Method and apparatus for providing service in wireless network

• US 10,034,261 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2016
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-Jung, Lee, Kiseok
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US15/206,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20170181115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A technique for sensor network, Machine to Machine (M2M), Machine Type Communication (MTC), Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety service) based on the technique. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a first signal comprising a first category identification (ID) and a first unique ID from a first beacon device, determining a distance from the first beacon device based on the first signal, if the distance is below a threshold, registering the first category ID, and if a second signal comprising the registered first category ID from a second beacon device, displaying information corresponding to a second unique ID of the second signal.

Claims

1. A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a first beacon device, a first signal comprising a first category identification (ID) and a first unique ID;

determining whether a signal strength of the received first signal is below a threshold value or exceeds the threshold value;

registering the first category ID in the UE responsive to a determination that the signal strength of the received first signal exceeds the threshold value;

receiving, from a second beacon device, a second signal comprising a second category ID and a second unique ID different from the first unique ID;

determining whether the second category ID matches the first category ID; and

presenting information corresponding to the second unique ID responsive to the second category ID matching the registered first category ID.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if a third signal comprising a third category ID is received, presenting information corresponding to a third unique ID of the third signal,

wherein the third category ID is a category ID that is pre-registered in the UE.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting information corresponding to the first unique ID.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a signal strength of the second signal is below the threshold value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of the information corresponding to the second unique ID comprises:

transmitting a request, for the information corresponding to the second unique ID to a server; and

receiving the information corresponding to the second unique ID from the server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to register the first category ID in the UE based on a distance between the UE and the first beacon device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deleting the first category ID registered in the UE.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the deleting of the first category ID registered in the UE comprises:

if a signal comprising the first category ID is not received from at least one beacon device during a predetermined time interval, deleting the first category ID.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold value is estimated based on signals received from a plurality of beacon devices according to movements of the UE.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the second unique ID comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) and a website corresponding to the URL.

11. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one transceiver configured to receive, from a first beacon device, a first signal comprising a first category identification (ID) and a first unique ID; and

at least one processor configured to determine whether a signal strength of the received first signal is below a threshold value or exceeds the threshold value, and register the first category ID in the UE responsive to a determination that the signal strength of the received first signal exceeds the threshold value,

wherein the at least one transceiver is further configured to receive, from a second beacon device, a second signal comprising a second category ID and a second unique ID different from the first unique ID, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the second category ID matches the first category ID, and

present information corresponding to the second unique ID responsive to the second category ID matching the registered first category ID.

12. The UE of claim 11,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, if a third signal comprising a third category ID is received, present information corresponding to a third unique ID of the third signal, and

wherein the third category ID is a category ID that is pre-registered in the UE.

13. The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

present information corresponding to the first unique ID.

14. The UE of claim 11, wherein a signal strength of the second signal is below the threshold value.

15. The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one transceiver is further configured to:

transmit a request, for the information corresponding to the second unique ID, to a server, and

receive the information corresponding to the second unique ID from the server.

16. The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether to register the first category ID in the UE based on a distance between the UE and the first beacon device.

17. The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to delete the first category ID registered in the UE.

18. The UE of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, if a signal comprising the first category ID is not received from at least one beacon device during a predetermined time interval, delete the first category ID.

19. The UE of claim 11, wherein the threshold value is estimated based on signals received from a plurality of beacon devices according to movements of the UE.

20. The UE of claim 11, wherein the information corresponding to the second unique ID comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) and a website corresponding to the URL.