Adaptive type beacon cigar jack device

• US 10,848,968 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Issued: 11/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OWiN, Inc.
• Original Assignee: OWiN, Inc.
• Inventors: Shin, Sung-Chul, Jung, Do-Kuen, Kim, Jae-Hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ortiz, Elim
• Application Number:
  US15/561,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20180118076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/14 of electrically-heated lighters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to an adaptive beacon cigarette lighter plug device. The adaptive beacon cigarette lighter plug device according to the present invention, which is a cigarette lighter plug device owned by a user, includes a body insertion unit having a body structure to be inserted into a cigarette lighter receptacle of a vehicle, a power supply unit configured to receive power from the vehicle through the cigarette lighter receptacle when the body insertion unit is inserted into the cigarette lighter receptacle of the vehicle, a power conversion unit configured to convert the power received from the vehicle into at least one type of designated operating power; a universal serial bus (USB) connector unit including a USB connector configured to apply USB power converted by the power conversion unit to the outside; a power charging unit configured to charge at least power supplied through the power supply unit and/or power converted by the power conversion unit; and a beacon module configured to operate with vehicular power supplied from the vehicle when it is confirmed that the body insertion unit is inserted into the cigarette lighter receptacle of the vehicle and the vehicular power is being supplied from the vehicle through the power supply unit or operate with power charged in the power charging unit when it is not confirmed that the vehicular power is being supplied from the vehicle, process at least one type of bidirectional data communication including bidirectional Bluetooth data communication with a paired user terminal when a Bluetooth function of the user terminal is activated, and broadcast at least one Bluetooth-based beacon signal using the vehicular power or the charged power.

Claims

1. A beacon module comprises:

a RF processor configured to perform RF processing to broadcast a beacon signal;

a memory having a default memory region configured to store a set of data for broadcasting a default beacon signal and a use-specific memory region configured to store a set of data for broadcasting a use-specific beacon signal through a user terminal; and

a controller configured to control the RF processor to broadcast the default beacon signal or the use-specific beacon signal,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

receive setting information for selectively broadcasting of the use-specific beacon signal from the user terminal through a bidirectional data communication; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal corresponding to the setting information.

2. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store unique information to be broadcast through the default beacon signal in the default memory region; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the default beacon signal including the unique information stored in the default memory region.

3. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store one or more static seed values for generating a disposable code to be broadcast through the default beacon signal in the default memory region;

determine at least one dynamic seed value for generating the disposable code;

dynamically generate the disposable code by applying the one or more static seed values and the at least one dynamic seed value to a designated code generation algorithm; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the default beacon signal including the disposable code.

4. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store unique information to be broadcast through the default beacon signal in the default memory region;

store one or more static seed values for generating a disposable code to be broadcast through the default beacon signal in the default memory region;

determine at least one dynamic seed value for generating the disposable code;

dynamically generate the disposable code by applying the one or more static seed values and the at least one dynamic seed value to a designated code generation algorithm; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the default beacon signal including the unique information of the default memory region and the disposable code.

5. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the setting information includes at least one of unique information to be included in the use-specific beacon signal, a seed value for generating a disposable code to be included in the use-specific beacon signal, and a protocol structure of the use-specific beacon signal.

6. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store unique information included in the setting information in the use-specific memory region; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal including the unique information stored in the use-specific memory region.

7. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store one or more seed values included in the setting information in the use-specific memory region;

determine one or more seed values for generating a disposable code;

dynamically generate the disposable code by applying the one or more seed values to a designated code generation algorithm; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal including the disposable code.

8. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store unique information included in the setting information in the use-specific memory region;

store one or more seed values included in the setting information in the use-specific memory region;

determine one or more seed values for generating a disposable code;

dynamically generate the disposable code by applying the one or more seed values to a designated code generation algorithm; and

control the RF processor to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal including the unique information stored in the use-specific memory region and the generated disposable code.

9. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal according to a control command of the user terminal with which the bidirectional data communication is established.

10. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal based on whether USB connection is established or released between the beacon module and the user terminal while valid setting information is stored in the use-specific memory region.

11. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal based on whether the bidirectional Bluetooth data communication with the user terminal is possible or not while valid setting information is stored in the use-specific memory region.

12. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the RF processor to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal when valid setting information is stored in the use-specific memory region, and

control the RF processor not to broadcast the use-specific beacon signal when a designated validity time elapses or when a specific signal is received from the user terminal.

13. The beacon module of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to provide beacon transmission information indicating which of the default beacon signal or the use-specific beacon signal is being broadcast to the user terminal through the bidirectional data communication.

14. The beacon module of claim 1, further comprises a USB communicator configured to process USB-based data communication.

15. The beacon module of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to deactivate USB-based data communication when bidirectional Bluetooth data communication is established with the user terminal.