KR100658579B1 - Terminal Grouping Method Using Near Field Communication - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of grouping predetermined terminals using short-range wireless communication such as RFID, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NFC, and the like.

In a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication according to the present invention, a group representative terminal transmits grouping request information and group representative terminal identification information by using short-range wireless communication, and receives the grouping request information and group representative terminal identification information. At least one group member terminal transmits the grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information corresponding to the grouping request information to the group representative terminal and / or another group member terminal by using short-range wireless communication, The group member terminal may perform terminal grouping based on the received grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information.

Description

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1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

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10: group representative terminal 20: group member terminal (Ⅰ)

30: group member terminal (II) 40: group member terminal (III)

The present invention relates to a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication, and more particularly, by using a short-range wireless communication such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Near Field Communication (NFC). The present invention relates to a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication that can effectively communicate by grouping terminals and transmitting and receiving predetermined information between the grouped terminals.

Thanks to the development of short-range wireless communication technology actively researched since the 1990s, products that exchange predetermined information with peripheral devices in relatively short distances have been commercialized. Such short-range wireless communication technology has gradually been incorporated into mobile communication terminals. For example, products using near field communication between mobile terminals and peripheral devices are being introduced.

Representative examples of such short-range wireless communication may include RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Bluetooth, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Near Field Communication (NFC).

In brief, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) transmits tag information by receiving energy from an external radio signal or an RFID tag composed of a transponder chip and an antenna, which is mainly made of a semiconductor, from an external radio signal. The RFID reader is a technology that can transmit information by receiving it.

Bluetooth was launched in 1998 as an open standard with Intel, Toshiba, and IBM to establish short-range wireless communications technology that connects handheld devices with mobile devices that Ericsson and Nokia have developed. It is a standard for radio frequency for data transmission. Bluetooth is a technology that can communicate through solid, not metal, communication between terminals within a distance of 10cm to 10m, and can extend to 100m if the radio wave is increased.

In addition, Zigbee is one of the IEEE 802.15.4 standards supporting near field communication, and performs near field communication of about 10 to 20 meters in wireless networking in homes, offices, and other wireless communication technologies (eg, IEEE 802.1 or 802.15). Unlike), it is suitable for the ultra-small, low-power, low-cost market that requires simple functions.

Finally, NFC (Near Field Communication) is a kind of contactless short-range wireless communication that can transmit data (424kbps) at low power within a distance of 10cm using the frequency of 13.56MHz band. When more than two terminals are in close proximity, it is a technology that can send and receive information necessary for e-commerce as well as a telephone number.

In the past, some technologies or products incorporating such short-range wireless communication technologies into mobile communication terminals have been introduced, but there is no technology for grouping a plurality of mobile communication terminals using them, but indirectly, a location management server or a home location. There has been a service that links and manages location information or subscriber information of a specific terminal and another terminal through a register (HLR).

The present invention provides a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication that can perform effective communication by grouping predetermined mobile communication terminals using short-range wireless communication and transmitting and receiving predetermined information between the grouped terminals. The purpose.

To this end, the terminal grouping method using the short-range wireless communication according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a) group representative terminal transmitting the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information using the short-range wireless communication; b) at least one group member terminal having received the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information is sent to the group representative terminal using short range wireless communication with grouping confirmation information and group member terminal identification information corresponding to the grouping request information. Transmitting; And c) the group representative terminal performing terminal grouping based on the received grouping confirmation information and group member terminal identification information.

Preferably, the terminal grouping method using the short-range wireless communication, d) the group representative terminal transmits the result information of the terminal grouping performed in the step c) to the at least one group member terminal using the short-range wireless communication; It further comprises the step.

To this end, the terminal grouping method using the short-range wireless communication according to the second embodiment of the present invention, i) a group representative terminal transmitting the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information using the short-range wireless communication; Ii) at least one group member terminal having received the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information by using the short range wireless communication using the grouping identification information and the group member terminal identification information corresponding to the grouping request information; Transmitting to a group member terminal of another person; And iv) the group representative terminal and the at least one group member terminal respectively performing terminal grouping based on the received grouping confirmation information and group member terminal identification information.

Preferably, the terminal grouping method using the short-range wireless communication, i) using the short-range wireless communication based on the result information of the terminal grouping performed by the group representative terminal and the at least one group member terminal in the step iii), respectively; And transmitting to the group representative terminal and / or the group member terminal of another person.

In addition, in the terminal grouping method according to the present invention, after the terminal grouping process is performed, the group representative terminal or the group member terminal itself measures the terminal position using GPS, and the measured terminal position information is set to a preset condition. Accordingly, the method may further include transmitting to another group member terminal or a group representative terminal, thereby performing effective communication using the terminal grouping.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. In the following description, the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible, and detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention are omitted.

First, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in order to group terminals using short range wireless communication according to the present invention, a group representative terminal 10 attempting grouping of terminals for the first time and a short range wireless communication with the group representative terminal 10 are performed. It is composed of at least one group member terminal (20, 30, 40) formed by one terminal group by exchanging predetermined information through.

In the present invention, 'group representative terminal' refers to a mobile communication terminal that attempts to group terminals for the first time, and 'group member terminal' refers to a group by receiving grouping request information from a predetermined terminal (group representative terminal) and allowing grouping. The term refers to a mobile communication terminal which is a member of. However, although the group representative terminal and the group member terminal may be implemented as separate terminals having different hardware structures for a specific purpose, in general, a mobile communication terminal having the same or similar hardware structure may be used (grouping attempt). According to the present invention, the terms 'group representative terminal' and 'group member terminal' are simply used as a group representative terminal. It should be understood to be used to distinguish between.

The group representative terminal 10 is a terminal that attempts to group terminals by using short-range wireless communication, and transmits grouping request information and group representative terminal identification information to at least one or more terminals within a wireless communication range. The 'grouping request information' is information for grouping of the terminal, and simply includes information that a group member terminal receiving the group transmits whether to participate in the grouping, and, more specifically, the classification (type), characteristics, This can include introductions, existing members, and so on. In addition, the 'group representative terminal identification information' may be a phone number of the terminal as information that can be used to identify the group representative terminal as it is, even if the terminal serial number, terminal subscriber information, etc. are used instead of the telephone number. If the information is identifiable by the other party (group member terminal) by accessing the management server (location information management server, home location register, etc.) through the communication network will correspond to this.

The group member terminals 20, 30, and 40 receive the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information transmitted from the group representative terminal 10, and the corresponding grouping identification information and the group member terminal identification information are returned to the group representative terminal. Transfer to (10). The 'grouping confirmation information' is information for notifying whether or not to participate in grouping of the terminal. The grouping confirmation information may be simply information about attending or not participating in the grouping, and, in detail, the grouping request information may select one of a plurality of groups. If the information is included, the group selection information will be included. If the grouping request information requires the personal information of the group member terminal user, the personal information (eg, name, gender, etc.) will be included. 'Group member terminal identification information' will be regarded as the information that can identify the mobile communication terminal, similar to the aforementioned group representative terminal identification information.

The group representative terminal 10 receives grouping confirmation information and respective group member terminal identification information from at least one or more group member terminals 20, 30, and 40, and performs terminal grouping based on the group identification information. Then, the result information is transmitted back to the at least one or more group member terminals 20, 30 and 40, so that not only the group representative terminal 10 but also the group member terminals 20, 30 and 40 can know the grouping contents. have.

In summary, the terminal grouping method using the short-range wireless communication according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information transmitted by the group representative terminal 10 at least one group member terminal 20, 30, 40 receives and transmits the grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information corresponding thereto to the group representative terminal 10 again, and the group representative terminal 10 performs grouping of the terminals and sends the result information back to the group member. It is a method of transmitting to the terminals 20, 30, and 40.

2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

2, the group representative terminal 10 transmits the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information to at least one or more group member terminals 20, 30, and 40, similarly to the first embodiment. . Each of the group member terminals 20, 30, and 40 receiving the same transmits the grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information corresponding to the group member terminals 20, 30, and 40, respectively. The grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information are also transmitted to the group member terminal. For example, the group member terminal (I) denoted by the identification number 20 receives the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information from the group representative terminal 10 and then transmits the grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information, and wireless communication range. Not only the group representative terminal 10 within but also the group member terminals 30 and 40 of others receive it. The same applies to the group member terminal II indicated by the identification number 30 and the group member terminal III indicated by the identification number 40. Therefore, the respective terminals 10, 20, 30, and 40 perform grouping based on mutually transmitted and received information, and in this case, unlike the first embodiment described above, it is not necessary to necessarily transmit grouping result information to the counterpart. none. However, even in this case, it is preferable to transmit the result information again to confirm the grouping result.

Other detailed descriptions of the second embodiment are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, when the terminal grouping is formed, group members (including representatives) can use the group-specific communication service.

For example, when hiking at a school, a company, or a club, a group is formed as a whole or a group is formed for each team (in this case, the above-described group classification information and group selection information can be used). Can be done. In addition, the grouped terminals measure the location information of the terminal by using a GPS or the like according to a preset condition (for example, at a predetermined time period or artificially when the target point is reached), and the terminal location information of the terminal is a member terminal of the same group. To send. This allows each member, including the team leader, to locate other members, and respond quickly to urgent situations, especially when some members are lost or encounter dangerous work.

In addition, it is possible to easily share the necessary information (eg, phone number, etc.) between the grouped members (eg, friends, colleagues) through the terminal grouping.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, The examples are to be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

In addition, the scope of the present invention is specified by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted as

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily group terminals belonging to a specific group by using short-range wireless communication such as RFID, Bluetooth, ZigBee, NFC, and the like. Has the effect of performing.

Claims (14)

a) a group representative terminal transmitting grouping request information and group representative terminal identification information using short-range wireless communication; b) at least one group member terminal having received the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information is sent to the group representative terminal using short range wireless communication with grouping confirmation information and group member terminal identification information corresponding to the grouping request information. Transmitting; And and c) performing grouping of the terminal on the basis of the received grouping confirmation information and group member terminal identification information by the group representative terminal. The method of claim 1, and d) transmitting, by the group representative terminal, the result information of the grouping of the terminals performed in step c) to the at least one group member terminal using short range wireless communication. Terminal grouping method. The method of claim 2, e) the group representative terminal further comprises the step of measuring terminal location information using GPS and transmitting the measured terminal location information to the at least one group member terminal according to a preset condition. Terminal grouping method using wireless communication. The method of claim 2, e ') The group member terminal measures terminal location information using GPS and transmits the measured terminal location information to the group representative terminal and / or a group member terminal of another person according to a preset condition. Terminal grouping method using near field communication. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The grouping request information includes group classification information for selecting one of two or more groups, The grouping confirmation information includes group selection information for selecting a desired group from the two or more groups according to the group classification information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The group representative terminal identification information and the group member terminal identification information is a terminal group method using short-range wireless communication, characterized in that the phone number of the terminal. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The short-range wireless communication is a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication using one of the radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), Zigbee (zigbee), NFC (Near Field Communication). Iii) the group representative terminal transmitting grouping request information and group representative terminal identification information using short-range wireless communication; Ii) at least one group member terminal having received the grouping request information and the group representative terminal identification information by using the short range wireless communication using the grouping identification information and the group member terminal identification information corresponding to the grouping request information; Transmitting to a group member terminal of another person; And Iv) performing terminal grouping on the basis of the grouping confirmation information and the group member terminal identification information received by the group representative terminal and the at least one group member terminal, respectively. The method of claim 8, Iii) transmitting, by the group representative terminal and the at least one group member terminal device, the result information of the grouping of the terminals performed in step iii) to the group representative terminal and / or the group member terminal of another person using short-range wireless communication. Terminal grouping method using a short-range wireless communication, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 9, Iii) the group representative terminal further comprising measuring terminal location information using GPS and transmitting the measured terminal location information to the at least one group member terminal according to a preset condition. Terminal grouping method using wireless communication. The method of claim 9, ′ ') The group member terminal measures terminal location information using GPS and transmits the measured terminal location information to the group representative terminal and / or a group member terminal of another person according to a preset condition. Terminal grouping method using near field communication. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, The grouping request information includes group classification information for selecting one of two or more groups, The grouping confirmation information includes group selection information for selecting a desired group from the two or more groups according to the group classification information. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, And the group representative terminal identification information and the group member terminal identification information are phone numbers of the corresponding terminals. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, The short-range wireless communication is a terminal grouping method using short-range wireless communication using one of the radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), Zigbee (zigbee), NFC (Near Field Communication).

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