KR20080095607A - Information system and method for operating the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information providing system for providing local information and sensor information for each distance / building to a user of a terminal device, and a method of operating the same, wherein the terminal device reads an RFID tag installed at each distance / building. Transmitting the read data to an external local information providing apparatus to receive and display local information and sensor information of a corresponding distance. The information providing system of the present invention transmits an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position and information on a point where the RFID tag is installed to a terminal device that reads the RFID tag, and enters or leaves an installation point of the RFID tag. Local information providing apparatus for recording the unique number of the terminal device, and read the RFID tag and transmits the RFID tag to the local information providing apparatus, receiving and displaying information of the RFID tag installation point from the local information providing apparatus It includes a terminal device.

Description

Information system and method for operating the same

1 is a diagram illustrating an information providing system providing local information and sensor information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an internal configuration block diagram of the terminal device 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the local information providing apparatus 15 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing area information and sensor information of a specific street or building using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

11: terminal device 12,13: RFID tag

15: Local information providing device 16: Central server

22: RFID reader 32: sensor

33: Local DB

The present invention relates to an information providing system for providing local information and sensor information to a user of a terminal device, and an operation method thereof.

When a terminal device (such as a mobile phone / PDA / wireless laptop) enters a new street or building, the location or address thereof may not be known exactly. Therefore, if the terminal user wants to know whether the building or the street has been reached correctly, the terminal user should ask people in the street or the building. In addition, if the user of the terminal device wants the information of the distance from the other people through the terminal device with respect to the information on the surrounding street or the building, the person staying in the street or building should notify the user through the telephone.

In addition, when the user of the terminal device calls and calls a person in another area, the user of the terminal device may not automatically share information with others about the temperature, toxic gas content, and environmental sensor information of the current location.

Meanwhile, in order to know current area information using a terminal device, a GPS embedded terminal device may be used, and the GPS embedded terminal device has the following disadvantages.

GPS built-in terminals require special antennas to receive local information, and only require expensive GPS hardware to provide location to the user. In addition, GPS only provides local information, and does not provide street names and other residential information and specific location details (near neighborhoods, commercial points on the street, etc.). In addition, if GPS is disabled, it will not provide the right information, and GPS in buildings will be less likely to operate as well as in open areas due to low signals, and even more accurate data cannot be obtained.

As a result, the current local information providing terminal device, such as a GPS built-in terminal device, is a communication service or terminal that provides a residence information, detailed sensor information, and other residence details to the terminal user when the user enters a specific building or street. There is no situation.

The present invention proposes a method of providing the area information and sensor information of a corresponding point when a terminal user enters a specific distance or building. In addition, the present invention proposes a method for sensing information of terminal devices located in a street or a building.

The information providing system of the present invention transmits an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position and information on a point where the RFID tag is installed to a terminal device that reads the RFID tag, and enters or leaves an installation point of the RFID tag. Local information providing apparatus for recording the unique number of the terminal device, and read the RFID tag and transmits the RFID tag to the local information providing apparatus, receiving and displaying information of the RFID tag installation point from the local information providing apparatus It includes a terminal device.

In addition, the information of the RFID tag installation point is characterized in that at least one of the region information, sensor information of the RFID tag installation point. The apparatus may further include a central server connected to the local information providing apparatus to provide installation point information of each RFID tag to the local information providing apparatus.

The data of the RFID tag includes a main ID indicating an ID for a distance where an RFID tag is located, and a sub ID indicating an ID such as an alley / building within a distance indicated by the main ID. The area information, the exit ID of the street / building, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street / building, the information (people, phone number, name, age, etc.) of the street / building, the corresponding distance Information about a company, a shop, a restaurant, and the like, wherein the sensor information includes information such as a temperature of a corresponding distance / building and a concentration of harmful gas.

The tag ID of the RFID tag may be set as an IP address of a local information providing device to which the terminal device that reads the RFID tag is to be connected. The terminal device sets the tag ID of the RFID tag to IP. And a local information providing device as an address. In addition, the terminal device accesses the IP address of the local information providing apparatus, which is pre-allocated and stored for each RFID tag.

The terminal apparatus of the present invention includes an RFID reader for reading an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position, a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with a local information providing device for providing information on a point at which the read RFID tag is installed, and the local information providing. A display unit for displaying information received from a device, a storage unit for storing information received from the local information providing apparatus, an input unit for receiving an operation command from a user, and driving the RFID reader to read an RFID tag to read the RFID tag. And a control unit for transmitting to a local information providing apparatus, displaying and storing information received from the local information providing apparatus, and performing an operation such as finding a person at a corresponding distance.

The local information providing apparatus of the present invention includes a wireless communication interface unit for performing wireless communication with a terminal device that reads data of an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position and receives information of a corresponding RFID tag installation point, and the RF tag is Sensor unit for measuring the environmental index value of the installed point as deity information, local DB for storing the information of the point where the RF tag is installed, information of the point where the RFID tag is installed by receiving the data of the RFID tag from the terminal device The control unit for transmitting to the terminal device, and in real time updating the local information stored in the local DB according to the data of the received RFID tag.

The local information providing apparatus further includes an internet interface unit for providing an interface to communicate with the Internet with a central server providing information for each installation point of each RFID tag. The local information providing apparatus may further include a GPS receiver which receives location information from a GPS satellite so as to know a current point of the local information providing apparatus.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a terminal device reads an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position, and then transmits the unique number of the terminal device and the read data of the RFID tag to a local information providing device, and provides the local information. A second process of transmitting, by the device, the information of the RFID tag installed point to the terminal device according to the received unique number of the terminal device and the read data of the RFID tag, and the information of the point where the terminal device is installed with the RFID tag; In the third process of displaying and storing the information, and when the terminal device reads the RFID tag installed at another location, the information about the current distance is transferred to the recently visited distance information area and the current distance information area is deleted. And a fourth process of transmitting the unique number of the corresponding terminal device and the read data of the RFID tag to the local information providing device, and wherein the local information providing device And a fifth step of updating the storage device that were off the location.

The data of the RFID tag includes a main ID indicating an ID for a distance where an RFID tag is located, and a sub ID indicating an ID such as an alley / building within a distance indicated by the main ID. In addition, when the terminal device enters a specific building or a detailed alley in the street after entering the street, the RFID tag installed at the entrance of the building or the detailed alley is read and the sub ID in the corresponding RFID tag is read to read the first ID. Perform steps 2, 3, 4, and 5 in detail. The area information, the exit ID of the street / building, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street / building, the information (people, phone number, name, age, etc.) of the street / building, the corresponding distance Information about a company, a store, a restaurant, and the like, wherein the sensor information includes information such as a temperature of a corresponding distance / building and a concentration of harmful gas. The terminal apparatus accesses the local information providing apparatus using the tag ID of the RFID tag as an IP address, and accesses the IP address of the local information providing apparatus which is pre-assigned and stored for each RFID tag.

Hereinafter, the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used to refer to the same components as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an information providing system providing local information and sensor information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Terminal device users can automatically share the current local information and sensor information through the information providing system of the present invention. When a terminal user enters a specific building or street, the terminal device can automatically know current local information or sensor information (environmental data).

In detail, when the terminal devices 11; 11a and 11b enter a specific distance, the RFID reader in the terminal device may include the RFID tags 12; 12a and 12b at the street entrance and the RFID tags 13: 13a and 13b at the exit. Read the data. The RFID tags 12 and 13 are installed at each distance. In some cases, the RFID tags 12 and 13 are installed at the inlet and the outlet of the street (building). The RFID tags 12 and 13 are composed of a transponder and an antenna and have predetermined data. The RFID tags 12 and 13 transmit the data to an RFID reader in a terminal device. The data of the RFID tag includes a main ID and a sub ID. The main ID stores an ID of a street where a tag is located, and the sub ID is an ID of an alley / building or the like in the street indicated by the main ID, or an entrance of a street indicated by the main ID. And outlet may be indicated respectively.

The terminal device 11 transmits the data of the RFID tag read to the local information providing device 15 through the wireless network. The local information providing apparatus 15 may be configured to store the local information of the corresponding distance (eg, the exit ID of the street, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the corresponding distance, and the corresponding distance) stored in matching data with the received RFID tag. User information (gender, phone number, name, age, etc.), companies, shops, restaurants, etc. in the street, and sensor information (such as the temperature of the street, concentration of harmful gas, etc.) of the street To the device. The terminal device displays the received area information and sensor information so that the user can check it.

The local information providing apparatus 15 may provide at least one local information and sensor information to a terminal device installed in at least one installed distance for each jurisdiction. The local information providing apparatus 15 stores local information and sensor information for each RFID tag 12a and 12b. The local information and sensor information is updated from time to time and stored in the local DB. The sensor information is frequently measured as data such as temperature and harmful gas concentration measured by the sensor unit installed in the local information providing apparatus 15 and updated and stored in the local DB.

On the other hand, the local information and sensor information may be stored in a separate central server 16, not stored in each local information providing apparatus 15. Therefore, the local information providing apparatus can be configured to request local information and sensor information by accessing the Internet to the central server whenever necessary.

2 is an internal configuration block diagram of the terminal device 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal device 11 capable of implementing an embodiment of the present invention corresponds to all terminals capable of performing wireless communication, and is a concept including all terminals such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer, and the like.

The wireless communication interface unit 21 is an interface for performing wireless communication with the local information providing apparatus 15, and various wireless communication methods such as Wireless LAN, Wibro, and WiFi may be used. The terminal apparatus transmits the read RFID tag data to the local information providing apparatus through the wireless communication interface unit, and receives local information and sensor information from the local information providing apparatus.

The RFID reader 22 performs a function of reading data of the RFID tag 12 installed at each distance consisting of a transponder / antenna. Accordingly, the RFID reader 22 receives data including a main ID (ID of a street where an RFID tag is located) and a sub ID (ID of an alley / building, etc., ID of an entrance / exit of the corresponding street) from the RFID tag. can do.

The display unit 23 displays local information and sensor information received from the local information providing apparatus, and the input unit 24 performs a function of receiving various operation commands from the user.

The storage unit 25 stores local information and sensor information received from the local information providing device. In addition, the storage unit has a 'recently visited distance' information area and a 'current distance' information area, and stores information about a previously visited distance in the 'recently visited distance' information area, and a terminal in the 'current distance' information area. Stores information of the distance where the device is currently located. Therefore, when the terminal device leaves a certain distance, the data in the 'current distance' information area is deleted.

The control unit 26 performs an algorithm for driving the RFID reader to read an RFID tag at an entrance / exit of a street (or building) and transmit the RFID tag to the local information providing device through a wireless communication interface. For this purpose, the terminal device may have the IP address of the local information providing device corresponding to each RFID tag in advance, or specify the ID value of the RFID tag so that the IP address of the local information providing device corresponding to the RFID tag can be directly obtained from the RFID tag. (For example, when the RFID tag value is aaaxxxxx, the IP address of the local information providing apparatus is set to be yyy.www.aaa.).

In addition, the display unit displays local information and sensor information of the corresponding distance received from the local information providing apparatus, and performs operations such as detailed information on the corresponding distance or a person searching function in the corresponding distance according to a user's operation.

In addition, when the terminal device enters the distance where the RFID tag is installed and moves out of the distance (when the RFID reader of the terminal device reads any one of the RFID tags installed at both sides of the distance), The controller transmits the read RFID tag data to the local information providing apparatus, moves the information about the current distance to the 'last visited distance' information area, and deletes the 'current distance' information area.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the local information providing apparatus 15 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The wireless communication interface unit 31 is an interface for performing wireless communication with the terminal device 11, and various wireless communication methods such as Wireless LAN, Wibro, and WiFi may be used. The local information providing device receives data of an RFID tag from a terminal device through the wireless communication interface unit and transmits local information and sensor information of a point where the corresponding RFID tag is installed to the terminal device.

The sensor unit 32 performs a function of measuring environmental data such as temperature and noxious gas at the point where the local information providing apparatus 15 is located. The environmental data includes various data such as yellow dust concentration, humidity, ozone amount, as well as temperature and harmful gas.

The local DB 33 stores information about the corresponding distance in charge of the local information providing apparatus, information about the people currently in the corresponding distance, and information about the company / store / restaurant in the corresponding distance. The information about the people at the corresponding distance may have information about the people at the corresponding distance by storing and deleting user information of the terminal device transmitting data of a specific RFID tag at that time. Information about people at this distance can only be stored in the local DB with the user's consent.

On the other hand, the information on the distance that the local information providing apparatus 15 is responsible for, the information on the people currently in the street, the information on the company / store / restaurant, etc. in the distance, sensor information, etc. are stored in the local DB Instead of storing the information in a separate central server 16 can be configured to request data from the central server whenever necessary. To this end, the local information providing apparatus 15 may additionally include an internet interface 34 for communication with the central server 16.

In addition, the local information providing apparatus 15 may further include a GPS receiver 35 in addition to the wireless communication interface unit 31, the sensor unit 32, the local DB 33, and the controller 36. The GPS receiver 35 may be used for measuring the location of the local information providing apparatus.

The control unit 36 receives the data of the RFID tag transmitted from the terminal device and the corresponding terminal device ID, and reflects the fact that the terminal device has entered the distance where the RFID tag is installed in the local DB. In addition, the area information of the street (eg, the exit ID of the street, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street, the information of the people in the street (gender, phone number) to the corresponding terminal device) , Name, age, etc.), information about the company, shops, restaurants, etc., in the corresponding distance, and sensor information (information such as temperature, harmful gas concentration, etc.) measured at the corresponding distance is transmitted to the terminal device. Some of this information can be provided only at the request of the user.

In addition, when the terminal device entering the distance where the RFID tag is installed is out of the distance (when the RFID reader of the terminal device reads any one of the RFID tags installed at both sides of the distance), When the local information providing apparatus receives the data of the RFID tag read from the terminal apparatus, the control unit 36 of the local information providing apparatus confirms that the corresponding terminal apparatus is out of the corresponding distance and sends it to the local DB 33. Reflect. That is, the unique number of the terminal device, the user information of the terminal device, etc., which are out of the distance, are deleted.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing area information and sensor information of a specific street or building using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the terminal device 11 enters the distance A, the RFID reader in the terminal device reads data of the RFID tag 12 provided on one side of the distance A (S40). The read data of the RFID tag is transmitted to the local information providing apparatus 15 that manages the corresponding area together with the unique number of the corresponding terminal device over the air (S41). To this end, the terminal device 11 has an IP address of the local information providing device corresponding to each RFID tag. Alternatively, the ID value of the RFID tag may be specified so that the IP address of the local information providing apparatus corresponding to the RFID tag can be directly obtained from the RFID tag. For example, when the ID value of the RFID tag is aaaxxxxx, the IP address of the local information providing apparatus is set to be yyy.www.aaa. In addition to the data of the RFID tag, the terminal device transmits the unique number (eg, the telephone number of the terminal device, etc.) of the corresponding terminal device together (S41).

The local information providing apparatus 15 having received the RFID tag data and the unique number of the terminal apparatus registers and stores the fact that the terminal apparatus 11 has entered the distance A in the local DB and stores (S42). Thereafter, the terminal transmits local information and sensor information about the distance A to the terminal device (S43). For example, the exit ID of the street, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street, the information of the people on the street (gender, phone number, name, age, etc.), the company, shop, restaurant, etc. on the street. Information, and sensor information (information such as temperature, harmful gas concentration, etc.) measured at the corresponding distance is transmitted to the terminal device. Some of this information can be provided only at the request of the user. In addition, the area information and sensor information may be stored in a separate central server, not stored in the local DB in each local information providing device. Therefore, the local information providing apparatus can be configured to request local information and sensor information by accessing the Internet to the central server whenever necessary.

The terminal device 11 having received the area information and the sensor information displays and stores it on the screen (S44). After that, when the terminal device is out of the distance A, that is, the RFID reader of the terminal device reads any one of the RFID tags installed at both sides of the distance A (S45), and stores the changed state of the terminal device. Reflected in wealth (S46). That is, the terminal device moves the information about the current distance to the 'recently visited distance' information area in the storage and deletes the 'current distance' information area.

The terminal device 11 transmits the data of the read RFID tag to the local information providing device 15 together with the unique number of the corresponding terminal device (S47). Upon receiving this, the local information providing apparatus 15 confirms that the corresponding terminal apparatus 11 is out of the distance A and reflects it to the local DB. That is, the unique number of the terminal device, the user information of the terminal device, etc., which are out of the distance, are deleted.

Meanwhile, as another embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal device enters the street A and then enters the building B (or the alley in the street A) within the street A, the same operation as that of FIG. 4 is performed. However, since the RFID tag provided in the building B includes the main ID and the sub ID, the corresponding distance A of the entry point and the building B within the distance can be identified.

In detail, when the terminal device enters Building B, the RFID reader of the terminal device reads data of the RFID tag provided in the building entrance and exit. The RFID tag data provided in the building entrance and exit has a main ID and a sub ID. The main ID stores an ID regarding a distance where a tag is located, and the sub ID indicates an ID such as an alley / building within a distance indicated by the main ID.

The terminal device transmits the data of the RFID tag including the main ID and the sub ID and the unique number of the terminal device to the local information providing device. The local information providing device informs the local DB that the terminal device has entered the building B. Reflect. Thereafter, the local information providing apparatus transmits the local information and the measured sensor information of the building B to the corresponding terminal device, and the terminal device receives and displays and stores them.

After that, when the terminal device leaves the building B and the RFID reader of the terminal device reads the RFID tag installed at the entrance of the building B, the terminal device together with the read RFID tag data and the unique number of the terminal device. Send to the local information providing device.

The local information providing apparatus confirms that the corresponding terminal apparatus has left the building B according to the received information and reflects it to the local DB.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not to be determined by the embodiments described above, but will be apparent in the claims as well as equivalent scope.

The present invention has an effect of knowing local information and sensor information of each distance by using an RFID tag installed at each distance. Therefore, it is possible to know various information of the corresponding point without expensive location information detection module like expensive GPS module.

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An RFID tag installed at a predetermined position, Local information providing device for transmitting the information of the point where the RFID tag is installed to the terminal device reading the RFID tag, and records the unique number of the terminal device entering or leaving the installation point of the RFID tag; A terminal device that reads the RFID tag and transmits it to the local information providing device, and receives, displays and stores the information of the RFID tag installation point from the local information providing device. Information providing system comprising a. The information providing system of claim 1, wherein the information of the RFID tag installation point is at least one of local information and sensor information of the RFID tag installation point. The information providing system of claim 1, further comprising a central server connected to the local information providing device to provide installation point information of each RFID tag to the local information providing device. The information providing system of claim 1, wherein the data of the RFID tag includes a main ID indicating an ID of a distance where an RFID tag is located and a sub ID indicating an ID such as an alley / building within a distance indicated by the main ID. . According to claim 2, The area information, the exit ID of the street / building, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street / building, the information of people in the street / building (gender, phone number, name, age Information system including information about the company, shops, restaurants, etc. in the street. The information providing system of claim 2, wherein the sensor information includes information such as a temperature of a corresponding distance / building, a harmful gas concentration, and the like. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the tag ID of the RFID tag is set as an IP address of a local information providing apparatus to which a terminal device reading the RFID tag should connect. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal apparatus accesses a local information providing apparatus using a tag ID of the RFID tag as an IP address. The information providing system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device accesses an IP address of a local information providing device that is pre-allocated and stored for each RFID tag. An RFID reader for reading an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position; A wireless communication interface wirelessly communicating with a local information providing device providing information of a point where an RFID tag is read; A display unit which displays information received from the local information providing apparatus; A storage unit which stores information received from the local information providing apparatus; An input unit for receiving an operation command from a user, The RFID reader is driven to read an RFID tag, transmit the RFID tag to the local information providing device, display and store information received from the local information providing device, and perform an operation such as finding a person at a corresponding distance. Control Terminal device comprising a. The terminal apparatus of claim 10, wherein the information of the RFID tag installation point is at least one of local information and sensor information of the RFID tag installation point. The method of claim 11, wherein the area information, the exit ID of the street / building, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street / building, the information of people in the street / building (gender, telephone number, name, age Etc.), a terminal device including information on a company, a shop, a restaurant, and the like in a corresponding street. The terminal apparatus of claim 11, wherein the sensor information includes information such as a distance, a temperature of a building, a harmful gas concentration, and the like. A wireless communication interface unit for performing wireless communication with a terminal device reading data of an RFID tag installed at a predetermined position and receiving information of a corresponding RFID tag installation point; A sensor unit for measuring the environmental index value of the point where the RF tag is installed as nova information; Local DB for storing the information of the point where the RF tag is installed, Control unit for receiving the data of the RFID tag from the terminal device to transmit the information of the point where the RFID tag is installed to the terminal device, and real-time updating the local information stored in the local DB according to the received RFID tag data Local information providing device comprising a. 15. The local information providing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the local information providing apparatus further comprises an internet interface unit for providing an interface for internet communication with a central server providing information for each installation point of each RFID tag. 15. The local information providing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the local information providing apparatus further comprises a GPS receiver which receives location information from a GPS satellite so as to know a current point of the local information providing apparatus. A first step of the terminal device reading the RFID tag installed at a predetermined position, and transmitting the unique number of the terminal device and the read data of the RFID tag to a local information providing device; A second step of transmitting, by the local information providing apparatus, information on a corresponding RFID tag installed point to the terminal device according to the received unique number of the terminal device and the read data of the RFID tag; A third process of the terminal device displaying and storing information on a point where the RFID tag is installed; When the terminal device reads an RFID tag installed at another location, the terminal transfers information about the current distance to the 'last visited' information area, deletes the 'current distance' information area, and identifies the unique number and the RFID of the corresponding terminal device. Transmitting a read data of a tag to the local information providing apparatus; A fifth step in which the local information providing apparatus updates and stores the fact that the corresponding terminal apparatus is out of the corresponding position; Area / information providing method comprising a. The area / information of claim 17, wherein the data of the RFID tag includes a main ID indicating an ID of a distance where an RFID tag is located and a sub ID indicating an ID such as an alley / building within a distance indicated by the main ID. How to Provide. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein when the terminal apparatus enters a specific building or a detailed alley in the street after entering the street, the terminal device reads the RFID tag installed at the entrance of the building or the alley to read the sub ID in the corresponding RFID tag. Area / information providing method to perform the first, second, third, fourth, fifth processes in detail. 20. The method of claim 17 or 19, wherein the area information, the exit ID of the street / building, the data of the RFID tag installed on the other side, the name of the street / building, the information of the people in the street / building (gender, phone number , Name, age, etc.), local / information providing information including information about the company, shops, restaurants, etc. in the street. The method of claim 17 or 19, wherein the sensor information includes information such as a temperature of a corresponding distance / building, a toxic gas concentration, and the like. 20. The area / information providing method according to claim 17 or 19, wherein the terminal device accesses the local information providing device using a tag ID of the RFID tag as an IP address. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the terminal device accesses an IP address of a local information providing device that is pre-allocated and stored for each RFID tag.

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