GB2512972A

GB2512972A - System and method for providing real-time mobile content by way of a wireless LAN, and user mobile device and service platform used in the same

Info

Publication number: GB2512972A
Application number: GB1400361.0A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Soo Young Jung; Hyun Ii Shin; Jung Hoon Kim
Original assignee: TRIANGLE WIDE CO Ltd
Current assignee: TRIANGLE WIDE CO., LTD.
Priority date: 2014-01-09
Filing date: 2014-01-09
Publication date: 2014-10-15
Also published as: GB201400361D0

Abstract

The present invention provides for a real-time content providing system using a wireless LAN 100 and including at least one wireless LAN having a unique identification code, a user terminal which accesses the wireless LAN in a first communication mode, an analysis matching module 300 which analyzes a unique identification code of a wireless LAN and determines whether the unique identification code is a service available identification code, and a service executing module 400 which provides an executing service of various contents to a user terminal 200.

Description

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The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing real time mobile contents using a wireless LAN! and a user terminal and a service platform used in the same, and particularly, but not exclusiv&y, to a real time content providing system and method using a wireless LAN for providing a mobe content service in real time using a mobiie communication through a wir&ess LAN which can be propagated in a whole area, such as a whole country, while maintaining an existing infrastructure and a user terminal and a service platform which are used ri the same.

ihe number of subscribers of ultra-high speed internet (optical network LAN) using an opflcal network in Korea is in the order of 20.6 per 100 based on 2012 figures and1 which is the highest figure in any OECO country. Indeed, this figure is 10 times higher than in the United States (19) and Germany (0.2) Further, the distribution of smart phones amongst the popuation within Korea which may perform Internet search at an ultra high speed and use various mulUmeda functions is 67%, which is the highest figure in the world. Korea is therefore a prime example of a country where a large proportion of a large population own ultra high speed Internet-enabled devices and smart phones.

However, and remaining with Korea as an example, the Korean IT environment is formed by a leadership of an infrastructure distributer, that is, by specftic mobe communicafion companies, and as a resut, the variety of contents or software which needs to exceed the infrastructure is actuay restricted. In other words, it may be interpreted that utUization of the smart phone which uses a communication network is aso resthcted in the Korean IT environment. Accordingly, it is required to introduce a system which may improve on a phenomenon in which large amounts of data flood the network even on a day ba&s but without any specific purpose.

Recenfly, attempts to utffize a wireless network wHch is provided by a mobfle communication company as an advertising platform has increased. Due to such an attempt, there is a change in that when a user accesses a wireless network through a mobile device (a smart phone, a tablet, or a PC), the user may access the wireless network only when the user is to watch for a predetermined time a specific advertisement which is provided by the mobfle communication company.

However, such a one--directional advertsement providing method causes great inconvenience to the user who uses the wireless network such that most users ignore the advertisement even when an advertisement page appears or is induced to use another Internet network.

Korean Patent AppUcation LaidOpen No-1D2O04M054445 discloses a Contents and Information Providing Service System for Using a Code. User Terminal, Communication Agency Platform, Operating Agency Platform, OnUne Relation Corporation Module, and Off-line Relation Corporation Module, and The Method from The Same; and Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2008-0074066 discloses a Content Providing System, however the above imitations are stW experienced with there known systems.

The invention seeks to provide for a real time content providing system method and r&ated device and platform having advantages over known such systems, methods platforms and devices. In particular the invention seeks to provide for development of a platform and a service through which a user may transmit and receive valuable information and data in real time in real life without considering a mobfle communication network is requested.

ft should be appreciated that the above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background ID of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skifl in the art.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a system and a method for providing contents in real time using a wireless LAN which may provide contents to a mobile terminal of a user in real time through a service platform by matching and synchronizing a unique identification code (SSID) of a wireless LAN which is already distributed in a corresponding area to a standard identification code which is defined between a transmitter aM a receiver and a user terminal and a service platform used in the same.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN including at least one wireless LAN having a unique identification code; a user terminal which accesses the wireless LAN in a first communicaUon mode; an analysis matching module which analyzes a unique identification code of a wireless LAN which is accessed by the user terminal to match the unique ideniffication code of a wir&ess LAN with a reference identificaUon code which is registered in advance and deterrnnes s whether the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is a service available identification code; and a service executing module which when the unque idenfification code of the wireless LAN is determined as a service avaUabk3 identification code by the analysis matching module, provides an executing service of various contents to the user terminaL The user terminal may include a mode conversion detecting unit which detects whether to be converted into the first communication mode; a LAN selecting unit which selects a desired wireless LAN when a mode is converted into the first communication mode; and a LAN accessing unit which accesses the selected wireless LAN in the first communication mode.

The first communication mode may he a WiFi communication mode.

The analysis matching module may include a code acquiring unit which acquires a unique identification code of the wireless LAN which the user terminal accesses; a code analyzing unit which analyzes the acquired unique identification code; a code storing unit in which a reference identification code of the service available wireless LAN is registered; a code matching unit which matches the unique identification code with the reference identification code; and a matching control unit which when the unique identification code matches with the reference identification code to be determined as the service available identification code. operates the service executing module.

The code analyzing unit may include a string analyzing unit which analyzes and normaUzes the transmitted unique identification code through a string tokenizer; a word analyzing unit which analyzes a string which is normaUzed by the string analyzing unit through a word tokenizer for every S property of a word to normalize a word; and a special character analyzing unit which analyzes the word which is normazed by the word analyzing unit through a special character tokenizer in a unit of a property of a special character to normalize the special character.

The real time content providing system using the wireless LAN may further include a storing module which stores various content information which is provided to the service executing module.

1he real time content providing system using the wireless LAN may further include a management module which provides a service available reference identification code to the analysis matching module and records and monitors a log related with the analysis matching module.

The various content information may include at least one of image information, video information, text information, update information, notice information, and control information.

Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a content providing method using a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN, including accessing a user terminal to a wireless LAN in a first communication mode; selecting a unique identification code of the wireless LAN; acquiring the unique identification code of the wireless LAN from the user terminal; analyzing the unique identification code of the wir&ess LAN; matching fl the analyzed unique identfticafion code with a reference idenfification code which is registered in advance and when the unique identificafion code matches with the reference identification code through a matchkig control unft, operating a service execuUng module; and providhig an execufing service of various contents to the user terminaL The analyzing may include tokenizing the unique identification code; and parsing the tokenized unique identification code to norrnaze the unique identification code.

Yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a user terminal which is used in a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN including: a LAN selecting unft which selects and accesses a wireless LAN which is converted into a first communicafion mode; an analysis matching unit which analyzes a unique identification code of the accessed wireless LAN to match the unique identification code of the accessed wireless is LAN with a reference identification code which is registered in advance and determines whether the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is a service avaflable identification code; and a service executing unit which when the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is determined as a service available identification code by the analysis matching unit, provides an executin.g service of various contents.

The user terminal may further include a mobile communicating unit which performs communication through an external wireless LAN; a service functioning unit which outputs the content in accordance with the executing service of the content provided from the service executing unit; and a storing unit in which various content information transmitted from an outside through the mobile communicating unit is stored, in which the service executing unit acquires the various content information from the storing unit to transmit the various content information to the service functioning unit.

Sthl another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides service platform which is provided in a user terminai which accesses a wireless LAN so as to be used in a real time content providing system using the wireless LAN inckding: a mobile communicating unit which performs communication through a wireless LAN; a LAN selecting unit which detects whether the user io terminal is converted into a first communication mode to search a wireless LAN which is accessible in the first communication mode and select a desired wireless LAN; and a code acquiring unit which requests a unique identification code of the selected wireless LAN to the mobUe communicating unit and acquires the unique identification code.

The invention is described further hereinafter by way of exampie only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. I is a block diagram iUustrating a real time content providing system using a wir&ess LAN according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a real time content providing system using the wireless LAN of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a code analyzing unit of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal which is used in a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 Is a block diagram illustrating a service platform which is used in a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a real time content providing method using a wireless LAN according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present Invention.

The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.

In the present invention, a platform generally refers to hardware or software which becomes a basis of a computer system. A computer system is a hierarchical device which is formed of a hardware layer which is at the level of an integrated circuit chip (IC chip) which is the bottom layer, a layer of a firmware and an operating system which is the next layer, and an application platform layer which is the top layer and only the bottom layer of the device is called a platform. However, in some cases, both the hardware and the software are generally called a platform because the hardware and the software support the application.

A terminology of a platform such as a service platform which Is used in this specification may be defined as a group in which a function performing means and modules are combined to provide an independent unit of service.

That is, the service platform may be defined as a group which relays a content a service requestor (or transmitter) and a content service provider (or a receiver) or performs various service functions. Therefore, when the platform is defined to be divided by a set of functions and modules rather than by a physical configuration, the platform may be desirably defined and details of the platform structure will be described in detail below for the functions and modules with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 Is a block diagram illustrating a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 Is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a real time content providing system using the wireless LAN of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a code analyzing unit of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIGS. I to 3, a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless LAN 100, a user terminal 200, an analysis matching module 300, and a service executing module 400. In the meantime, the analysis matching module 300 and the service executing module 400 in the present invention may be separately configured by a service platform for a content providing service or configured to be combined. Such a service platform is implemented as an application form for a content providing service so that convenient user interface (UI) may be provided.

The wireless LAN 100 is equipment which provides a near field communication network which allows a ultra high speed Internet in an area where the user terminal 200 is located. As a wireless LAN 100, a plurality of wireless LANs 101, 102, and 103 may be provided in the area and have unique identification code (SSID: Service Set Identifier). The unique SSID may be created based on at least one of C, JAVA, active server pages (ASP), personal hypertext preprocessor (PHP), JAVA server pages (JSP), and XCODE.

The user terminal 200 is a terminal which may access the wireless LAN 100 In a first communication mode. Here, the first communication mode may be a wireless fidelity (WIFI) communication mode. Further, the user terminal is a terminal which may be operated in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) communication mode, a code dMsion multiple access (CDMA) communication mode, a wireless broadband Internet (WiBro) communication mode, a long term io evolution (LIE) communication mode, or a 5G communication mode other than a WiFi communication mode. In the present invention, it is described that the user terminal 200 is a terminal which may access the wireless LAN 100 in a WIFI communication mode as an example, but the user terminal 200 is not limited thereto and various communication modes to which a near field communication may be applied may also be applied to the user terminal 200. Further, the user terminal 200 may be a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, or a table PC which may transmit and receive data through the wireless LAN 100. However, in the present invention, the user terminal 200 is not limited to a mobile communication terminal, but may be applied to another terminal which may transmit and receive data through the wireless LAN 100 such as a personal computer and a set top box.

A mode of the user terminal 200 is changed into the first communication mode so that the user terminal 200 accesses the wireless LAN 100.

In order to implement the operation, the user terminal 200 may incftide a mode conver&on detecting unit 201! a LAN sSecting unft 202, and a LAN accessing unit 203. The user terminal 200 includes a display unit, a power supply, a memory unit, and a control unit which are provided in a general terminal in addition to constituent elements iflustrated in FIG. I and the foflowing description corresponds to unique constituent &ements of the present invention which aflow a user to request the contents and receive the content using a content providing system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention other than general constituent elements.

The mode conversion detecting unit 201 detects whether a mode of the user terminal 200 is converted into the first communication mode. That is, the mode conversion detecting unit 201 detects whether a mobile communicating unit (not illustrated) which is provided in the user terminal 200 is convertible into the first communication mode.

The LAN selecting unit 202 selects a desired wir&ess LAN 100 when the user terminal 200 is converted into the first communication mode. That is, th.e LAN selecting unit 202 searches the wireless LAN 100 which is disposed in an area where the user terminal 200 is located and selects a desired wireless LAN among searched wireless LANs 100. For example, when the user terminal 200 is located in an A mart, the LAN selecting unit 202 may select one wireless LAN APi among wireless LANs APi AP2, and IPTIME of the A mart in order to use the wireless LAN 100 which is disposed in the area of the A mart.

The LAN accessing unit 203 accesses the wireless LAN 100 selected in the LAN selecting unit 202 in the first communication mode to transmit and ii receive data. As described above, when the user terminal 200 accesses the wireless LAN 100 through the LAN accessing unit 203, an operation of the analysis matching module 300 may be performed.

The analysis matching module 300 receIves and analyzes a unique SSID of the wireless LAN 100 which is accessed with the user terminal 200 to match the unique SSID with a reference SSID which is registered in advance and determines whether the unique SSID is a service available SSID. If the unique SSID is a service available SSlD, the analysis matching module 300 operates the service executing module 400.

In order to implement such an operation, the analysis matching module 300 includes a code acquiring unit 310, a code analyzing unit 320, a code storing unit 330, a code matching unit 340, and a matching control unit 350.

The code acquiring unit 310 acquires a unique SSID of the wireless LAN which accesses the user terminal 200. That is, the code acquiring unit 310 acquIres the unique 8810 of the wireless LAN 100 through a mobile communicating unit (not illustrated) of the user terminal 200.

The code analyzing unit 320 analyzes the unique SSID which is acquired by the code acquiring unit 310. That is, the code analyzing unit 320 analyzes the unique SSID acquired by the code acquiring unit 310 for every string, word, or special character to normalize code information.

in order to implement such an operation, the code analyzing unIt 320 includes a string analyzing unit 321, a word analyzing unit 322, and a special character analyzing unit 323.

The string analyzing unit 321 analyzes and normalizes a unique SSID acquired by the code acquiring unit 310 through a string tokenizer. That is, the string analyzing unit 321 tokenizes the unique 8810 in the unit of string to normalize a parsed string. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when the unique 8810 acquired by the code acquiring unit 310 is TWIFI ZONE #1, the string analyzing unit 321 parses TWIFI, ZONE, and #1 whIch are total three strings through the string tokenizer.

The word analyzing unit 322 analyzes the string normalized by the string analyzing unit 321 for every property of the word through the word tokenizer to normalize a word. For example, as lilustrated in FIG. 3, the word analyzing unit 322 analyzes and normalizes TWIFI, ZONE, and #1 which are parsed by the string analyzing unit 321 as ** telecom, an area, and # day which are properties of total three words through a word tokenizer.

The special character analyzing unit 323 analyzes the word which is normalized by the word analyzing unit 322 in the unit of a property of a special is character through a special character tokenizer to normalize the special character. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the special character analyzing unit 323 analyzes and normalizes #1 which is parsed by the word analyzing unit 322 as # through the special character tokenizer.

In the code storing unit 330, a reference 8810 of the wireless LAN 100 through which a content providing service defined between a data transmitter and a data receiver (for example, a management module 600 and the user terminal 200) Is available is stored. The code storing unit 330 stores a reference SSID of the wireless LAN 100 which is registered by the code matching unit 340 to be matched. The code storing unit 330 is a general term of a space and/or an area in which a code programmed in order to control an enlire operation of the analysis matching module 300 and data inputloutput when the operation by the code is performed are stored and provided as a form of an &ectricafly erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM) or a s flash memory (FM), and also provided as a form of a hard disk drive in recent years The code matching una 340 matches the unique 3810 and the reference SSID. That is, the code matching unit 340 searches a matching reference 3310 in the code storing unit 330 in order to match the unique 8310 of the accessed wireless LAN 100 with the list of a reference 3310 which s registered in advance.

The matching control unit 350 determines whether the unique SSID is a service available 3310 and if the unique 8810 is a service avauable 3810, executes the service executing module 400. That is, when the unique 3810 of the accessed wir&ess LAN 100 matches wfth the reference SSR) which is registered in advance, the matching control unit 350 determines that the accessed wireless LAN 100 has a unique 3310 through which the content providing service is available and operates the service executing module 400 to provide various content executing services to the user terminal 200. For example, when the unique SSID of the accessed wireless LAN 100 is TWIll ZONE I and the previou&y registered reference 3310 is TWIN ZONE * if it is agreed that of the reference SSID includes aR characters, the matching control unit 350 determines that the unique 8310 matches with the reference 3310. Further, if it is determined that the accessed wireless LAN 100 has the content providing service available unique SSID, the matching control unit 350 may provide the unique SSID of the wir&ess LAN 100 to the management module 600 to be recorded.

In the meantime, the analysis matching module 300 is connected to the management module 600 to aIow the management module 600 to provide a service avaflable reference SSID and record and monitor an analysis matching module 300 related log. That is, the management module 600 is connected with the analysis matching module 300 so as to record the usage status of the analysis matching module 300 to make a database and monitor the database materials in real time. In this case, database fields may include a usage time, a unique 3610, arid a matching result. The management modue 600 may transmit data in the form of at least one of XML (eXtensible Markup Language), JSON(JavaScript Object Notation), and TEXT to the analysis matching module 300.

Even though not illustrated, the analysis matching module 300 may include an address storing module and an access authentication module to perform authentication process of the wireless LAN 100 to be accessed. That is, the address storing module stores a MAC address of the wireless LAN 100 which aUows the access and the access authentication module compares the MAC address which is transmitted from the wireless LAN 100 with a previously stored MAC address to determine whether the wireless LAN 100 is albwed to be accessed. For example, when the MAC address of the wireless LAN 100 which allows accessing is 5453ED1BE27D and the MAC address which is transmitted from the wireless LAN 100 is 54-53.ED1BE2-7D, the wireless LAN is sHowed to be accessed through the access authentication module.

When the unique SSID of the wireless LAN 100 is determined as a service available SSID by the analysis matching module 300, the service executing module 400 provides various content executing services to the user terminal 200. That is, when the unique SSID of the wireless LAN 100 is determined as a content providing service available code by the matching control unit 350, the service executing module 400 performs a service of providing various content Information which are registered in advance to the user terminal 200.

The service executing module 400 is connected to a storing module 500 in which various content information is stored so that to receive various content information therefrom. The storing module 500 includes a storing unit 510 in which content information required for the service executing module 400 is stored and a transmitting unit 520 which transmits the content information. The various content information may include at least one of image information, video information, text information, update information, notice information, and control information.

The service executing module 400 Includes an image executing unit 401.

a video executing unit 402, a text executing unit 403, an update executing unit 404, a notice executing unit 405, and an APP control executing unit 408 In order to provide an executing service of various contents.

The image executing unit 401 brings an image from the storing module 500 to execute an image functioning unit (not illustrated) which Is provided in the user terminal 200 to expose the image.

The video executing unit 402 brings a video from the storing module 500 to execute a video functioning unit (not illustrated) which is provided in the user terminal 200 to output the video.

The text executing unit 403 brIngs a text from the storing module 500 to s execute a text functioning unit (not iflustrated) which is provided in the user terminal 200 to output the text.

The update executing unit 404 brings an update item from the storing module 500 to execute an update functioning unit (not illustrated) which is provided in the user terminal 200 to perform the updating.

The notice executing unit 405 brings a notice Item from the storing module 500 to execute a notice functioning unit (not illustrated) which is provided in the user termInal 200 to output the notice.

The APP control executing unit 408 interworks an control item with API from the storing module 500 to allow an APP control functioning unit (not iliustrated) which is provided in the user termInal 200 to control an APP (i.e. application).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal 200a which is used In a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG, 4, a user terminal 200a which Is used In a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communicating unIt 21 Oa, a LAN selecting unit 220a, a service functioning unit 250a, a display unit 270a, an analysis matching unit 230a, a storing unit 280a, and a service executing unit 240a. The mobile communicating unit 210a, the LAN s&ecting unft 220a, the servbe functioning unit 250a, the thsplay unit 270a, the analysis matching unit 230a, the storing unit 260a, and the service executing unit 240a may be provided or buried in the user terminal 200 in the form of an application for a content providing service.

The mobile comrnunicaUng unit 210a performs communication through an external wir&ess LAN bOa. That is, the mobile communicating unit 210a may access the external wireless LAN lOOa in a first communication mode.

Here, the first communication mode may be a WiFi communication mode.

Further, the mobile communicating unit 210a may operate in a WCDMA communication mode, a CDMA communication mode, a WiBro communicatbn mode, an LTE communication mode, and a 5G communication mode in addition to the first communication mode. In the present invention, it is described that the mobile communicating unit 210a accesses in the WiFi communication mode in order to access the wireless LAN bOa as an example, hut the mobfle communicating unit 210a is not limited thereto and various communication modes to which a near field communication may be applied may also be applied to the mobile communicating unit 210a.

The LAN selecting unit 220a selects and accesses a wireless LAN lOOa which is converted into the first communication mode. More specifically, the LAN s&ecting unit 220a detects whether the mobile communicating unit 210a is converted into the first communication mode and selects a desired wireless LAN lOOa when the mode is converted in the first communication mode, and then searches a wireless LAN 1 OOa in the area. The LAN selecting unit 220a selects a desired wireless LAN bOa among the selected wireless tANs bOa to access the selected wireless LAN I OOa In the first communication mode to transmit and receive data. As described above, when the LAN selecting unit 220a accesses the desired wireless LAN 100, an operation of the analysis matching unit flOe may be performed.

The analysis matching unit 230a analyzes the unique SSID of the wireless LAN bOa which is selected by the LAN selecting unit 220a to be accessed to match the unique SSID with the reference SSID which is registered In advance and determine whether the unique SSID of the wireless LAN I OOa is a service available SSID.

The storing unit 260a stores various content information transmitted from an external server 500a through the mobile communicating unit 210a. That is, the storing unit 260a stores various content information which is transmitted from the external server 500a to be provided to the user terminal 200 and provides the content information for the content executing service by the service executing unit 240w When the unique SSID of the wireless LAN 100 is determined as a service available SSID by the analysis matching unit 230a, the service executing unit 240a provides an executing service of various contents. In this case, the service executing unit 240a obtains various content information from the storing unit 260a and transmits the various content information to the service functioning unit 250a. Even though not illustrated, the service executing unit 240a includes an image executing unit which brings an image from the storing unit 260a to execute the image, a video executing unit which brings a video from the storing unit 260a to execute the video, a text executing unit which brings a text from the storing unit 260a to execute the text, an update executing unit which brings an update item from the storing unit 260a to execute the updating, a notice executing unit which brings a notice item from the storing unit 260a to execute the notice, and a control executing unit which brings a control item from the storing unit 260a to perform the control so as to provide an executing service of various contents.

The service functioning unit 250a outputs the content onto a screen through a display unit 270a in accordance with the executing service of the content provided from the service executing unit 240a.

The service functioning unit 250a includes a video functioning unit 251 a which exposes a video which Is executed by the video executing unit, an image functioning unit 252a which exposes an image which is executed by the image executing unit, a text functioning unit 253a which exposes a text which is executed by the text executing unit, an update functioning unit 254a which proceeds the updating executed by the update executing unit, a notice functioning unit 255a which outputs a notice which is executed by the notice executing unit, and an APP control functioning unit 256a which controls an APP in accordance with the control executed by the control functioning unit. The APP control functioning unit 256a may execute an APP and provide a function of calling an APi in the APP to install the APP or inducing the installation of the APP.

FIG. 5 Is a block diagram illustrating a service platform which is used in a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present Invention.

Referring to HG. 5, a service platform 400a which is used in a real time content providing system using a wireless LAN according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present Invention includes a mobile communicating unit 41 Os, a LAN selecting unit 420a, and a code acquiring unit 430a. The service platform 400a is an operating system (OS) of the user terminal 200 and means a sort of environment which helps to execute an application on the user terminal 200.

The mobile communicating unit 410a performs communication through a wireless LAN 100. That is, the mobile communicating unit 410a may access the external wireless LAN 100 in a first communication mode. Here, the first communication mode may be a W1FI communication mode. Further, the mobile communicating unit 410a may operate in a WCDMA communication mode, a CDMA communication mode, a WiBro communication mode, an LTE communication mode, and a 50 communication mode In addition to the first communication mode. In the present invention, it is described that the mobile communicating unit 41 Os accesses in the WiFi communication mode in order to access the wireless LAN 100 as an example, but the the mobile communicating unit 41 Oa is not limited thereto and various communication modes to which a near field communication may be applied may also be applied to the mobile communicating unit 41 Oa.

The LAN selecting unit 420a selects and accesses a wireless LAN 100 which is converted into the first communication mode. More specifically, the LAN selecting unit 420a detects whether the user terminal 200 is converted into the first communication mode to search a wireless LAN 100 which may be accessed in the first communication mode and select a de&red wireless LAN 100.

The code acquiring unit 430a requests a unioue SSID of the wireless LAN 100 which is s&ected by the LAN s&ecting unit 420a to the mobUe communicating unit 410a and acqLnres the unique SSID. The code acquiring unit 430a may include a unique SSID caHing unit 431a of the wireless LAN 100 which requests the unique 3310 of the wireless LAN 100 selected by the LAN s&ecting unit 420a to the mobile communicating unit 410a and a code acquiring unit 432a which acquires the requested unique SSID of the wireless LAN 100.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a real time content providing method using a wireless LAN according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, Referring to FIG. 6, a real time content providing method using a wir&ess is LAN according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an accessing step 310 of accessing a user terminai 200 to a wireless LAN in a first communication mode, a selecting step 320 of selecting a unique 3310 of the wireless LAN through the user terminal 200, an acquiring step 330 of acquiring the unique SSID of the wireless LAN from the user terminal 200 through a code acquiring unit, an analyzing step 340 of analyzing the unique SSiO of the wireless LAN through a code analyzing unit, a matching control step 850 of matching the unique 3810 which is analyzed in the anaiyzing step with a reference identification code which is registered in advance through a code matching unit and if the unique 3810 matches with the reference SSID through the matching control unit, operating a service executing module 400, and a service providing step S60 of providing an executing service of various contents to the user terminal 200 through the service executing module 400.

The analyzing step 840 includes tokenizing the unique SSID (not illustrated) and parsing the tokenized unique SSID (not illustrated). In the analyzing step 840, the parsed unique SSID may be normalized.

The service providing step S60 may include an image exposing step 861 of bringing an image from a storing module to execute an Image functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 through an image executing unit to expose the Image, a video output step 862 of bringing a video from the storing module to execute a video functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 through a video executing unit to output the video, a text output step 863 of bringing a text from the storing module to execute a text functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 through a text executing unit to output the text, an updating step is 864 of bringing an update item from the storing module to execute an update functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 through an update executing unit to perform the updating, a notice output step 865 of bringing a notice item from the storing module to execute a notice functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 through a notice executing unit to output the notice, and an APP control step 866 of interworking a control item and an API from the storing module to allow an APP control functioning unit provided in the user terminal 200 to control the APP (i.e. application) through a control executing unit According to a real time content providing system and method using a wireless LAN according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user termin and a service platform used in the same as described above, differ from a one-directional adveftsement service platform which is exposed at the time of accessing a wireless Internet network of the r&ated art, a unique SSID of the wireless LAN is matched and then synchronized with a reference SSID which is defined between a transmther and a receiver to bkdirectionafly transmit and receive data which is expectable between the transmitter and the receiver to and from a mobile terminal of a user through a service platform so that repulsion of the user who uses the wireless Internet network may be minimized and commercial transaction may be vitalized.

According to a real time content providing system and method using a wireless LAN according to an exernplarj embodiment of the present invention and a user terminal and a service platform used in the same, differ from a onedirectional advertisement service platform which is exposed at the time of accessing a wireless Internet network of the related art, a unique SSID of the wireless LAN is matched and then synchronized with a reference SSID which is defined between a transmitter and a receiver to bi-directionally transmit and receive data which is expectable between the transmitter and the receiver to and from a mobile terminal of a user through a service platform so that repulsion by the user who uses the wireless Internet network may be minimized and commercial transaction may be vitaUzed.

The above description is on.ly one exemplary embodiment which performs the real time content providing system and method using a wireless LAN according to the present invention and a user terminal and a service platform used in the same but the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiment. Further, as claimed in the following claims, it will be understood that the technical spirit of the present invention may extend to a scope in which various modifications will be made by those skilled in the art without departing from a gist of the present invention.

100: Wireless LAN 200: User terminal 201: Mode conversion detecting unit 202: LAN selecting unit 203: LAN accessing unit 300: Analysis matching module 310: Code acquiring unit 320: Code analyzIng unit 321: String analyzing unit 322: Word analyzing unit 323: Special character analyzing unit 330: Code storing unit 340: Code matching unit 350: Matching control unit 400: Service executing module 401: Image executing unit 402: VIdeo executing unit 403: Update executing unit 404: Notice executing unit 405: APP control executing unit 500: Storing module 800: Management module

Claims

Claims 1. A reakime content-providing system arranged for use with at least one wfteless LAN having a unique identification code; and comprising a user termina arranged to access the wir&ess LAN in a first communication mode; an analysis matching module arranged to analyze a unique identification code of a wireless LAN accessed by the user terminal to compare the unique identification code of a wir&ess LAN with a reference identification code and to determine whether the unique idenUfication code of the wireless LAN is a service available identification code; and a service executing module arranged such that, when the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is determined as a service available identification code by the analysis matching module, it provides an execubng service of content to the user terminal.
2. A system as claimed in Claim I wherein: the user terminal includes a mode conversion detecting unit arranged to detect whether to be converted into the first communication mode; a LAN selecting unit arranged to select a desired wireless LAN when a mode is converted into th.e first communication mode; and a LAN accessing unit arranged to access the selected wireless LAN in the first communication mode.
3. A system as claimed in Claim I or 2, wherein: the first communication mode is a WiR communication mode.
4. A system as daimed in Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein: the analysis matching module includes a code acquiring unit arranged to acquire a unique identification code of the wir&ess LAN which the user terminal accesses; a code analyzing unit arranged to analyze the acquired unique identification code; a code storing unit arranged for storing a reference identification code of the service available wireless LAN; a code matching unit arranged to match the unique identification ccde with the reference identification code; and a matching control unit arranged such that, when the unique identification code matches with the reference identification code to be determined as the service available identification code, it operates the service executing module.
5. A system as daimed in Claim 4, wherein: the code analyzing unit includes a string anayzing unit arranged to analyze and normalize the transmitted unique identification code through a string tokenizer; a word analyzing unit arranged to analyze a string which is normalized by the string analyzing unit through a word tokenizer for every property of a word to normalize a word; and a special character analyzing unit arranged to analyze the word which is normalized by the word analyzing unit through a special character tokenizer in a S unit of a property of a special character to normalize a special character.
6. A system as claimed In Claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, further comprising: a storing module arranged to store various content Information which is provided to the service executing module.
7. A system as claimed In any one or more of the preceding claims and, further comprising: a management module arranged to provide a service available reference identification code to the analysis matching module and to record and monitor a f: log related with the analysis matching module.
8. A system as claimed in any one or more of the preceding claims, wherein: the various content information Includes at least one of image information, video information, text information, update information, notice information, and control information.
9. A content providing method using a real time content providing system employing a wireless LAN, the method comprising: accessing a user terminal to a wireless LAN in a first communication mode; selecting a unique identification code of the wireless LAN; acquiring the unique identification code of the wireless LAN from the user terminal; analyzing the unique Identification code of the wireless LAN; comparing the analyzed unique identification code with a reference identification code which is registered in advance and, when the unique identification code matches with the reference Identification code, operating a service executing module; and providing an executing service of content to the user terminal.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein: the step of analyzing includes tokerilzing the unique Identification code; and parsing the tokenized unique identification code, to normalize the unique identification code.
11. A user terminal arranged to be used in a real time content providIng system employing a wireless LAN, the user terminal comprising: a LAN selecting unit arranged to select and accesses a wireless LAN which is converted into a first communication mode; an analysis matching unit arranged to analyze a unique identification code of the accessed wireless LAN to compare the unique Identification code of the accessed wireless LAN with a reference Identification code which is registered in advance and to determine whether the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is a service available identification code; and a service executing unit arranged such that, when the unique identification code of the wireless LAN is determined as a service available Identification code by the analysis matching unit, it provides an executing service of content.
12. A terminal as claimed in Claim 11. further comprising: a mobile communicating unit arranged to perform communication through an external wireless LAN; a service functioning unit arranged to output the content in accordance with the executing service of the content provided from the service executing unit; and a storing unit arranged for storing various content information transmitted from an outside through the mobile communicating unit, wherein the service executing unit is arranged to acquire the various content information from the storing unit to transmit the various content information to the service functioning unit.
13. A service platform arranged to be provided in a user terminal to access a wireless LAN so as to be used in a real time content providing system using the wireless LAN, the service platform comprising: a mobile communicating unit arranged to perform communication through a wir&ess LAN; a LAN s&ecflng unit arranged to detect whether the user termina is converted into a first communication mode to search a wir&ess LAN which is accessibe in the first communication mode and seect a desired wireless LAN; and a code acquiring unit arranged to request a unique identification code of the selected wir&ess LAN to the mobfle communicating unit and to acquire the unique identification code.
14. A reaktime content providing system substantiaHy as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as iflustrated in, Fig. I of the accompanying drawings.
15. A content providing method substantiaUy as hereinbefore described with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings.
16. A user terminal substantiaHy as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as Hiustrated in, Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.
17. A service plafform substantiaUy as hereinbelow described with reference to, and as iflustrated in, Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings.