WO2012015195A2

WO2012015195A2 - Smart router, and system for providing network service and method using same

Info

Publication number: WO2012015195A2
Application number: PCT/KR2011/005370
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김연수; 오영직; 김성수
Original assignee: (주) 디엔에이소프트
Priority date: 2010-07-26
Filing date: 2011-07-21
Publication date: 2012-02-02
Also published as: WO2012015195A3; JP2013533667A; CN102972048A; KR101012418B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing network service and to a method using a smart router, and more particularly, to a method for providing network service using a smart router, wherein the method comprises: receiving a connection request from a user terminal within a communication region in which smart routers are installed for each business; transmitting initial page information preinstalled for a smart router to the user terminal; and providing a business-dedicated site related to the current business as the initial connecting page of highest priority.

Description

Smart router and system and method for providing network service using same

The present invention relates to a method for providing a network service using a smart router. More particularly, when a connection request of a user terminal is received in a communication area of a smart router installed at each business site, the smart router transfers preset initial page information to the user terminal. The present invention relates to a network service providing method using a smart router capable of transmitting and providing a site dedicated to a current business site as an initial access page.

In general, when a network service is requested at a specific place by using a user terminal capable of wireless communication, a website about an initial page previously designated in the user terminal is generally output to the user terminal.

Therefore, regardless of the place of business where the user is located, the same website information is always output preferentially.

Accordingly, since the user is always exposed to the same website information, the user could not immediately recognize the service on the website provided for the customer at each workplace and could not be provided with the service.

On the other hand, each business site provides a site dedicated to their business site using a specific IP address, but it is common that customers visiting the business site does not know the information about their site dedicated to provide an effective service.

Accordingly, despite the fact that almost all customers visiting the workplace have a mobile terminal capable of wireless Internet, there is almost no method of providing a service provided through a dedicated site for each workplace through the user terminal.

Therefore, in relation to the network service provided through the user terminal, there is a problem that the user's workplace cannot be easily exposed to the service provided through the site dedicated to the user.

In addition, there is a problem that the workplace does not have a method for providing a user terminal with a service provided through the workplace dedicated site when the user intentionally does not access the workplace dedicated site.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is installed in each business place to store information about the site dedicated to each business site of its own and then the user enters the business site when there is a request for wireless Internet access using the user terminal It provides a smart router to be connected to the site dedicated to its own store through the user terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the smart router according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises an initial page information providing unit that primarily provides initial page information on a specific business site in response to an access request of a user terminal; And a site connection unit for connecting the specific workplace dedicated site to the user terminal when there is a request for connection to the specific workplace dedicated site in response to the provided initial page information from the user terminal.

In this case, the smart router may further include a storage unit for storing the specific site dedicated site information and an input / output unit for inputting and outputting the initial page information and the site dedicated site information.

On the other hand, the smart router may be connected to the management server for controlling the status information of the smart router to the Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of providing a network service through a smart router installed in each workplace according to a second embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of receiving an access request of a user terminal and corresponding to the received access request. Step 2 of providing initial page information about a specific business site exclusively, and connecting the specific business site to the user terminal when a request for connection to the specific business site is requested from the user terminal. .

In this case, the third step may connect the user terminal to a site dedicated to a specific business site stored in the smart router.

Meanwhile, when the access request of the user terminal is received, determining whether the connected user terminal is authenticated.

In order to achieve the above object, the network service providing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention primarily provides initial page information on a specific business site in response to an access request of a user terminal, At least one smart router configured to connect the specific workplace dedicated site to the user terminal in response to the initial page information provided; And a management server for storing and controlling state information of the at least one smart router.

In this case, the specific site dedicated site information may be stored in the smart router.

Meanwhile, the management server backs up initial page information provided by each of the at least one smart router, compares the backed up initial page information with the initial page information stored in the smart router, and if there is a difference, the latest initial page. Characterized by synchronizing with the information,

The management server backs up specific site-specific site information stored by each of the at least one smart router, and if there is a difference by comparing the backed-up specific site-specific site information stored in the smart router with specific site information, Synchronize with up-to-date site-specific site information.

In addition, controlling the state information of the smart router of the management server may selectively perform firmware update, backup and synchronization at a predetermined or predetermined time point.

The management server may store the multimedia content and provide the multimedia content at the request of the smart router.

The smart router according to the present invention as described above is installed at each workplace, and when the customers entering the workplace use the network service through their user terminals, the site dedicated to the workplace is output to the initial page of the user terminal. The service provided by the workplace may be preferentially provided, and the workplace may provide almost all of the services available through the site dedicated to the customers.

In addition, the network service providing system and method using the smart router according to the present invention stores the site-specific site information in the smart router itself, regardless of whether or not the smart router of each workplace Internet site information prioritized There is an effect that can be provided.

1 is a view showing the concept of a network service providing system according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a network service providing system according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a network service providing method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the present invention, the network service refers to a service provided by constructing a network environment from an access point (AP) to each terminal using radio waves without using a wired cable.

In this case, the provided service includes not only that the terminal is connected to the access point so that the network environment is set up, but also the network or the Internet service desired by the user is provided through the network environment.

Generally referred to as a WLAN service, in the present invention, the network service is collectively used.

Network service has characteristics that can compensate for the weakness of network construction of existing communication technology.

For example, wired networks perform better in terms of communication speeds, but physical LAN cabling is essential to ensure mobility, and Bluetooth is very useful within a few meters of space around your workspace. However, it is poor in terms of mobility and coverage.

On the other hand, the term "smart router" used in the present invention is similar to a conventional WLAN access point (hereinafter referred to as "Wireless LAN AP"), but in the present invention, the connection of the user terminal 110 Or additionally disclosed throughout the present invention, such as having a function of browsing the dedicated site of the business site to the user terminal 110 in the case of a service request or to provide a network service by interaction with the management server. It is defined as a WLAN AP including a general function.

In addition, if necessary, the information about the site dedicated to the business site itself includes a function to connect the user terminal to the site dedicated to the business even when the Internet is not connected.

Referring to FIG. 1, the network service providing system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 110 located at each workplace 150, a smart router 120 installed at each workplace, and the smart router 120 and the Internet 130. It includes a management server 140 connected to.

According to the present invention, when the customer enters the workplace 150 while carrying the user terminal 110, and wants to communicate wirelessly through the smart router 120 installed in the workplace, the smart router 120 has its own stored workplace. Dedicated site information or site-specific site information of any web site connected to the Internet is provided to the initial page of the user terminal 110 as a priority so that customers can use the service provided by the workplace.

Specifically, the user terminal 110 refers to a mobile terminal capable of connecting to the Internet through wireless communication and implementing various applications using an application program while being carried by an individual.

For example, a mobile computer such as a laptop (Lap Top) or a laptop, or a mobile communication such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wibro phone, and a smart phone. The terminal may be included.

When the user terminal 110 enters an arbitrary workplace 150 using the user terminal 110 and wireless communication is possible by the smart router 120, the user terminal 110 selects communication with the smart router 120, or If it is selected automatically, the smart router 120 makes a connection request.

The

smart routers

120 and 121 primarily provide initial page information on a site dedicated to a business site when a user terminal 110 requests a connection, and connect to a site dedicated to a business site when a connection request is made. Here, the site dedicated to the business site may be provided by the

smart routers

120 and 121 in a specific website of the Internet, and more preferably, may be stored in the

smart routers

120 and 121.

In addition, the

smart routers

120 and 121 may be connected to the management server 140 through the Internet 130 to request and receive multimedia content related to a business site.

The

smart routers

120 and 121 connect the user terminal to the website using the corresponding IP address when a request for connection to an arbitrary website is received from the user after providing a site dedicated to the business terminal to the user terminal 110 as an initial page. do.

The management server 140 is connected to the smart router (120, 121) and the Internet serves to manage the smart router installed in each business place.

For example, the management server 140 controls the state information of the

smart routers

120 and 121 of each business place, and provides the multimedia content requested through the

smart routers

120 and 121.

To this end, the management server 140 is the initial page information of each of the

smart routers

120 and 121 installed in each business site, site specific site information of each smart router (120, 121), (120, 121) of the smart router Status information can be saved.

Each configuration will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

As shown, the smart router 120 installed in each workplace allows to establish a network environment with at least one user terminal 110 entering the workplace.

Here, in the network environment, at least one or more user terminals 110 located at a workplace are connected to the smart router 120 by wireless communication, and services provided by the smart router 120 as well as the internet connected to the smart router 120 are provided. It is an environment that can be linked to any website using.

The smart router 120 installed at each workplace causes the site dedicated to the site to be output to the initial page of the user terminal 110 when the user terminal 110 enters the workplace wireless communication 10 area and requests a connection.

In detail, the smart router 120 includes an initial page information providing unit 122, a site dedicated site connection unit 123, and a site dedicated site storage unit 124.

However, when the dedicated site for the workplace is not stored in itself but provided through any website through the Internet, the dedicated site storage unit 124 for the workplace may not be separately provided.

The smart router 120 includes both the above configuration of the present invention and the functions of the existing router. However, in the present invention, description of the router already disclosed will be omitted.

In the smart router 120, the initial page information providing unit 122 primarily provides initial page information about a specific business site in response to a connection request of the user terminal 110.

Here, the connection request of the user terminal 110 is made when the user enters the workplace and wants wireless communication using the user terminal 110.

When the access request is received from the user terminal 110, the smart router 120 provides the user terminal 110 with initial page information about a site dedicated to a business site provided by a specific website or a site dedicated to a business site itself. .

The initial page information provided here is URL information for accessing a dedicated site provided by the user terminal 110 to a dedicated site provided by the smart router 120 or URL information of a specific website storing the dedicated site information.

The user terminal 110 requests a connection to a business site using initial page information provided from the smart router 120.

If the site dedicated site connection unit 123 requests a specific site dedicated site connection request from the user terminal 110 in response to the initial page information, the site dedicated site or business site stored in the site dedicated site storage unit 124 user terminal 110 Link to a specific website that has stored dedicated site information.

That is, when the user terminal 110 wants to use the network service using the wireless communication provided by the smart router 120, the user terminal 110 requests a connection at the time of attempting the connection for wireless communication, and transmits to the transmitted initial page information. Priority will be linked to the site dedicated to your business.

Therefore, the user may preferentially use various services provided by the service located at the current location, and after accessing the site dedicated to the workplace for the first time, any other web through the Internet 130 connected to the smart lighter 120. If you want to access the site, you can access the website using the IP address you want.

The smart router 120 may store site information dedicated to a business site to be provided as an initial page of the user terminal 110. At this time, the smart router 120 may be provided with a site storage unit 124 dedicated to the private enterprise.

The site dedicated site storage unit 124 stores site specific site information including service content provided by each site.

The smart router 120 does not access a dedicated site for a business site through a separate server connected to the Internet 130, but stores the site specific site information by itself, regardless of whether the Internet 130 is connected or not. At your request, you can provide a site dedicated to your business at any time.

However, when the smart router 120 provides a business site dedicated site provided through a specific website as an initial page, the smart router 120 may not include a separate business site storage unit 124.

In addition, the smart router 120 may be provided with a separate input and output unit (not shown).

The input / output unit may input / output information about initial page information and business site information as well as general input / output information necessary for the smart router 120.

The management server 140 connected to the smart router 120 and the Internet 130 serves to manage the smart router 120 installed at each business site and provide multimedia contents requested through the smart router 120. do.

Specifically, the management server 140 controls the state information of the smart router 120 of each workplace connected through the Internet.

For example, back up initial page information provided by each of the at least one smart router 120, and compare the backed up initial page information with the initial page information stored in the smart router 120. Can be synchronized to the initial page information.

In addition, when the smart router 120 has a site dedicated site storage unit 124 to store the site dedicated to itself, the management server 140 is a specific that each of the at least one smart router 120 stores. Back up site-specific site information and compare the backed up site-specific site information and the site-specific site information stored in the smart router, if there is a difference and synchronizes with the last site-specific site information updated.

The smart router 120 has an input / output unit for storing initial page information and site information dedicated to a business site as well as changing such information.

Therefore, a difference may occur between initial page information and business site information backed up in the management server 140 and initial page information and business site information stored in the smart router 120.

At this time, the management server 140 may update the relevant information at a time, a fixed period or real time when the smart router 120 is connected by on / off.

In addition, when there is a request for providing multimedia content from the smart router 120, the management server 140 may check the access information of the requested user terminal 110 and provide the multimedia content only to an authorized user.

The management server 140 may provide a multimedia content through the control unit 141 or to manage the initial page information, site information dedicated to the site, and status information of the smart router 120, the content storage unit 142 and the initial page information storage unit. 143, a site dedicated site storage unit 144, and a state information storage unit 145 may be provided.

Here, the content storage unit 142 may store various multimedia contents required to provide a service provided by a business site for each business site. Therefore, when the user requests the user's content using the site dedicated to the workplace using the user terminal 110, the management server 140 provides the necessary content through the smart router 120.

The initial page information storage unit 143 stores the initial page information of the smart router installed in each business place.

The initial page information may include URL information corresponding to a business dedicated site stored in the smart router 120 of each business place.

The workplace dedicated site storage unit 144 stores workplace dedicated site information of each workplace.

In addition, the state information storage unit 145 stores state information of each smart router.

Accordingly, the management server 140 remotely checks the status of the smart router through the internet connection with the smart router 120 and determines whether the firmware is up to date to execute firmware update or control the configuration, rebooting, etc. Manage 120.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the business dedicated site of the business place where the smart router 120 is installed is stored in itself, it is set as initial page information of the user terminals so as to access the self-stored business site (S310), and the specific website is set. In the case of providing a dedicated site through the business site, the URL information about a specific website storing the dedicated site information is set as initial page information.

At this time, the process of setting the site dedicated to the workplace may be directly set through the input and output unit of the smart router 120, as well as may be set by the management server 140.

When a dedicated site is set for each smart router 120, when the user terminal 110 enters the workplace and requests a network connection (S320), the smart router 120 transmits initial page information about the dedicated site to the user terminal. Provided primarily. (S330)

However, if necessary, the user authentication procedure may be performed for the access request of the user terminal. Through this, the network service may be provided only to the user terminal for which the user authentication is approved.

When a network connection is made between the smart router 120 and the user terminal, the user terminal may communicate with the Internet 13 through the smart router 120.

When the smart router 120 requests a specific site dedicated site connection request from the user terminal in response to the initial page information, the smart router 120 connects the site dedicated site built in the smart router 120 corresponding to the initial page information with the user terminal or dedicated to the workplace. The user terminal is connected to a specific website storing the site information (S340).

If the site-specific site information is provided to the user terminal in response to the access request of the user terminal, the user terminal first outputs the site-specific site to the initial screen.

Here, the workplace dedicated site provided by the smart router 120 may be a homepage and a commerce site for the promotion of the workplace where the smart router is installed.

In addition, the smart router 120 stores the site dedicated to the workplace of the installed workplace by itself, and when the user terminal 110 is connected, the site dedicated to the workplace is stored as the initial access page of the user terminal regardless of whether the Internet is connected. Can provide.

In addition, the user terminal 110 may receive the multimedia content about the site dedicated to the business site from the management server 140 through the management server 140 and the Internet 130 and output it through a web browser.

In this case, the management server 140 may receive the multimedia content request signal from the user terminal 110 using the smart router 120 as a connection point, and the received multimedia content request signal and prestored service subscriber information (for example, User ID and password) to verify whether the user is a legitimate user.

After that, when the management server 140 performs an authentication procedure, when authentication fails, the management server 140 transmits an authentication failure signal to the smart router 120, and the smart router 120 receiving the authentication failure signal is the user terminal 110. Send a connection rejection signal to notify the authentication failure.

In addition, when the management server 140 performs user authentication, when the authentication is successful, the smart router 120 transmits an authentication success signal to the smart router 120 and receives the authentication success signal to the user terminal 110. Transmit the connection enable signal.

Thereafter, the user terminal 110 may output the multimedia content provided by the management server 140 through a web browser.

Thereafter, the user terminal 110 may execute a web browser by the user and request an arbitrary website connection to the smart router 120 according to the user's request (S360).

The user may request access by inputting URL information of any website to the user terminal 110.

When the smart router 120 receives an arbitrary website access request signal together with URL information of an arbitrary website from the user terminal 110, the smart router 120 converts the URL information of the set site dedicated site into the received URL information of any website. By changing the connection through the Internet 130 and to allow the user terminal 110 to access any website (S370).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

Claims

An initial page information providing unit that primarily provides initial page information on a specific business site in response to an access request of a user terminal; And

And a site connection unit for connecting the specific site dedicated site to the user terminal when there is a request for connection to the specific site dedicated to the provided initial page information from the user terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The smart router further comprises a storage unit for storing the specific business site information.
The method according to claim 1 or 2,

Smart router further comprises an input and output unit for inputting and outputting the initial page information or the site information dedicated to the business site.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the smart router

Smart router, characterized in that connected to the management server for controlling the status information of the smart router and the Internet.
In the method of providing network services through a smart router installed in each business site,

1 step of receiving a connection request of the user terminal;

Providing first page information about a specific business site in response to the received access request;

And connecting the specific workplace dedicated site to the user terminal when the request for connection to the specific workplace dedicated site is received from the user terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein the three steps

Network service providing method characterized in that the user terminal connected to a specific site dedicated to the site stored in the smart router.
The method according to claim 5 or 6,

When the access request of the user terminal is received,

And determining whether or not the connected user terminal is authenticated.
In response to an access request of a user terminal, initial page information about a specific business site is primarily provided, and if a request for connection to the specific business site is requested from the user terminal in response to the provided initial page information, the specific business site is provided. At least one smart router connecting to the user terminal; And

Network service providing system comprising a management server for storing and controlling the state information of the at least one smart router.
The method of claim 8,

The site specific site information is stored in the smart router.
The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the management server

Back up initial page information provided by each of the at least one smart router, and compare the backed up initial page information and the initial page information stored in the smart router, and if there is a difference, synchronize the latest initial page information. Network service providing system.
The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the management server

Back up specific site information stored in each of the at least one smart router, and compare the backed up site information of the specific business site with the site information stored in the smart router. Network service providing system, characterized in that the synchronization to the dedicated site information.
10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein controlling the state information of the smart router of the management server

A network service providing system, characterized in that selectively performing firmware update, backup and synchronization.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the management server is

And storing the multimedia content and providing the multimedia content at the request of the smart router.