Wearable device registration system and method

• US 10,516,719 B1
• Filed: 08/31/2018
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: Kum, Seung Woo, Moon, Jae Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuan H
• Application Number:
  US16/119,463
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for searching and registering a wearable Bluetooth device in a surrounding area. The searching Bluetooth device broadcasts a session description protocol (SDP) request message by executing the SDP. When the SDP request message broadcast by the searching Bluetooth device is received, a surrounding Bluetooth device executes the SDP, generates an SDP response message, and transmits the SDP response message to the searching Bluetooth device. When the SDP response message is received, the searching Bluetooth device requests that the server provide the detailed information file of the surrounding Bluetooth device, based on server access information included in the SDP response message. When the detailed information file of the surrounding Bluetooth device is received from the server, the searching Bluetooth device stores the detailed information file.

Claims

1. A wearable device registration system comprising:

a first Bluetooth device comprising a memory, a display, a Bluetooth communication module and an Internet communication module separate from the Bluetooth communication module, wherein the first Bluetooth device is configured to;

broadcast, via the Bluetooth communication module, a session description protocol (SDP) request message for discovering one or more other Bluetooth devices located near the first Bluetooth device, receive, via the Bluetooth communication module and in response to the SDP request message, an SDP response message from a second Bluetooth device, wherein the SDP response message includes access information for downloading a device information file containing information relating to the second Bluetooth device transmit, via the Internet communication module and using the access information of the SDP response message received via the Bluetooth communication module, a request for the device information file to a server in data communication with the first Bluetooth device, download, via the Internet communication module, the device information file from the server, store the received device information file so as to identify the second Bluetooth device, receive the device information file from the server based on extensible markup language (XML) using one Internet protocol selected from hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and file transfer protocol (FTP), the device information file comprising at least one information selected from among information regarding functions of the second Bluetooth device, information regarding operations of the functions, and information regarding the internal configuration of the second Bluetooth device, and display at least part of information contained in the device information file.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the access information includes a uniform resource locator (URL) of the server.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the SDP response message received from the second Bluetooth device includes at least one of information regarding a manufacturer thereof, information regarding a unique identifier thereof, and a uniform resource locator (URL) for downloading the device information file.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the URL is stored in a documentation URL field of the SDP response message.

5. A method for wearable device registration, the method comprising:

broadcasting, using a Bluetooth communication module of a first Bluetooth device, a session description protocol (SOP) request message for discovering one or more other Bluetooth devices located near the first Bluetooth device;

receiving, via the Bluetooth communication module and in response to the SDP request message, an SDP response message from a second Bluetooth device, wherein the SDP response message includes access information for downloading a device information file containing information relating to the second Bluetooth device;

transmitting, via an Internet communication module of the first Bluetooth device and using the access information of the SDP response message, a request for the device information file to a server in data communication with the first Bluetooth device;

downloading, via the Internet communication module, the device information file from the server;

storing, in a memory of the first Bluetooth device, the received device information file so as to identify the second Bluetooth device;

wherein the device information file is transmitted from the server to the first Bluetooth device, based on extensible markup language (XML) using one Internet protocol selected from hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and file transfer protocol (FTP), the device information file comprising at least one information selected from among information regarding functions of the second Bluetooth device, information regarding operations of the functions, and information regarding the internal configuration of the second Bluetooth device; and

displaying at least part of the information contained in the device information file.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the access information includes a uniform resource locator (URL) of the server.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the SDP response message received from the second Bluetooth device includes at least one of information regarding a manufacturer thereof, information regarding a unique identifier thereof, and a uniform resource locator (URL) for downloading the device information file.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the URL is stored in a documentation URL field of the SDP response message.