KR20150142436A - Electronic card having communication module and system for providing location-based service thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic card having communications modules and a location-based service providing system using the same. The electronic card of the present invention comprises: a first communications module transmitting or receiving a signal according to a first communications scheme; a second communications module transmitting or receiving a signal according to a second communications scheme; a battery supplying power to at least one of the first and the second communications modules; a control unit controlling the battery to supply power to the second communications module, when an external signal is received through the first communications module; and a memory storing private information including user identification information, wherein the private information stored in the memory is transmitted by the second communications module to which power is supplied.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an electronic card having a communication module and a location-based service providing system using the electronic card.

The present invention relates to an electronic card capable of power control and a system for providing a location based service using the electronic card.

A company that sells goods or services issues a membership card to a customer who has a certain level of purchasing history to secure a fixed income by increasing the loyalty of the customer by giving more benefits to the customer, Or membership discounting services such as discounting events and points when purchasing services.

In order to receive the membership service benefits, the customer must have a membership card at the time of visiting the store, but as the number of membership cards increases, the use and management are inconvenient. In addition, there is an inconvenience that the store manager checks the membership card owned by the customer by using a separate device such as a barcode scanner.

In recent years, there have been a number of technologies for providing a service by issuing a membership card using unique identification information of a mobile communication terminal. Even if a customer does not need to hold an existing type of membership card, Membership services are available.

However, even when the membership service is provided using the membership card information stored in the mobile communication terminal as described above, the customer can also take out the smartphone and execute an application for using the membership service to transmit the membership card information to the wireless communication device There was still an inconvenience to convey.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic card having a communication module so that it can be used for various services such as membership service and the like and capable of efficient power control and a location based service system using the same.

An electronic card according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first communication module that includes a communication module and transmits / receives a signal to / from an external device, and transmits or receives a signal according to a first communication method; A second communication module for transmitting or receiving a signal according to a second communication scheme; A battery for supplying power to at least one of the first and second communication modules; A controller for controlling the power of the battery to be supplied to the second communication module when an external signal is received through the first communication module; And a memory in which personal information including user identification information is stored, wherein the personal information stored in the memory is transmitted using the second communication module supplied with power.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling power of an electronic card, comprising: transmitting user identification information stored in a memory using a first communication module communicating in accordance with a first communication method; Supplying power to a second communication module that communicates according to a second communication method when an external signal is received through the first communication module, which is confirmed as a registered member in an external server based on the transmitted user identification information; And transmitting at least one of the name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, membership information and card information of the user stored in the memory using the second communication module supplied with the power.

In addition, a location-based service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first communication module for providing location-based services using an electronic card having a communication module and communicating using communication methods of different frequency bands, And a second communication module. When an external signal is received through the first communication module, power is supplied to the second communication module, and personal information including user identification information stored in the memory is transmitted through the second communication module An electronic card; A reader device for receiving user identification information transmitted from a first communication module of the electronic card; And a controller for checking whether the registered member is a member based on the user identification information transmitted from the reader device and transmitting the external signal to the first communication module via the reader device when the user of the electronic card is identified as a registered member A server device; And a short range wireless communication device installed in the store for receiving personal information transmitted from a second communication module of the electronic card.

Meanwhile, the power control method of the electronic card may be embodied as a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for execution by a computer is recorded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the power of the communication module provided in the electronic card for the transmission of personal information is controlled according to an external signal received through another communication module, so that the use period of the electronic card using the small- Can be increased.

When entering a store of a customer, personal information such as member information is automatically transmitted using an electronic card according to an embodiment of the present invention, thereby eliminating the inconvenience that a separate card or cellular phone should be presented to receive a membership service .

After confirming whether or not the member is registered through the server, power is supplied to the communication module provided in the electronic card, and personal information is encrypted and transmitted, thereby reducing the damage caused by leakage of personal information.

In addition, by receiving the personal information stored in the electronic card using one or more short-range wireless communication devices installed in the store and determining the location of the user, it is possible to efficiently provide location-based services such as a membership service, an advertisement service, As shown in FIG.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a location-based service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of an electronic card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a power control method of an electronic card according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the operation of a location-based service providing system including an electronic card.
5 is a view for explaining an interlocking operation between an electronic card and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a location-based service provided according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of an advertisement service provided according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 to 11 are diagrams for explaining an example of a short-range wireless communication method.

Hereinafter, an electronic card having a communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention and a system for providing a location-based service using the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The foregoing objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

Hereinafter, terminal devices and servers related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a location-based service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system includes an electronic card 100, a reader device 200, a near field communication device 250, (300) and a database (350).

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic card 100 may include one or more communication modules to transmit data stored in an internal memory to an external device or receive data from an external device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic card 100 includes a first communication module and a second communication module that communicate using communication methods of different frequency bands, It is possible to control the power supply to the second communication module.

For example, the first communication module provided in the electronic card 100 transmits and receives signals using a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) communication method in a frequency band of 900 MHz, and the second communication module transmits and receives signals in a 2.4 GHz frequency band Bluetooth communication method To transmit and receive signals.

However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described communication method. The first and second communication modules provided in the electronic card 100 may be connected to each other via a network such as Near Field Communication (NFC), Zigbee, Wi-Fi, And may be implemented using various short range wireless communication standards.

Meanwhile, the reader device 200 may receive the user identification information transmitted from the first communication module of the electronic card 100, and may transmit the received user identification information to the server 300.

The server 300 searches and confirms whether the user is a registered member for use of the service based on the user identification information of the electronic card 100 transmitted from the reader device 100, And the information on the confirmation result can be transmitted to the reader device 200. [

The reader device 200 can transmit a signal to the first communication module of the electronic card 100 when the user of the electronic card 100 is confirmed as a registered member according to the result confirmed by the server 300. [

For this purpose, the first communication module and the reader device 200 provided in the electronic card 100 communicate with each other using various short-range wireless communication methods such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) communication method in the 900 MHz frequency band .

When an external signal transmitted from the reader device 200 is received through the first communication module of the electronic card 100, a power is supplied to the second communication module, and an individual Information can be transmitted through the second communication module.

The personal information stored in the internal memory of the electronic card 100 and transmitted to the outside through the second communication module may include information necessary for using the service. For example, the personal information may include a name, an ID, a date of birth, Member information or card information.

Meanwhile, in order to protect the privacy of the user, the personal information is stored in the internal memory of the electronic card 100 in an encrypted state, or may be stored in the internal memory of the electronic card 100 using a specific encryption method before being transmitted to the outside using the first communication module or the second communication module Can be encrypted.

The encryption scheme of the personal information may be a scheme that can be decrypted only by a predetermined external device, for example, the server 300 providing the location-based service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The short range wireless communication device 250 may receive the personal information transmitted from the second communication module of the electronic card 100 supplied with power as described above and may transmit the personal information to the server 300.

For this purpose, the second communication module and the short-range wireless communication device 250 provided in the electronic card 100 can communicate using various short-range wireless communication methods such as the Bluetooth communication method of the 2.4-GHz frequency band as described above .

The server 300 detects the user's location using the personal information of the user of the electronic card 100 transmitted from the short range wireless communication apparatus 250 and displays the membership location information such as the membership service, It is possible to provide various location-based services such as the same.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic card 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic card 100 includes a first communication module 110, a second communication module 120, A controller 130, a battery 140, and a memory 150. [

Referring to FIG. 2, the first communication module 110 may transmit or receive a signal according to the first communication method, and the second communication module 120 may transmit or receive a signal according to the second communication method.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first communication module 110 may transmit / receive a signal using a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) communication method in a frequency band of 900 MHz, and the second communication module 120 may transmit / Band Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication method to transmit and receive signals.

Bluetooth low energy (BLE) is a wireless communication protocol used to transmit messages with low energy, and the BLE specification is defined in Volume 6 of the Bluetooth Specification.

This Bluetooth low energy (BLE) operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band (2400-2483.5 MHz), which is a short wavelength wireless transmission frequency, and uses 40 RF channels of 2 MHz in that range. In addition, Bluetooth low energy can use a radio technology called a frequency-hopping spread spectrum in which the data to be transmitted is chopped and the chunk transferred over the other channels.

In addition, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) can have a transmission range of approximately 50 m, a data rate of 1 Mb / s, and a power consumption of 1% to 50% compared to conventional Bluetooth.

The battery 140 serves to supply power to each of the components included therein for the operation of the electronic card 100. For example, in consideration of the size of the electronic card 100, .

For example, the battery 140 provided in the electronic card 100 may be formed of a lithium polymer battery having a small total capacity of about 25 mAh.

On the other hand, power supply from the battery 140 to the first communication module 110 or the second communication module 120 can be controlled by the controller 130.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 130 supplies a minimum power from the battery 140 to the first communication module 110 consuming less power than the second communication module 120, The communication module 110 causes the signal including the user identification information (e.g., user ID) stored in the memory 150 to be continuously broadcasted to the outside, and the response to the externally broadcast signal And receive the external signal transmitted from the reader device 200. [

Meanwhile, when the external signal is received from the reader device 200 through the first communication module 110, the controller 130 interrupts power supply from the battery 140 to the second communication module 120 So that power supply from the battery 140 to the second communication module 120 can be started.

3, the controller 130 and the first communication module 110 may be configured to control power supplied to the second communication module 120 according to a signal received from the outside, And may be implemented as a control chip.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a power control method for an electronic card according to the present invention. The power control method shown in FIG. 3 is a method of controlling the power of the electronic card according to an embodiment of the present invention Will be described in conjunction with block diagrams.

3, the controller 130 of the electronic card 100 transmits the user identification information stored in the memory 150 using the first communication module 110 communicating according to the first communication method ).

For example, under the control of the controller 130, the first communication module 110 transmits the user ID stored in the memory 150 (using the RFID communication method having the 900 MHz frequency band) ID). ≪ / RTI >

Meanwhile, as described above, the signal broadcast from the first communication module 110 of the electronic card 100 is transmitted to the reader device 200 located in the periphery (for example, within about 10 m in the case of the 900 MHz RFID communication method) Lt; / RTI >

The user ID included in the signal received by the reader device 200 is transmitted to the server 300. The server 300 searches the database 350 for the transmitted user ID, It is possible to confirm whether or not the user is a registered member for use.

The confirmation result in the server 300 is transmitted to the reader device 200 and the reader device 200 can transmit a signal to the first communication module 110 of the electronic card 100 when the reader device 200 is a registered member.

When the external signal from the reader device 200 is received by the first communication module 110 of the electronic card 100 in step S310, 120 in step S320.

Then, the control unit 130 transmits personal information such as the name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, membership information or card information of the user stored in the memory 150 using the second communication module 120 supplied with power (Step S330).

If the communication between the second communication module 120 and the external device is not performed for a predetermined period of time after power is supplied to the second communication module 120 in step 320, The power supply to the power supply 120 can be cut off.

For example, when the second communication module 120 is powered on and a signal including personal information stored in the memory 150 is broadcasted for a certain period of time after being connected by a connection request from an external device, If communication such as transmission / reception is not performed, the control unit 130 may stop power supply to the second communication module 120 so that the signal including the personal information is not broadcasted any more.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by supplying power to the second communication module 120 only when the user of the electronic card 100 is a member registered in advance for use of the service, So that the personal information stored in the personal information can be prevented from being leaked to the outside except for use of the service desired by the user.

4 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the operation of the location-based service providing system including the electronic card. The description of the same structure as that described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3, It will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 4, a reader device 200 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 may be installed near an entrance of an offline store.

Accordingly, when the customer having the electronic card 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention enters the store, the user ID transmitted from the first communication module 110 of the electronic card 100 is transmitted to the reader device 200 ). ≪ / RTI >

For example, the RFID reader, which is the reader device 200 installed at the store entrance, can read the user ID stored in the electronic card 100 owned by the customer who enters the store.

As described above, the user ID received by the reader device 200 can be transmitted to the server 300 for confirmation of member registration.

The reader device 200 may be directly connected to the server 300 through a network such as a wired or wireless Internet or may communicate with the server 300 through the store management server 260 installed in the store as shown in FIG. .

The server 300 can search the member information of the database 350 using the user ID transmitted from the reader 200 and confirm whether the customer who entered the store is a member registered in advance for using the service .

If the server 300 determines that the customer is a registered member, the control unit 130 of the electronic card 100 can supply power to the second communication module 120 to operate the second communication module 120. [

The second communication module 120 to which power is supplied supplies a signal including personal information necessary for service use such as a user name, an ID, a date of birth, a telephone number, membership information or card information stored in the memory 150, And broadcast using one or more advertising channels of a plurality of communication channels according to the short-range wireless communication scheme.

The signal broadcasted from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 may be received by the short range wireless communication device 250 installed at a specific location in the store.

For example, when the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 and the short-range wireless communication device 250 in the store communicate using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication standard, The short range wireless communication device 250 located within a distance of about 50 to 70 meters from the first communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 may receive a signal broadcast from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100. [

The signal broadcasted from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 may further include address information for connection to the second communication module 120 together with the personal information.

The short-range wireless communication device 250 may directly transmit and receive a signal by connecting to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 using the address information.

Personal information received from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 to the short range wireless communication device 250 is transmitted to the server 300 and is transmitted to the server 300 through various location based services such as membership service, Can be used for the provision of services.

The short range wireless communication apparatus 250 may be directly connected to the server 300 using a network such as a wired or wireless Internet or the like but may communicate with the server 300 through the store management server 260 installed in the store as shown in FIG. It is possible.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system as described above may be used to automatically transfer membership information (e.g., membership card number) stored in the electronic card 100 to the server 300 Thus, the customer can receive a membership service such as a discount, an event, a point accumulation, etc. without having to take out a separate membership card and present it to the store manager.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the electronic card 100 and the user's mobile terminal communicate with each other so that various information such as the power supply state of the electronic card 100 and the battery remaining amount are provided to the user through the mobile terminal can do.

FIG. 5 illustrates an interlocking operation between an electronic card and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, an application for service using the electronic card as described above may be installed in the mobile terminal device 380, and a second communication of the electronic card 100, When the mobile terminal device 380 receives a signal broadcast from the module 120, the installed application can be automatically executed.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal device 380 may be connected to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 through the application. For example, the mobile terminal device 380 may be connected to each other according to a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) can do.

For example, the membership information (e.g., membership card number) stored in the memory 150 of the electronic card 100 is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 380 via the second communication module 120, 380). ≪ / RTI >

In this case, the mobile terminal device 380 receives discount / event information or earn money from an external server using the membership information (for example, membership card number) received from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 Point information or the like may be acquired and displayed on the screen 381. [

The controller 130 of the electronic card 100 transmits information about the power supply state or the remaining battery power to the second communication module 120 every time the power supply to the second communication module 120 is started or interrupted To the user's mobile terminal device (380).

Accordingly, the user can check the power supply to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 through the screen 381 of the mobile terminal device 380, the remaining power of the battery, and the like.

6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a location-based service provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. The description of the same structures as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 Hereinafter, it will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 6, an RFID reader 201 is installed in the vicinity of a store entrance to perform a role of a reader device 200 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.

That is, when the customer having the electronic card 100 enters the store, the RFID reader 201 reads the user ID stored in the electronic card 100 and transfers the user ID to the server 300, The DB 351 can be searched to confirm whether or not the corresponding customer is a registered member.

Power is supplied to the electronic card 100, more specifically, the second communication module 120 for transferring personal information, to the memory 150 of the electronic card 100 when the customer is a registered member Personal information such as the stored user name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, member information or card information can be transmitted to the outside.

On the other hand, when the customer is not a registered member, power is not supplied to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100, so that unnecessary leakage of personal information can be prevented.

On the other hand, a plurality of APs 251 to 253 are installed in each of a plurality of positions in the store, so that the AP closest to the location of the customer can receive a signal transmitted from the electronic card 100.

The APs 251 to 253 may serve as a short-range wireless communication apparatus 250 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, respectively.

The AP receiving the signal transmitted from the electronic card 100 among the plurality of APs 251 through 253 and acquiring the user's personal information transmits the acquired personal information together with the identification information about the AP to the server 300, Lt; / RTI >

The server 300 identifies the customer using the AP identification information transmitted from the AP, identifies the customer using the personal information, searches for the service information DB 352, .

The plurality of APs 251 to 253 may receive a signal broadcast from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 but may not receive the signal from the second communication module 120. In this case, Only when the distance is within a predetermined distance (for example, 10 m), acquisition of the personal information and transmission of the identification information to the server 300 as described above may be set in advance.

The distance between the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 and the APs 251 to 253 installed at specific locations of the store is determined by the distance between the signal received from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 Based on the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator).

APs 251 to 253 installed at a plurality of locations in the store communicate with the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 using a short-range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth low energy (BLE) Which means the device can do.

Hereinafter, examples of location-based services that can be provided to customers using the system having the above-described configuration will be described in detail.

First, the personal information of the customer is received by the AP installed at the store entrance from the electronic card 100 possessed by the customer who moved near the local store such as a mart, a coffee shop, etc. and information such as sales information of the merchant, event information of the merchant, Information for promoting the merchant's shop may be provided to the customer's mobile terminal device 380 through the server 300. [ Accordingly, the customer can visit the merchant after confirming the information for promoting the merchant through the mobile terminal device 380 of the customer.

When the AP installed near the entrance of the franchisee receives the personal information from the electronic card 100 and confirms the store position of the customer, the customer's mobile terminal device 380 transmits the map information of the franchisee, From the server 300, information on the franchisees necessary for using the franchisee, such as information. Accordingly, the customer can confirm the information of the affiliated shop visited by his or her mobile terminal device 380, and then move to the point where the desired commodity is located.

In addition, if the customer is located at a specific shelf in the merchant, the customer's mobile terminal device 380 can receive the merchandise information such as the type, price, discount coupon, inventory, and the like displayed on the specific shelf from the server 300 . Accordingly, the customer confirms the merchandise information in his / her mobile terminal device 380, and then, in order to pay for the merchandise to be purchased, the customer places the cashier in the billing terminal device (for example, POS (Point Of Sales) terminal) Can be moved.

When the customer arrives at the settlement order and stands in front of the payment terminal device, the AP installed near the payment terminal receives the personal information from the electronic card 100 and confirms the customer so that the customer uses the mobile terminal device 380 Mobile settlement can be performed.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the configuration of an advertisement service provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. The description of the same configuration as that described with reference to FIG. 1 through FIG. .

7, an advertisement apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an RFID reader 201, an AP 251, a display 280, and an advertisement terminal 290.

The RFID reader 201 reads the user ID stored in the electronic card 100 and transfers the user ID to the server 300. The server 300 transmits the user ID to the member 300, The information DB 351 can be searched to confirm whether the customer is a registered member in advance for use of the customized advertisement service.

When the customer is a registered member, power is supplied to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 so that the user name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, telephone number, etc. stored in the memory 150 of the electronic card 100, Personal information such as member information may be received by the AP 251 of the advertisement apparatus.

The AP 251 may perform the role of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 250 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, respectively.

At this time, the advertisement terminal 290 transmits the personal information of the owner of the electronic card 100 received via the AP 251 to the server 300, and the server 300 transmits the advertisement contents DB 355) so that a customized advertisement suitable for the user can be provided to the user through the display 280. FIG.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the system including the electronic card 100 as described above may be used for a door lock service, a security service, and the like.

8 to 11 illustrate a short-range wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a description will be given of a method of transmitting / receiving data between a second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 and a short- The signal transmitting / receiving method will be described in detail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a link layer state of a short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, short-range wireless communication includes a link state of a link state of a standby state, an advertising state, a scanning state, an initiating state, a connection state, layer state.

The standby state may be a state in which packets are not transmitted and received and may be ready for entry in both an advertisement state, a scanning state, a start state, and a connection state.

An advertising state may be a state of broadcasting advertising channel packets and optionally listening to and responding to a response triggered from the ad channel packet. Here, the advertisement state can be entered in the idle state, and the device in the advertisement state can be referred to as an advertiser.

A scanning state may be a state in which an advertisement channel packet is received from an advertiser, a scanning state may be entered in a waiting state, and a device in a scanning state may be referred to as a scanner.

The initiating state can be entered in a waiting state, with the advertising channel packet being received from the specific device and in response to the ad channel packet to initiate the connection with the other device, May be referred to as an initiator.

The connection state can enter the advertisement state and the start state, and the device that enters the connection state from the start state performs the role of master, and the device that enters the connection state in the advertisement state is the slave ) Can play the role of.

Here, the short-range wireless communication apparatus may be implemented to be capable of only the above-described advertising state in order to achieve optimum low-energy. In this case, the short-range wireless communication device 300 may broadcast advertising channel packets.

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the short-range wireless communication apparatus can be implemented to be capable of at least one of the plurality of states described above. For example, the short-range wireless communication device may be implemented to be capable of initiating state, in which case the short-range wireless communication device establishes a connection with each of a plurality of mobile terminal devices capable of short- data channel packets).

In the short-range wireless communication, 40 RF channels can be allocated to two physical channels including an advertisement channel and a data channel. Here, the ad physical channel can use three RF channels to discover devices, initiate connections, and broadcast data. Also, the data physical channel can use up to 37 RF channels to communicate with connected devices.

The link layer of the short-range wireless communication may have one packet format 410 to be used for advertising channel packets and data channel packets.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an advertisement channel packet format according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, each channel packet is composed of four fields and includes a preamble field 412, an access address field 414, a protocol data unit (PDU) field 416, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field 418 < / RTI >

When a packet is transmitted on an ad physical channel, the PDU 416 may be referred to as an ad channel PDU, and the PDU 416 may be referred to as a data channel PDU when the packet is transmitted on the data physical channel.

The advertisement channel PDU 416 may include a 16-bit header 420 and a variable size payload 430. The PDU type field 421 included in the header 420 of the advertisement channel PDU 416 may indicate the PDU type. Here, the current PDU type is seven, which will be described later.

The length field 425 may refer to the length of the payload 430. Here, the variable range of the length field 425 may be 6 to 37 octets. The RFU field 422, the TxAdd field 423, the RxAdd field 424, and the RFU field 426 may be further included.

PDU types of the PDU type field 421 included in the header 420 of the advertisement channel PDU 416 may be used in specific events as described below.

'ADV_IND' is connectable and can be used for an advertisement event that does not specify a receiving device, 'ADV_DIRECT_IND' is connectable, the receiving device can be used for a specific advertisement event, 'ADV_NONCONN_IND' is not connectable, &Quot; ADV_SCAN_IND " can be used for an advertisement event that is scanable and does not specify a receiving device.

These PDU types may be transmitted through the link layer in an advertising state.

Here, the PDU type of each of ADV_IND, ADV_NONCONN_IND, and ADV_SCAN_IND may indicate that the broadcast is not specifying the receiving apparatus. Thus, it can be received by any device located in the transmission range of the transmission device.

The ADV_IND type can also be used to establish a connection with at least one receiving device. However, the ADV_NONCONN_IND type can be used to perform non-connectable or one-way communication with at least one receiving apparatus. On the other hand, the ADV_SCAN_IND type can be used to perform a SCAN_REQ-capable communication in at least one receiving apparatus.

Here, the payload 430 of both ADV_IND, ADV_NONCONN_IND, and ADV_SCAN_IND may be the same. Payload 430 AdvA field 432 and AdvData field 434. AdvA field 432 may include an advertiser's public or random address.

AdvData field 434 may include advertising data at the advertiser's host. In one example, if the short-range wireless communication device is an advertiser, the advertisement data may be referred to as an advertisement message, and the advertisement message may be defined by an advertisement message format that may be transmitted in a short-range wireless communication protocol. Here, the advertisement message format may require a minimum amount of data to conserve low energy, or may include as many advertisement messages as possible in each packet. In another embodiment, the advertising message format may allow variable length or variable size of the advertising message depending on the purpose of the advertising message or the type of broadcasting message. For example, some advertising messages may be short between 2 or 8 bits, and may have as large a size as needed in a communication protocol if many octets are needed.

This advertisement message may be formatted to be included in the AdvData field 434 of the payload 430 of the PDU 416 of the ad channel packet 410. In one example, AdvData field 434, as shown, may include advertising messages 0 through 31 octets. Accordingly, the advertisement message in the AdvData field 434 may include the data in the range, and data exceeding the range may be separately transmitted to the other advertisement channel packet 410.

In addition, a plurality of advertisement messages may be included in the AdvData field 434 of one advertisement channel packet 410. For example, the advertisement message 1, the advertisement message 2, ..., the advertisement message N may be included in the AdvData field 434 of one advertisement channel packet 410.

On the other hand, the ADV_DIRECT_IND type may indicate that the receiving apparatus is a specific broadcast. Here, the payload 430 of ADV_DIRECT_IND may be composed of an AdvA field and an InitA field. The AdvA field may include the advertiser's public or random address and may include the public or random address of the InitA field initiator.

The PDU types of the advertisement channel PDU 416 may further include the following types.

'SCAN_REQ' may be transmitted in the link layer of the scanning state and received in the link layer of the advertisement state, 'SCAN_RSP' may be transmitted in the link layer of the advertisement state and received at the link layer of the scanning state, and 'CONNECT_REQ' May be sent at the link layer in the initial state and received at the link layer in the advertisement state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the power is supplied, the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 operates in the advertisement state as described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, The user can broadcast the stored personal information (for example, user name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, member information, card information, etc.) in the AdvData field 434 of the advertisement channel packet 410.

The PDU type of the advertisement channel packet 410 broadcasted from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 may be any one of ADV_IND, ADV_DIRECT_IND, ADV_NONCONN_IND and ADV_SCAN_IND as described above Can be specified.

For example, if the PDU type of the advertisement channel packet 410 broadcast from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 is designated as ADV_NONCONN_IND so that the nearby short range wireless communication device 250 can communicate with the electronic card 100 , Membership information, card information, and the like from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100, but not transmit / receive another signal to / from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100. [

Alternatively, the PDU type of the advertisement channel packet 410 broadcast from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 may be designated as ADV_IND or ADV_SCAN_IND so that the nearby short range wireless communication device 250 can communicate with the electronic card 100 The second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 to receive personal information from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 and to transmit and receive signals directly to the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100,

Meanwhile, when the short range wireless communication device 250 installed in the store operates in a scanning state or a starting state and is positioned within a certain distance from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 according to the customer's store entry, It may receive and parse the advertisement channel packet 410 broadcast from the second communication module 120 of the electronic card 100 to obtain the personal information contained in the AdvData field 434. [

The SCAN_REQ, SCAN_RSP, and CONNECT_REQ will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG.

10 is a diagram illustrating a short-distance wireless communication method of an advertiser and a scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 10, an advertiser may broadcast an advertisement channel packet ADV_INV using up to three advertisement channels (channels 37 to 39). In this case, the scanner can receive the advertisement channel packet ADV_INV sent from the advertiser and send the scan request to the advertiser as the advertisement channel packet SCAN_REQ to request more information. Here, the PAYLOAD of the SCAN_REQ PDU may include a ScanA field including a public or random address of the scanner, and an AdvA field including an advertiser's public or random address.

Meanwhile, the advertiser receiving the scan request can transmit the scan response corresponding to the scan request to the scanner, which has requested the scan with the advertisement channel packet (SCAN_RSP). Here, the PAYLOAD of the SCAN_RSP PDU may include an AdvA field including an advertiser's public or random address, and a ScanRspData field including data at the advertiser's host.

Accordingly, the scanner requested to be scanned can receive more information generated by the advertiser through the advertisement channel.

11 is a diagram illustrating a short-distance wireless communication method between an advertiser and an initiator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, an advertiser may broadcast an advertisement channel packet ADV_INV using up to three advertisement channels (channels 37 to 39). In this case, the initiator may receive the advertisement channel packet ADV_INV sent from the advertiser and send the connection request to the advertiser as an advertisement channel packet (CONNECT_REQ). Here, the PAYLOAD of the CONNECT_REQ PDU may include an initA field including the public or random address of the initiator, and an AdvA field including the advertiser's public or random address.

On the other hand, when the connection is established, the initiator plays the role of master, the advertiser can perform the role of slave, and can transmit and receive the data channel packet through the data channel.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned address may be an address for identifying each of a plurality of devices, and may include at least one of a public address and a random address. Here, the public address may be a MAC address including a company_assigned field and a company_id field, and an arbitrary address may be a randomly formed address including a hash field and a random field.

The control method of the electronic card according to the present invention and the method of operating the system may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be a ROM , A RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

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, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (20)

An electronic card having a communication module for transmitting and receiving signals to and from an external device,
A first communication module for transmitting or receiving a signal according to a first communication scheme;
A second communication module for transmitting or receiving a signal according to a second communication scheme;
A battery for supplying power to at least one of the first and second communication modules;
A controller for controlling the power of the battery to be supplied to the second communication module when an external signal is received through the first communication module; And
A memory for storing personal information including user identification information,
And personal information stored in the memory is transmitted using the second communication module supplied with power. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first and second communication modules communicate using different frequency bands. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first communication module
An electronic card that transmits and receives signals using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) communication method in the 900Mhz frequency band. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication module
An electronic card that sends and receives signals using the Bluetooth Low Energy communication method in the 2.4Ghz frequency band. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication module
Broadcasting a signal using one or more advertising channels of a plurality of communication channels according to a short-range wireless communication scheme,
Wherein the broadcasted signal comprises address information of the second communication module and the personal information. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the external device for receiving the broadcasted signal comprises:
And the second communication module is connectable to the second communication module using the address information included in the broadcasting signal. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
And stops power supply to the second communication module when communication between the second communication module and the external device is not performed for a predetermined time after power is supplied to the second communication module. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Wherein the information about at least one of the power supply state and the battery remaining amount is transmitted to a user terminal connected through the second communication module whenever power supply to the second communication module is started or blocked. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information stored in the memory
An electronic card including at least one of a user's name, ID, date of birth, telephone number, membership information, and card information. The method according to claim 1,
Encrypted, stored in the memory, encrypted, and then transmitted to the outside through at least one of the first and second communication modules. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first communication module
Transmitting the user identification information stored in the memory,
The external signal
Wherein the first card is received by the first communication module when it is confirmed as a registered member in an external server based on the transmitted user identification information. A method of controlling power of an electronic card having a communication module,
Transmitting user identification information stored in a memory using a first communication module communicating according to a first communication method;
Supplying power to a second communication module that communicates according to a second communication method when an external signal is received through the first communication module, which is confirmed as a registered member in an external server based on the transmitted user identification information; And
And transmitting at least one of a name, an ID, a date of birth, a telephone number, membership information, and card information of the user stored in the memory using the second communication module supplied with the power. 13. The method of claim 12,
Further comprising the step of: interrupting power supply to the second communication module when communication between the second communication module and the external device is not performed for a certain period of time after power is supplied to the second communication module Power control method. 13. The method of claim 12,
Further comprising the step of transmitting information on at least one of the power supply state and the battery remaining amount to a user terminal connected through the second communication module whenever power supply to the second communication module is started or blocked, Card power control method. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 12 to 14 is recorded. A system for providing a location based service using an electronic card having a communication module,
A first communication module and a second communication module that communicate with each other using communication methods of different frequency bands, and when an external signal is received through the first communication module, power is supplied to the second communication module, An electronic card for transmitting personal information including stored user identification information through a second communication module;
A reader device for receiving user identification information transmitted from a first communication module of the electronic card;
And a controller for checking whether the registered member is a member based on the user identification information transmitted from the reader device and transmitting the external signal to the first communication module via the reader device when the user of the electronic card is identified as a registered member A server device; And
And a short range wireless communication device installed in the store for receiving personal information transmitted from a second communication module of the electronic card. 17. The method of claim 16,
And a plurality of short range wireless communication devices are installed to correspond to each of a plurality of locations in the store. The system according to claim 16, wherein the server device
A location-based service providing system that detects the location of the electronic card user using personal information received via the short-range wireless communication device, and provides at least one of a membership service, an advertisement service, and a payment service according to the detected user location; . 17. The electronic card of claim 16, wherein the second communication module of the electronic card
Broadcasting a signal including address information and the personal information using one or more advertising channels of a plurality of communication channels according to a short-range wireless communication scheme,
The short-range wireless communication device
Wherein the second communication module is connected to the second communication module using the address information included in the broadcasting signal, and transmits and receives a signal for providing the location-based service. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the short range wireless communication apparatus includes at least one of a user's name, an ID, a date of birth, a telephone number, membership information, and card information, and is encrypted and transmitted to the short range wireless communication apparatus and the server apparatus.

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