KR20180078825A - Wireless router equipped with Wi-Fi and beacon functions - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless router equipped with Wi-Fi and beacon functions. The wireless router equipped with Wi-Fi and beacon functions comprises: a communication unit communicating with an external device; a wireless transceiver unit wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the external device through the communication unit; a controller controlling overall operation of the wireless router, and processing data and information transmitted from and received by the wireless transceiver unit; a data storage unit storing, therein, data transmitted from and received by the wireless transceiver unit, data and information processed by the controller, an operating system program for operating the wireless router, various application programs, and information required for communicating with the external device and an external communication network; a wireless LAN port receiving a signal converted into a wireless LAN data format from the wireless transceiver unit, transmitting the signal to the external mobile device, receiving a wireless LAN signal transmitted from the external mobile device, and providing the wireless LAN signal to the wireless transceiver unit; and a beacon setting unit setting a signal system and logic necessary for executing a beacon function according to a command of the controller. According to the present invention, when a user is connected to Wi-Fi by using an AP function, an online-to-offline (o2o) service can be provided through a wireless network, thereby enhancing convenience for purchasing a product. When an item or food is ordered in a network by the beacon function, the order is registered, and the user can receive an alarm related to the order through an application.

Description

[0001] Wireless Router with Wi-Fi Beacon [

The present invention relates to a wireless router, and more particularly, to a Wi-Fi beacon integrated access point (AP) that combines a beacon and Wi-Fi. (O2O) service. By ordering the goods (food) in the network by beacon function, the user can receive an alarm through the app (app.). And a Wi-Fi beacon function.

Today, as the penetration rate of mobile terminals represented by smart phones is greatly increased, various services utilizing mobile terminals are being implemented. In order to provide various location-based services using mobile terminals, it is necessary to determine the location of mobile terminals. A positioning system using a GPS satellite receiver is used to determine the position of the mobile terminal, but this system has a disadvantage in that it can not grasp the accurate position of the mobile terminal because the satellite signal can not be received when the mobile terminal exists in the building . In order to compensate for this, there is a case in which the indoor location information service is provided using the location information of the wireless communication base station. However, it is difficult to provide a high quality service such as the range of the base station is too wide and the error reaches hundreds of meters.

In a service system using LBS (Location Based Services), it may be necessary to provide services only within a specific (predetermined) zone. That is, when it is desired to provide the service only in a specific area (for example, a racetrack, etc.), it is necessary to recognize the location of the service user and to certify that the location of the service user is within a specific zone have. That is, if the location of the service user is not authenticated by the service provider, it is necessary to prevent the service from being provided or to restrict the service provision. However, it is difficult to confirm whether the service user is located in a specific zone, and location authentication is not performed for the LBS-based service using the mobile terminal at present.

Meanwhile, the conventional store management system includes a customer management and mileage providing system using a wireless LAN, an intelligent smart shopping system based on RFID technology, a targeted advertisement service providing system, and a reverse order payment system. The customer management and mileage providing system using the wireless LAN can provide the customer's point or mileage information and product information of the store when the smart terminal of the customer installed the app in the access point of the wireless LAN is detected do.

However, the problem with this method is that the AP must be installed because the customer's detection is performed by the AP, and the electric wiring must be established in order to install the AP. Therefore, there are disadvantages that the installation is restricted in the area where there is no power, and the AP can not be installed in a region where there is no power outlet, so that the service is not smoothly performed due to the occurrence of shade (not detected).

On the other hand, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0062472 (Patent Document 1) discloses a "method and system for ordering products in stores using a Bluetooth beacon or an intelligent beacon" The method includes receiving an input of order information for an order store from a user in an application of a user terminal; Sensing a beacon signal occurring in the order store; Transmitting the order information to a server of the order store or a POS terminal of the order store in the application; And converting the order information into order waiting information and transmitting the order information to a digital information display (DID) of the order store.

In the above-described Patent Document 1, by using the smartphone, the Bluetooth beacon or the intelligent beacon, the order information is inputted before the user arrives at the store to be ordered, so that the order can be efficiently performed without a separate ordering process However, since the Bluetooth beacon or the intelligent beacon must be separately installed, there is a problem that the installation space is limited and the beacon installation cost is incurred.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2016-0062472 (June 06, 2016)

The present invention has been made in view of the above considerations in a comprehensive manner. By implementing a Wi-Fi beacon integrated access point (AP) combining beacon and Wi-Fi, (O2O) service. By ordering the goods (food) in the network by beacon function, the user can receive an alarm through the app (app.). The present invention is directed to providing a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless router including a Wi-Fi beacon function,

A communication unit for communication with an external device;

A wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly with an external device through the communication unit;

A controller for controlling overall operation of the wireless router and processing data and information transmitted and received through the wireless transceiver;

A data storage unit for storing data received and transmitted through the wireless transceiver unit, data and information processed by the controller unit, information required for communicating with an operating system program for operating a wireless router, various application programs, external devices, ;

A wireless LAN port for receiving a signal converted from the wireless transceiver unit into a wireless LAN data format and transmitting the signal to an external mobile device, receiving a wireless LAN signal transmitted from an external mobile device, and providing the wireless LAN signal to the wireless transceiver unit; And

And a beacon setting unit for setting a signal system and logic necessary for execution of the beacon function according to an instruction of the control unit.

Here, a communication modem may be used as the communication unit, and a modem according to at least one of a CDMA 1xRTT, GSM, GPRS, 1xEVDO, W-CDMA, and personal portable Internet may be applied to the communication modem.

The wireless transceiver unit may include a transmitting module and a receiving module, and may modulate or demodulate a mobile communication intermediate frequency signal or a digital signal, and may process A / D or D / A conversion.

At this time, the receiving module demodulates and outputs the mobile communication signal after converting the mobile communication signal into an intermediate frequency signal, and the transmitting module modulates the transmission communication signal to generate and output a mobile communication radio signal.

In addition, the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention as described above can provide an environment in which a user's smart phone can use a wireless network as an AP function.

In addition, the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can serve as a beacon function to search for and purchase goods of shops located within a range by dividing the area covered by the AP.

In addition, the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can search for the goods even outside the range, and after applying for the order in advance, the O2O (Online to Offline, Offline to Online service can be provided.

In addition, the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can replace the vibration bell function by providing an alarm service in a general store or a restaurant.

According to the present invention, by implementing a Wi-Fi beacon integrated access point (AP) that combines a beacon and Wi-Fi, when an access point is connected to Wi-Fi by the AP function, the wireless network is used for online- , And offline-to-online) service, it is possible to enhance the convenience of purchase of goods. By ordering the goods (food) in the network by the beacon function, Is registered and the user can receive an order related alarm through the app (app.), Thereby avoiding unnecessary waiting time for ordering.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an appearance and an internal system configuration of a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a process of confirming and ordering a menu of a restaurant using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a difference in hardware configuration between a system using a conventional BLE beacon and a system using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating service and functional differences between a system using a conventional BLE beacon and a wireless router using the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of product information retrieval and product registration using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention, and an example of using a DB.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor can properly define the concept of the term to describe its invention in the best way Should be construed in accordance with the principles and meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module, "and" device " Lt; / RTI >

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an internal system configuration of a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a wireless router 100 equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 101, a control unit 102, a data storage unit 103, a wireless transmission / reception unit 104, A wireless LAN port 105, and a beacon setting unit 106. [

The communication unit 101 performs communication with an external device. Here, a communication modem may be used as the communication unit. At this time, a modem according to at least one of wireless scheme of CDMA 1xRTT, GSM, GPRS, 1xEVDO, W-CDMA and personal portable Internet may be applied. The external device may be a conventional mobile phone such as a computer, a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a GSM phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, a WCDMA phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant A smart phone, a mobile broadcast system (MBS) phone, and the like.

The wireless transmission / reception unit 104 wirelessly transmits / receives data to / from an external device through the communication unit 101. The wireless transceiver 104 may include a transmitting module and a receiving module. The wireless transmitting and receiving unit 104 modulates or demodulates a mobile communication intermediate frequency signal or a digital signal, and can process A / D or D / A converting. At this time, the receiving module demodulates and outputs the mobile communication signal after converting the mobile communication signal into an intermediate frequency signal, and the transmitting module modulates the transmission communication signal to generate and output a mobile communication radio signal.

The controller 102 controls the overall operation of the wireless router according to the present invention and processes data and information transmitted and received through the wireless transceiver 104.

The data storage unit 103 stores data transmitted and received through the wireless transmission / reception unit 104, data and information processed by the control unit 102, an operating system program for driving the wireless router, various application programs, And information required to communicate with an external communication network.

The wireless LAN port 105 receives the signal converted from the wireless transceiver 104 into the wireless LAN data format and transmits the wireless LAN signal to an external mobile device, receives a wireless LAN signal transmitted from an external mobile device, (104).

The beacon setting unit 106 sets a signal system and logic necessary for execution of the beacon function in accordance with the command of the control unit 102. [

The wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention having the above configuration can provide an environment in which a user's smart phone can use a wireless network as an AP function.

In addition, the wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can serve as a beacon function to search for and purchase goods of shops located within a range by dividing a region covered by the AP .

In other words, when a visitor reaches a certain area, they can connect to APs in the area to check the products of the shops within the range, check beforehand what goods are available, sort goods by price, It is possible. In addition, since the quantity is also displayed, it is possible to confirm whether or not the product is out of stock.

In addition, the wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can search for an article even outside the range, and can apply for an order in advance and then go to O2O (Online to Offline , Offline to Online) service. At this time, in the online environment, an article can be selected by selecting an area, purchased, or purchased through a purchased location and a purchase history function.

In addition, the wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention can replace the vibration bell function by providing an alarm service in a general store or a restaurant.

In a restaurant, the user can view the restaurant information and menu through the app on the table, and confirm the completion of the cooking by ordering and vibrating. The administrator can register a detailed description of the menu and change information about the menu and other information in real time.

In addition, in the case of a general store, a user can search for goods list, price, inventory status, etc. of a nearby local store alone or comparatively, and the manager can update product information in real time.

1, reference numeral 110 denotes an administrator terminal (app); 120, a server for providing information (data) on articles (goods) and food menus; and 130, a user terminal (app).

2 is a diagram illustrating a process of confirming and ordering a menu of a restaurant using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a wireless router 100 equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention comprises a Wi-Fi beacon-integrated AP (Access Point) combining Wi-Fi and a beacon. The wireless router (100) of the present invention may be equipped with the server (120) function. When the wireless router 100 is also equipped with the server 120 function, the user can easily order the desired food by connecting his / her terminal 130 to, for example, a Wi-Fi beacon installed in a restaurant.

3 is a diagram showing a difference in hardware configuration between a system using a conventional BLE beacon and a system using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, (A) shows a system using a conventional Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon. In this case, a beacon terminal receives information (data) from the Internet via a mobile phone (smart phone) can do.

(B) is a system using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention. In this case, information (data) can be received from the Internet without using a separate beacon terminal, It is possible to reduce the cost for purchasing the beacon terminal.

4 is a diagram illustrating service and functional differences between a system using a conventional BLE beacon and a wireless router using the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, (A) shows a system using a conventional BLE beacon. In this case, an O2O (Online-to-Offline, Offline-to-Online) service as a case of a beacon as a local system, All file transfers are impossible.

(B) is a system using a wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function of the present invention. In this case, both the O2O (Online-to-Offline and Offline-to-Online) It is possible.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of product information retrieval and product registration using a wireless router equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention, and an example of using a DB.

Referring to FIG. 5, using the wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention, a user can search for product information as part of a Wi-Fi beacon integral type service using his / her terminal 130 And the registered product can be registered. At this time, a database (DB) stored in the wireless router 100 equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function can be utilized.

As described above, the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function according to the present invention implements Wi-Fi beacon-integrated AP (Access Point) combining beacon and Wi-Fi, (Online-to-Offline, Offline-to-Online) service using a wireless network, convenience of purchasing goods can be improved. When ordering an item (food) in the network by the beacon function, Users do not have to order the order separately, but the order is registered and the user can receive the alarm related to the order through the app (app.), So there is no need to waste unnecessary waiting time for the order.

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 many variations and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Be clear to the technician. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of the same should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: (Invention) Wireless router with Wi-Fi beacon function
101: communication unit 102:
103: Data storage unit 104: Wireless transmission /
105: wireless LAN port 106: beacon setting section
110: administrator terminal (app) 120: server
130: User terminal (app)

Claims (8)

A communication unit for communication with an external device;
A wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly with an external device through the communication unit;
A controller for controlling overall operation of the wireless router and processing data and information transmitted and received through the wireless transceiver;
A data storage unit for storing data received and transmitted through the wireless transceiver unit, data and information processed by the controller unit, information required for communicating with an operating system program for operating a wireless router, various application programs, external devices, Wow;
A wireless LAN port for receiving a signal converted from the wireless transceiver unit into a wireless LAN data format and transmitting the signal to an external mobile device, receiving a wireless LAN signal transmitted from an external mobile device, and providing the wireless LAN signal to the wireless transceiver unit; And
And a beacon setting unit for setting a signal system and logic necessary for execution of the beacon function according to a command of the control unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication unit is configured by a communication modem and the communication modem is a modem based on at least one of a CDMA 1xRTT, GSM, GPRS, 1xEVDO, W-CDMA, Wireless router.
The method according to claim 1,
The wireless transceiver includes a transmitting module and a receiving module, and is equipped with a Wi-Fi beacon function that modulates or demodulates a mobile communication intermediate frequency signal or a digital signal and processes A / D or D / A conversion. One wireless router.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the receiving module demodulates the mobile communication signal after converting the mobile communication signal into an intermediate frequency signal, and the transmitting module generates a mobile communication radio signal by modulating the communication communication transmission signal, and outputs the radio communication signal. Wireless router with built-in.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function provides an environment in which a wireless network can be used by a user's smart phone as an AP function.
The method according to claim 1,
The Wi-Fi beacon function includes a Wi-Fi beacon function, a Wi-Fi beacon function, and a Wi-Fi beacon function, wherein the Wi-Fi beacon function is a beacon function, Wireless router.
The method according to claim 1,
The wireless router equipped with the Wi-Fi beacon function can use O2O (Online to Offline, Offline to Online) service, which can search for goods outside the applicable range, And a Wi-Fi beacon function.
The method according to claim 1,
The wireless router having the Wi-Fi beacon function replaces the vibration bell function by providing an alarm service in a general store or a restaurant.

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