the received advertisement packets.

Accordingly, the object ID list is continuously updated and displayed through the update information acquisition unit 1242.

2.2. Conversation partner ID display unit (200)

It is configured to display the conversation partner IDs obtained from the conversation partner ID acquisition unit 100, and includes a user ID display unit 210 for displaying a user ID and an object ID display unit 220 for displaying an object ID. The user ID display unit 210 may provide the user ID obtained from the user ID acquisition unit 110 in a list form. In addition, the object ID display unit 220 may display the object ID list generated by the object ID list generation unit 124 of the object ID acquisition unit 120. As described above, the user ID and the object ID, which are the conversation IDs obtained for data exchange, are displayed in a list form, so that the user can inquire the conversation IDs to perform the data exchange.

The user ID display unit 210 and the object ID display unit 220 may be integrated in one window and displayed together. As shown in FIG. 7, the user ID list and the thing ID list are integrated and displayed in one window. Therefore, when the user searches for the conversation partner ID for data exchange, the user ID and the object ID can be searched together in one window.

In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the user ID display unit 210 and the object ID display unit 220 are not used in a manner in which the user ID display unit 210 and the object ID display unit 220 are integrated and displayed together in one window. Is displayed in different windows. That is, only the thing ID list is displayed in a window separate from the user ID list, for example, as shown in FIG. 8. In this case, when the user queries the conversation partner ID for data exchange, only one user ID is searched in one window ( 1), and in another window, only the object ID can be inquired (FIG. 8).

2.3. Conversation partner selection unit (300)

This is a configuration for selecting a specific chat partner for data exchange among the chat partner IDs displayed through the chat partner ID display unit 200.

As in the first embodiment described above, the user ID list and the object ID list that are integrated and displayed in one window may select a conversation partner ID for which data is to be exchanged, or each user displayed in a different window as in the second embodiment. It can be made by selecting a conversation partner ID that wants to exchange data among an ID list and a thing ID list.

2.4. Communication Department 400

This is a configuration that connects communication for data exchange with a user or an object corresponding to the conversation partner selected by the conversation partner selection unit and performs communication.

The communication unit may include a data path setting unit and a data channel setting unit.

end. Data path setting unit 410

When the conversation partner selected by the conversation partner selection unit is a user ID, a configuration for setting a path for data exchange with the selected user ID based on the mobile communication network. In addition, it may be set as a path setting method for data exchange used in a general mobile messenger system, such as data path setting using an Internet network in addition to the mobile communication network.

I. Data channel setting unit (420)

When the conversation partner selected by the conversation partner selection unit is an object ID, a configuration for setting a data channel for data exchange with the selected object ID based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE).

Low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication is performed by dividing the 2.4 GHz band into a total of 40 channels. Here, 3 out of 40 channels are advertising packet channels, which are used to exchange packets for various advertising packets and connections. The remaining 37 channels are data channels, which are used to exchange data packets after connection is established.

Therefore, the data channel setting unit performs communication connection with the object by using three advertisement packet panels, and after communication connection, data communication is performed by setting a channel for data exchange with the object among 37 data channels. Is to do.

Additionally, when the chat window generated through the input / output unit described later is exited or deleted, the communication unit may terminate communication connection with a corresponding user or object.

2.5. Input / output unit 500

It is a configuration that displays and inputs data exchanged with a user or an object communicatively connected through the communication connection unit through a chat window.

The input / output unit may generate a chat window for exchanging data with the corresponding conversation partner (user or object) when communication connection with the corresponding conversation partner is completed through data path setting or data channel setting in the communication unit. Accordingly, data exchanged with a user or an object through the generated chat window can be displayed and input through the chat window.

To display and input data exchanged with a user or an object through a chat window, data received from a communication-connected conversation partner (user or object) is displayed in the chat window, and when an answer corresponding to the data is entered, the conversation partner (user or object) ) Is sent and displayed in the chat window. That is, it is configured in the form of a 1: 1 conversation with a counterpart in a general mobile messenger. (See Figure 9)

1) Text conversion unit (510)

When the conversation partner selected by the conversation partner selection unit is an object ID, the object data and setting information received from the object connected through the communication unit is converted into text and displayed in a chat window.

The object data and setting information received from the object are related to serviceable objects provided by the communication-connected object and characteristics that can be set among the characters provided by the service.

In more detail, the object data and setting information received from the object are characteristic data, and the characteristic data is, for example, a data value (actual value of data), a presentation format (data display format format), and property. (read / write availability). In addition, the Presentation Format (data display format format) is Format: Format of data values (int or float or UTF-8, etc.), Unit: Unit of data values (length / weight / temperature / humidity, etc., data unit) ).

Accordingly, the object data and setting information received from the object are converted into text in a format specified in the presentation format and displayed in a chat window.

2) Data input unit 520

This is a configuration for inputting a reset value / information that resets settable information among object data and setting information received from the object. For example, if the property (read / write availability) item is set to write among the object data and setting information, that is, characteristic data, an input field for writing it is provided. Therefore, the user inputs information / value to be reset in the provided input field.

3) Data conversion unit (530)

It is a configuration that converts and transmits the reset information / value input from the data input unit into data recognizable by the object.

This is to transmit a characteristic write command defined in the low power Bluetooth (BLE) standard to an object when a user inputs information / value to be reset in the input field. Therefore, when the reset information / value is transmitted through this method, the object changes the characteristic value corresponding to the transmitted information / value.

In addition, a response to the corresponding characteristic value is displayed in the chat window.

In addition, when exiting or deleting the chat window generated through the input / output unit, the communication unit may terminate communication connection with a corresponding user or object.

3. Object communication method according to the present invention

To describe the object communication method using the object communication system integrated in the mobile messenger according to the present invention. The method is constructed as shown in FIG. 11.

3.1. Advertising packet receiving step (S100)

This is a step of receiving an advertising packet at predetermined periodic intervals from at least one object existing within a certain radius through low-power Bluetooth (BLE). This may be performed by the advertisement packet receiving unit 121.

3.2. Conversation partner ID acquisition step (S200)

The conversation partner ID acquisition step is a step of obtaining a conversation partner ID for data exchange, and includes a user ID acquisition step and an object ID acquisition step.

Specifically, the user ID acquisition step of acquiring a user ID is a step of acquiring a user ID from a user registered in a phone number and a messenger account previously stored in the mobile device. In addition, the object ID acquiring step of acquiring the object ID is a step of acquiring the object ID from an advertising packet received through the advertisement packet receiving step S100. This may be performed by the user ID acquisition unit and the object ID acquisition unit described when configuring the system.

Here, the obtained user ID has a predetermined data format, and includes a unique identifier corresponding to each user ID, and a first identification code indicating that it is a user ID. In addition, the acquired object ID also has a predetermined data format, and includes a unique identifier corresponding to each object ID, and includes a second identification code indicating that it is an object ID.

Here, the present invention is integrated into a mobile messenger and communicates things, and is obtained through searching for a user number registered in a mobile messenger account or a phone number previously stored in the mobile device by the user ID obtaining unit 110 separately from the thing ID. The user ID is provided in the form of a list and is displayed as shown in FIG. 1.

The object ID acquiring step may include the following detailed steps.

end. Packet information extraction step (S210)

It is a step of extracting advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet received in the advertisement packet receiving step.

I. Packet list generation step (S220)

This is a step of generating a list of advertisement packet information for the extracted advertisement packet information. The advertisement packet information list includes an advertisement packet type, an object ID, and main data transmitted by the object. This may be performed by the packet list generator 1224. In addition, the advertisement packet information list is displayed as shown in FIG. 6.

All. Object ID extraction step (S230)

The object ID extraction step is a step of extracting an object ID for specific advertisement packet information selected by a user from the advertisement packet information list generated in the packet list generation step.

The user selects specific advertisement packet information desired to obtain an object ID from the list of advertisement packet information displayed as shown in FIG. 6. A selection signal is generated by selecting specific advertisement packet information, and it can be received by the selection signal receiving unit 1226. Accordingly, the object ID extraction unit 123 extracts the object ID from the advertisement packet information corresponding to the selection signal received from the selection signal receiving unit 1226.

la. Object ID list generation step (S240)

This is a step of generating a list of object IDs extracted in the object ID extraction step. The object ID list may be configured to include object information for the extracted object ID. This includes, for example, an object setting image, an object ID, and main data transmitted by the object. Here, the object setting image is an image set according to a user's selection.

The object IDs included in the generated object ID list may be described as being registered in the object communication system of the present invention.

In addition, the object ID list additionally extracts main data transmitted by an object from advertisement packets received from objects included in the object ID and reflects the object data in the object ID list. That is, the main data transmitted by the objects, which are components in the object ID list, are periodically updated and displayed. This may be performed by the update information acquisition unit 1242.

3.3. Conversation partner ID display step (S300)

In the displaying of the conversation partner ID, the user ID and the object ID acquired through the conversation partner ID acquisition step (S200) are displayed on the screen. The conversation partner ID display step may include a user ID display step of displaying the obtained user ID in a list form and an object ID display step of displaying the object ID in a list form, and the conversation obtained through such steps By displaying the relative ID, the user can search for the acquired conversation partner ID. The conversation partner ID display step may be displayed using two display methods.

In the first embodiment, a user ID list and a thing ID list are integrated in one window and displayed in a single list form (see FIG. 7). Therefore, in this case, when the user searches for the conversation partner ID for data exchange, the user ID and the object ID may be searched together in one window. This can be described in a manner that the above-described user ID display unit 210 and the object ID display unit 220 are displayed together in one window.

In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the user ID list and the thing ID list are integrated in one window and displayed in different windows instead of being displayed together. That is, the user ID list and the thing ID list are composed of two windows, respectively. When a user queries a conversation ID for data exchange, only one user ID can be searched in one window (FIG. 1). In one window, only the object ID can be searched (see FIG. 8).

3.4. Conversation partner ID selection step (S400)

It is a step of selecting a specific conversation partner ID for data exchange among the user ID or the object ID displayed through the conversation ID display step (S300). This is performed through the conversation partner selection unit 300 described when configuring the system.

3.5. Communication connection step (S500)

According to the identification code included in the user ID or the object ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step (S400), it is a step of connecting communication with a user or object using a corresponding communication connection method.

Through the conversation partner ID selection step (S400), a user can select a specific conversation partner ID (user ID or object ID) to exchange data among user IDs and object IDs provided in a list form as shown in FIG. 9. have. Accordingly, as described above, since the selected conversation partner ID has a different identification code depending on whether it is a user ID or an object ID, the communication connection step uses the communication connection method corresponding to the identification code included in the selected conversation partner ID, or the corresponding user or You can connect communication with things.

First, when the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step includes a first identification code corresponding to the user ID, the communication connection method corresponding to this is for data exchange with the user based on the mobile communication network. Communication connection may be performed through a data path setting step of setting a path. This is performed by the data path setting unit 410 described above.

On the other hand, if the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step includes a second identification code corresponding to the object ID, the corresponding communication connection method is data with the object based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE). Communication connection may be performed through a data channel setting step of setting a data channel for exchange. This is performed by the data channel setting unit 420 described above.

As described above, in the communication connection step (S500), in order to distinguish whether the selected conversation partner is a user ID or a thing ID, a communication connection method corresponding to the identification code included in each ID is applied to the corresponding user or object. This is the step of connecting communication.

3.6. Text conversion step (S600)

This is a step of converting the object data and setting information received from the communication-connected object into text through the communication connection step and displaying it in a chat window. (See Figure 9)

As described in the above system configuration, object data and setting information received from an object are characteristic data, and the characteristic data is, for example, a data value (actual value of data), a presentation format (display format of data) ), Property (read / write availability), etc. In addition, the Presentation Format (data display format format) is Format: Format of data values (int or float or UTF-8, etc.), Unit: Unit of data values (length / weight / temperature / humidity, etc., data unit) ).

Accordingly, the object data and setting information received from the object are converted into text in a format specified in the presentation format and displayed in a chat window. The text conversion step may be performed by the text conversion unit 510.

3.7. Data input step (S700)

This is a step of inputting reset information / value that resets object data and setting information displayed in a chat window with a communication connected object through the communication connection step.

It is a step of inputting reset information / value for settable information among object data and setting information displayed in the chat window through the text conversion step.

For example, if the property (read / write availability) item of the object data and setting information displayed in the chat window is marked as write, the user may reset the object data for this. In this case, the chat window is provided with an input field for reset information / value, and a user can input information / value to be reset in the input field.

3.8. Data transmission step (S800)

In the data input step, it is a step of converting and transmitting reset information / value input as text information into data recognizable by the object.

When the user inputs information / value to be reset in the input field, the characteristic write command defined in the low power Bluetooth (BLE) standard is transmitted to the object. Therefore, the object is changed to a characteristic value corresponding to the received reset information / value. This may be performed by the data conversion unit 530.

Additionally, a response to the characteristic value corresponding to the transmitted reset information / value may be displayed in the chat window.

3.9. Communication end step (S900)

After exchanging data with the communication connected object ID, it is a step of terminating the communication connection with the object ID. Terminating the communication connection, as shown in Figure 10, may be made to leave or delete the chat window with the object ID.

In addition, after the communication end step (S900), it is possible to return to the conversation partner ID selection step (S400) and select objects for data exchange to perform steps S400 to S800.

Here, step S600 to step S800, if the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation ID selection step (S400) includes a second identification code corresponding to the object ID, the data connection step of the communication connection step (S500) is set. It describes the procedure for exchanging data through the chat window with the object connected through communication. In another case, when the conversation ID selected in the conversation ID selection step (S400) includes a first identification code corresponding to a user ID, the data is set through the data path setting step of the communication connection step (S500). Exchanging data through a chat window with a user is the same as the type of conversation with a counterpart (user ID) through a chat window in a typical mobile messenger, and since it is a known technology, a detailed description is omitted.

In addition, terminating the communication connection with the communication-connected user ID may be performed by exiting or deleting the corresponding chat window in the same manner as the communication termination step (S900).

On the other hand, although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above embodiment, it should be noted that the above embodiment is for the purpose of explanation and not for the limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention.

Claims

In the object communication system integrated with the mobile messenger,

For data exchange, a conversation partner ID acquisition unit that acquires a conversation partner ID;

A conversation partner ID display unit displaying a conversation partner ID obtained through the conversation partner ID acquisition unit;

A chat partner selection unit that selects a specific chat partner ID from among the chat partner IDs displayed on the chat partner ID display unit;

A communication unit connecting and performing communication for data exchange with the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit;

An input / output unit for displaying and inputting data exchanged with a conversation partner ID connected through communication through a chat window;

It consists of,

The conversation partner ID acquisition unit,

A user ID acquiring unit for acquiring a user ID from a user registered in a phone number and a messenger account previously stored in the mobile device; And

An object ID acquiring unit for acquiring an object ID from an advertising packet received from at least one object existing within a certain radius;

It comprises,

The conversation partner ID display unit,

A user ID display unit for displaying the user ID acquired by the user ID acquisition unit; And an object ID display unit that displays the object ID obtained from the object ID acquisition unit. It consists of,

The user ID display unit and the object ID display unit may be displayed by using either one of a method of integrating and displaying in one window or a method of displaying in different windows, respectively.

The communication unit,

Checking the identification code included in the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit and including the first identification code for distinguishing that the selected conversation partner ID is a user ID, exchanges data with the user based on the mobile communication network. Data path setting unit for setting a path for; Through the communication connection,

When the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit includes a second identification code for distinguishing that it is an object ID, a data channel setting unit for setting a data channel for data exchange with the object based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE) ; Characterized by performing a communication connection through,

The input and output unit,

When the conversation partner ID selected by the conversation partner selection unit includes a second identification code for distinguishing that it is an object ID, the object data and setting information received from the communication-connected object through a set data channel are converted into text. A text conversion unit displayed on the chat window;

A data input unit for inputting information that resets object data and setting information displayed in the chat window; And

A data conversion unit that converts and transmits reset information input as text information from the data input unit to data that can be recognized by the object;

Object communication system characterized in that for performing data exchange with the object through.
According to claim 1,

The object ID acquisition unit,

An advertisement packet receiver configured to receive an advertising packet at predetermined periodic intervals from at least one object existing within a certain radius through low-power Bluetooth (BLE);

An advertisement packet selector for selecting a specific advertisement packet from among the received advertisement packets to obtain an object ID; Object communication system, characterized in that comprises a.
According to claim 2,

The advertisement packet selector,

A packet information extraction unit extracting advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet received by the advertisement packet reception unit;

A packet list generator for generating a list of advertisement packet information for the extracted advertisement packet information;

A selection signal receiver configured to receive a selection signal generated by selecting specific advertisement packet information to obtain an object ID from the generated advertisement packet information list;

Object communication system, characterized in that comprises a.
According to claim 3,

The object ID acquisition unit,

An object ID extraction unit that extracts an object ID from advertisement packet information selected by the advertisement packet selection unit;

An object ID list generator for generating an object ID list including object information for the extracted object ID; Object communication system, characterized in that comprises a.
According to claim 1,

When the communication connection is completed through the data path setting or the data channel setting in the communication unit, the input / output unit generates a chat window for data exchange with the corresponding ID.

When exiting or deleting the generated chat window, the communication unit terminates the communication connection with the user or object.
According to claim 3,

The advertisement packet information list generated by the packet list generation unit,

An object communication system, characterized by consisting of the type of advertisement packet, the object ID, and the main data transmitted by the object.
According to claim 4,

The object ID list,

An object communication system characterized by comprising an object setting image, an object ID, and the main data transmitted by the object.
The method of claim 7,

The object ID list generation unit, update information acquisition unit; It is configured to further include,

The date information acquiring unit extracts the main data transmitted by the objects included in the object ID list from the advertisement packets inputted from the advertisement packet receiving unit, and updates the object ID list using the extracted main data. Communication system.
In a method for communicating objects through a mobile messenger and an integrated object communication system,

An advertisement packet receiving step of receiving an advertising packet at predetermined periodic intervals from at least one object existing within a certain radius through low-power Bluetooth (BLE);

Conversation for data exchange through a user ID acquisition step of acquiring a user ID from a user registered in a mobile phone number and a messenger account, and an object ID acquisition step of acquiring an object ID from the received advertising packet A conversation partner ID obtaining step of obtaining a relative ID;

A conversation partner ID display step of displaying a conversation partner ID obtained through the conversation partner ID acquisition step;

A conversation ID selection step of selecting a specific conversation ID for data exchange among the conversation IDs displayed through the conversation ID display step;

A communication connection step of connecting and performing communication with the conversation partner selected in the conversation partner ID selection step;

It consists of,

The conversation partner ID display step,

A user ID display step of displaying the user ID obtained through the user ID acquisition step; And an object ID display step of displaying the object ID obtained through the object ID obtaining step. It consists of,

The user ID display step and the object ID display step are characterized in that the display is performed using any one of a method of displaying together in a single window or a method of displaying in different windows,

The communication connection step,

A data path setting step of setting a path for data exchange with a corresponding user based on a mobile communication network when the conversation ID selected in the conversation ID selection step includes a first identification code for distinguishing the user ID; Is performed,

When a conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step includes a second identification code for distinguishing that it is an object ID, a data channel setting for establishing a data channel for data exchange with the object based on low-power Bluetooth (BLE) step; Characterized in that is performed,

A second identification code for distinguishing that the conversation partner ID selected in the conversation partner ID selection step is an object ID, and when the communication channel is connected to the object through the data channel setting step, object data and settings received from the communication connected object a text conversion step of converting (setting) information into text and displaying it in a chat window;

A data input step of inputting reset information that resets setting information of the object displayed on the chat window; And

A data transmission step of converting and transmitting reset information input as text information in the data input step into data recognizable by the object;

Object communication method characterized in that is performed to exchange data with the object.
The method of claim 9,

A communication termination step of terminating a communication connection with a user or an object connected through communication through the data path setting step or the data channel setting step of the communication connection step; In addition,

Ending the communication connection, the communication communication method characterized in that it consists of leaving or deleting the chat room with the user or the object of the communication partner.
The method of claim 9,

The object ID acquisition step,

A packet information extraction step of extracting advertisement packet information from the advertisement packet received in the advertisement packet reception step;

A packet list generation step of generating a list of advertisement packet information for the extracted advertisement packet information;

An object ID extraction step of selecting specific advertisement packet information to obtain an object ID from the advertisement packet information list, and extracting an object ID for the selected advertisement packet information;

An object ID list generating step of generating an object ID list including object information on the object ID extracted in the object ID extraction step;

Object communication method, characterized in that comprises a.
The method of claim 9,

When the communication connection with the selected conversation partner ID is completed through the communication connection step, a chat window for data exchange with the corresponding user ID or object ID is generated.
The method of claim 11,

The advertisement packet information list generated in the packet list generation step,

Object communication method, characterized in that it consists of the type of advertising packet, object ID and the main data transmitted by the object.
The method of claim 11,

The object ID list including the object information,

Object communication method, characterized in that it consists of an object setting image, object ID, and the main data transmitted by the object.