KR101665964B1 - Wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a wireless communication system that displays information using a beacon, and is a smart device that transmits identification information through the Internet in response to an identification code provided from a beacon; And a server for providing at least one kind of location-based service information and service expression format information corresponding to the identification information; The smart device includes an interface module for displaying at least one type of service output information to a user corresponding to at least one type of the location-based service information and service expression format information.

Description

[0001] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a wireless communication system for displaying information using a beacon to a user.

Beacon technology is being developed to compensate for the limit of communication distance of Near Field Control (NFC), which was recently used as a short distance communication technology of smart devices. A beacon is a short distance communication technology that uses Bluetooth communication to communicate information and locate smart device users.

The beacon can communicate with the smart device up to a radius of up to 50 m, and it is possible to provide services through various smart devices in response to a visitor's position in a specific place or store where a beacon is installed, without having to tag the terminal. In addition, the beacon can provide a better location based service to the user of the smart device in the indoor space because the beacon has less errors and can perform precise position measurement as compared with the GPS based location based service.

Due to these advantages, research on techniques related to beacon systems has been actively conducted.

However, in order to provide users with various types of services using beacons, a conventional smart device application must be installed separately for each service, and a server for providing information to the application must be separately provided. Therefore, there is a problem that the cost for constructing and maintaining wireless communication for providing various kinds of services is increased.

For example, when a user of a smart device approaches a restaurant, a related application and a server must be provided in order to provide a service that provides information on a menu and a coupon provided by the restaurant. In addition, when a smart device user is located at a sightseeing spot, a related application and a server must be separately provided in order to provide a service informing the guide information about the sightseeing spot. In order to provide various types of location-based services, a separate application and a server must be provided.

In addition, a user of a smart device must always execute several types of applications at the same time in order to receive various types of location-based services, which increases the consumption of the smart device battery.

In addition, there are limitations on the types of applications that a user can simultaneously execute with a single smart device, so there is a restriction on a service that can be provided through a location-based service.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an application and a server capable of accommodating various types of location-based services, thereby reducing the cost of constructing and maintaining a wireless communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce battery consumption of a smart device due to execution of a plurality of applications of a user.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce the limitation of the types of location-based services that a user can receive in one smart device.

A wireless communication system according to the present invention is a smart device that transmits identification information via the Internet in response to an identification code provided from a beacon; And a server for providing at least one kind of location-based service information and service expression format information corresponding to the identification information; The smart device includes an interface module for displaying service output information to a user corresponding to at least one type of the location-based service information and service expression format information.

As described above, the present invention provides an application and a server that can accommodate various types of location-based services, thereby reducing the cost for constructing and maintaining the wireless communication system.

The present invention also has the effect of reducing the battery consumption of the smart device due to the execution of a plurality of applications by the user.

In addition, the present invention can diversify the types of location-based services that a user can receive as one smart device.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment according to the wireless communication system of the present invention.
2 is a flow chart for explaining the embodiment of FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention.

The embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention and thus various equivalents and modifications Can be.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wireless communication system 100 of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless communication system 100 of the present invention includes a smart device 110 and a server 120.

The smart device 110 and the server 120 can communicate online via the Internet 20 and the smart device 110 can receive the identification code from the beacon 10. [

In the above configuration, the Internet 20 is a communication network for connecting the smart device 110 and the server 120 according to the present invention. Typically, LTE (Long Term Evolution) or Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) based wireless An Internet communication network may be exemplified.

The user refers to a person who uses the smart device 110. The smart device 110 may include a browser or an application that can access the server 120 through the Internet 20 and browse various types of information provided by the server 120.

The beacon 10 is a short range wireless terminal that periodically transmits information of objects based on the Bluetooth 4.0, and may be a device that performs data communication using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). The beacon can transmit data in the beacon to the mobile terminal even if the mobile terminal passes near the place where the beacon is installed, without having to bring the mobile terminal such as the smart device close to the NFC module and tag it like NFC.

The beacon 10 may refer to a hardware or a hardware module for communication using a wireless personal area network (WPAN) or an infrared data association (IrDA).

The smart device 110 refers to a wireless communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the beacon 10. Accordingly, the smart device 110 may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a mobile Internet device, an Internet tablet, a digital camera, an Internet of Things (IoT) , Or a wearable computer.

The server 120 may be connected to the smart device 110 via the Internet 20 where the server 120 may be a network including a plurality of servers.

The smart device 110 may transmit the identification information via the Internet 20 in response to the identification code provided from the beacon 10. [

The identification code means a code capable of identifying a position where a beacon 10 transmitting the identification code is attached or installed, and a kind of beacon. A MAC address of the beacon 10 or a unique number set in the beacon 10 according to the location of the beacon 10. Here, the MAC address may refer to an identifier attached to the network adapter as a medium access control address in computer networking.

The identification information may be information containing only the identification code, which is processed in correspondence with the identification code, and may be processed information that further includes information related to the smart device 110 that has received the identification code. The identification code received by the smart device 110 according to the present invention may vary according to the type and location of the beacon.

The smart device 110 may receive the identification code from the beacon 10 when the smart device 110 carried by the user enters the area where the beacon 10 can transmit the identification code.

At this time, the beacon 10 may be one of various kinds of beacons for providing various types of location-based services, and may have various kinds according to the installed location and purpose.

For example, a beacon 10 installed in a store can be installed near an entrance of a store, and can detect a user entering a store and transmit an identification code. A beacon 10 installed in a specific building is installed near an exit of the building So that the identification code can be transmitted to a nearby user in preparation for a disaster situation.

The smart device 110 includes a communication module 111 for receiving the identification code from the beacon 10, a location-based service information and service expression format information from the server 120 and transmitting the identification information to the server 120 And an interface module 113 for displaying service output information to a user corresponding to location-based service information and service expression format information.

The communication module 111 receives the identification code from the beacon 10 in response to the user's smart device 110 entering the area of the beacon 10. At this time, the communication module 111 can receive the identification code by the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) method transmitted by the beacon 10.

The identification code received through the communication module 111 may be provided to the interface module 113 and may be processed into identification information that further includes information of the corresponding smart device 110 in the interface module 113. The identification information may be provided to the server 120 via the Internet 20 via the communication module 112.

The communication module 112 may receive the location-based service information and the service expression format information from the server 120 and may transmit the identification information to the server 120. At this time, the communication module 112 may transmit the LTE or Wi-Fi based wireless communication according to the connection environment with the Internet 20 And may communicate with the server 120 via the Internet 20.

The communication module 112 may receive the location-based service information and the service expression format information and provide the received information to the interface module 113.

The interface module 113 may display the service output information to the user corresponding to the location-based service information and the service expression format information.

Here, the location-based service information is information including a different type of service according to a location where the user is carrying the smart device 110, and the service expression format information includes information indicating a method of displaying location- it means.

More specifically, the location-based service information is information on a type of a service provided to a user based on a specific location. Accordingly, the type of the location-based service information provided from the server 120 may vary depending on the area of the beacon 10 in which the smart device 110 enters.

For example, a location-based service provided within a store may be an advertisement for the store or information on the entire sale product, a sale product according to the location of the user's store, or an ongoing discount event. In addition, the location-based service provided at the tourist site may be a map for the tourist site, information about the tourist course or the tour product. In addition, the location-based service provided on the road may include information on the traffic situation of the nearby road or the location of the convenience facility.

The service expression format information is information provided together with the location-based service information in order to display the location-based service on the smart device 110 of the user. The service expression format information includes information including a concrete expression method of the location- to be. Accordingly, contents of the service table format information received from the server 120 may vary depending on the type of the location-based service information provided to the smart device 110. [

For example, the service expression format information for the location-based service information provided in the store may include information on where to place the advertisement and the sales products for the store in the screen of the smart device 110 of the user, The information on the time and area for displaying the discount event on the smart device 110 may be information.

In addition, the service expression format information of the location-based service information provided at the tourist site may include a method of arranging a map of a tourist spot, a sightseeing course, etc. on a screen of the smart device 110 of the user.

The service output information is a user-friendly form of information that the interface module 113 generates in order to improve readability by combining the location-based service information and the service expression format information and display the information directly to the user.

More specifically, the service output information is information displayed on a screen of the smart device 110 of the user by combining service expression format information including a method of expressing the location-based service information in the location-based service information. The service output information includes a method of displaying the service output information in consideration of the type of the smart device 110, the resolution to be applied, and a value preset by the user.

The interface module 113 displays the service output information on the screen of the smart device corresponding to the type of at least one service output information to be outputted to the user.

More specifically, the interface module 113 processes the identification code received by the communication module 111 into identification information and provides the identification code to the communication module 112, or transmits the location-based service information or service And displays the service output information on the screen of the smart device 110. The service output information is displayed on the screen of the smart device 110. [

The interface module 113 may be a browser or an application for expressing various kinds of location-based service information provided by the server 120. [ The interface module 113 can receive various types of location-based service information, and combines the received location-based service information together with the service expression format information to receive service output information. At this time, the interface module 113 detects the type and display environment of the smart device 110 installed with the interface module 113, and displays the service output information to the user according to a preset value by the user. Further, the linked information can be displayed in accordance with the user's reaction.

The server 120 includes a communication module 121 that receives identification information from the smart device 110 and transmits location-based service information and service expression format information, and a location-based service information and service expression Based service information and service expression format information, and stores corresponding information necessary for generating the location-based service information and the service expression format information into an identification information processing module And an identification code and a service database 123 provided in response to the request of the service provider 122.

The communication module 121 receives identification information from the smart device 110 via the Internet 20 and provides the identification information to the identification information processing module 122. The communication module 121 receives the location based service information and the service expression format And provides the information to the smart device 110 via the Internet 20. One communication module 121 may receive identification information from a plurality of smart devices 110. [ In this case, the communication module 121 may be an LTE or Wi-Fi based wireless And may communicate with the smart device 110 via the Internet 20.

The identification information processing module 122 receives the identification information from the communication module 121. [ The identification information processing module 122 searches the service database 123 for the location-based service information and service expression format information corresponding to the identification code and the identification code included in the identification information, To the smart device 110 via the communication module 121.

At this time, if the identification information includes additional information related to the smart device 110, the search may be performed with reference to the corresponding information. For example, information indicating whether the smart device 110 has a history of receiving the same identification code in the past or information related to the type and size of the smart device 110 is included in the identification information processing module 122 ) May be provided with additional information.

Table 1 illustrates the identification code of FIG. 1 and the identification code and corresponding location-based service information and service expression format information stored in the service database 123.

For example, when the identification code included in the identification information received from the smart device 110 is A11, the identification information processing module 122 reads the identification code and the identification code A11 from the service database 123 And searches for a corresponding service index.

When the identification information processing module 122 finds the " index for extracting the store advertisement service information ", which is the service index corresponding to A11, the location-based service information and the service expression format information " Expression form " information from the identification code and service database 123. [

When the identification code included in the identification information received from the smart device 110 is E51, the identification information processing module 122 reads the identification code and the identification code E51 from the service database 123 And a service index corresponding to the service index exists.

When the identification information processing module 122 finds the " index for extracting the tourist guide service information " which is the service index corresponding to E51, the location-based service information and the service expression format information " Corresponding expression form " information from the identification code and service database 123.

If the identification information processing module 122 fails to retrieve the service index corresponding to the identification code from the identification code and the service database 123, the identification code does not exist in the identification code and the service database 123, And waits for reception of the identification code. If the search is successful or unsuccessful, the user of the smart device 110 can be notified of the identification code search result.

When the identification information processing module 122 succeeds in retrieving the location-based service information and the service expression format information corresponding to the identification code and fetches the information from the identification code and the service database 123, the identification information processing module 122 And transmits the information to the smart device 110 via the communication module 121. [

The identification code and service database 123 stores identification code, location-based service information, and service expression format information. More specifically, various identification codes indicating the type of the beacon 10, a service index corresponding to the identification code, location-based service information indicated by the service index, and service expression format information are stored in the service database 123 .

The information stored in the identification code and service database 123 may be input to the server 120 by the administrator of the server 120 and stored and managed.

2 is a flow chart for explaining the embodiment of FIG.

Flowcharts S11 to S16 in the left side of FIG. 2 are flowcharts for explaining a process in which the embodiment of the wireless communication system 100 according to the present invention is performed in the smart device 110, and the flowcharts (S21 to S25) A flowchart illustrating a process in which the embodiment of the wireless communication system 100 is performed in the server 120;

Arrows formed by dotted lines between the two flowcharts are arrows indicating the direction in which the smart device 110 and the server 120 exchange information through the Internet 20.

First, when the smart device 110 enters the area where the beacon can transmit the identification code by the movement of the user carrying the smart device 110, the smart device receives the identification code from the beacon 10 (S11) The smart device 110 transmits the identification information obtained by processing the identification code to the server 120 (S12).

Thereafter, the smart device 110 receives the search result of the corresponding identification information from the server 120 (S13). If there is no location-based service information corresponding to the identification code, the smart device 110 waits for reception of another identification code again (S14 If the location-based service information corresponding to the identification code exists, the location-based service information and the service expression format information are received from the server 120 (S15).

The smart device 110 processes the received location-based service information and service expression format information into service output information and displays it on the screen of the user's smart device 110 (S16).

On the other hand, when receiving the identification information from the smart device 110 (S21), the server 120 searches for a service index corresponding to the identification code (S22) and transmits the search result to the smart device 110 (S23 ).

If the server 120 fails to retrieve the service index corresponding to the identification code, the server 120 returns to the beginning and waits for reception of the identification information (S24). Based service information and service expression format information indicated by the service index from the database in the server 120 and transmits the information to the smart device 110. [ (S25).

As described above, the present invention can reduce the cost for configuration and maintenance of a wireless communication system. The present invention also has the effect of reducing the battery consumption of the smart device due to the execution of a plurality of applications by the user. In addition, the present invention can diversify the types of location-based services that a user can receive as one smart device.

110: smart device 120: server

Claims (13)

A smart device that transmits identification information via the Internet in response to an identification code received from a beacon; And
A server for providing at least one kind of location-based service information and service expression format information corresponding to the identification information; Lt; / RTI >
The smart device comprises:
And an interface module for displaying at least one type of service output information to the user corresponding to at least one type of the location-based service information and the service expression format information,
Wherein the location-based service information is information including other types of location-based services according to the type and position of the beacon providing the identification code. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the identification code is a MAC address of the beacon or a unique number set in the beacon according to the location. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the identification information further comprises information of the smart device and is processed in the smart device. The method according to claim 1,
And the service expression format information is information including a method of displaying the location-based service information to the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart device
A first communication module for receiving the identification code from the beacon; And
A second communication module for receiving the location-based service information and service expression format information from the server and transmitting the identification information to the server; The wireless communication system further comprising: 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the first communication module receives the identification code by a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) method. 6. The method of claim 5,
The second communication module may be a wireless communication module based on LTE or Wi-Fi And communicates with the server via the Internet. The method according to claim 1,
A third communication module for receiving the identification information from the smart device and transmitting the location-based service information and the service expression format information;
An identification information processing module for providing the location-based service information and the service expression format information in correspondence with the identification information; And
Based service information and service expression format information corresponding to the request of the identification information processing module, the identification information, the location-based service information, and the service expression format information, Code and service databases; ≪ / RTI > 9. The method of claim 8,
The third communication module may be an LTE or Wi-Fi based wireless And communicates with the smart device via the Internet. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the identification information processing module searches for the location-based service information and the service expression format information corresponding to the identification information from the identification code and the service database. 11. The method of claim 10,
And the identification information processing module searches by using a service index corresponding to the identification code. 11. The method of claim 10,
And the identification information processing module provides the searched location-based service information and the service expression format information to the third communication module. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the identification code and the service database store at least one kind of the identification code, the location-based service information, and the service expression format information.

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