COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, PLACE MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD OF DETECTING PLACE INFORMATION THEREOF

• US 20140213187A1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Seung-Ik, JOO, Inhak, KIM, RockWon, PARK, Yun Kyung, KIM, Chae Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 9,307,349 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• 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 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

A first Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module that is set as an anchor searches for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal and transmits information of the found Bluetooth terminal to a place management server. The place management server updates place information of a user of the found Bluetooth terminal to place information of the first Bluetooth terminal and transmits the updated place information to the found Bluetooth terminal.

Claims

1. A method of detecting a user'"'"'s place information in a place information detection system, the method comprising:

searching for, by a first Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module that is set as an anchor, a peripheral Bluetooth terminal;

transmitting information of a Bluetooth terminal that is found by the first Bluetooth terminal to a place management server; and

updating, by the place management server, place information of the user of the found Bluetooth terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the place management server, the updated place information to the found Bluetooth terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting of information comprises transmitting the updated place information to only the Bluetooth terminal that is connected to the place management server among the found Bluetooth terminals.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering, by the first Bluetooth terminal, place information of the first Bluetooth terminal at the place management server,

wherein the updating of place information comprises updating the place information of the user of the found Bluetooth terminal to the place information of the first Bluetooth terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the registering of place information comprises:

transmitting, by the first Bluetooth terminal, a place name to the place management server;

transmitting, by the place management server, a place classification list corresponding to the place name to the first Bluetooth terminal; and

selecting, by the first Bluetooth terminal, one from the place classification list.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the first Bluetooth terminal, authentication of anchor authority from the place management server, before the searching for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting the first Bluetooth terminal to the anchor according to an anchor function instruction from the user, before the searching for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the place information comprises a place name and place classification.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating of place information comprises:

transmitting, by the place management server, peripheral place information to the found Bluetooth terminal based on the place information of the anchor; and

updating, by the place management server, place information of a corresponding Bluetooth terminal to place information that is selected by the found Bluetooth terminal among the peripheral place information.

10. A place management server that detects a user'"'"'s place information, the place management server comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of Bluetooth terminals having a short range communication module;

a member information database that stores place information to correspond to an identifier of the Bluetooth terminal; and

a member management unit that updates place information that is stored to correspond to an identifier of a peripheral Bluetooth terminal that is found by the first Bluetooth terminal in which anchor authority is authenticated among a plurality of Bluetooth terminals at the member information database to place information of the first Bluetooth terminal.

11. The place management server of claim 10, wherein the member management unit authenticates anchor authority of the first Bluetooth terminal and stores the place information of the first Bluetooth terminal at the member information database to correspond to an identifier of the first Bluetooth terminal.

12. The place management server of claim 11, wherein the member management unit extracts and updates place information of the first Bluetooth terminal from the member information database.

13. The place management server of claim 10, wherein the communication unit transmits the updated place information to the found Bluetooth terminal.

14. The place management server of claim 10, further comprising:

a place classification database that stores place classification; and

a place management unit that searches for the place classification database and provides a place classification list of the place name to at least one Bluetooth terminal, when a place name is received from at least one Bluetooth terminal.

15. A communication terminal that detects a user'"'"'s place information, the communication terminal comprising:

a Bluetooth search unit that searches for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module;

an anchor setting unit that activates the Bluetooth search unit and that registers the place information of the user terminal at a place management server; and

a communication unit that transmits information of the found peripheral Bluetooth terminal to the place management server,

wherein place information of a user of the peripheral Bluetooth terminal is updated to the place information of the user terminal by the place management server.

16. The communication terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

a place database that stores the place information of the user terminal; and

a place setting unit that stores the place information at the place database, when the place information of the user terminal is received from the place management server or the user.

17. The communication terminal of claim 15, wherein the place information comprises a place name and place classification.

18. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein the place classification comprises a business type of the place name.