KR100465904B1 - Method for Auto-Building Database by Using Bluetooth Technology - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for automatically building a member database using Bluetooth, comprising a wireless communication device equipped with Bluetooth and a Bluetooth application server for delivering a service to the wireless communication device. An automatic building method, comprising: connecting the wireless communication device and the Bluetooth application server through a predetermined Bluetooth communication protocol when the wireless communication device approaches or already exists within an available range of a piconet or scatternet; Receiving wireless communication telephone number information from the wireless communication device through the connected Bluetooth communication channel in the Bluetooth application server; Extracting or providing, from the network operation preservation device, customer information corresponding to the wireless communication telephone number information provided from the wireless communication device in association with the network operation preservation device of the mobile communication provider in the Bluetooth application server; And storing, at the Bluetooth application server, the customer information extracted or provided from the network management preservation device in a predetermined member information database in association with the wireless communication telephone number information.

Description

Method for Auto-Building Database by Using Bluetooth Technology

The present invention relates to a method for automatically building a member database using Bluetooth, wherein a wireless communication device (all wireless communication devices including a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a smart phone, and an IMT2000) equipped with Bluetooth is a general restaurant, entertainment restaurant, When entering the available range of the piconet or scatternet operating in a restaurant such as a fast food store, the server automatically connects with a Bluetooth server or master unit in the restaurant and connects to a food ordering server, and then provides the server. By ordering food by using a service to determine the payment method, the food price and service fee by providing a method for performing all services processed in the restaurant using Bluetooth.

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless data communication technology. In February 1998, Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Toshiba, and Intel gathered together to form the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), and in December 1999, 3Com, Lucent After joining the Bluetooth SIG Promoter Group, four additional companies including Microsoft, Motorola, etc., as of December 2000, the nine promoter groups, more than 120 Associate Companies, and more than 400 It has evolved into a large consortium that includes Adopter Companies, and more than 1500 Early Adopters.

Figure 1 is a structure of a general Bluetooth stack by the Bluetooth protocol architecture, each function will be described as follows.

The baseband of the Bluetooth stack provides a physical link that transmits and receives data between Bluetooth using the Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) frequency of 2.4 GHz, and the Link Manager Protocol (LMP) is equipped with another Bluetooth. After searching and connecting a device, it maintains and manages the connection with the device. The Logical Link Control Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) transmits and processes data transmitted from an upper layer protocol to a baseband or lower layer. RFCOMM provides the ability to emulate a serial port, and the Telephone Control Protocol Specification (TCS) provides binarization processing for audio data.

The service discovery protocol (SDP) of the Bluetooth stack performs a function of discovering and adding services and functions that can be performed in the piconet to which Bluetooth currently belongs through service class search, property search, and browsing. SDP is a protocol between Bluetooth and Bluetooth. When a specific Bluetooth device approaches the available range of the piconet or scatternet, the SDP discovers a new service and determines that the service is unavailable when it is far from the available range.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a process of automatically connecting short-range wireless communication through the Bluetooth stack as shown in FIG. 1 when the Bluetooth system approaches the available range of the piconet.

The Bluetooth system, which is not yet connected to any piconet, is waiting to be connected through the Bluetooth stack as shown in FIG. If the Bluetooth approaches a specific piconet or if the two Bluetooths are within an available range that can communicate with each other, the Bluetooth is initially connected via wireless discovery and response. Bluetooth connected in this way is switched to a state in which wireless data communication is possible by securing a channel capable of wireless data communication. If data communication is needed immediately as soon as mutual wireless communication becomes available, wireless data communication is performed on the reserved channel, but if data communication is not necessary immediately, Bluetooth switches to Low Power mode to reduce power consumption. .

The Bluetooth Application Model, currently recommended by the Bluetooth SIG, includes Object Transfer to transfer files and directories, wireless computers and modems, and data access points to access cordless phones and LANs. , Synchronization to share business cards, calendars, and task information through data transmission between Bluetooth devices, Intercom, Cordless phone, Mobile phone, etc. Three-In-One Phone feature, Wireless Headset to transmit audio information wirelessly, Computer Speakerphone function to access PSTN or wireless network using computer's microphone and speaker, mouse, keyboard , Joystick, etc., which is wirelessly connected to a computer to implement HID (Human Interface Device) Hidden Computing function to wirelessly access and work with computer by cordless computer, mobile phone or PDA, Instant Postcard function to transfer image data from digital camera to computer and mobile phone, and multiple wireless devices Conference table function. However, through the Bluetooth stack as shown in FIG. 1 and the automatic connection process as shown in FIG. 2, when two or more Bluetooths approach the available range, the application field can be further expanded because a piconet is automatically formed without a special repeater.

POS (Point of Sales System), a kind of food ordering system that can be used in existing restaurants, reduces staffing due to shorter traffic, improves work efficiency, and transfers order details to the kitchen, preventing errors and processing orders accurately and promptly. Although it is possible to receive a great response in the catering industry, the POS can not bring an absolute reduction in the number of servings, especially in the case of a self-service restaurant is difficult to use. In addition, it is possible to bring convenience of food order processing, but it is difficult to provide various services such as providing food information and management for visiting customers.

An object of the present invention is to connect the wireless communication device and the Bluetooth application server through a predetermined Bluetooth communication protocol when the wireless communication device is approaching or already in the available range of the piconet or scatternet, and the Bluetooth application The server receives the wireless communication telephone number information from the wireless communication device through the connected Bluetooth communication channel in the server, and interoperates with the network operation preservation device of the mobile communication provider in the Bluetooth application server, and provides the wireless communication provided from the wireless communication device. The customer information corresponding to the telephone number information is extracted or provided from the network management preservation apparatus, and the customer information extracted or provided from the network operation preservation apparatus at the Bluetooth application server is linked to the wireless communication telephone number information. Stored in the member information database It is to provide an automatic member database construction method using Bluetooth.

1 is a block diagram of a general Bluetooth stack by the Bluetooth protocol architecture.

2 is a diagram illustrating a process of automatically connecting short-range wireless communication when the Bluetooth system approaches the available range of the piconet.

3 is a diagram in which a wireless communication device equipped with Bluetooth and a Bluetooth application server are connected in a piconet in a restaurant in which a Bluetooth piconet is operated.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of an internal system of a Bluetooth application server for providing a food ordering service to a wireless communication device.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a series of processes for ordering food, paying food, and receiving the ordered food through the wireless communication device.

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10: Bluetooth communication device 20: Bluetooth application server

30: member management server 40: network management preservation device

50: Payment Agency Computer Network 11: Bluetooth

12: baseband processing unit 13: user interface

14: IF processor 15: RF processor

21: Bluetooth Server Daemon 22: Server Bluetooth

23: payment processing unit 24: order management interface

25: food ordering unit 26: food information D / B

27: order information D / B

The present invention relates to a method for automatically building a member database using Bluetooth, comprising a wireless communication device equipped with Bluetooth and a Bluetooth application server for delivering a service to the wireless communication device. An automatic building method, comprising: connecting the wireless communication device and the Bluetooth application server through a predetermined Bluetooth communication protocol when the wireless communication device approaches or already exists within an available range of a piconet or scatternet; Receiving wireless communication telephone number information from the wireless communication device through the connected Bluetooth communication channel in the Bluetooth application server; Extracting or providing customer information corresponding to the wireless communication telephone number information provided from the wireless communication device from the network operation preservation device in connection with the network operation preservation device of the mobile communication provider in the Bluetooth application server; And storing, at the Bluetooth application server, the customer information extracted or provided from the network management preservation device in a predetermined member information database in association with the wireless communication telephone number information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following examples are one of various methods for most appropriately explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a client for a food order is assumed to be a wireless communication device equipped with Bluetooth. After the Bluetooth device accesses a fast food restaurant piconet and connects wireless communication, the food order management unit of the Bluetooth server in the piconet is connected. Assume that you are provided with necessary services by accessing existing wireless internet web browser. Of course, after completing an order in a restaurant, a Bluetooth user may use Bluetooth to provide various services in the restaurant until the ordered food is provided. Conversely, a restaurant may use a Bluetooth system to provide a variety of information about a restaurant advertisement or food served until a food is provided to a customer.

3 is a block diagram in which a Bluetooth-equipped wireless communication device 10 and a Bluetooth application server 20 are connected in a piconet through a process as shown in FIG.

The wireless communication device 10 is divided into an RF processing unit 15, an IF processing unit 14, and a BASEBAND processing unit 12, and the like, and the Bluetooth 11 is itself an RF processing unit 15, a BASEBAND processing unit 14, a flash. Since it includes a memory and the like, all functions of the Bluetooth 11 operate independently of the radio communication device 10. The user interface 13 serves as an interface between the wireless communication device 10 and the user, and includes an LCD display device, a keyboard input device, a speaker, a buzzer, and a microphone.

The Bluetooth application server 20 is internally connected to the piconet, and externally through the Internet network, the payment system 50, the mobile communication operator's network operation preservation device 40, and the member management server 30 of the head office. It is connected.

The Bluetooth application server 20 is a computer equipped with Bluetooth 22, and acts as a web server in the piconet. Since the Bluetooth 22 stack includes a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) compatible processor for wireless Internet, The communication device 10 may access the Bluetooth application server 20 through a pre-installed wireless Internet terminal.

The network management preservation device 40 of the mobile communication operator and the member management server 30 of the fast food restaurant head office provide an interface for member registration and management of customers visiting stores. If the customer visiting the store is an existing member of the fast food restaurant, the member management server 30 may centrally manage the member by using the purchase information and various related information of the member in the Bluetooth application server 20, and the customer As a member, you can enjoy various benefits. On the contrary, if the customer visiting the store is not an existing member, the customer enters his wireless communication phone number into the Bluetooth application server 20, and the Bluetooth application server 20 transmits the phone number to the member management server 30. In addition, the member management server 30 may refer to the network management preservation device 40 of the mobile communication service provider based on the phone number, so that the Bluetooth application server 20 may register the current visiting customer and the ordering customer as a new member. Of course, in all of these processes, the Bluetooth terminal and the Bluetooth application server 20 in the fast food store exchange information based on Bluetooth, and only the Bluetooth application server 20 processes related tasks through the Internet as needed.

4 is a detailed block diagram of an internal system of a Bluetooth application server 20 for providing a food ordering service to a wireless communication device 10 equipped with a Bluetooth 11 and a wireless Internet web browser.

The Bluetooth server daemon 21 is a Bluetooth-based server program such as IIS or Apache web server of general wired internet, which provides an interface via wireless Internet such as WAP in piconet or scatternet.

The order management interface 24 performs a software process between the Bluetooth server daemon 21 and the food order management unit 25 to process food ordering, payment, and various additional services using a wireless Internet protocol used by Bluetooth. Systemically, the data processing between the Bluetooth terminal 22 and the food order management unit 25 is converted into a Bluetooth browsing environment.

In addition, the order management interface 24 is a network management preservation device of the head office member management server 30 and the wireless communication device 10 existing on the Internet by using the wireless Internet data processing and conversion function for the Bluetooth device 22. In connection with 40, a customer is registered as a member and an interface for managing the registered member is provided. In addition, the order management interface 24 provides a gateway for free surfing of the Internet while customers wait for their ordered food.

The food order management unit 25 allows the customer to select a food to order through the food information D / B 26, and when the food is ordered through the input of the customer, the food order management unit 25 displays the corresponding order information. Management through the D / B (27). When the food ordered by the customer is ready, the food order management unit 25 notifies the customer in the piconet via the Bluetooth server daemon 21 to more actively utilize the self-service function of the fast food restaurant. .

The payment processing unit 23 allows the customer to select a payment method after the customer's order is completed, and performs a final payment for the food order by interworking with the payment institution computer network of FIG. It performs the role of processing.

The customer's payment method includes offline payments such as cash, checks, and credit cards, and online payment systems such as online credit card payment, bank transfer, mileage point use, and cyber cash use. The payment processing unit 23 performs all online payments. Provides a common interface to. That is, when the user selects the online credit card payment, the user accesses the credit card company computer system 51, and when the user selects the bank transfer, the customer accesses the customer's bank computer system 52, thereby allowing the customer to automatically order food and services. Provide a payment processing system.

5 is a flow diagram of a series of processes in which a customer connects to an in-store piconet, orders food, pays, and receives the ordered food.

When the customer enters the store, the in-store Bluetooth application server 20 automatically connects with the customer's Bluetooth device 11 (501), and the food order service operating in the store through the SDP protocol of the customer's Bluetooth device ( 11, the customer's Bluetooth device 11 is connected to the Bluetooth server daemon 21 of the Bluetooth application server 20 (502).

After the customer's Bluetooth device 11 accesses the Bluetooth server daemon 21 (502), searches for food information D / B 26 through the user's input (503), determines the food to order, and then determines the Bluetooth. Food information to be provided to the application server 20 is transmitted (504). The order management interface 24 receiving the order from the customer uses the payment processor 23 to select a payment method for the food price ordered by the customer (506). If the customer selects an online payment method such as an online credit card transaction or bank transfer, the payment processing unit 23 accesses the corresponding payment computer network based on the payment information input from the customer's Bluetooth wireless communication device 10 (508). The food price is automatically processed (510). However, if the customer selects offline payment, the order management interface 24 outputs a message 509 that the customer will now pay for the food at the counter immediately, allowing the customer to pay for the food at the counter according to the message request. 510.

When the payment for the food ordered by the customer is completed through the payment processor 23 (510), the order management interface 24 inputs the food ordered by the customer to the order information D / B 27 of the food order management unit 25. In operation 511, the kitchen is requested to cook the food. During this cooking time, the customer may enjoy various additional services through the Bluetooth application server 20 as described above.

When the food ordered by the customer has been cooked in the kitchen (512), the food order management unit 25 informs the customer that the ordered food is completed via Bluetooth (513). Can be provided.

According to the present invention, a Bluetooth server or a master unit operating in a restaurant such as a restaurant, an entertainment restaurant, and a fast food store and a user's wireless communication device are automatically secured and connected to a channel to be processed in a restaurant from food ordering to payment. All services can be carried out using Bluetooth, making it easy, convenient, and convenient to order food, as well as convenient for restaurant operators and users. There is an advantage in providing.

In addition, by using the mobile operator's network management preservation device and the member management server of the restaurant headquarters, the member registration and management interface of the customer visiting the store can be used to centrally manage the customer using the purchase information and various related information of the customer visiting the store. Can be.

Claims (1)

In the method of automatically building a member database using Bluetooth, the wireless communication device equipped with Bluetooth and a Bluetooth application server for delivering a service to the wireless communication device, comprising: Connecting the wireless communication device and the Bluetooth application server via a predetermined Bluetooth communication protocol when the wireless communication device approaches or already exists within an available range of a piconet or scatternet; Receiving wireless communication telephone number information from the wireless communication device through the connected Bluetooth communication channel in the Bluetooth application server; Reading the wireless communication telephone number from the Bluetooth application server to identify a mobile communication service provider to which the wireless communication device is subscribed; Extracting or providing, from the network operation preservation device, customer information corresponding to the wireless communication telephone number information provided from the wireless communication device in association with the network operation preservation device of the mobile communication provider in the Bluetooth application server; And Storing, at the Bluetooth application server, the customer information extracted or provided from the network management preservation device in a predetermined member information database in association with the wireless communication telephone number information; Member database automatic construction method using a Bluetooth comprising a.