KR101733791B1 - Method of providing content based on beacon, system and apparatus for the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a beacon registration unit receives beacon information including a beacon identifier (ID) from a beacon manager terminal and registers the beacon information in a database. Setting a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier; The identifier receiving unit receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal; And providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier to the beacon user terminal, and a content providing unit providing the beacon based content to the beacon user terminal.
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The present invention relates to a beacon-based content providing method, system, and apparatus therefor. And more particularly, to a beacon-based content providing method, system, and apparatus therefor for providing content corresponding to a beacon signal.
A beacon refers to a local wireless communication technology that periodically transmits information (ID) of an object based on Bluetooth 4.0 within a certain radius range (e.g., several tens of meters) of the surrounding area. It uses bluetooth low energy (BLE) to identify the location of the terminal, exchange information, and automatically detect the location of the user even if the user does not take any action. For example, if a beacon is installed at a specific location in an offline store and a customer holding a mobile terminal enters the beacon area, the beacon can be detected and provided with information. On the other hand, as a related art, Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0005365 exists.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a beacon-based content providing method, system, and system for providing a beacon-based content content that enables an administrator to more easily update content to be provided through a beacon terminal without requiring direct communication between the beacon terminal and the beacon terminal Lt; / RTI >
Embodiments of the present invention provide a beacon-based content providing method and system capable of mapping contents to both an identifier (ID) beacon terminal and a URL-based beacon terminal, and an apparatus therefor.
Embodiments of the present invention allow a manager to automatically create corresponding content in a server by simply inputting information about the content through the beacon manager terminal, automatically generate a URL accessible to the content, and map it to a beacon A beacon-based content providing method, a system, and an apparatus therefor.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a beacon registration unit receives beacon information including a beacon identifier (ID) from a beacon manager terminal and registers the beacon information in a database. Setting a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier; The identifier receiving unit receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal; And providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier to the beacon user terminal, and a content providing unit providing the beacon based content to the beacon user terminal.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a beacon signal receiving apparatus, comprising: receiving a beacon signal from a beacon terminal; The identifier scan unit scanning a beacon identifier (ID) using the library from the beacon signal; The identifier transmitting unit transmitting the beacon identifier to the content providing server; And receiving a content mapped to the beacon identifier from the content providing server, wherein the content receiving unit receives the content mapped to the beacon identifier.
Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program stored on a computer readable medium for executing the method on a computer.
Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a distribution server that distributes a computer program for executing the method by a computer.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a beacon management system including a beacon registration unit for receiving beacon information including a beacon identifier (ID) from a beacon manager terminal and registering the beacon information in a database; A beacon setting unit configured to set a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier; An identifier receiver for receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal; And a content provider for providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier to the beacon user terminal.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a beacon terminal, comprising: a beacon signal receiving unit for receiving a beacon signal from a beacon terminal; An identifier scan unit for scanning a beacon identifier (ID) using the library from the beacon signal; An identifier transmitting unit for transmitting the beacon identifier to a content providing server; And a content receiver for receiving content mapped to the beacon identifier from the content providing server.
Yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of transmitting a beacon signal, comprising: at least one beacon terminal capable of transmitting a beacon signal; A beacon manager terminal for registering the beacon terminal and setting contents to the beacon terminal; A beacon user terminal for receiving the beacon signal from the beacon terminal, scanning a beacon identifier (ID) using the library in the beacon signal, and receiving content mapped to the beacon identifier; And when receiving beacon information including a beacon identifier from the beacon manager terminal, registering the beacon information in a database, setting a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier, and receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal And a content providing server for providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier.
According to the beacon-based content providing method, system, and apparatus therefor according to an embodiment of the present invention, an administrator can easily update content to be provided through a beacon terminal only by operating a beacon terminal without communicating directly between the beacon terminal and the beacon terminal can do.
According to the beacon-based content providing method, system, and apparatus therefor according to an embodiment of the present invention, the content can be mapped to both the beacon terminal of the ID (Identification) method and the beacon terminal of the URL (URL) method.
According to the beacon-based content providing method, the system and the apparatus therefor according to an embodiment of the present invention, an administrator can automatically generate corresponding content in a server by simply inputting information about the content through the beacon manager terminal, Accessible URLs can be automatically generated and mapped to beacons.
1 is a block diagram of a beacon-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the beacon-based content providing server shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the beacon user terminal shown in FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a beacon-based content providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention is executed.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.
It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.
It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.
The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals will be used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements will be omitted.
1 is a block diagram of a beacon-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1, a beacon-based
The beacon-based
The beacon-based
The
The beacon manager application may be an application embedded in the
The plurality of
To be more specific, the
The
The beacon-based content providing application may be an application embedded in the
A plurality of
The
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the beacon-based
Referring to FIG. 2, the beacon-based
The
In an alternative embodiment, the
The basic URL may be the information of the URL address type transmitted from the beacon terminal.
That is, the beacon terminal may transmit a beacon signal including a beacon identifier or a basic URL.
The administrator can register a beacon identifier corresponding to the beacon terminal or the basic bean as an identifier for uniquely identifying the beacon.
In an alternative embodiment, the
The beacon scheme may be an ID scheme or a URL scheme.
The
The
In an alternative embodiment, the
The content URL may be a URL received by the beacon manager terminal, separate from the basic URL.
In an alternative embodiment, the
Accordingly, the manager can obtain the effect of mapping the content to the beacon terminal by only the operation of the beacon terminal without directly communicating with the beacon terminal.
The
In an alternative embodiment, the
For example, when the beacon scheme is an identifier (ID) scheme, the
Also, when the beacon method is a URL method, the
The
In an alternative embodiment, the
Content may be visual or auditory data itself such as text, images, moving pictures, sound sources, etc., or it may correspond to a content URL as path information to access such content.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the
Referring to FIG. 3, the
The beacon
The
The beacon signal may include a beacon identifier or a basic URL.
The
In an alternative embodiment, when the beacon signal includes a basic URL, the
The
In an alternative embodiment, when the
Content may be visual or auditory data itself such as text, images, moving pictures, sound sources, etc., or it may correspond to a content URL as path information to access such content.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a beacon-based content providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, in a beacon-based content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a beacon registration unit of a beacon-based content providing server registers beacon information including a beacon identifier (S410).
In step S410, the beacon registration unit receives the beacon information including the beacon identifier from the beacon administrator terminal, and registers it in the database.
As an alternative embodiment, in step S410, the beacon registration unit may receive the basic URL recorded in the beacon from the beacon administrator terminal and register it in the database.
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the beacon setting unit of the beacon-based content providing server sets a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier (S420).
In step S420, the beacon setting unit may receive the content URL from the beacon administrator terminal and map the beacon identifier to the content URL.
In an alternative embodiment, in step S420, if the beacon setting unit receives a basic URL from the beacon administrator terminal, the convergent URL may be falsified with the content URL.
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the identifier receiving unit of the beacon-based content providing server receives the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal (S430).
In an alternative embodiment, in step S430, the identifier receiver may receive a basic URL from the beacon user terminal.
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the content providing unit of the beacon-based content providing server provides the content mapped to the beacon identifier (S440).
In an alternative embodiment, in step S440, the content provider may provide the content mapped to the basic URL when receiving the basic URL by the identifier receiver.
Content may be visual or auditory data itself such as text, images, moving pictures, sound sources, etc., or it may correspond to a content URL as path information to access such content.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5, in a beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, a beacon signal receiver of a beacon user terminal receives a beacon signal (S510).
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the identifier scan unit of the beacon user terminal scans the beacon identifier using the library from the beacon signal in operation S520.
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the identifier transmitting unit of the beacon user terminal transmits the beacon identifier to the server (S530).
As an alternative embodiment, if the information scanned from the beacon signal by the identifier scanning unit using the library is a basic bean of the beacon in step S520, the identifier transmitting unit transmits the basic bean to the content providing server Can be transmitted.
In addition, in the beacon-based content providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the content receiver of the beacon user terminal receives the content mapped to the beacon identifier (S540).
As an alternative embodiment, in step S530, if the basic ROI is transmitted to the content providing server, the content receiving unit may receive the content mapped to the basic ROI from the content providing server in step S540.
Content may be visual or auditory data itself such as text, images, moving pictures, sound sources, etc., or it may correspond to a content URL as path information to access such content.
6 is a diagram illustrating a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 6, a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed by a
The content providing process assumes that the beacon registration process has been performed.
The
Next, the beacon
The
The dedicated application 215 sends the beacon identifier to the
The
7 is a diagram illustrating a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 7, a content providing process by a beacon-based content providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention is performed by a
The content providing process assumes that the beacon registration process has been performed.
The
Next, the beacon
The
The
The
8 is a diagram illustrating a screen on which an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention is executed.
8 is a screen showing an Integrator for creating or modifying contents to be mapped with a beacon registration screen in the beacon administrator terminal.
The administrator can register the type of the beacon and the identifier of the beacon using the beacon registration interface.
In addition, information on the content to be mapped to the identifier of the beacon can be set.
For example, an administrator can easily create an HTML file by setting icons, names, texts, images, and beacon location information to be mapped to identifiers of beacons.
In addition, a web page editor function can be added to add and modify more various page configurations and contents.
In an alternative embodiment, if all of the information about the content mapped to the beacon identifier is set in the beacon administrator terminal, the beacon-based content providing server generates the content to be mapped based on the set information, Can be automatically generated.
In addition, it may include a function of selectively providing a display theme of the provided content. Themes are provided in different background colors, font fonts, layout structures, etc., and the user can configure a page of automatically generated content by selecting a desired theme.
The description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and is provided to illustrate the invention and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The written description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific terminology presented.
Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art will be able to make adaptations, modifications, and variations on these examples without departing from the scope of the present invention. In other words, in order to achieve the intended effect of the present invention, all the functional blocks shown in the drawings are separately included or all the steps shown in the drawings are not necessarily followed in the order shown, It can be in the range.
100: Beacon-based content providing server 200: Beacon user terminal
210: beacon terminal 220: beacon terminal
300: Network
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Setting a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier by a beacon setting unit of the beacon-based content providing server;
Receiving an identifier from a beacon user terminal from an identifier receiver of a beacon-based content providing server; And
And the content providing unit of the beacon-based content providing server providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier to the beacon user terminal,
Receiving the beacon information and registering it in a database,
Wherein the beacon registration unit registers a basic Uniform Resource Locator (URL) recorded in the beacon and a beacon scheme in the database,
Wherein the setting of the content to be mapped to the beacon identifier comprises:
The beacon setting unit generates content based on data received from the beacon manager terminal, automatically generates a content URL corresponding to the content, and maps the beacon identifier or the basic URL to the content URL. Based beacon content.
The step of receiving the beacon identifier
Wherein the identifier receiver receives the beacon identifier and the base universal object differently according to the beacon scheme,
If the beacon scheme is an ID scheme, receiving the beacon identifier,
If the beacon scheme is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) scheme, receiving the basic URL recorded in the beacon.
The step of providing the content
Wherein the content providing unit provides the beacon identifier or the content URL mapped to the basic URL as the content.
An identifier scanning unit of the beacon user terminal scans a beacon identifier (ID) using the library from the beacon signal;
The identifier transmitting unit of the beacon user terminal transmits the beacon identifier to the content providing server; And
Receiving a content mapped to the beacon identifier from the content providing server by the content receiving unit of the beacon user terminal,
A beacon-based content providing method includes:
When the information scanned by the identifier scanning unit using the library from the beacon signal is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the beacon, the identifier transmitting unit transmits the basic URL to the content providing server ; And
Wherein the content receiving unit receives the content mapped to the basic URL from the content providing server.
The step of receiving the content
Wherein the content receiving unit receives the beacon identifier or the content URL mapped to the basic URL as the content.
A beacon setting unit configured to set a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier;
An identifier receiver for receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal; And
And a content provider for providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier to the beacon user terminal,
Wherein the beacon registration unit comprises:
And registers a basic Uniform Resource Locator (URL) recorded in the beacon and a beacon method in the database.
The beacon setting unit
Based on the data received from the beacon manager terminal, automatically generates a content URL corresponding to the content, and maps the beacon identifier or the basic URL to the content URL, Provided server.
The identifier receiver
Wherein the beacon identifier and the basic ROI are different according to the beacon scheme,
If the beacon scheme is an ID scheme, receiving the beacon identifier,
And if the beacon method is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) method, receiving the basic URL recorded in the beacon.
The content provider
And provides the beacon identifier or the content URL mapped to the basic URL as the content.
An identifier scan unit for scanning a beacon identifier (ID) using the library from the beacon signal;
An identifier transmitting unit for transmitting the beacon identifier to a content providing server; And
And a content receiving unit for receiving the content mapped to the beacon identifier from the content providing server,
The identifier transmission unit
And transmits the basic URL to the content providing server when the information scanned from the beacon signal by the identifier scanning unit is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the beacon,
Wherein the content receiver comprises:
And receives the content mapped to the basic URL from the content providing server.
The content receiver
And receives the beacon identifier or the content URL mapped to the basic URL as the content.
A beacon manager terminal for registering the beacon terminal and setting contents to the beacon terminal;
A beacon user terminal for receiving the beacon signal from the beacon terminal, scanning a beacon identifier (ID) using the library in the beacon signal, and receiving content mapped to the beacon identifier; And
When receiving beacon information including a beacon identifier from the beacon manager terminal, registering the beacon information in a database, setting a content to be mapped to the beacon identifier, and, when receiving the beacon identifier from the beacon user terminal, And a content providing server for providing the content mapped to the beacon identifier,
The content providing server includes:
And registers a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) recorded in the beacon and a beacon scheme in the database,
The user terminal comprises:
If the information scanned using the library from the beacon signal is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the beacon, transmits the basic URL to the content providing server,
And receives the content mapped to the basic URL from the content providing server.
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