KR101873401B1 - Operating method of proxy driver service server and proxy driver service server using beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of operating a server and a server includes receiving a beacon corresponding to a surrogate article request through at least one selected beacon among a plurality of beacons installed in a plurality of predetermined places based on a position of a user terminal, Controlling at least one beacon so that the signal is transmitted, providing at least one substitute article terminal that has received the beacon signal corresponding to the substitute article request information about the substitute article request, And generates the service information based on the acceptance signal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an operation method of a surrogate article service server using a beacon and a surrogate article service server using a beacon,

The following embodiments relate to an operation method of a surrogate article service server and a surrogate article server which provide a surrogate article relay service using a beacon.

As a method of relaying proxy articles, it is common to use a global positioning system (GPS), a Wi-Fi (WiFi), and a mobile communication network of a smartphone to identify the position of a customer and a proxy article. However, even if the customer tells the nearest surrogate in the place where the call is made, by letter or SNS (Social Network Services), there may be a positional error, and the surrogate driver is currently waiting for the call Is not easy. Therefore, there may arise a case where the caller can not quickly connect with the wait article, and the surrogate article has inconvenience to check up unnecessary calls. In addition, the proxy has a burden of having to pay for a large amount of money, bringing a plurality of communication apparatuses in order not to miss the call of the relay company. Also, in case the GPS signal is not captured well, the surrogate worker has to worry about poor working environment such as watching the screen of the communication device in the distance in the cold weather.
Techniques that constitute the background of the present invention are disclosed in the following two patent documents.
(1) Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2015-0145938 (December 31, 2015)
(2) Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2016-0067724 (June 06, 2014)

According to an exemplary embodiment, a message corresponding to a beacon installed at a location closest to a call location is transmitted to a terminal of a surrogate article, so that a surrogate article can receive a call in the building without wandering the distance.

According to one embodiment, if the proxy article is close to the call place of the customer, the terminal of the customer recognizes the identifier of the beacon held by the proxy article, and informs the customer that the proxy article is the requested proxy article, Customers can be identified without a separate phone call, and the customer can identify the agent and prevent crime by disguising the agent.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a server, comprising: selecting at least one beacon among a plurality of beacons installed in a plurality of predetermined locations based on a location of the user terminal, in response to a surrogate article request of the user terminal; Controlling the at least one beacon such that a beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request is transmitted via the at least one beacon; Providing information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate terminal having received the beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request; Receiving an acceptance signal from a surrogate article terminal accepting the surrogate article request; And generating service information based on the acceptance signal.

The operation method of the server may further include determining a priority of the at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of the at least one substitute terminal.

The method comprising: controlling the plurality of beacons such that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through the plurality of beacons; Receiving an attendance confirmation signal from a surrogate terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal; And setting attendance information of the substitute terminal receiving the periodic beacon signal based on the attendance confirmation signal.

The step of providing information on the surrogate article request may include differentially providing information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority.

Wherein the step of providing information on the surrogate article request further comprises the step of differentially activating an interface for providing the surrogate article request through the at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority, can do.

Wherein when the acceptance signal is received from a plurality of substitute article terminals, the step of generating the service information comprises: selecting one of the plurality of substitute article terminals that transmitted the acceptance signal, based on the priority order, Selecting; And generating the service information based on the acceptance signal of the selected surrogate terminal.

The attendance information may include at least one of attendance time and waiting time.

The step of setting the attendance information may include determining that attendance of the surrogate article is maintained if the reception of the attendance confirmation signal that has been periodically received is stopped and resumed within a predetermined first time period.

Wherein the step of setting the attendance information is such that when the reception of the periodically received attendance confirmation signal is resumed after a second predetermined time or not resumed after the second time, And a step of deciding whether or not to perform a search.

The service information may include call information of the user terminal, identification information of the user terminal, and identification information of the surrogate terminal.

The surrogate article request may include the secure number generated in response to the surrogate article request and the location of the user terminal.

The user terminal is a terminal on which an application provided by the server is run for providing a surrogate article service. The user terminal receives the relief number from a server that generates a relief number through a network, The unique information of the surrogate article can be received through the beacon signal of the article terminal.

The surrogate article request may include call information input through a URL address provided to the user terminal.

The URL address may be provided to the user terminal through a connection to an ARS (Automatic Response Service) server by the user terminal or an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in response to a surrogate article request of a user terminal, a server may respond to a surrogate article request through at least one beacon selected from a plurality of beacons installed in a plurality of predetermined places based on a location of the user terminal A processor for controlling the at least one beacon such that a beacon signal transmitted from the substitute article terminal is transmitted, and generating service information based on the acceptance signal received from the substitute article terminal; And a communication interface for providing information on the proxy article request to at least one substitute article terminal that has received the beacon signal corresponding to the substitute article request and receiving an acceptance signal from the substitute article terminal that accepted the substitute article request .

The processor may determine a priority of the at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of the at least one substitute terminal.

Wherein the processor controls the plurality of beacons so that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through the plurality of beacons and controls the plurality of beacon terminals based on the attendance confirmation signal received from the substitute news terminal, And the communication interface may receive an attendance confirmation signal from the substitute terminal receiving the periodic beacon signal.

The processor may differentially provide information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority.

Wherein, when receiving the acceptance signal from the plurality of substitute article terminals, the processor selects one of the plurality of substitute article terminals that transmitted the acceptance signal based on the priority, The service information can be generated based on the acceptance signal of the surrogate terminal.

According to one side, a surrogate can receive a call within the building without wandering the distance.

According to one side, a surrogate can identify the customer without a separate telephone call, and the customer can identify the surrogate article and prevent crime by disguising the surrogate article.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration and operation for providing a substitute article service using a beacon according to an embodiment; Fig.
2 is a view for explaining operations between a beacon, a surrogate article terminal, and a service server for a surrogate article service using a beacon according to an embodiment;
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server according to an exemplary embodiment;
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server according to another embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to an embodiment; FIG.
6 is a view for explaining a method of providing surrogate article services to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment;
7 is a view for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment;
8 is a view for explaining a method of providing surrogate article services to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining whether or not to keep attendance of attendance articles according to an embodiment. FIG.
10 is a block diagram of a server according to one embodiment.

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

Various modifications may be made to the embodiments described below. It is to be understood that the embodiments described below are not intended to limit the embodiments, but include all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives to them.

The terms used in the examples are used only to illustrate specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

In the following description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted. In the following description of the embodiments, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the embodiments may be unnecessarily blurred.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration and operation for providing a substitute article service using a beacon according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to an embodiment may include a beacon 101, a proxy article terminal 103, a server 105, and a user terminal 107. The beacon 101, the proxy article terminal 103, the server 105, and the user terminal 107 can transmit and receive data through a communication network (not shown).

The communication network can be composed of wired, wireless, or a combination of wired and wireless. The communication network may be composed of the Internet network or may include the Internet network. The communication network may include a mobile communication network provided by a mobile communication carrier.

The beacon 101 is a device that periodically transmits a beacon signal. The beacon 101 may be installed in a plurality of predetermined places. The beacon signal can be recognized by the neighboring various Bluetooth devices (for example, proxy terminal 103 or user terminal 107) within 70 m, for example. According to the embodiment, the beacon 101 may be portable and carried by a surrogate article or may be embedded in the surrogate article terminal 103. [

Among various wireless communication technologies, Bluetooth 4.0 based BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) technology is known. This BLE technology is a low-power-specific technology that enables wireless communication between various devices with low power consumption. A beacon is known as a representative device utilizing BLE technology. The beacon 101 may use any one of Wi-Fi, ZigBee, or a combination thereof in addition to Bluetooth.

Also, the beacon 101 can transmit beacon identification information. The beacon 101 may transmit a beacon signal including beacon identification information periodically (for example, at intervals of 10 msec). The beacon signal may include an identifier according to various standards. The beacon identification information may include a beacon identifier such as, for example, a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), a major ID, and a minor ID. The beacon signal may further include various data in addition to the beacon identifier. The beacon 101 may be specified by a beacon identifier, and various services may be provided to the user through the specification of the beacon.

In order to provide various services, the beacon 101 periodically transmits a beacon signal to a Bluetooth communication device having a radius of about 70 meters at a fixed location.

The beacon 101 may include an antenna (not shown), a microcomputer (not shown), and a memory (not shown). The memory may store the beacon identification information and further store the identifier of the substitute article terminal 103. [ The identifier of the surrogate terminal 103 may represent, for example, an address according to the Bluetooth standard or a MAC (Mac) address. The microcomputer can be paired with the proxy article terminal 103. [ If the terminal paired with the microcomputer of the beacon 101 is the proxy article terminal 103 corresponding to the identifier stored in the memory, the microcomputer can change the beacon identification information under the control of the proxy article terminal 103. [ The beacon identification information to be changed may be received from the proxy article terminal 103.

The substitute article terminal 103 is a terminal carried by a substitute article. The substitute article terminal 103 may be a portable terminal. The surrogate article terminal 103 may be a device equipped with a dedicated program distributed by, for example, a smart phone, a tablet PC, or a surrogate service company.

The server 105 controls a plurality of beacons such that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through a plurality of beacons.

The server 105 selects at least one beacon 101 among a plurality of beacons installed at a plurality of predetermined locations based on the location of the user terminal 107 in response to the surrogate article request of the user terminal 107 . The server 105 also controls the beacon 101 so that a beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request is transmitted via the selected beacon 101. [

The server 105 provides information on the surrogate article request to at least one surrogate article terminal 103 that has received the beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request and accepts from the surrogate article terminal 103 that accepted the surrogate article request Signal.

The server 105 may be, for example, a single server computer or similar system, or a plurality of servers arranged in one or more server banks or other arrangements. The server 105 may be a single server located in a single facility or may be a server "cloud " distributed between different geographic locations.

The user terminal 107 is a device that a user (customer) requesting a surrogate article through portable surrogate service carries, mounts, or uses. The user terminal 107 may be, for example, a terminal, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a wearable device, Can be implemented.

The user terminal 107 may be a terminal on which an application provided from the server 105 is driven to provide a proxy article service. The user terminal 107 receives the relief number from the server that generates the relief number through the network and transmits the beacon information of the surrogate article through the beacon signal of the surrogate terminal 103 that accesses the call position of the user terminal 107 .

The user terminal 107 may be connected to communication such as the Internet or the like using the input interface, the output interface, the communication interface, and the processor, and may browse various web pages. For example, a user may request a proxy service by browsing various web pages providing proxy service using the user terminal 107.

In addition, the user terminal 107 may further include a wireless signal interface capable of receiving a beacon signal. The user terminal 107 may comprise a wireless signal interface for receiving (or receiving) and transmitting a wireless signal in accordance with, for example, the BLE technology standard of Bluetooth 4.0. The user terminal 107 may receive a radio signal such as a beacon signal via a radio signal interface. The user terminal 107 may extract beacon identification information from the beacon signal and process the extracted beacon identification information.

The user terminal 107 further includes a storage medium such as a flash memory or the like and stores an application program that can be executed by the processor of the user terminal 107. [ The application may be a so-called App program.

A specific application program stored in the user terminal 107 may be an application program for recognizing and processing a beacon signal. The application program can be downloaded through a communication network or the like.

The operations between the beacon 101, the proxy article terminal 103, the server 105 and the user terminal 107 shown in Fig. 1 are as follows.

When the user terminal 107 calls the surrogate article through the app at a certain position 110, the server 105 can grasp the calling position of the user terminal 107 using GPS or the like. The server can recognize the GPS signal indicating the longitude and latitude of the place (area) where the substitution article terminal 103 is located through the GPS module.

When the calling position of the user terminal is determined according to the embodiment, the server 105 may generate the one-time virtual trust number and transmit the generated virtual trust number and the special character to the user terminal 107 (120) . The virtual relief number can be generated either by the user directly or by selecting a specific button provided by the user on the web page of the server providing the relief number service. The relief number service is a method of generating a relief number (a one-time (or temporary) phone number) such as 050-XXXX-XXXX or 060-XXXX-XXXX as a mobile phone number of a user, A service that can prevent a user's actual phone number from being exposed by managing the connection with a mobile phone number. At this time, the generated virtual secure number may be stored in the server corresponding to the telephone number of the user terminal.

When the location of the user terminal 107 is determined, the server 105 compares the installation location of a plurality of beacons installed at a plurality of predetermined locations with the call location of the user terminal 107, The call information may be stored in one or more beacons installed at a location closest to the location (130). In this case, the call information includes, for example, a location map in addition to a message such as "customer call at Gangnam-gu OOO location, security number: 050-423-789, fare: 20000 won, destination: Jongno-gu OOO, model: sonata" can do.

The server 105 checks the attendance of the surrogate article by confirming whether or not the surrogate terminal 103 is connected to each beacon 101, and periodically confirms whether the surrogate article is waiting (140). When the surrogate terminal 103 receives the message call of the beacon 101, it can accept the call and move to the customer call place. The attendance check method performed between the beacon 101, the substitute article terminal 103 and the server 105 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

If the surrogate who has moved to the customer call place has a beacon (surrogate article beacon) and approaches the call customer, the user terminal 107 that called the surrogate article displays a push message indicating that the surrogate article is the article assigned in response to the call service request A notification may be provided (150). At this time, if the special character such as the customer safety number or the figure transmitted to the server by the user terminal 107 matches the information stored in the substitute article terminal 103, a push notification is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 107 .

When the surrogate article arrives at the destination requested by the user, the server 105 compares the destination and the position value of the user (calling client) who called the surrogate article and confirms whether or not the destination has arrived. When the arrival of the destination is confirmed, the server 105 can perform settlement according to the termination of the proxy article service (160). The virtual relief number is expired upon completion of the surrogate article service.

For example, if the surrogate has a beacon and approaches the calling customer (user terminal 107) within 500 meters, the server 105 transmits the primary message to the user terminal 107 via GPS And if the proxy article is within 2 to 5 meters, the photograph of the proxy article and the information of the proxy article can be displayed on the screen of the user terminal 107 via the Bluetooth as a push notification. When the user selects an OK button for the push notification displayed on the user terminal 107, a destination arrival signal may be transmitted to the server 105. [

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining operations between a beacon, a surrogate article terminal, and a service server for a surrogate article service using a beacon according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, a method of performing an attendance check between a beacon 201, a substitute article terminal 203, and a server 205 is shown.

Assume that the surrogate terminal 230 is close to a beacon 201 among a plurality of beacons installed in a plurality of predetermined places. At this time, the beacon 201 may transmit an identifier (e.g., a UUID, a major ID, a minor ID) of the beacon 201 together with a beacon signal periodically transmitted to the surrogate terminal 230 (210).

Surrogate article terminal 203 may read the identifier of beacon 201 and send the identifier of beacon 201 to server 205 (230). The server 205 that has received the identifier of the beacon 201 from the substitute article terminal 203 can check that the substitute article is present at the corresponding waiting place. The server 205 may store attendance information such as attendance time, attendance order, waiting time and waiting place of the substitute article terminal 203 in the attendance list.

The server 205 that has received the identifier of the beacon 201 installed in the waiting place from the substitution article terminal 203 may provide the substitute article terminal 203 with a separate screen for confirmation of attendance. The server 205 can confirm the attendance of the surrogate article by selecting the attendance confirmation button included in the surrogate article terminal 203 screen.

The server 205 stores the message stored in the beacon 201 in response to the beacon 201 and transmits the stored message to the surrogate terminal 203 that has been checked to be present 250 in operation 250. According to the embodiment, the server 205 may provide a message only to the surrogate article terminal 203 connected to a specific beacon, or may provide a message to all the surrogate articles terminals installed with the app for the surrogate article service .

The surrogate can confirm the contents of the customer call and enter the surrogate service agreement with the server 205 by accepting the surrogate article request. The acceptance of the surrogate article request can be performed, for example, by the surrogate article selecting the 'approval button' displayed together with the contents of the customer call on the surrogate article terminal 203 screen.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a server according to an exemplary embodiment may receive a surrogate article request of a user terminal (310). The surrogate article request may include the secure number generated in response to the surrogate article request and the location of the user terminal. In addition, the surrogate article request may include call information input via the URL address provided to the user terminal. At this time, the URL address may be provided to the user terminal through, for example, a connection to an ARS (Automatic Response Service) server by a user terminal or an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag.

The proxy service method according to an exemplary embodiment may be used even when the user terminal does not install an application for proxy service.

For example, if a user terminal that does not have an application for proxy service accesses an NFC tag attached to a business location, it can be connected to a URL address for proxy service provision. The user can input the contact information of the calling customer, the calling place, the destination, and the like to the screen corresponding to the URL address, and then transmit the inputted information to the server.

Or a user of a user terminal without an application for proxy service can connect to ARS server by connecting to a specific number 000-000. The user can apply for a surrogate operation service by selecting a predetermined number through the ARS connection. For example, if the user selects 1 corresponding to the surrogate driving request, the ARS server can transmit the URL address to the user terminal. The user agrees with the location confirmation on the screen corresponding to the URL address, and can input the current location, destination, and charge to the server.

Through the above process, the server can also receive a request for a surrogate article of a user terminal in which an application for a proxy article service is not installed.

The server selects 320 at least one beacon among a plurality of beacons installed at a plurality of predetermined locations based on the position of the user terminal identified according to the surrogate article request of step 310. [ For example, the server may select one beacon installed nearest to the location of the user terminal, select beacons located within a certain distance (e.g., 50 m) from the location of the user terminal, It is possible to select any beacon which is located within a certain distance from the position of the beacon with the largest number of surrogate terminals whose presence is confirmed.

The server controls (330) at least one beacon such that a beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate request is transmitted via at least one beacon.

The server provides information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate terminal that received the beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request (340). The information on the surrogate article request may include, for example, the location of the calling of the user terminal, the destination location, the cost of the surrogate article, and the like.

The server receives the acceptance signal from the substitute article terminal that accepted the substitute article request (350). The acceptance signal can be received from the surrogate terminal that acknowledges the call content of the customer and accepts the surrogate article request.

The server generates service information based on the acceptance signal (360). The service information is information required to provide the surrogate service, and may include, for example, call information of the user terminal, identification information of the user terminal, and identification information of the surrogate terminal. The call information of the user terminal may include, for example, the location of the call, the time of the call, the destination location, the cost of the surrogate, and the like. The identification information of the user terminal may include a telephone number of the user terminal or a virtual security number. The identification information of the surrogate terminal may include a telephone number of the surrogate terminal or a unique ID of the beacon corresponding to the surrogate terminal. The method by which the server generates service information based on the acceptance signal will be described with reference to Fig.

When receiving an acceptance signal from a plurality of substitute article terminals, the server selects one of the substitute article terminals (for example, a high priority agent Article terminal) can be selected. The server can generate the service information based on the acceptance signal of the selected surrogate terminal. The process of selecting one of the substitute article terminals based on the priority of the server will be described with reference to FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, there is shown an operation that may be performed before a server selects at least one beacon among a plurality of beacons installed in a predetermined plurality of locations.

The server may control a plurality of beacons (410) such that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through the plurality of beacons.

The server may receive an attendance confirmation signal from the substitute article terminal that received the periodic beacon signal (420).

Based on the attendance confirmation signal, the server can set the attendance information of the spy agency terminal that received the periodic beacon signal (430).

The server may determine the priority of at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of at least one substitute terminal (440). The attendance information may include, for example, attendance time and waiting time. A method for the server to determine the priority order of the substitute article terminal based on the attendance information of the substitute article terminal will be described with reference to FIG.

The server can differentially provide information on the surrogate article request to at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority. The server can provide information on the surrogate article request to the surrogate article terminal having a lower priority in comparison with the surrogate article terminal having a higher priority. A method by which the server provides information on the surrogate article request based on the priority will be described with reference to FIG.

Or the server is provided via at least one substitute article terminal based on the priority and differentially activates an interface for accepting the substitute article request (for example, an accept button displayed on the screen of the substitute article terminal) .

The priority of the substitute terminal is determined by the initial attendance confirmation signal, but whether or not the priority is maintained can be changed depending on whether attendance is maintained or not. In other words, even if the initial attendance confirmation has been made, if the surrogate article terminal is absent at the position beyond the predetermined time, it is determined that the attendance is not maintained and the priority according to the first attendance may be deprived. A method of determining whether to keep attendance will be described with reference to FIG.

5 is a view for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate article terminals according to an embodiment. 5, the flow of time between the server 501 for providing surrogate service, the beacon 503, the first surrogate terminal 505, the second surrogate terminal 507 and the user terminal 509 Is shown.

Assume that the beacon 503 located in the first area transmits a periodic beacon signal to the substitute articles located in the first area at time t0 according to the control of the server 501 (510).

At this time, if the first proxy agent terminal 505 has been present in the first region (515), the first proxy agent terminal 505 receiving the periodic beacon signal can transmit an attendance confirmation signal to the server 501 520). The server 501 displays the attendance place (first area), (first) attendance time, priority, etc. of the first substitute article terminal 505 on the basis of the attendance confirmation signal received from the first substitute article terminal 505 You can save it in the list. At this time, if the first surrogate terminal 505 first appears in the first area, the first surrogate terminal 505 may be given priority number 1.

Assume that the beacon 503 transmits a periodic beacon signal at time t1 according to the control of the server 501 (525).

If the second surrogate terminal 507 is present in the first area at time t1 (530), the second surrogate terminal 507 may transmit the attendance confirmation signal to the server 501 (535). The first surrogate terminal 505 may also transmit an attendance confirmation signal corresponding to the beacon signal transmitted at time t1 to the server 501. [ The server 501 receives the attendance place (first region), the (first) attendance time, the priority (priority) of the second surrogate article terminal 505 based on the attendance confirmation signal received at time t1 from the second surrogate article terminal 507, Etc. can be stored in the attendance list. At this time, since the first attendance time of the second substitute article terminal 507 is after the first attendance time of the first substitute article terminal 505, the second substitute article terminal 507 may be given priority number 2.

The server 501 can also store in the attendance list whether or not attendance of the first substitute article terminal 505 is maintained and the waiting time based on the attendance confirmation signal received at time t1 from the first substitute article terminal 505 have. At this time, the waiting time can be understood as a time after and after the first attendance time t0 of the first substitute service terminal 505. [

Thereafter, when a proxy article request is received (540) from the user terminal 509 to the server 501 at time t3, the server 501 transmits a beacon signal corresponding to the proxy article request via the beacon 503, (Step 545).

The beacon 503 may transmit a beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 505 and the second surrogate terminal 507 present in the first region under the control of the server 501 550).

The first surrogate terminal 505 and the second surrogate terminal 507 may transmit the response signal for the beacon signal 550 to the server 501 (555).

6 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment. 6, the server 601, the beacon 603, the first substitute article terminal 605, the second substitute article terminal 607, and the user terminal 609 are represented at t3 and t4 after FIG. The manner in which the article service is provided is shown.

After step 555 of FIG. 5, the server 601 may provide 610 information about the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 605 and the second surrogate terminal 607. At this time, the server 601 may simultaneously transmit the information on the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 605 and the second surrogate article terminal 607.

Only the first substitute article terminal 605 and the second substitute article terminal 607 of the second substitute article terminal 607 that have received information on the substitute article request accept the waiting article request within the predetermined time (t4 time) (620).

The server 601 may confirm 630 the acceptance of the second surrogate terminal 607 and cease providing information 640 to the first surrogate terminal 605 (regarding the surrogate article request). At this time, the server 601 can generate the service information necessary for providing the substitute article service based on the acceptance signal of the second substitute article terminal 607. [

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment. 7, the server 701, the beacon 703, the first substitute article terminal 705, the second substitute article terminal 707, and the user terminal 709 in the period from time t3 to t5 after FIG. A method by which surrogate article service is provided is shown.

After step 555 of FIG. 5, the server 701 may provide 710 information about the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 705 and the second surrogate terminal 707. At this time, let us say that the predetermined acceptance time according to the request of the surrogate article is the time from t4 to t5.

The first substitute article terminal 705 and the second substitute article terminal 707 of the second substitute article terminal 707 which have received the information on the substitute article request accept the waiting article request at time t4 (720), and the t4 Assume that the first agent agent terminal 705 has accepted the wait article request (730) before time t5 after the time.

At this time, since the acceptance of the standby article request from the first substitute article terminal 705 and the second substitute article terminal 707 is received within the predetermined acceptance time, the server 701 sets the priority determined based on the attendance information The acceptance of the first substitute article terminal 705 can be confirmed (740). At this time, the server 701 can generate the service information necessary for providing the substitute article service based on the acceptance signal of the first substitute article terminal 705. [

The server 701 may stop providing information (regarding the proxy article request) to the second proxy agent terminal 707 (750).

8 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a surrogate article service to a plurality of surrogate articles terminals according to another embodiment. 8, the server 801, the beacon 803, the first substitute article terminal 805, the second substitute article terminal 807, and the user terminal 809 are represented at t3 to t5, The manner in which the article service is provided is shown.

After step 555 of FIG. 5, the server 801 may provide information about the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 805 and the second surrogate terminal 807. At this time, the server 801 may provide information on the surrogate article request to the first surrogate terminal 805 at time t3 based on the priority determined in FIG. 5 (810). The server 801 may then provide information regarding the surrogate article request to the second surrogate terminal 807 of the next rank at time t4 (820). In this case, the interval from time t3 to time t4 can be understood as a 'priority granting period' in which information on the proxy agent request is preferentially given to the senior proxy agent terminal according to the priority determined based on the attendance information.

According to the embodiment, the server 801 may be provided via the proxy article terminal based on the priority, and may alternatively activate the interface for accepting the proxy article request. This provides the same information as that for giving priority to the senior agent terminal by deactivating the accept button displayed on the subordinate agent terminal according to the priority decided on the basis of the attendance information for a certain period of time, .

Then, it is assumed that only the second substitute article terminal 807 has accepted the substitute article request within the predetermined acceptance time t3 to t5 (830). The server 801 may acknowledge 840 the acceptance of the second substitute article terminal 807 and may stop providing information about the substitute article request 805 to the first substitute article terminal 805 850.

Even if the first substitute article terminal 805 accepts the substitute article request provided at step 810 at time t6, since the confirmation of the acceptance of the second substitute article terminal 807 has already been completed, The agent 805 can not receive the assignment based on the surrogate article request at step 810.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining whether or not to keep an attendance article according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 9, a method of determining whether or not a server according to an embodiment maintains attendance of a substitute article terminal is shown.

If the receipt of the periodically received attendance confirmation signal is interrupted and resumed, the server may determine 910 whether reception of the attendance confirmation signal has resumed within the preset first time period. The first time may be, for example, 5 minutes or 10 minutes.

If it is determined in step 910 that the receipt of the attendance confirmation signal has resumed within the first time, the server may determine 920 that attendance of the surrogate article is maintained. In this case, the priority given to the surrogate article by the initial attendance confirmation signal can be maintained as before.

If it is determined in step 910 that the receipt of the attendance confirmation signal is not resumed within the first time, the server determines whether reception of the attendance confirmation signal is resumed after the second predetermined time, or not resumed after the second time (930). The second time may be, for example, 30 minutes.

If it is determined in step 930 that the receipt of the attendance confirmation signal is resumed after the second predetermined time or not resumed after the second time, the server may determine that attendance of the surrogate article is not maintained (940) . In this case, the priority given to the surrogate article by the initial attendance confirmation signal is deleted, and a priority corresponding to the time point at which the attendance confirmation signal is resumed can be newly given.

According to the embodiment, when the receipt of the attendance confirmation signal is resumed within the time period from the first time to the second time, the server applies a penalty according to the temporary absence to the corresponding surrogate article, Ranking can be lowered.

10 is a block diagram of a server according to one embodiment. 10, a server 1000 according to one embodiment includes a communication interface 1010, a processor 1030, and a memory 1050. [ The communication interface 1010, the processor 1030, and the memory 1050 may be connected to each other via a bus 1570 (bus).

The communication interface 1010 provides information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate terminal that has received the beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request. The communication interface 1010 receives the acceptance signal from the substitute article terminal that accepted the substitute article request.

The processor 1030 receives a beacon corresponding to the surrogate article request through at least one selected beacon among a plurality of beacons installed in a plurality of predetermined places based on the position of the user terminal, Controls the at least one beacon so that the signal is transmitted, and generates service information based on the acceptance signal received from the substitute article terminal.

Processor 1030 may determine the priority of at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of at least one substitute terminal.

Processor 1030 may control a plurality of beacons such that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted via a plurality of beacons. The processor 1030 can set the attendance information of the substitute article terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal based on the attendance confirmation signal received from the substitute article terminal. At this time, the communication interface 1010 can receive the attendance confirmation signal from the substitute article terminal that has received the periodical beacon signal.

The processor 1030 may, based on the priority, differentially provide information regarding the surrogate article request to at least one surrogate article terminal.

When receiving the acceptance signal from a plurality of substitute article terminals, the processor 1030 can select any substitute article terminal among a plurality of substitute article terminals that have transmitted the acceptance signal, based on the priority order. The processor 1030 may generate the service information based on the acceptance signal of the selected substitute terminal.

The processor 1030 may also perform at least one method associated with the server described above with respect to Figures 1-9. The processor 1030 can execute the program and control the server 1000. [ The program code executed by the processor 1030 may be stored in the memory 1050. [

The memory 1050 may store an attendance list including attendance information such as attendance time, attendance order, waiting time, waiting place, etc. of the substitute article terminal. Also, the memory 1050 may store the priorities assigned or changed to the substitute article terminal in the attendance list.

The embodiments described above may be implemented in hardware components, software components, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices, methods, and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, such as an array, a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced. Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

101: Beacon
103: Surrogate article terminal
105: Server
107: User terminal

Claims (20)

In a method of operating a server,
Selecting at least one beacon among a plurality of beacons installed at a plurality of predetermined locations based on the location of the user terminal in response to a surrogate article request of the user terminal;
Controlling the at least one beacon such that a beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request is transmitted via the at least one beacon;
Providing information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate terminal having received the beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request;
Receiving an acceptance signal from a surrogate article terminal accepting the surrogate article request; And
Generating service information based on the acceptance signal
Lt; / RTI >
The server
And determines the priority of the at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of at least one substitute terminal. delete The method according to claim 1,
Controlling the plurality of beacons such that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through the plurality of beacons;
Receiving an attendance confirmation signal from a surrogate terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal; And
Setting attendance information of the surrogate article terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal based on the attendance confirmation signal
Lt; / RTI > [Claim 4 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] The method according to claim 1,
The step of providing information on the surrogate article request
Differentially providing information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority,
Lt; / RTI > [Claim 5 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee.] The method according to claim 1,
Differentially providing an interface for accepting the surrogate article request, provided via the at least one surrogate terminal, based on the priority,
Lt; / RTI > [Claim 6 is abandoned due to the registration fee.] The method according to claim 1,
When receiving the acceptance signal from a plurality of substitute article terminals,
The step of generating the service information
Selecting one of the plurality of substitute articles terminals transmitting the acceptance signal based on the priority order;
Generating the service information based on the acceptance signal of the selected surrogate terminal
Lt; / RTI > [7] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. The method according to claim 1,
The attendance information
The attendance time, and the waiting time. [8] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. The method of claim 3,
The step of setting the attendance information
Determining that attendance of the surrogate article is maintained if the reception of the attendance confirmation signal that has been periodically received is stopped and resumed within the first predetermined time period
Lt; / RTI > [Claim 9 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee.] 9. The method of claim 8,
The step of setting the attendance information
Determining that attendance of the surrogate article is not maintained if the receipt of the periodically received attendance confirmation signal is resumed after a second predetermined time period or resumed after the second time period
Lt; / RTI > [Claim 10 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] The method according to claim 1,
The service information
The call information of the user terminal, the identification information of the user terminal, and the identification information of the surrogate terminal. [Claim 11 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] The method according to claim 1,
The proxy article request
A secure number generated in response to the surrogate article request, and a location of the user terminal. [12] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal
1. A terminal for driving an application provided from a server for providing a surrogate article service,
Receiving the relief number from a server that generates a relief number through a network, and receiving unique information of the surrogate article through a beacon signal of a surrogate article terminal that accesses a call position of the user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The proxy article request
And paging information entered via a URL address provided to the user terminal. 14. The method of claim 13,
The URL address
And providing the user terminal with a connection to an ARS (Automatic Response Service) server or a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag by the user terminal. [Claim 15 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee] 15. A computer program stored on a medium for execution in accordance with any one of claims 1, 3, 14, and 14 in combination with hardware. A beacon signal corresponding to the surrogate article request is transmitted through at least one selected beacon among a plurality of beacons installed at a plurality of predetermined locations based on the position of the user terminal, A processor for controlling the at least one beacon and generating service information based on the acceptance signal received from the substitute article terminal; And
A communication interface for providing information on the substitute article request to at least one substitute article terminal that has received the beacon signal corresponding to the substitute article request and receiving an acceptance signal from the substitute article terminal accepting the substitute article request;
Lt; / RTI >
The processor
And determines the priority of the at least one substitute terminal based on attendance information of the at least one substitute terminal. delete [Claim 18 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee.] 17. The method of claim 16,
The processor
Controlling the plurality of beacons so that a periodic beacon signal is transmitted through the plurality of beacons; and controlling attendance information of the substitute article terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal based on an attendance confirmation signal received from the substitute article terminal Setting,
The communication interface
And receives an attendance confirmation signal from the substitute article terminal that has received the periodic beacon signal. [Claim 19 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] 17. The method of claim 16,
The processor
And variably providing information on the surrogate article request to the at least one surrogate article terminal based on the priority. [Claim 20 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] 17. The method of claim 16,
The processor
When receiving the acceptance signal from a plurality of substitute article terminals,
Selects one of the plurality of substitute article terminals that transmitted the acceptance signal based on the priority order and generates the service information based on the acceptance signal of the selected substitute article terminal.

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