KR101954653B1 - Management system that utilizes area formed by beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a management system that utilizes an area formed by a beacon, comprising: an area formed by at least one beacon; a system server interlocked with the beacon; and a terminal connected to the system server by the beacon.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a management system utilizing a region formed by a beacon,

The present invention relates to a management system that utilizes an area formed by a beacon, and more particularly, to a management system that utilizes an area formed by a beacon that minimizes time and manpower consumption by interlocking with an app, .

And Bluetooth communication and NFC communication as short-range wireless communication.

A beacon is a kind of communication based on short-range wireless communication. It is composed of a beacon transmitting a radio signal and a beacon receiver receiving a radio signal.

NFC is based on less than 10 centimeters of local area communication, whereas BLE based beacon communication can be communicated within a radius of 45 to 50 meters, and can be located with higher accuracy than GPS.

In addition, there is an advantage in that the cost is low and the battery consumption is small.

According to these characteristics, beacon is one of the most recently emerging technologies, and studies for providing various services are continuing.

Among the services that utilize such beacons are payment, attendance, and waiting, among which research focusing on services related to atmosphere and attendance is required.

The present invention, which is designed to meet the above requirements, is to provide a management system that utilizes an area formed of beacons that can minimize the time and manpower consumption by interlocking with an app and managing waiting or attendance.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management system using an area formed of a beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention, A system server interlocked with the beacon, and a terminal interlocked with the system server by the beacon.

In addition, the system server may include a standby mode that can be used in an area to which the standby management system is applied, and an attending mode that can be used in an area where the attendance management system is applied.

The standby mode applied to the standby manager terminal and the standby terminal includes a sequence number providing module that transmits the standby information automatically calculated according to the standby status to the standby terminal; An information providing module for providing waiting information of the waiting terminal provided with the waiting information to the waiting manager terminal; A notification module for transmitting a notification message according to recognition of departure / return to the area to the standby manager terminal and the standby terminal; A call module for receiving call waiting information from the waiting manager terminal and transmitting a call notification to the waiting terminal; An optional module capable of canceling and changing the waiting sequence number of the waiters in the standby manager terminal or the standby terminal and a standby completion module for terminating the standby when the called standby terminal tags the NFC device provided in the area and receives the standby completion .

In addition, the waiting information may include at least one of a waiting order, an estimated waiting time, a current time, and a remaining waiting staff.

Further, the waiting information is information on the waiting ratio according to the presence or absence of a waiting area in the area.

The attendance mode applied to the attendance terminal and the attendance terminal includes a unique number issuing module for issuing a unique number to which attendee information is input to the attendance terminal; An arrival decision module for determining arrival and departure information according to whether or not the attendee terminal has entered the area and transmitting attendance information to the attendance manager terminal; An attendance notification module for notifying the attendance manager terminal when the attendee terminal to which the attendance information is transmitted to the attendance manager terminal is not returned within a predetermined time range after leaving the area, And a notification module for transmitting the known information inputted from the attendance manager terminal to the terminal.

The known module is characterized by using a data push technique.

In addition, the attendance information may include at least one of attendee name, telephone number, address, application or reservation details, time and place where the unique number is recognized.

In addition, the system server may further include a beacon communication change mode.

Also, the beacon communication change mode is applied in an area where two or more beacons are provided, and when the number of beacons exceeds a number of terminals capable of recognizing one beacon, communication of the beacon is blocked, And the communication is linked so that the terminal can be recognized as another acceptable beacon.

In the standby mode, when the waiting terminal is recognized in one of the areas when the area is formed in two or more areas, information on the number of waiting areas existing in the remaining areas is stored in the standby area before the waiting information transmission The recommendation module may further include a recommendation module that transmits the recommendation module to the waiting terminal and recommends another area having the least number of waiters.

The management system utilizing the area formed by the beacon according to the embodiment of the present invention can set the atmospheric or attendance management according to the situation and use it, so that an additional configuration is not necessary and the economical burden can be imposed.

When the standby mode is used, a notification of the standby sequence number is provided even after the standby group leaves the area, so that it is possible to provide a convenience to complete the standby in time.

In the case of using the attendance mode, it is possible to confirm attendance management of the attendance person through the terminal even when the attendance manager is not present, and it is possible to prevent labor and time from being wasted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management system using an area formed by a beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the system server shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a standby mode of the system server shown in FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the attendance mode of the system server shown in FIG.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a standby mode using method using a management system utilizing an area formed of beacons.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of using the attendance mode using a management system utilizing an area formed by beacons.

Hereinafter, the description of the present invention with reference to the drawings is not limited to a specific embodiment, and various transformations can be applied and various embodiments can be made. It is to be understood that the following description covers all changes, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In the following description, the terms first, second, and the like are used to describe various components and are not limited to their own meaning, and are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component.

Like reference numerals used throughout the specification denote like elements.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is also to be understood that the terms " comprising, "" comprising, "or" having ", and the like are intended to designate the presence of stated features, integers, And should not be construed to 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 invention 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 in an ideal or overly formal sense unless expressly defined in 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. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

The management system utilizing the area 10 formed with the beacon 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a mobile system including a smart phone communicating via a beacon 1 (wireless communication network) using an application (or a mobile application) May be provided in the communication terminal.

Hereinafter, the mobile communication terminal will be mainly described for convenience of explanation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 attached hereto.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a management system configuration using an area 10 formed of a beacon 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the system server 100 shown in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the standby mode 110 of the system server 100 shown in FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the attendance mode 120 of the system server 100 shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of using a standby mode 110 using a management system utilizing an area 10 formed of a beacon 1.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of using the attendance mode 120 using the management system utilizing the area 10 formed of the beacon 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, a management system utilizing an area 10 formed of a beacon 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an area 10 formed by one or more beacons 1, a system server 100, (200).

In addition, the region 10 may be provided with an NFC apparatus 2.

Specifically, in a region 10 formed of one or more beacons 1, the beacon 1 is a Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) proximity based wireless communication device, a device communicating with devices within a maximum of 70 m .

Here, unlike the conventional connection method shown in Bluetooth, there is no need for 'pairing', and there is an advantage that it can be used simply by executing an application.

In addition, it is suitable for the Internet implementation of things that are highly accurate enough to be able to distinguish between 5 and 10cm units, and all devices are always connected because of low power consumption.

Also, it is possible to provide indoor location information that was impossible with GPS technology.

Also, a sticky beacon 1 having a size equivalent to a coin can be used, and it can be used everywhere.

By providing the beacon 1 in the area 10 as described above, the area 10 capable of receiving up to 70 m in front can be generated.

The area 10 may be one of a bank, a hospital, a school, a museum, a public office, and a company, and a space suitable for applying the beacon 1 may suffice.

The beacons 1 may be provided in one or more than one.

2, the system server 100 of the present invention includes a beacon 1, a beacon 1, a beacon 1, a beacon 1, Various modes can be applied depending on the mode.

To this end, the system server 100 may include a standby mode 110, a attendance mode 120,

In addition, it may further include a beacon communication change mode 130.

3 and 5, the standby mode 110 may be used in a waiting area 10, for example, in a bank, a hospital, a restaurant, or the like.

Accordingly, the terminal 200 used in the standby mode 110 may be called the standby administrator terminal 200 and the standby terminal 200, and the standby administrator terminal 200 and the standby terminal 200 may be installed with applications , And may be applied when the user of the terminal 200 selects the standby mode 110.

The standby mode 110 may include an order providing module 112, an information providing module 113, a notification module 114, a calling module 115, a selecting module 116, and a waiting completion module 117.

In addition, the standby mode 110 may further include a recommendation module 111.

The sequence number providing module 112 can transmit the wait information automatically calculated according to the wait status of the area 10 to the standby terminal 200. [

The wait information transmitted to the waiter terminal 200 is calculated by calculating the number and time of waiters recognized by the beacon 1 provided in the region 10 and calculating the wait sequence number, ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the standby terminal 200 receiving the standby information is the terminal 200 of the standby person, and not all the terminals 200 that have selected the standby mode 110 receive the standby information.

The information providing module 113 can transmit the waiting information of the waiting terminal 200 having received the waiting information to the waiting manager terminal 200. [

The waiter information transmitted to the waiting manager terminal 200 may be waiter ratio information according to whether a waiter exists in the region 10. [

At this time, the waiting information is limited to the waiting terminal 200 having received the waiting information, and the information of the waiting terminal 200 that has not selected to wait can be excluded.

The notification module 114 can transmit a notification message according to the exit and return recognition to the standby manager terminal 200 and the standby terminal 200. [

That is, when the user leaves the area 10 of the range recognized by the beacon 1, it detects a departure and transmits a notification message to the leaving waiting terminal 200 and the waiting manager terminal 200, The standby manager terminal 200 and the standby manager terminal 200 may detect the beacon 1 and return to the waiting manager terminal 200. In this case,

The calling module 115 may notify the waiting manager terminal 200 of the absence of a return notification message to the waiting manager terminal 200 or the remaining waiting staff is one The call notification can be transmitted to the waiting terminal 200 which has left the waiting terminal 200 and the waiting terminal 200 whose remaining waiting staff is one.

The selection module 116 can cancel and change the waiting sequence number of the waiters in the standby manager terminal 200 or the standby terminal 200. [

That is, when the waiting terminal 200 can not return to the standby order after it leaves the standby terminal 200, the standby order can be changed or canceled.

If the waiting manager terminal 200 has not received the notification that the waiting agent terminal 200 has returned after the calling of the waiting agent terminal 200 but does not continue or when the waiting queue terminal 200 has arrived, 200) may be changed or canceled.

The standby completion module 117 can terminate the waiting terminal 200 when the called standby terminal 200 tags the NFC device 2 provided in the area 10 and receives the standby completion.

That is, when the waiting sequence number is reached, the standby manager terminal 200 calls the waiting terminal 200, and the standby terminal 200, which has received the calling notification, sets the NFC apparatus 2 in the area 10 Tag is completed and the completion of waiting can be terminated.

In addition, the standby mode 110 may further include a recommendation module 111.

The recommendation module 111 can be applied to a case where two or more regions 10 are formed and when the waiting terminal 200 is recognized in one of the regions 10, To the waiting terminal 200 before the standby information is transmitted, and recommends another area 10 having the smallest waiting number.

For example, if the area 10 formed of two or more is a bank, the beacons 1 are formed in the first bank and the second bank, respectively, and are communicated to the waiting terminal 200.

At this time, if the waiting terminal 200 is approached and recognized in the first bank zone 10, the number of waiting persons of the first bank and the second bank (first bank: 10, second bank: Three persons) to the waiting terminal 200 and recommend a second bank in which a small number of persons among the first and second banks are waiting.

That is, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon in which the user is guided to the area 10 where the waiting staff is small before the waiting information is transmitted.

In addition, the standby mode 110 may further include a premium module,

The waiting terminal 200 recognizes the waiting terminal 200 visiting the certain area 10 more than two times a week or more and recognizes the waiting terminal 200 as a premium customer, 10), it can be provided as a standby for the first time.

5, the above-described method of using the standby mode 110 may include transmitting a notification to the waiting terminal 200 when the beacon signal area 10 is accessed (S10), confirming whether the waiting number is issued (S30a) of transmitting wait information to the standby terminal 200 in real time (S30a), transmitting the standby information to the standby administrator terminal 200 (S30b), receiving waiting call information from the standby administrator terminal 200 A step S50 of transmitting a call notification to the standby terminal 200 and a step S60 of waiting the completion of tagging the NFC device 2 in the area 10 to the standby terminal 200 .

Also, before step S10, an application based on the management system utilizing the area 10 formed of the beacon 1 described above is installed in the standby terminal 200 and the standby management terminal 200, 110 may be selected and input.

More specifically, step S10 is a step of transmitting a notification of access to the waiting terminal 200 accessing the beacon signal area 10, and can be confirmed by the waiting person through the waiting terminal 200. [

Step S20 is a step of confirming whether or not the waiting number is issued, and transmits a message for confirming whether the waiting number is issued to the waiting terminal 200. If the waiting terminal 200 inputs that the waiting number is not issued, The mode 110 is terminated. If it is determined that the standby number is issued, the process may proceed to steps S30a and S30b.

S30a and steps S30b to S60 are related to the configuration of the standby mode 110, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

4 and 6, the attendance mode 120 includes a unique number issuance module 121, an attendance determination module 122, a notice announcement module 123 114, and a notification module 124 can do.

Attendance mode 120 may be applied in area 10 where attendance is required.

For example, an area 10 suitable for attendance, such as a school lecture room, a company, and other class-related areas 10 is sufficient.

Accordingly, the terminal 200 used in the attendance mode 120 can be referred to as the attendance terminal 200 and the attendance terminal 200. The attendance terminal 200 and the attendant terminal 200 can be called applications And can be applied when the user of the terminal 200 selects the attendance mode 120.

The specific number issuing module 121 may issue the unique number to which the attendee information is inputted to the auditor terminal 200. [

That is, unlike the stand-by mode 110 in which the waiting sequence is provided in real time, the attendance mode 120 can be performed in a state in which a unique number of the attendee is provided. The unique number issuing module 121, (Not shown).

The attendance determination module 122 may determine whether or not the attendee terminal 200 has entered the beacon signal area 10 and determine the attendance.

That is, when the to-be-determined terminal 200 having the unique number is approached within the range of the beacon (1) signal area 10, it can be recognized that the to-be-called terminal 200 is present in the area 10.

However, the attendance determination module 122 does not recognize only the entry, but only when the attendee terminal 200 whose entrance is recognized is recognized up to the set time range of the beacon (1) signal area 10, It may be recognized and stored as being present.

At this time, the attendance information of the observer terminal 200 in which the entry is recognized may be transmitted to the attendance administrator terminal 200.

The attendance information may include at least one of an attendee name, a telephone number, an address, an application or reservation details, a unique number, and a recognized time and place.

The attendance notification module 123 or 114 notifies the attendance terminal 200 of the attendance terminal 200 that the attendance terminal 200 having received the attendance information to the attendance manager terminal 200 has left the area 10, The terminal 200 can be notified.

That is, when the exit of the observer terminal 200 recognized as the entry is detected to be departing from the area 10, and the observer terminal 200 is not recognized within the predetermined time range, the notification is notified to the attendance terminal 200 .

At this time, the predetermined time may be arbitrarily set by the attendance manager.

For example, the area 10 is referred to as a classroom, and the terminal 200 and the attendance administrator terminal 200 owned by the student of the attendee terminal 200 are referred to as a professor or a school administration office.

The entertainer terminal 200 approaches the lecture room within the signal range of the beacon 1 and the entrance is recognized and the entertainer terminal 200 which has detached after 10 minutes passed the recognized outgoing party terminal 200 If it is not recognized (does not return), it can send a notification to the attendance manager terminal 200.

Next, the notification module 124 can transmit the known information inputted from the attendance terminal 200 to the attractor terminal 200 to which the unique number is issued.

The announcement information may include at least one of task announcement, attendance confirmation history, and announcement information per area (10).

In addition, the notification module 124 may transmit data to the attractor terminal 200 using a data push technique.

The data push technology is a technology that allows the system server 100 to automatically distribute (transfer) data or programs on the system server 100 to a client, regardless of the search operation of the client side user in a computer communication network such as the Internet .

The attendance mode 120 may further include a recommendation module, which can transmit the recommendation information to the attendance manager terminal 200 upon receipt of recommendation information by the attendee terminal 200 having issued the inherent number.

Herein, when the entertainer terminal 200 enters the beacon (1) signal area 10, the suggestion item input window appears at the same time as the notification, so that the entertainer terminal 200 can receive input.

6, the method of using the attendance mode 120 described above includes the steps of notifying the attendee terminal 200 and the attendance administrator terminal 200 when the beacon 1 signal area 10 is accessed (S300 to S500) in the real time in the beacon (1) signal area 10 (S600 (S600)) to the attendance manager terminal 200 ).

Also, before step S100, an application based on the management system utilizing the area 10 formed by the beacon 1 described above is installed in the attendee terminal 200 and the attendance manager terminal 200, (120). ≪ / RTI >

Since steps S100 and S200 include the same contents as those of the attendance mode 120, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The step S300 is a step of checking whether or not the attractor terminal 200 is detected in real time in the beacon signal area 10 by checking whether or not the attractor terminal 200 existing in the area 10 is detected in real time If it is not detected, the process may proceed to step S400.

In step S400, it is checked whether the to-be-determined terminal 200 is detected again within a predetermined time. If the to-be-called terminal 200 is detected again in step S300, And if it is not detected again within a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S450 of transmitting a notification to the attendance administrator terminal 200 (S450).

Herein, since the predetermined time is described while the attendance notification module 123 (114) is described in the configuration of the attendance mode 120, a detailed description will be omitted.

Next, if it is detected in step S300, the process may proceed to step S500.

Step S500 is a step of confirming whether the attractor terminal 200 is detected within the set time range of the beacon 1 signal area 10. If the attractor terminal 200 detected as not leaving the beacon terminal 200 in step S300 is within the set time range If it is not detected, it can be repeatedly executed from the step S300, and it can be completed when it is detected.

In this case, the set time may be a time during which the attendance mode 120 is operated. For example, if the lecture time is from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock, Can only be repeated within this time.

Next, the beacon communication change mode 130 is applied to the area 10 where two or more beacons 1 are provided, and when the number of beacons 1 exceeds the number of terminals 200 that can be recognized The beacon 1 can be intercepted and the communication can be linked so that the communication terminal 200 can recognize the intercepted beacon 1 as an acceptable beacon 1.

The beacon communication change mode 130 described above can be selectively applied to the standby mode 110 and the attendance mode 120 in a redundant manner. ) Is more preferable.

The application refers to a general application based on iOS and Android, which is created based on a management system utilizing an area formed by a beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention. And can be downloaded and accessed through the application system server 100 created on the basis of the used management system or downloaded through the online application marketplace (for example, the online market of the Android Market, the Apple Store, or the communication company).

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and / or method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing functions corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded And such an embodiment can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

1: Beacon
2: NFC device
10: area
100: System server
110: Standby mode
111: Recommended module
112: Sequence number providing module
113: Information providing module
114: Notification module
115: Calling module
116: Selection module
117: waiting completion module
120: Attendance mode
121: unique number issue module
122: Attendance judgment module
123: Attendance announcement module
124: Notification module
130: Beacon communication change mode
200: terminal

Claims (11)

An area formed by one or more beacons;
A system server interlocked with the beacon;
And a terminal interlocked with the system server by the beacon,
The system server comprises:
And can be used in an area to which the standby management system is applied. The standby mode and the standby mode, which are applied to the standby administrator terminal and the standby terminal,
The attendance mode can be used in an area where the attendance management system is applied, and includes a attendance mode applied to the attendance terminal and the attendance terminal,
In the standby mode,
A sequence number providing module for transmitting the wait information automatically calculated according to the waiting status to the standby terminal;
An information providing module for providing waiting information of the waiting terminal provided with the waiting information to the waiting manager terminal;
A notification module for transmitting a notification message according to recognition of departure / return to the area to the standby manager terminal and the standby terminal;
A call module for receiving call waiting information from the waiting manager terminal and transmitting a call notification to the waiting terminal;
A selection module for canceling and changing the waiting sequence number of the waiters in the standby manager terminal or the standby terminal;
And a waiting completion module for, when the called standby terminal tags the NFC device provided in the area and receives the standby completion,
If the region is formed more than one,
When the waiting terminal is recognized in one of the areas, transmits information on the number of waiting in the remaining areas to the waiting terminal before transmitting the waiting information, and recommends another area having the smallest waiting number Further comprising:
The attendance mode includes:
A unique number issuing module for issuing a unique number in which attendee information is input to the attendee terminal;
An arrival decision module for determining arrival and departure information to the attendance administrator terminal according to whether the attendee terminal is recognized up to the set time range after entering the area;
An attendance notifying module for notifying the attendance manager terminal when the attendee terminal to which the attendance information is transmitted to the attendance manager terminal is not returned within a predetermined time range after leaving the space,
And a notification module for transmitting the notice information inputted from the attendance manager terminal to the attractor terminal having the unique number issued thereto.
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The waiting information includes:
A management system that utilizes an area formed by a beacon including at least one of a waiting sequence number, an estimated waiting time, a current time, and a remaining standby number.
The method according to claim 1,
The waiting information includes:
And a waiter ratio information according to presence or absence of a waiter in the area.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The known module includes:
And a data push technique is used.
The method according to claim 1,
The attendance information includes:
A management system utilizing an area formed by a beacon including at least one of an attendee name, a telephone number, an address, an application or reservation details, and a time and place at which a unique number is recognized.
The method according to claim 1,
The system server comprises:
And a beacon communication change mode.
10. The method of claim 9,
The beacon communication change mode includes:
The beacon communication is interrupted when the number of beacons exceeds the number of terminals capable of recognizing one beacon and the beacon is recognized as another acceptable beacon Wherein the beacon is formed by a plurality of beacons.
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