Method and apparatus for communicating advertisement signal including shared information between devices in wireless communication system

• US 9,871,906 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Hyeon-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Osifade, Idowu O
• Application Number:
  US15/016,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• 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 4/06 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 4/80 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 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A method for transmitting information in an inter-terminal communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining any information by a terminal, determining whether the obtained information is shared information, and transmitting, when the obtained information is the shared information, an advertisement signal including the shared information to another terminal.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information in an inter-terminal communication system, the method comprising:

obtaining any information by a terminal;

determining whether the obtained information is shared information; and

transmitting, when the obtained information is the shared information, an advertisement signal including the shared information to another terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared information corresponds to at least one of a certain type of information, information valid for a certain time, or information valid in a certain region.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared information comprises weather information regarding the terminal or location information regarding the terminal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting of the advertisement signal including the shared information comprises advertising within a valid period of the shared information or a valid hop count of the shared information.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining the shared information from an information providing server by an information receiver in the terminal.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining the shared information from an information providing server via an update information transceiver in the terminal by an information receiver in the terminal.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining the shared information transmitted from an update information transceiver of the other terminal via an update information transceiver in the terminal by an information receiver in the terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a destination domain of a message transmitted from an information receiver in the terminal binds to an internet protocol (IP) address of the update information transceiver in the terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

performing, when the update information transceiver in the terminal receives a request for the shared information from the information receiver, discovery on the advertisement signal;

receiving the advertisement signal including the shared information from the other terminal through the discovery by the update information transceiver in the terminal; and

transferring the received shared information to the information receiver by the update information transceiver in the terminal.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein, when the shared information is larger than a preset size, the shared information is obtained as downsized information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a mapping relation between the shared information and the downsized information is obtained from an update identifier manager.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

attempting to receive the shared information from the information providing server within a certain number of times by the information receiver in the terminal; and

attempting to receive, upon failure to obtain the shared information within the certain number of times, the shared information from the other terminal via the update information transceiver in the terminal by the information receiver in the terminal.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular information comprises identifier information regarding a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access point (AP) or previously agreed-on information instructing to abstain from performing positioning using a global positioning system (GPS).

13. An apparatus for transmitting information in an inter-terminal communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine, when a terminal obtains any information, whether the obtained information is shared information; and

a transceiver configured to transmit, when the obtained information is the shared information, an advertisement signal including the shared information to another terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the shared information corresponds to at least one of a certain type of information, information valid for a certain time, or information valid in a certain region.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the shared information comprises weather information regarding the terminal or location information regarding the terminal.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to advertise the shared information within a valid period of the shared information or a valid hop count of the shared information.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

obtain the shared information from an information providing server, and

transfer the obtained shared information to an information receiver in the terminal.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

obtain the shared information from the information providing server, and

transfer the obtained shared information to an information receiver in the terminal via an update information transceiver in the terminal.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

obtain the shared information transmitted from an update information transceiver in the other terminal, and

transfer the obtained shared information to an information receiver in the terminal via an update information transceiver in the terminal.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a destination domain of a message transmitted from an information receiver in the terminal binds to an internet protocol (IP) address of the update information transceiver in the terminal.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the update information transceiver in the terminal, when receiving a request for the shared information from the information receiver, is further configured to:

perform discovery on the advertisement signal,

receive an advertisement signal including the shared information from the other terminal through the discovery, and

transfer the received shared information to the information receiver.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein, when the shared information is larger than a preset size, the shared information is obtained as downsized information.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein a mapping relation between the shared information and the downsized information is obtained from an update identifier manager.

24. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the information receiver in the terminal is further configured to:

attempt to receive the shared information from the information providing server within a certain number of times, and

attempt to receive, upon failure to receive the shared information within the certain number of times, the shared information from the other terminal via the update information transceiver in the terminal.

26. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the particular information comprises identifier information regarding a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access point (AP) or previously agreed-on information instructing to abstain from performing positioning using a global positioning system (GPS).