CN1132455C - Local wireless services - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method of interworking between a mobile telephone (11) and a local service (1) in which information is conveyed between the local service (1) and the mobile telephone (11) over a local wireless communication channel (RI1). Service Notification messages are broadcast from the local service (1), over the wireless communication channel, to listening mobile telephones (11). An identification process is conducted between the mobile telephone (11) and the local service (1) over the wireless communication channel, the process only proceeding if the mobile telephone (11) is present within a localised region (10) which is a sub-region of the region (9) over which the service notification messages are broadcast.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to local wireless service, more specifically, relate to the utilization of portable terminal in the providing of local wireless service.
Background technology
Along with mobile phone more and more uses.Advised utilizing mobile phone to control and with wireless mode and local system reciprocation.For example, JP 8249530 has described the use mobile phone and directly arrive vending machine by sending radio signal, or another program sends out on telephone line and call out vending machine, comes from vending machine purchase goods.Telephone subscriber's phone account is collected the article bought or the expense of service.Similarly, it is contemplated that, use mobile phone to buy some things like this, as train and plane ticket, and the remote operation TV, stereo, etc.
The consumer picks up the product that this class function is provided will depend on the mutual operability of this product to a great extent.Same being suitable for will be set about handling by manufacturer.Like this, stipulate that for the radio interface between portable terminal and local system certain suitable industrial scale standard almost is absolutely necessary.Many main electronics corporations are current to be that purpose is being called working together in the works of " bluetooth " so that a kind of like this standard to be provided.
Though the standard that is provided in this field will be convenient to portable terminal and multiple local system interworking in theory, many practical problems still have to be solved.
Summary of the invention
Inventor of the present invention has recognized that such problem.Comparing crowded places, as the shopping center, the airport, railway stations etc. provide several local systems of variety of products and service will lean on very closely mutually probably.Such result is covered and will be overlapped by the radio that these systems provide.Though this technical problem (utilizing the appropriate signaling technology will be avoided intersection-system interference) not necessarily occurs, a problem may occur for a mobile phone users, he may receive several different and may be emulative message and/or advertisement simultaneously.A special problem is if this user wishes to utilize a kind of specific service, he can not affirm he with the sort of service interaction work.
An object of the present invention is to overcome or alleviate above-indicated shortcoming at least.At least in part by promoting in the intercommunication mutually between portable terminal and the local service, the perhaps key component of the described communication between them at least has only when portable terminal is positioned at quite little regional area just to have reached this and other purpose.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method of interworking between portable terminal and local service at this, information is transmitted between local service and portable terminal by local wireless communication channel therein, and this method comprises:
From local service, by radio communication channel, the broadcast service notification message; With
By radio communication channel and portable terminal and local service between carry out the portable terminal identifying, if described process is only just carried out when portable terminal appears in the zone of a part, this zone is a sub regions in the described Service Notification message zone of being broadcasted.
Embodiment of the present invention make the different local services in identical neighbouring area can have separately " identification " zone, and they can be some spots, the sector, etc.These identified regions can (f1oor) be gone up with different colors on the floor, and literal etc. are distinguished.
Will be understood that term " local system " is used to define a kind of system at this, it can be positioned at very near this system, for example, at 100 meters, 10 meters, the communication of mobile terminal in the scope that waits.Local service is an ISP or product automatic vending machine in typical case.
Best, this portable terminal is a cellular radio, or utilizes a kind of and the different agreement of using on described local communication channel of agreement, for example, and GSM, the smart phone of communicating by letter with cellular wireless networks.
Though Service Notification message can utilize the directional antenna or the receiver that are provided on local service can implement this cognitive phase from local service by traditional broadcast antenna (is a radio channel at this radio communication channel) broadcasting.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, be provided for the equipment of interworking between portable terminal and local service at this, wherein information is transmitted between local service and portable terminal by the Local Radio Communications channel, and this equipment comprises:
Local system with dispensing device is used for from local service, by radio communication channel, and the broadcast service notification message; With
At least one portable terminal, be arranged to be used for utilize local service to carry out identifying by radio communication channel, described process is only just carried out when portable terminal appears in the zone of a part, and this zone is the subregion in the described Service Notification message zone of being broadcasted.
Best, this radio communication channel is a radio channel, and this local system comprises a directive radio transmitter or receiver, and the zone of described part is stipulated in its transmission/receiving area.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of local service that is used for portable terminal interworking at this, wherein information is transmitted between local service and portable terminal by local wireless communication channel, and this local service comprises:
Dispensing device is used for broadcast service notification message on radio communication channel;
Directional transmitter or receiver are used to stipulate that the transmission/receiving area of a part, this zone are sub regions in the described Service Notification message zone of being broadcasted; With
Processing unit is used to utilize described directional transmitter or receiver, utilizes portable terminal to carry out identifying on radio communication channel, if described process is just carried out only in portable terminal appears at local zone the time.
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How can put into practice in order to understand the present invention better and to represent, now will be by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 schematically illustrates a vending machine and a portable terminal, and they can be according to the mutual reciprocation of a kind of embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the directional antenna by the vending machine of the radiating pattern of broadcast antenna generation and Fig. 1; With
Fig. 3 is the flow chart as the system operation methods of key diagram 1.
Embodiment
Vending machine 1 shown in Fig. 1, it is an example of a kind of local system that may be utilized of the present invention.The article that can buy from vending machine comprise the soft drink class, chocolate bar, etc.Vending machine has a control unit 2, and it comprises a CPU 3 and memory devices 4, and storage is used for control command and other data of CPU 3.Control unit 2 is linked the machinery of vending machine 1 on electric and is selected and exit mechanism, makes control unit can allow particular items distribute to a consumer by the exit tray of vending machine 1.
Control unit 2 also comprises a radio frequency transceiver 6, is linked CPU 3 by suitable interface circuit (not shown) on the one side, and links transmission and receive broadcast antenna 7 on its opposite side.Transmitter-receiver 6, antenna 7 and CPU 3 are arranged to local radio air interface protocol RI1 and the portable terminal by standard, as mobile phone communications.Such communication can effective scope be quite little, for example, and 10 meters the order of magnitude.
Control unit 2 also comprises directive sending and the reception antenna 8 of linking transmitter-receiver 6.Directional antenna 8 can be that for example, a kind of antenna of mechanical slot type, control unit 2 are arranged to switch between broadcast antenna 7 and directional antenna 8 according to specific transmission requirement.Fig. 2 illustrates the plane graph of the transmission/receiver radiation figure that can be produced by two kinds of antennas 7,8, and wherein broadcast antenna 7 produces circular patterns 9 usually, and directional antenna 8 produces the figure 10 of limited covering of the fan (representing with cross-hauling) in the coverage broadcast figures.Will be understood that the covering of the fan shown in the radiating pattern that is produced by directional antenna 8 will depart from actually for example has the lobe shape, and will comprise the area of space of 3DOF.
Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of typical mobile phone 11, can be envisioned as one " smart phone ".Phone 11 comprises a display 12 and a keyboard 13, and CPU (or digital signal processor) 14.The antenna 15 of phone 11 and transmitter-receiver 16 make the phone can be in due form and a kind of cellular radio network 14, for example, utilize gsm protocol RI2, have many base station sub-systems 15 and mobile switching centre 16, communication.Yet the local air interface of the standard that CPU 14 was mentioned before can utilizing is in addition communicated by letter with the control unit 2 of vending machine 1.Same antenna 15 can be used for such this locality with transmitter-receiver 16 communicates by letter, though may need another kind of antenna and transmitter-receiver.Because phone 11 can utilize two different protocol communications, it can be considered to a kind of " double mode " phone.
In use, control unit 2 be arranged to utilize broadcast antenna 7 in its broadcasting area of 10 meters with well-regulated interval broadcast service notification message.Portable terminal is programmed Terminal Alert message monitoring as phone 11, and when receive, warns the telephone subscriber, and this phone is positioned at the coverage of the local system that the user inserted.In typical case, service alarm message will comprise the additional information of describing the service that broadcast system provides.This can be used as literal or icon display on the display 12 of phone 11.
This Service Notification message comprises such additional data, if the user to " would accepting service? " prompting responds, and it will make following message be presented on the telephone displays 12: " please move in the red circle and push * ".Fig. 2 illustrates the example (using shadow representation in the drawings) of one " red " circle 17, can be painted on the floor of vending machine front.
The CPU 3 of the control unit 2 of vending machine switches to directional antenna 8 with the output and the input of transmitter-receiver 6 from broadcast antenna 7 then.The user who supposes mobile phone 11 enters red circle 17, and he enters the transmission/receiving area 10 of directional antenna 8.By pushing " * ", the user makes portable terminal 11 send the identification message that is received by directional antenna 8.Identification message comprises, and for example, discerns the subscriber directory number of phone 11 uniquely.It is to be noted, if though in the sector 10 outside, the user pushes " * ", the identification message that is sent is not received by vending machine 1, process finally is stopped.
When receiving identification message on the vending machine 1, the CPU 3 of control unit 2 starts call, perhaps connects or arrive by Cellular Networks the operator of the Cellular Networks 14 of mobile phone 11 reservations by fixed line.Operator's identity, perhaps operator's telephone number can turn back to control unit 2 in identification message.This call is used by control unit 2, the identity of checking mobile phone 11 and foundation record keeping relation.
When the identity of phone 11 has been authenticated by vending machine 1, the transactional stage of vending machine 1 beginning and mobile phone 11.This will not be described in detail at this, but can comprise, for example, on mobile phone 11, selects the article that will buy from the possible article catalogue that is sent to phone 11 by vending machine 1.Transactional stage can be utilized or broadcast antenna 7 or directional antenna 8 carry out, because set up the interworking relation now between phone 11 and vending machine 1.
When receiving purchase message, the article of being discerned in the purchase message are selected and be distributed in to the CPU 3 order vending machines of control unit 2.CPU 3 redials the number (if former authentication connect be terminated) of network operater and sends instructions to the operator then, deposits this transaction expense in by vending machine 1 the account that the operator held from telephone subscriber's bill payment and with it.For example, the Cellular Networks operator can play a part as e-bank for the user who holds the electronic money deposit.When transaction was finished, electronic money was transferred to the operator (or his bank) of vending machine:
Fig. 3 is with the flow chart that explains interworking step described above.
Person of skill in the art will appreciate that, can carry out other modification and not depart from the scope of this area the embodiment of above description.For example, connection phone 11 can replace with infrared or ultrasonic link to the local radio link (RI1) of vending machine 1.
As a kind of possibility that utilizes directional antenna 8, the position that sends mobile phone can utilize the aerial array on vending machine 1 to determine.By at least three reception antennas of utilization, and measurement can verify that for the relative propagation delay of the signal (code word) that sends from mobile phone this phone is in the zone of predesignating.As another possibility, in order to verify the position of mobile phone, radio signal can be pointed to (and/or from) zone of predesignating with waveguide or pipeline.
Claims (6)
1. the method for interworking between in portable terminal and a plurality of local service one, wherein information is transmitted between local service and portable terminal by local wireless communication channel, and this method comprises:
From local service, by radio communication channel, the broadcast service notification message; With
Between portable terminal and local service, carry out the portable terminal identifying by radio communication channel, if described process is just to carry out when appearing in the zone of a part at portable terminal only, this zone is a sub regions in the described service identification message zone of being broadcasted.
2. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that this portable terminal is a cellular radio or smart phone, utilize communication protocol and the cellular radio different to communicate with agreement used on described local communication channel.
3. according to the method for claim 1 or 2, wherein this Service Notification message is broadcasted from local service by broadcast antenna, and utilizes the directional antenna or the receiver that are provided on local service to implement this cognitive phase.
4. equipment that is used for interworking between portable terminal and a plurality of local services one, wherein information is transmitted between local service and portable terminal by local wireless communication channel, and this equipment comprises:
Local system with dispensing device is used for by radio communication channel, from local service broadcast service notification message; With
At least one portable terminal is arranged for utilizing on radio communication channel local service to carry out identifying, if described process is only just carried out when portable terminal appears in the zone of a part, this zone is a sub regions in the described Service Notification message zone of being broadcasted.
5. according to the equipment of claim 4, wherein this radio communication channel is a radio channel, and this local system comprises the radio transmitter or the receiver of an orientation, and described regional area is stipulated in its transmission/receiving area.
6. local service system that is used for portable terminal interworking, wherein information is by transmitting between local wireless communication channel in a plurality of local service system and the portable terminal, and this local service system comprises:
Dispensing device is used for broadcast service notification message on radio communication channel;
A kind of directional transmitter or receiver are used to stipulate that the transmission/receiving area of a part, this zone are sub regions in the described Service Notification message zone of being broadcasted; With
Processing unit is used for utilizing portable terminal and utilizes described directional transmitter or receiver carries out identifying on radio communication channel, if described process is just carried out only in portable terminal appears at local zone the time.
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