WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20160095064A1
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: LI, Xiangfu, REN, Wanxi, LUO, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,624,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling 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 4/23 for mobile advertising
• 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 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless communication method is provided. The method includes sending, by a wireless communication device, a broadcast message to a terminal device. The broadcast message may include device identification information of the wireless communication device. The method may further include receiving, by the wireless communication device, a scan request message sent by the terminal device. The method may further include sending, by the wireless communication device, a scan response message to the terminal device in response to receiving the scan request message. The scan response message may include attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data may include identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a wireless communication device, a broadcast message to a terminal device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device;

receiving, by the wireless communication device, a scan request message sent by the terminal device; and

sending, by the wireless communication device, a scan response message to the terminal device in response to receiving the scan request message, wherein the scan response message includes attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data includes identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device identification information comprises at least one of a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), a major identifier (Major ID), and a minor identifier (Minor ID).

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating, by the wireless communication device, the attribute data when the content changes; and

sending an updated scan response message when receiving another scan request message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the scan response message further comprises second identification information for identifying the wireless communication device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second identification information comprises at least one of a major identifier (Major ID) and a minor identifier (Minor ID).

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering, by the wireless communication device, the device identification information in a server.

7. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a broadcast message sent by a wireless communication device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device;

sending, by the terminal device, a scan request message to the wireless communication device after receiving the broadcast message;

receiving, by the terminal device, a scan response message sent by the wireless communication device, wherein the scan response message includes attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data includes identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device; and

acquiring, by the terminal device, the content based on the attribute data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the device identification information comprises at least one of a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), a major identifier (Major ID), and a minor identifier (Minor ID).

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the scan response message further includes second identification information for identifying the wireless communication device, the method further comprising:

determining identification information of the wireless communication device based on the device identification information in the broadcast message and the second identification information in the scan response message;

searching a database based on the identification information of the wireless communication device, the database including a mapping relation between the identification information of the wireless communication device and the physical location of the wireless communication device; and

determining a location of the terminal device based on the physical location of the wireless communication device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second identification information comprises at least one of a major identifier (Major ID) and a minor identifier (Minor ID).

11. A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a wireless communication device, a broadcast message to a terminal device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device;

receiving, by the wireless communication device, a scan request message sent by the terminal device, the scan request message including a request for acquiring content associated with media information being played in a media information playing device, wherein the media information playing device stores a correspondence table including identification information of the content;

determining, according to the correspondence table, the identification information of the content; and

sending, by the wireless communication device, a scan response message to the terminal device in response to receiving the scan request message, the scan response message including the identification information of the content.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification information stored in the correspondence table comprises a network address associated with the content, and the scan response message includes the network address.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification information stored in the correspondence table comprises identification (ID) information associated with the content, and the scan response message comprises the ID information, and wherein an association relation between the ID information and a network address associated with the content is pre-stored on a server.

14. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a sending unit configured to send a broadcast message to a terminal device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device; and

a receiving unit configured to receive a scan request message sent by the terminal device, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send to the terminal device a scan response message in response to receiving the scan request message, and wherein the scan response message includes attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data includes identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication device further comprises:

an updating unit configured to update the attribute data of the scan response message when the content changes, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send an updated scan response message when the receiving unit receives another scan request message.

16. A terminal device, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast message sent by a wireless communication device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device;

a sending unit configured to send a scan request message to the wireless communication device after the receiving unit receives the broadcast message, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a scan response message sent by the wireless communication device, and wherein the scan response message includes attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data includes identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device; and

an acquiring unit configured to acquire the content based on the attribute data.

17. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the scan response message further includes second identification information of the wireless communication device, the terminal device further comprising:

a determining unit configured to determine the identification information of the wireless communication device based on the device identification information in the broadcast message and the second identification information in the scan response message; and

a searching unit configured to search a database based on the identification information of the wireless communication device and determine a location of the terminal device, the database including a mapping relation between the identification information of the wireless communication device and the physical location of the wireless communication device.

18. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a sending unit configured to send a broadcast message to a terminal device, the broadcast message including device identification information of the wireless communication device;

a receiving unit configured to receive a scan request message sent by the terminal device, the scan request message including a request for acquiring content associated with media information being played in a media information playing device, wherein the media information playing device stores a correspondence table including identification information of the content; and

a processing unit configured to determine, according to the correspondence table, the identification information of the content, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send to the terminal device a scan response message in response to receiving the scan request message, the scan response message including the identification information of the content.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the identification information stored in the correspondence table comprises a network address associated with the content, and the scan response message includes the network address.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the identification information stored in the correspondence table comprises identification (ID) information associated with the content, and the scan response message comprises the ID information, and wherein an association relation between the ID information and a network address associated with the content is pre-stored on a server.