KR101095091B1 - System and method for exchanging electrical business card, and terminal applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electronic business card information exchange system and method and a terminal applied thereto. That is, a wireless network is formed by using ZigBee communication, and an exchange group is formed with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network through authentication, and business card information is provided to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group. And when the provision of the business card information is completed, a configuration including a master terminal that inherits the authority to provide business card information to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group is used effectively during the network configuration provided by ZigBee. The entire business card exchange group can receive business cards from all members and deliver them to all other members.

ZigBee, Electronic Business Card

Description

TECHNICAL AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING ELECTRICAL BUSINESS CARD, AND TERMINAL APPLIED TO THE SAME

The present invention relates to an electronic business card exchange service utilizing a ZigBee network, and more particularly, the entire business card exchange group receives business cards from all members by effectively using a forming network during the network configuration provided by ZigBee. The present invention relates to an electronic business card information exchange system capable of delivering business cards to all other members, a method thereof, and a terminal applied thereto.

Conventionally, business cards are widely used to inform their name and contact information in business with customers. However, such a general business card has many problems in terms of its management and cost. For example, due to insufficient number of cards when exchanging cards with the other party, there is a problem that a lot of time may be consumed only for organizing the cards by receiving many cards from several people at once.

On the other hand, in order to solve the problems caused by the business card exchange as described above, an electronic business card exchange technology for exchanging business card data through a protocol (Protocol) between each product over a certain distance has been proposed.

The electronic business card exchange technology uses various wireless data communication such as wireless LAN, SWAP, and IrDA, but the most representative example is a service for exchanging business card information stored in a terminal using a Bluetooth terminal. have.

However, in the case of the service for exchanging business card information using Bluetooth described above, due to the limitations of the network topology of Bluetooth (only a shaping network supporting a shaping network is theoretical and there is no terminal), various methods of business card information exchange can be implemented. It has no structure.

 That is, the service for exchanging business card information using the above-described Bluetooth is only supported by the molding network due to the characteristics of the Bluetooth technology, the number of terminals that can exchange data at the same time is also limited as only the exchange of business card information in a one-to-one manner there is a problem.

The present invention was created to solve the problems inherent in the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to form a wireless network using ZigBee communication and to establish a wireless network through authentication of a plurality of It configures an exchange group with a slave terminal, and provides business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and when the business card information is completed, the authority to provide business card information is inherited to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group. Master terminal; And receiving and storing business card information included in the configured exchange group and provided from the master terminal, and when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, a plurality of terminals including their business card information in the exchange group. An electronic business card information exchange system comprising a slave terminal provided to the system, a system further comprising a server for managing authentication information and a list in the system configuration, and a terminal applied thereto, thereby shortening a network configuration time between terminals. It is to let.

Another object of the present invention, the master terminal to form a wireless network using ZigBee (ZigBee) communication, the authentication key setting request step of requesting the authentication key setting for forming an exchange group, and in accordance with the authentication key setting request An information receiving step in which an exchange server sets an authentication key, receives authentication keys and terminal information transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals located on the wireless network through the master terminal, and based on the received authentication key; A list creation step of performing authentication and creating a list including authenticated slave terminals and terminal information of the master terminal, and receiving the list from the master terminal to provide its own business card information to the slave terminals in the exchange group, When the provision of business card information is completed, the master terminal The authority inheritance requesting step of requesting the exchange server for the inheritance of the business card information providing authority and the authority inheritance step of providing the list to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group according to the request of the inheritance of the business card information providing authority of the master terminal. And providing business card information providing the business card information to the terminal in the exchange group based on the list received by the specific slave terminal from the exchange server. To save time.

It is still another object of the present invention to form a wireless network using ZigBee communication and to form an exchange group with a plurality of other terminals located in the wireless network through authentication, and in the exchange group And providing a business card information for providing business card information to a plurality of other terminals included, and a step of inheriting authority to inherit business card information providing authority to a specific terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed. The present invention provides a method for exchanging electronic business card information, thereby shortening a network configuration time between terminals.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, there is provided an electronic business card information exchange system: the system forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network; A master terminal constituting an exchange group and providing business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and inheriting the authority to provide business card information when the business card information is completed; Receives and stores the business card information included in the configured exchange group and provided from the master terminal, and when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, the own business card information is transferred to a plurality of terminals included in the exchange group. Providing slave terminal; And setting an authentication key for forming the exchange group according to a request of the master terminal, performing authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group, and authenticating the slave terminal with the authenticated slave terminal. And a switching server for creating a list including terminal information of a master terminal and providing the master terminal to the master terminal.

Preferably, the master terminal provides its own business card information to the slave terminal based on the list provided from the exchange server, and requests the exchange server to inherit the authority to provide the business card information when the business card information is completed. Characterized in that.

Preferably, the exchange server is characterized in that to provide the list to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group in accordance with the request to inherit the authority to provide business card information of the master terminal.

Preferably, the slave terminal provides its business card information to a plurality of terminals located in the exchange group based on the list received from the exchange server according to the inheritance of the business card information provision authority, and when the provision of the business card information is completed And requesting the exchange server to inherit the authority to provide the business card information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic business card information exchange system: a system that forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication and exchanges with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network through authentication. A master terminal configured to provide business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and to inherit business card information provision authority to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed; And receiving and storing business card information included in the configured exchange group and provided from the master terminal, and when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, a plurality of terminals including their business card information in the exchange group. It characterized in that it comprises a slave terminal provided to.

Preferably, the master terminal is configured to set an authentication key for forming the exchange group, perform authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group, and authenticated with the authenticated slave terminal. It is characterized in that a list containing its own terminal information is prepared and its own business card information is provided to the slave terminals in the exchange group based on the list.

Preferably, the master terminal, when providing the business card information is completed, the list is provided to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group to inherit the authority to provide business card information.

Preferably, the slave terminal provides its business card information to a plurality of terminals located in the exchange group based on the list received from the master terminal according to the inheritance of the business card information provision authority, and when the provision of the business card information is completed The list is provided to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group to inherit the authority to provide business card information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic business card information exchange terminal, comprising: a Zigbee communication module for forming a wireless network with a plurality of other terminals via ZigBee communication; Configure an exchange group with a plurality of other terminals located on the formed wireless network, provide business card information to a plurality of other terminals included in the exchange group, and provide the business card information right to provide the business card information when the business card information is completed. An operation control module inheriting to a specific terminal belonging to the exchange group; And an information storage module for storing business card information provided to the plurality of other terminals and business card information of each of the plurality of other terminals received through the wireless network.

Preferably, the operation control module sets an authentication key for forming the exchange group, performs authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of other terminals when configuring the exchange group, and authenticates other terminals. And prepare a list including the own terminal information and provide the own business card information to other terminals in the exchange group based on the list.

Preferably, the operation control module provides its own business card information to a plurality of other terminals located in the exchange group through a broadcasting message or a unicasting message based on the list.

Preferably, the operation control module inherits the authority to provide business card information to provide the business card information based on the list by providing the list to a specific other terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed. Characterized in that.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for exchanging electronic business card information: a method in which a master terminal forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication and requests setting up an authentication key for forming an exchange group. Requesting an authentication key setting; An information receiving step of setting, by the exchange server, an authentication key according to the authentication key setting request, and receiving authentication key and terminal information transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals located on the wireless network through the master terminal; A list generation step of the exchange server performing authentication based on the received authentication key and creating a list including terminal information of the authenticated slave terminal and the master terminal; The master terminal receives the list and provides its business card information to slave terminals in the exchange group, and when the provision of the business card information is completed, the master terminal requests the exchange server to inherit the authority to provide the business card information. Succession request step; An authority inheritance step of the exchange server providing the list to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group in response to a request for inheriting authority to provide business card information of the master terminal; And providing the business card information for the specific slave terminal to provide its own business card information to the terminals in the exchange group based on the list received from the exchange server.

Preferably, the method may further include an authority inheritance request step of requesting, by the specific slave terminal, to inherit the authority to provide business card information to the exchange server when the business card information providing step is completed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for exchanging electronic business card information is provided: a method in which a master terminal forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication and authenticates with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network. An exchange group configuring step of forming an exchange group of the group; An authority inheritance step of the master terminal providing the business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and inheriting the authority to provide the business card information to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed; And providing the business card information to the plurality of terminals included in the exchange group by the specific slave terminal when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of inheriting the authority for the specific slave terminal to inherit the authority to provide business card information to another slave terminal in the exchange group when the step of providing the business card information is completed.

Advantageously, the step of configuring an exchange group comprises: an authentication key setting step of setting an authentication key for forming the exchange group; An authentication step of performing authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group; And a list creation step of creating a list including the authenticated slave terminal and its own terminal information.

Preferably, the authority inheritance step may include: providing business card information for providing own business card information to a plurality of slave terminals in the exchange group based on the list; And an authority inheritance step of providing the list to the specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group when the provision of the own business card information is completed to inherit the authority to provide the business card information.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a method for exchanging electronic business card information is provided: the method forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication, and authenticates with a plurality of other terminals located in the wireless network through authentication. An exchange group forming step of forming an exchange group; Providing business card information for providing business card information to a plurality of other terminals included in the exchange group; And when the provision of the business card information is completed, the authority inheritance step of inheriting the authority to provide the business card information to a specific terminal belonging to the exchange group.

Advantageously, the step of configuring an exchange group comprises: an authentication key setting step of setting an authentication key for forming the exchange group; An authentication step of performing authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of other terminals when configuring the exchange group; And a list creation step of creating a list based on terminal information including the authenticated other terminal and its own Zigbee MAC address.

Preferably, the providing of the business card information may be based on the list, and provides the own business card information to another terminal located in the exchange group through a broadcasting message or a unicasting message.

Preferably, the step of inheriting the authority may include providing the business card information providing authority to provide the business card information based on the list by providing the list to a specific other terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information provision is completed. It is characterized by succession.

The electronic business card information exchange system and method and terminal applied thereto according to the present invention not only support not only a forming network but also a cluster tree structure and a mesh type network by utilizing a ZigBee network. Network configuration time between terminals can be shortened.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(First Example )

1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic business card information exchange system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a master terminal 100 constituting an exchange group and providing business card information to a plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group; A slave terminal 200 for receiving and storing business card information provided from the master terminal 100; And an exchange server 300 that performs authentication on the slave terminal 200 according to a request of the master terminal 100 and prepares a list for the authenticated terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the master terminal 100 includes a Zigbee communication module 110 forming a wireless network with a plurality of slave terminals 200 through ZigBee communication; Configure an exchange group with a plurality of slave terminals 200 located on the formed wireless network, provide business card information to the slave terminal 200 included in the exchange group, and when the provision of the business card information is completed An operation control module (120) for inheriting a right to provide information to a specific slave terminal (200) belonging to the exchange group; It has a configuration that includes an information storage module 130 for storing the business card information provided to the plurality of slave terminals 200 and the business card information of each of the plurality of slave terminals 200 received through the wireless network, such a master terminal The configuration of 100 is the same as that of the slave terminal 200.

The Zigbee communication module 110 forms a wireless network by using ZigBee communication, and configures a switching group with a plurality of slave terminals 200 located in the wireless network. To this end, the ZigBee communication module 110 is mounted inside the terminal in the form of a ZigBee chip, or mounted in the USIM slot in the form of a USIM card containing ZigBee for WCDMA terminals only, or the DM port of the terminal (TTA- It is implemented to enable Zigbee communication by connecting to Zigbee Dongle (24 pin connector).

The operation control module 120 first transitions to a group join request wait state and receives a join request message transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals 200 located on a wireless network for a set time. At this time, the subscription request message transmitted from the slave terminal 200 includes an authentication key and terminal information. More specifically, the operation control module 120 forms a wireless network with a plurality of slave terminals 200 through the Zigbee communication module 110, and requests the exchange server 300 to set an authentication key for forming an exchange group. do.

In this regard, the exchange server 300 sets an authentication key for forming an exchange group according to a request of the master terminal 100, and receives an authentication key transmitted from the slave terminal 200 through the master terminal 100. To perform authentication. In addition, the exchange server 300 prepares a list including the terminal information of the authenticated slave terminal 200 and the master terminal 100 and provides it to the master terminal 100. Here, the terminal information included in the list includes business card information summarized for each terminal user and MAC (MAC) address information of Zigbee mounted in various forms in the terminal. Meanwhile, in addition to the method of forming an exchange group using the authentication key described above, a method of forming an exchange group without using an authentication key may be possible.

In addition, when the list created from the exchange server 300 is delivered, the operation control module 120 transitions to the business card information exchange mode, and the self-control module 120 transmits to the plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group based on the delivered list. Provide business card information. More specifically, the operation control module 120 provides its own business card information to the slave terminal 200 using a broadcasting message. In addition, the operation control module 120 may also provide business card information using a unicasting message, but in this case, the business card information should be delivered for each individual terminal, and the number of terminals if there are many slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group. As many duplicate message deliveries must be made. In addition, due to the characteristics of ZigBee, a maximum of 100 bytes of information may be carried in one packet, so that when the business card information exceeds 100 bytes, the operation control module 120 divides the business card information into a plurality of messages to the slave terminal 200. To pass. That is, the operation control module 120 divides the business card information data into a plurality of messages and broadcasts the business card information in the exchange group by including the number information of the order field in each message at once. To provide. In this regard, the operation control module 120 transmits a "receive status check request" message to the slave terminal 200, and the slave terminal 200 receiving the received message receives the number information of the sequence field of the message received or not received. Receiving a "receive status response" message allows retransmission of unreceived messages. In addition, when the retransmission is completed, the operation control module 120 retransmits a "receive status check request" message to confirm that all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group have normally received business card information. This operation is preferably repeated until all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group normally receive the business card information, but for the efficiency of the system, the above-described repetitive operation is performed for a predetermined number of times, and exceeds the predetermined number of times. If you do, the exchange of cards will be deemed unsuccessful.

In addition, the operation control module 120 requests the exchange server 300 to inherit the authority to provide business card information when the business card information is provided through the above-described operation, and the exchange server 300 receives the master terminal ( The list is provided to the specific slave terminal 200 belonging to the exchange group according to the request for inheriting the business card information providing authority of 100).

In this regard, the slave terminal 200 receiving the list regards all terminals included in the exchange group except itself as the slave terminal 200 and the master terminal 100 as described above for all terminals located in the exchange group. It provides its own business card information in the same way as the operation. Meanwhile, when the provision of the business card information is completed, the slave terminal 200 having inherited the authority requests the succession of the authority to the exchange server 300 to inherit the authority to provide the business card information to another slave terminal 200 located in the exchange group.

On the other hand, a series of operations for exchanging the business card information of the operation control module 120 as described above is implemented through the application of the VM or WIPI type, and also through the terminal UI (User Interface), not only the exchange of business card information It may be desirable to implement various functions such as inquiry, editing, and deletion of stored business card information.

Hereinafter, the electronic business card exchange method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a schematic flowchart for explaining an electronic business card exchange method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the master terminal 100 forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication, and requests setting of an authentication key for forming an exchange group (S110-S120). Preferably, the operation control module 120 transitions to the initial group join request waiting state, forms a wireless network with a plurality of slave terminals 200 through the Zigbee communication module 110, and authenticates to form an exchange group. The key setting is requested to the exchange server 300.

Next, an authentication key is set according to the authentication key setting request, and a list is received by receiving a subscription request message transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals located on a wireless network (S130-S170). Preferably, the exchange server 300 sets an authentication key for forming an exchange group at the request of the master terminal 100, and receives the authentication key transmitted from the slave terminal 200 through the master terminal 100. To perform authentication. In addition, the exchange server 300 creates a list including the terminal information of the authenticated slave terminal 200 and the master terminal 100 and provides it to the master terminal 100.

Then, the master terminal 100 provides the business card information based on the created list (S180-S200). Preferably, the operation control module 120 transitions to the business card information exchange mode when a list created from the exchange server 300 is delivered, and the plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group based on the transferred list. Provide your own business card information. More specifically, the operation control module 120 provides its own business card information to the slave terminal 200 using a broadcasting message. In this case, when providing business card information using a unicasting message, the business card information should be delivered for each individual terminal, and if there are many slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group, duplicate message delivery as many as the number of terminals should be made. . In addition, due to the characteristics of ZigBee, a maximum of 100 bytes of information may be carried in one packet, so that the motion control module 120 divides the business card information into several messages and transmits the information to the slave terminal 200 when the business card information exceeds 100 bytes. do. That is, the operation control module 120 divides the business card information data into a plurality of messages and broadcasts the business card information in the exchange group by including the number information of the order field in each message at once. To provide.

Then, when the provision of the business card information is completed, it requests the succession of the business card information provision authority (S210-S240). Preferably, the operation control module 120 transmits a "receipt status check request" message to the slave terminal 200 and the slave terminal 200 receiving the received information is number information of an order field of a message received or not received. Receiving a "receive status response" message allows retransmission of unreceived messages. In addition, when the retransmission is completed, the operation control module 120 retransmits a "receive status check request" message to confirm that all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group have normally received business card information. In addition, the operation control module 120 requests the exchange server 300 to inherit the authority to provide business card information when the business card information is provided through the above-described operation. In this case, the exchange server 300 may provide the card information providing authority to the specific slave terminal 200 by providing the list to the specific slave terminal 200 belonging to the exchange group according to the request for inheriting the business card information authority of the master terminal 100. Succession to). In this regard, the slave terminal 200 receiving the list regards all terminals included in the exchange group except itself as the slave terminal 200 and operates the master terminal 100 as described above for all terminals located in the exchange group. Provide your own business card information in the same way. Meanwhile, when the provision of the business card information is completed, the slave terminal 200 having inherited the authority requests the succession of the authority to the exchange server 300 to inherit the authority to provide the business card information to another slave terminal 200 located in the exchange group. In addition, when the authority to provide business card information is inherited to all terminals in the exchange group and the exchange of the business cards between terminals is completed, the above-described authority inheritance operation is terminated.

(Second Example )

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic business card information exchange system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the system includes a master terminal 100 constituting an exchange group and providing business card information to a plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group; And a slave terminal 200 for receiving and storing business card information provided from the master terminal 100.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the master terminal 100 includes a Zigbee communication module 110 forming a wireless network with a plurality of slave terminals 200 through ZigBee communication; Configure an exchange group with a plurality of slave terminals 200 located on the formed wireless network, provide business card information to the slave terminal 200 included in the exchange group, and when the provision of the business card information is completed An operation control module (120) for inheriting a right to provide information to a specific slave terminal (200) belonging to the exchange group; It has a configuration that includes an information storage module 130 for storing the business card information provided to the plurality of slave terminals 200 and the business card information of each of the plurality of slave terminals 200 received through the wireless network, such a master terminal The configuration of 100 is the same as that of the slave terminal 200.

The Zigbee communication module 110 forms a wireless network by using ZigBee communication, and configures a switching group with a plurality of slave terminals 200 located in the wireless network. To this end, the ZigBee communication module 110 is mounted inside the terminal in the form of a ZigBee chip, or mounted in the USIM slot in the form of a USIM card containing ZigBee for WCDMA terminals only, or the DM port of the terminal (TTA- It is implemented to enable Zigbee communication by connecting to Zigbee Dongle (24 pin connector).

The operation control module 120 first transitions to a group join request wait state and receives a subscription request message transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals 200 located on a wireless network for a set time. At this time, the subscription request message transmitted from the slave terminal 200 includes an authentication key and terminal information.

More specifically, the operation control module 120 sets an authentication key for forming an exchange group, and receives an authentication key transmitted from the slave terminal 200 to perform authentication. In addition, the operation control module 120 creates a list including the authenticated slave terminal 200 and its own terminal information. Here, the terminal information included in the list includes business card information summarized for each terminal user and MAC (MAC) address information of Zigbee mounted in various forms in the terminal. Meanwhile, in addition to the method of forming an exchange group using the authentication key described above, a method of forming an exchange group without using an authentication key may be possible.

In addition, when the list is completed, the operation control module 120 transitions to the business card information exchange mode, and provides its own business card information to a plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group based on the created list. . More specifically, the operation control module 120 provides its own business card information to the slave terminal 200 using a broadcasting message. In addition, the operation control module 120 may provide business card information using a unicasting message, but in this case, the business card information should be delivered for each individual terminal, and the number of terminals if there are many slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group. As many duplicate message deliveries must be made. In addition, since the operation control module 120 can carry information of up to 100 bytes in one packet due to the characteristics of ZigBee, when the business card information exceeds 100 bytes, the business card information is divided into multiple messages and the slave terminal 200. To pass). That is, the operation control module 120 divides the business card information data into a plurality of messages and broadcasts the business card information in the exchange group by including the number information of the order field in each message at once. ) In this regard, the operation control module 120 transmits a "receive status check request" message to the slave terminal 200, and the slave terminal 200 receiving the received message receives the number information of the sequence field of the message received or not received. Receiving a "receive status response" message allows retransmission of unreceived messages. In addition, when the retransmission is completed, the operation control module 120 retransmits a "receive status check request" message to confirm that all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group have normally received business card information. This operation is preferably repeated until all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group normally receive the business card information, but for the efficiency of the system, the above-described repetitive operation is performed for a predetermined number of times, and exceeds the predetermined number of times. If you do, the exchange of cards will be deemed unsuccessful.

In addition, the operation control module 120 provides the created list to a specific slave terminal 200 belonging to the exchange group in order to inherit the authority to provide business card information when the business card information is provided through the above-described operation.

In this regard, the slave terminal 200 receiving the list regards all terminals included in the exchange group except itself as the slave terminal 200 and operates the master terminal 100 as described above for all terminals located in the exchange group. Provide your own business card information in the same way. Meanwhile, when the provision of the business card information is completed, the slave terminal 200 inherited authority transmits the business card list to the other slave terminals 200 located in the exchange group in the same manner as the master terminal 100 by transmitting the list transmitted from the master terminal. Take over the authority to provide information.

Hereinafter, the electronic business card exchange method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5. 5 is a schematic flowchart for explaining an electronic business card exchange method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

First, the master terminal 100 forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication, and sets an authentication key for forming an exchange group (S310-S320). Preferably, the operation control module 120 sets an authentication key for transitioning to the initial group join request wait state to form an exchange group.

Next, an authentication key is set according to the authentication key setting request, and a list is received by receiving a subscription request message transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals located on a wireless network (S330-S350). Preferably, the operation control module 120 sets an authentication key for forming an exchange group, and performs authentication by receiving an authentication key transmitted from a slave terminal 200 located on a wireless network. In addition, the operation control module 120 creates a list including terminal information of the authenticated slave terminal 200 and the master terminal 100.

Then, the master terminal 100 provides the business card information based on the created list (S360-S370). Preferably, the operation control module 120 transitions to the business card information exchange mode when the list creation is completed, and transmits its business card information to a plurality of slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group based on the created list. to provide. More specifically, the operation control module 120 provides its own business card information to the slave terminal 200 using a broadcasting message. In addition, the operation control module 120 may provide business card information using a unicasting message, but in this case, the business card information should be delivered for each individual terminal, and the number of terminals if there are many slave terminals 200 included in the exchange group. As many duplicate message deliveries must be made. In addition, since the operation control module 120 can carry information of up to 100 bytes in one packet due to the characteristics of ZigBee, when the business card information exceeds 100 bytes, the business card information is divided into multiple messages and the slave terminal 200. To pass). That is, the operation control module 120 divides the business card information data into a plurality of messages and broadcasts the business card information in the exchange group by including the number information of the order field in each message at once. To provide.

Then, when the provision of the business card information is completed, the master terminal 100 inherits the right to provide the business card information (S380-S410). Preferably, the operation control module 120 transmits the "receive status check request" message to the slave terminal 200 and the number information of the sequence field of the message received or not received from the slave terminal 200 receiving the message. Receiving a "Receive Status Response" message enables retransmission of unreceived messages. In addition, when the retransmission is completed, the operation control module 120 retransmits a "receive status check request" message to confirm that all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group have normally received business card information. Such an operation is preferably repeated until all slave terminals 200 in the exchange group normally receive the business card information, but for the efficiency of the system, the above-described repetitive operation is performed for a predetermined number of times, and the predetermined number of times is performed. If exceeded, the exchange of business cards is considered as failed. In addition, the operation control module 120 provides the created list to a specific slave terminal 200 belonging to the exchange group in order to inherit the authority to provide business card information when the business card information is provided through the above-described operation. In this regard, the slave terminal 200 receiving the list regards all terminals included in the exchange group except itself as the slave terminal 200 and operates the master terminal 100 as described above for all terminals located in the exchange group. Provide your own business card information in the same way. Meanwhile, when the provision of the business card information is completed, the slave terminal 200 inherited authority transmits the business card list to the other slave terminals 200 located in the exchange group in the same manner as the master terminal 100 by transmitting the list transmitted from the master terminal. Take over the authority to provide information. In addition, when the authority to provide business card information is inherited to all terminals in the exchange group and the exchange of the business cards between terminals is completed, the above-described authority inheritance operation is terminated.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Electronic business card information exchange system and method and terminal applied thereto according to the present invention effectively utilizes the forming network during the network configuration provided by ZigBee (ZigBee) all the business card exchange group receives the business card from all members, all other members By passing the business card to the terminal, the network configuration time between terminals can be shortened, thus exceeding the limitations of the existing technology, there is not only the possibility of using the related technology but also the possibility of marketing or sales of the applied device, and also making it clear in reality. It is an invention with industrial applicability since it can be done.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic business card information exchange system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a master terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for exchanging electronic business card information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic business card information exchange system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for exchanging electronic business card information according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

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100: master terminal

110: Zigbee communication module 120: motion control module

130: information storage module

200: slave terminal

300: exchange server

Claims (23)

In the electronic business card information exchange system, Form a wireless network using ZigBee communication to form an exchange group with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network, provide business card information to the plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and provide the business card information. When it is completed, the master terminal to inherit the right to provide business card information; Receives and stores the business card information included in the configured exchange group and provided from the master terminal, and when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, the own business card information is transferred to a plurality of terminals included in the exchange group. Providing a slave terminal; And Set an authentication key for forming the exchange group according to a request of the master terminal, perform authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group, authenticated slave terminals and the master An electronic business card information exchange system comprising: an exchange server for creating a list including terminal information of a terminal and providing the same to the master terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the master terminal, Providing business card information to the slave terminal based on the list provided from the exchange server, and requesting the exchange server to inherit the authority to provide the business card information when the business card information is completed. system. The method of claim 2, wherein the exchange server, And the list is provided to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group in accordance with a request for inheriting the business card information providing authority of the master terminal. The method of claim 3, wherein the slave terminal, The card information is provided to a plurality of terminals located in the exchange group based on the list received from the exchange server according to the inheritance of the business card information provision authority, and the business card information provision authority succession is exchanged when the business card information is completed. Electronic business card information exchange system, characterized in that the request to the server. In the electronic business card information exchange system, It forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication and forms an exchange group with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network through authentication, and provides business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group. A master terminal that inherits the authority to provide business card information to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed; And Receives and stores the business card information included in the configured exchange group and provided from the master terminal, and when the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, the own business card information is transferred to a plurality of terminals included in the exchange group. Electronic business card information exchange system comprising a slave terminal providing. The method of claim 5, wherein the master terminal, Set an authentication key for forming the exchange group, perform authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group, and list a list including the authenticated slave terminals and their own terminal information. And provide own business card information to slave terminals in the switching group based on the list. The method of claim 6, wherein the master terminal, And when the provision of the business card information is completed, the list is provided to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group to inherit the authority to provide the business card information. The method of claim 7, wherein the slave terminal, According to the inheritance of the business card information providing authority, the business card information is provided to a plurality of terminals located in the exchange group based on the list received from the master terminal, and when the provision of the business card information is completed, the list belongs to the specific exchange group. Electronic business card information exchange system, characterized in that to provide the slave terminal to inherit the authority to provide business card information. In the electronic business card information exchange terminal, A Zigbee communication module for forming a wireless network with a plurality of other terminals through ZigBee communication; Form an exchange group with a plurality of other terminals located on the formed wireless network, provide business card information to a plurality of other terminals included in the exchange group, and provide business card information when the provision of the business card information is completed. An operation control module for inheriting a specific terminal belonging to the exchange group; And And an information storage module for storing business card information provided to the plurality of other terminals and business card information of each of the plurality of other terminals received through the wireless network. The method of claim 9, wherein the operation control module, Set an authentication key for forming the exchange group, perform authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of other terminals when configuring the exchange group, and list a list including other authenticated terminals and their own terminal information. The electronic business card information exchange terminal, comprising: providing own business card information to other terminals in the exchange group based on the list. The method of claim 10, wherein the operation control module, An electronic business card information exchange terminal comprising providing its own business card information through a broadcasting message or a unicasting message to a plurality of other terminals located in the exchange group based on the list. The method of claim 10, wherein the operation control module, When the business card information is completed, the business card information exchange terminal may be provided with the authority to provide the business card information based on the list by providing the list to another terminal belonging to the exchange group. . The method of claim 10, wherein the terminal information, Electronic business card information exchange terminal comprising a Zigbee MAC (MAC) address. In the electronic business card information exchange method, An authentication key setting request step of the master terminal forming a wireless network using ZigBee communication and requesting an authentication key setting for forming an exchange group; An information receiving step of setting, by the exchange server, an authentication key according to the authentication key setting request, and receiving authentication key and terminal information transmitted from a plurality of slave terminals located on the wireless network through the master terminal; A list generation step of the exchange server performing authentication based on the received authentication key and creating a list including terminal information of the authenticated slave terminal and the master terminal; The master terminal receives the list and provides its business card information to slave terminals in the exchange group, and when the provision of the business card information is completed, the master terminal requests the exchange server to inherit the authority to provide the business card information. Succession request step; An authority inheritance step of the exchange server providing the list to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group in response to a request for inheriting authority to provide business card information of the master terminal; And And providing business card information for the specific slave terminal to provide its own business card information to the terminals in the exchange group based on the list received from the exchange server. The method of claim 14, wherein the method is And a permission succession request step of requesting, by the specific slave terminal, the succession authority to provide business card information to the exchange server when the business card information providing step is completed. In the electronic business card information exchange method, A switching group forming step in which a master terminal forms a wireless network using ZigBee communication and forms an exchange group with a plurality of slave terminals located in the wireless network through authentication; An authority inheritance step of the master terminal providing the business card information to a plurality of slave terminals included in the exchange group, and inheriting the authority to provide the business card information to a specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group when the business card information is completed; And When the authority to provide the business card information is inherited from the master terminal, the business card information providing step of providing the business card information of the specific slave terminal to a plurality of terminals included in the exchange group; Exchange method. The method of claim 16, wherein the method is And the authority inheritance step of inheriting, by the specific slave terminal, the authority to provide business card information to another slave terminal in the exchange group when the business card information providing step is completed. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of configuring an exchange group, An authentication key setting step of setting an authentication key for forming the exchange group; An authentication step of performing authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of slave terminals when configuring the exchange group; And And a list creation step of creating a list including the authenticated slave terminal and its own terminal information. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of inheriting authority, Providing business card information for providing own business card information to a plurality of slave terminals in the exchange group based on the list; And And when the provision of the own business card information is completed, providing the list to the specific slave terminal belonging to the exchange group to inherit the authority to provide business card information. In the electronic business card information exchange method, A switching group forming step of the operation control module forming a wireless network using ZigBee communication and configuring a switching group with a plurality of other terminals located in the wireless network through authentication; Providing business card information by the operation control module to provide business card information to a plurality of other terminals included in the exchange group; And And the authority inheritance step of inheriting the authority to provide business card information to a specific terminal belonging to the exchange group when the operation control module completes the provision of the business card information. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of configuring an exchange group comprises: An authentication key setting step of setting an authentication key for forming the exchange group; An authentication step of performing authentication by receiving authentication keys received from the plurality of other terminals when configuring the exchange group; And And a list creation step of creating a list based on the terminal information including the authenticated other terminal and its own Zigbee MAC address. The method of claim 21, wherein the providing business card information comprises: The business card information exchange method of claim 1, wherein the business card information is provided to another terminal located in the exchange group through a broadcasting message or a unicasting message. 23. The method of claim 22 wherein the step of inheriting authority comprises: When the business card information is provided, the business card information exchange rights are inherited, so that the list is provided to a specific other terminal belonging to the exchange group to provide the own business card information based on the list. Way.

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