Near field information transmission

• US 9,680,688 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2013
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Jie, Cao, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US13/886,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 709220
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• 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 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present application provides a near field information transmission method and system, an information transmitting client, an information receiving client, and an information system. The information transmitting client transmits an acquisition request to the information system. The information transmitting client receives a random number that corresponds to the acquisition request and is returned by the information system. The random number corresponds to the information of said information transmitting client. The information transmitting client uses the random number as a service set identifier of a hotspot, and the service set identifier is broadcast through a beacon frame of a wireless communication protocol. The present techniques conduct near field information transmission conveniently and accurately.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by an information transmitting client, to an information system an acquisition request for a random number that corresponds to the acquisition request;

receiving, by the information transmitting client from the information system, the random number that corresponds to the acquisition request; and

using, by the information transmitting client, the random number as a service set identifier of a personal wireless hotspot of the information transmitting client, the personal wireless hotspot configured operable to be detectable by a third party information receiving client to obtain the random number;

acquiring, by the third party information receiving client, a service set identifier of a wireless hotspot that has a highest signal intensity;

transmitting, by the third party information receiving client, the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity to the information system; and

receiving, by the third party information receiving client, information of the information transmitting client that is provided by the information system and corresponds to the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising broadcasting the service set identifier through a wireless communication.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the broadcasting comprises broadcasting the service set identifier through a beacon frame of a wireless communication protocol.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the wireless communication protocol includes an IEEE 802.11 protocol.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity is the random number issued by the information system to the information transmitting client, and the random number is generated by the information system and corresponds to information of the information transmitting client.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the acquiring the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity comprises:

transmitting a detection command to a WiFi module at the third party information receiving client;

receiving a list of service set identifiers of wireless hotspots and corresponding signal intensity information returned by the WiFi module according to the detection command; and

identifying the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity from the list of service set identifiers of the wireless hotspots.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, further comprising:

scanning, by the WiFi module, a wireless network according to the detection command to obtain the list of service set identifiers of the wireless hotspots;

detecting the signal intensity information of the wireless hotspots in the list of service set identifiers;

analyzing the wireless hotspots in the list of service set identifiers to obtain corresponding service set identifiers; and

returning the list of service set identifiers of the wireless hotspots and corresponding signal intensity information.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the scanning the wireless network according to the detection command to obtain the list of service set identifiers of the wireless hotspots comprises scanning beacon frames broadcast at the wireless network.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the personal wireless hotspot is operable configured to be detectable by the third party information receiving client based on a signal intensity of the personal wireless hotspot.

10. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, containing executable instructions that, when executed, configure the one or more processors to implement;

an information transmitting client, the information transmitting client including;

a request transmitting device configured operable to transmit an acquisition request to an information system;

a random number receiving device configured operable to receive a random number that is provided by the information system and corresponds to the acquisition request; and

a service set identifier setting device configured operable to use the random number as a service set identifier of a wireless hotspot of the information transmitting client, the wireless hotspot being configured operable to be detectable by a third party information receiving client to obtain the random number;

wherein the third party information receiving client including;

an identifier acquiring device operable to acquire a service set identifier of a wireless hotspot that has a highest signal intensity at a wireless network, the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity being a random number issued by the information system to the information transmitting client;

an identifier transmitting device operable to transmit the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity to the information system; and

an information receiving device operable to receive information of the information transmitting client that is provided by the information system and corresponds to the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot that has the highest signal intensity.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the information system includes:

a request receiving device operable configured to receive the acquisition request from the information transmitting client;

a random number generating device operable configured to generate the random number according to information associated with the acquisition request;

a random number returning device operable configured to provide the random number to the information transmitting client;

a first storage device operable configured to store the random number and the information of the corresponding information transmitting client with a mapping relationship between the random number and the information of the information transmitting client;

an identifier receiving device operable configured to receive the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot from the third party information receiving client;

a matching device operable configured to match the service set identifier of the wireless hotspot with the random number in accordance with the mapping relationship to obtain information of the information transmitting client; and

an information returning device operable configured to provide the information of the information transmitting client obtained from the matching to the third party information receiving client.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the information system further includes a second storage device operable configured to use a random data table to store the mapping relationship between the random number and the information of the information transmitting client, information of the random number stored in the random data table including a numeric value of the random number, a generation date of the random number, and a generation time of the random number.