KR101661749B1 - Method, Apparatus and Recording media for processing beacon signal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium for processing beacon signals, and more particularly, to a beacon signal processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, The beacon server decrypts the encrypted data included in the beacon signal and recognizes the remainder of the decrypted data as the valid beacon information or after the beacon server decrypts the encrypted data, It is possible to prevent malicious use through exposure or duplication of beacon information and to enhance security of the beacon service.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a beacon signal processing apparatus,

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a recording medium for the beacon signal processing, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a beacon signal by encrypting and transmitting a variation value, which is changed according to a predetermined condition, A beacon signal processing apparatus and method capable of preventing exposure of beacon information or duplication of beacon information, and a recording medium apparatus, method, and recording medium therefor.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

Recently, near-field service solutions using Bluetooth based beacon, which is a near-field wireless communication technology (PAN), are being launched one after another. Near field communication (NFC) or Quick Response (QR), which is similar to Bluetooth beacons, requires a user to take action such as touching or manipulating the device to recognize a tag or code because the communication distance is short. It is possible to automatically recognize the user and obtain the location, and to provide various location-based services to the user.

In addition, the Bluetooth beacon can be used indoors and more sophisticated than GPS (Global Positioning System) based positioning, and can be used as a base technology to provide various services in buildings such as stadiums, exhibitions, art galleries, shops .

Bluetooth technology is a low-power, short-range wireless communication technology used in WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network). Since the development of the BR standard (1.1 as Basic Rate), it has been utilized in various fields such as wireless headset and wireless keyboard, Bluetooth (Enhanced Data Rate) to improve performance, High Speed (HS) to support high-capacity transmission such as moving picture, and Bluetooth low energy with low energy technology.

Bluetooth 4.0 is aimed at the Internet of Things (IoT) market, which can dramatically reduce power consumption, creating products that can be used for sports, health care, sensors, and device control.

However, the beacon information transmitted from the beacon apparatus is a value pre-determined between applications, and the beacon apparatus continuously transmits the same beacon information. By replicating the beacon information as it is and transmitting the information at another place, There is a problem in that a service is provided from a place, or a beacon information is converted from a beacon in various places into a DB to leak information.

This is called Beacon Hijacking or Beacon spoofing. Several methods for preventing this are described. First, there is a method of periodically exchanging beacon information. However, this method requires a time interval to be changed, so there is a possibility that beacon information is leaked between these temporal intervals, and there is a possibility that a rule for changing beacon information is exposed when an analysis is attempted through an application dicom file (Decompile) And there is a problem that time synchronization is strictly required between the beacon device and the terminal.

The second is a 3-way server connection where the beacon device and the application each connect to the server and get modified beacon information. This also applies to beacon complicated implementation requirements and only when the beacon device can connect to the Internet And has a security vulnerability when the operation of the application is exposed.

Korea Registered Patent No. 10-1382526 April 01, 2014 (Name: Network Security Method and Security System for MAC Spoofing Prevention)

As described above, the present invention attempts to resolve the problem of collecting beacon information, making it a database, copying its value, and transmitting its value at another place, thereby providing service or leakage of necessary information in an unauthorized place.

In particular, the present invention generates a variation value according to a set condition, encrypts and transmits at least a part of beacon information included in the beacon signal, and decrypts encrypted data by a server or a terminal that receives the transmitted signal A beacon signal processing apparatus and method capable of preventing malicious use through exposure or duplication of a beacon signal by extracting valid beacon information, and a recording medium therefor.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beacon device including a communication module for transmitting a beacon signal, a storage module for storing one or more beacon information allocated to the beacon device, And a control module that generates the beacon signal including one or more beacon information, and encrypts at least one of the change value and the one or more beacon information in the beacon signal.

Further, in the beacon apparatus of the present invention, the fluctuation value may include a part of one or more of the one or more beacon information, and the fluctuation value may be changed according to one or more of the delivery count and the delivery time.

Also, in the beacon apparatus of the present invention, the one or more beacon information may include at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on one or more systems, access address information for accessing service information, . ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the control module may encrypt the identification information of the highest rank mapped to the application among the one or more identification information together with the change value, and may include at least one of remaining identification information excluding the identification information of the highest rank among the one or more identification information, And the variable value can be encrypted together.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for processing a beacon signal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The beacon signal processing method includes receiving a variable value and at least one beacon information encrypted data from a terminal device, Determining whether the one or more beacon information is valid based on the variation value, and if it is determined that the one or more beacon information is valid, performing a service corresponding to the one or more beacon information .

Also, a beacon signal processing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes at least one identification information for identifying a location, a service object, or an area on one or more systems, access address information for accessing service information, The beacon information may include one or more beacon information, and the variation value may be changed according to at least one of a transmission count and a transmission time.

At this time, the beacon signal processing method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes mapping and storing the variable value determined as valid to one or more beacon information, and mapping the changed value to one or more beacon information, Value is compared with the extracted variation value, and it can be determined that the extracted variation value is valid if the extracted variation value is larger than the stored variation value.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a beacon signal processing method, the method comprising: receiving a beacon signal including encrypted data; Removing the variation value from the decoded data, extracting the remaining fixed value as valid beacon information, and activating the application mapped to the extracted valid beacon information.

According to the present invention, the application of the beacon device and the terminal device do not need to obtain modified beacon information by connecting to the server, respectively. Since the beacon device is not connected to the Internet, it is easy to implement the beacon device, Malicious use through exposure and duplication of the beacon information can be prevented

In addition, since the present invention does not require strict time synchronization for checking the period, the requirement of the beacon function is simplified, and since the rules for changing and encrypting the beacon information are shared only between the server and the beacon device, There is no possibility of leakage of information through the network, thereby simplifying application implementation and improving security.

In addition, the present invention can encrypt not only beacon identification information for identifying a beacon device but also service information, signal strength information, and the like, so that a portion to be hidden can be selected and hidden, thereby further enhancing security.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a beacon service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a beacon device according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device according to the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a beacon service server according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a beacon device according to the present invention.
FIGS. 6A to 6E are diagrams showing a change value part and an encrypted data part of beacon information transmitted from a beacon device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of the beacon service server according to the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a terminal according to the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating an operating environment in a beacon signal processing system for beacon signal processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a more complete understanding of the nature and advantages of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms and words used in the following description and drawings are not to be construed in an ordinary sense or a dictionary, and the inventor can properly define his or her invention as a concept of a term to be described in the best way It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Also, terms including ordinal numbers such as first, second, etc. are used to describe various elements, and are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, Not used. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as a second component.

Also, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprising "or" having ", as used herein, are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, It should be understood that the foregoing does not preclude the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Also, the terms "part," "module," and the like, which are described in the specification, refer to a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Also, the terms " a or ", "one "," the ", and the like are synonyms in the context of describing the invention (particularly in the context of the following claims) May be used in a sense including both singular and plural, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In addition to the above-described terms, certain terms used in the following description are provided to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and the use of such specific terms may be changed to other forms without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

In addition, embodiments within the scope of the present invention include computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions or data structures stored on computer-readable media. Such computer-readable media can be any available media that is accessible by a general purpose or special purpose computer system. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or in the form of computer- But is not limited to, a physical storage medium such as any other medium that can be used to store or communicate certain program code means of the general purpose or special purpose computer system, .

The beacon service according to the present invention is described based on a data communication technology of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) scheme.

While NFC is only available within a few tens of centimeters, the Bluetooth method can operate in the range of several tens of meters, and its application field is widely applied. In particular, Bluetooth does not need to be tagged like a NFC near a reader, so data can be transmitted only when the beacon is installed, and detailed data can be read and personalized in the building.

However, the beacon service in the present invention is not limited to BLE or Bluetooth, and various local communication technologies of PAN (Personal Area Network) such as Zigbee, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), ANT, Applicable.

Now, an apparatus for beacon signal processing in a beacon service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the structure of a beacon service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be schematically described.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of a beacon signal processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

1, the beacon signal processing terminal apparatus 200 and the beacon service server apparatus 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be included. The terminal device 200 and the beacon service server 300 operate in cooperation with each other through the communication network 400.

Hereinafter, each component will be schematically described with reference to FIG.

First, the beacon apparatus 100 refers to a device that periodically transmits a beacon signal including one or more beacon information for a normal beacon service. Here, one or more beacon information included in the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon apparatus 100 is a criterion of a beacon service provided by the terminal apparatus 200.

More specifically, the one or more beacon information may include one or more identification information for identifying a service object or an area allocated to the beacon device 100 on one or more systems, connection address information for accessing service information, In order to securely transmit the beacon signal, the beacon apparatus 100 according to the present invention further generates a variation value according to a predetermined condition, and the beacon apparatus 100 calculates the number of times , The fluctuation value may fluctuate depending on at least one of the transmission time and the generation time.

Also, there can be various schemes for preset conditions for generating the fluctuation value, and in one embodiment, it can be assumed that the fluctuation value is incremented by one every time.

That is, if the beacon apparatus 100 generates a variation value corresponding to '1', it can generate a variation value corresponding to '2' at the next transmission.

Of course, the method of generating the variation value of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be incremented by 2 or 3 every transmission, and conditions for generating the variation value can be set in various ways.

The beacon apparatus 100 transmits the at least one beacon information and the variation value together with the beacon signal, and transmits the generated variation value together with at least one beacon information.

A specific embodiment of at least one beacon information to be encrypted together with such a variance value will be described in more detail below with reference to Figs. 6A to 6E.

At this time, the cipher system is shared between the beacon apparatus 100 and the terminal apparatus 200, or between the beacon apparatus 100 and the beacon service server 300, and there are various cipher systems.

When the beacon apparatus 100 encrypts the variation value and the at least one beacon information, the encrypted beacon signal is transmitted at a predetermined period. At this time, the variation value included in the encrypted beacon signal is changed every predetermined time .

Next, the terminal device 200 is capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 400 according to a user's operation, and means a user device capable of receiving a beacon signal transmitted from the beacon device 100 do. The terminal device 200 can perform voice or data communication through the communication network 400 and can transmit and receive information to and from the beacon service server 300 through the communication network 400, Based communication. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > To this end, the terminal device 200 of the present invention may include a memory for storing programs and protocols for transmission and reception of beacon signals, and a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs.

The terminal device 200 accesses an application providing device (not shown) connected to the communication network 400, for example, an app store, receives a beacon signal from the app store, and displays a content corresponding to the beacon signal. The service application can be received and installed. The terminal device 200 executes the beacon service application, extracts one or more beacon information from the beacon signal, transmits it to the beacon service server 300, maps the beacon information to beacon information from the beacon service server 300, (For example, advertisement information or coupon of the corresponding merchant), and provide the content to the user.

When the beacon signal is received from the beacon apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the beacon signal received in accordance with the present invention is transmitted to the terminal apparatus 200 through a predetermined step Processing. Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, upon receiving a beacon signal, the terminal device 200 first extracts encrypted data from the beacon signal received through the cipher system preset and shared with the beacon apparatus 100 Decodes the decoded data, removes the deconvolution value from the decoded data, and extracts the remaining fixed value excluding the deconvolution value as the effective beacon information. Then, the application mapped to the extracted effective beacon information is activated to perform the beacon service procedure described above.

In another embodiment of the present invention, when receiving the beacon signal, the terminal device 200 extracts the encrypted data included in the beacon signal and transmits the decrypted data to the beacon service server 300 as it is, So that validation can be performed.

At this time, the beacon service may be various services provided in the wired / wireless Internet, such as a promotional page service of a merchant, a discount coupon download service, and a payment service for products purchased from a merchant.

The terminal device 200 of the present invention can be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal device 200 described in the present specification may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a portable multimedia player (PMP) Of course, fixed terminals such as smart TVs, desktop computers, etc. may be used.

In addition, the terminal device 200 of the present invention can not enumerate all of the variations of the portable device according to the convergence trend of the digital device, but a unit equivalent to the above- And the beacon service application according to the present invention can be used as the terminal device 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The beacon signal processing method of such a terminal device 200 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The beacon service server 300 is a server device for providing a beacon service to the terminal device 200 based on the beacon information transmitted from the terminal device 200. [ In particular, in one embodiment of the present invention, when encrypted data is transmitted from the terminal device 200, the beacon service server 300 decrypts the encrypted data and extracts a variation value and one or more beacon information. In addition, the beacon service server 300 can verify the validity of the extracted one or more beacon information based on the extracted variation value, and provide the beacon service mapped to the corresponding beacon information as a result of the verification.

Next, the beacon service server 300 is a server device for providing a beacon service to the terminal device 200 in cooperation with the terminal device 200 through the communication network 400. In particular, when the beacon service server 300 receives the beacon information from the terminal device 200, the beacon service server 300 can provide the content mapped to the received beacon information to the terminal device 200. [

At this time, the beacon service server 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention can receive one or more pieces of beacon information and data having a variable value from the terminal device 200, and transmits the encrypted data to the beacon device 100 It is possible to determine whether the beacon information is valid based on the variation value and to provide the beacon service according to the determination result. More specifically, the beacon service server 300 receives data obtained by encrypting the variation value and one or more beacon information from the terminal device 200, decrypts the encrypted data according to the shared setting condition, . Thereafter, the terminal 200 determines whether one or more beacon information is valid based on the variation value, maps the variation value determined to be valid to one or more beacon information, stores the service information, and maps service information mapped with the extracted beacon information, Lt; / RTI >

At this time, a method of determining whether one or more beacon information is valid is performed by comparing a variation value stored lastly determined to be valid with a variation value received and decoded from the terminal apparatus 200, If it is larger than the stored variation value, it can be judged to be valid.

That is, assuming that the change value stored most recently and stored is '5', if the decoded change value is '7' or '8', the decoded decoded value is greater than the most recently determined decoded value The server judges that the received beacon information together with the decoded changed value is valid. However, if the decoded variable value is '5' or '4', it is less than or equal to the most recent valid value, so that the server can notify the decoded variable value together with the beacon information received by the third party, Determines that the received beacon information together with the decoded changed value is not valid, and ignores the entire received beacon signal including the changed value.

However, the method of determining whether the beacon information is valid may be variously set according to the method, characteristics, and the like shared in the terminal device 200 and the beacon service server 300.

In this system, the beacon device 100 and the terminal device 200 are interlocked based on the short-range wireless communication technology as described above, and the terminal device 200 and the beacon service server 300 are interlocked through the communication network 400 can do.

The communication network 400 according to the present invention transmits data for transmitting and receiving data between the terminal device 200 and the beacon service server 300. The communication network 400 includes a WLAN (Wireless LAN), a Wi-Fi, a WiBro However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to use Ethernet, xDSL (ADSL, VDSL), HFC (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) (Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Cable), FTTC (Fiber to the Curb), and FTTH (Fiber To The Home).

In addition, the communication network 300 may include a plurality of access networks (not shown) and a core network (not shown), and may include an external network such as an Internet network (not shown). Here, the access network (not shown) is an access network that performs wired / wireless communication with the terminal device 200 and includes a plurality of base stations such as a base station (BS), a base transceiver station (BTS), a NodeB, an eNodeB, (Base Station Controller), and an RNC (Radio Network Controller). Also, as described above, the digital signal processing unit and the radio signal processing unit integrally implemented in the base station are divided into digital units (hereinafter, referred to as DUs and radio units (RUs) A plurality of RUs (not shown) may be provided in each of a plurality of areas, and a plurality of RUs (not shown) may be connected to a centralized DU (not shown).

A core network (not shown) constituting a mobile network together with an access network (not shown) performs a role of connecting an access network (not shown) and an external network (not shown), for example, an Internet network (not shown).

As described above, the core network (not shown) is a network system that performs main functions for mobile communication services such as mobility control and switching between access networks (not shown), and includes a circuit switching or a packet exchange and manages and controls the packet flow in the mobile network. The core network (not shown) manages inter-frequency mobility and plays a role for interworking with traffic in an access network (not shown) and a core network (not shown) and other networks such as the Internet It is possible. Such a core network (not shown) may further include an SGW (Serving Gate Way), a PGW (PDN GateWay), an MSC (Mobile Switching Center), a HLR (Home Location Register), a MME (Mobile Mobility Entity) .

The Internet network (not shown) refers to a public network, that is, a public network, in which information is exchanged according to the TCP / IP protocol. The Internet network is connected to the beacon service server 300, The information provided from the terminal device 100 and the beacon device 500 can be provided to the terminal device 200 and the beacon device 100 via a core network (not shown) and an access network (not shown) May be provided to the beacon service server 300 via an access network (not shown) and a core network (not shown). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the beacon service server 300 may be implemented integrally with a core network (not shown).

In addition to the above-described communication methods, other widely known or later-developed communication methods may be included.

The configuration of the beacon signal processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation method of the beacon device according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the beacon apparatus 100, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation method of the beacon apparatus.

2, the beacon device 100 includes a communication module 110, a control module 130, and a storage module 15.

The communication module 110 transmits the beacon signal. When the communication module 110 transmits the data including the encrypted beacon information in the control module 150, the terminal device 200 receives the data and processes the beacon signal .

However, the communication method used by the communication module 110 is not limited to the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) type. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and Zigbee, UWB (Ultra-WideBand) ANT, Wi-fi, and so on.

The storage module 150 stores one or more beacon information assigned to the beacon device.

At this time, the beacon information stored in the storage module 150 includes at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on one or more systems, access address information for accessing service information, can do.

The control module 130 is a structure for controlling the beacon signal to transmit at least one beacon information stored in the storage module 150 at a constant cycle. In particular, in the present invention, the control module 130 generates a variation value according to a predetermined condition, and generates a beacon signal including at least one of the generated variation value and the beacon information stored in the storage module 150 And transmits the encrypted beacon signal to the communication module 110 after encrypting the variation value and at least one beacon information with the encryption method shared with the beacon service server 300 or the terminal device 200 .

At this time, the variation value generated by the control module 130 may be included as a part of one or more of the beacon information. For example, a part of the identification information part for identifying the beacon device 100 among the beacon information stored in the storage module 150 may be assigned as a variation value, and a part set as a variation value may be changed according to a predetermined condition will be.

However, this is not limited to identification information, and it is natural that a part of beacon information such as service information, connection address information, signal strength information, and the like can be allocated as a variation value.

Also, the control module 130 can generate the variation value according to at least one of the transmission count and the transmission time. For example, the control module 130 may increase the variation value by one in each transmission.

That is, if the control module 130 generates a variation value corresponding to '1', it can generate a variation value corresponding to '2' at the next transmission.

Of course, the method of generating the variation value of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be incremented by 2 or 3 every transmission, and conditions for generating the variation value can be set in various ways.

At this time, the control module 150 encrypts the identification information and the variation value of the highest rank mapped to the application among the one or more identification information included in the beacon information together with one or more of the remaining identification information excluding the identification information of the highest rank, Variable values can be encrypted together.

The operation of the beacon apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5, where the beacon apparatus 100 generates a variation value according to predetermined conditions (S501).

In this case, the variation value may be included as part of one or more beacon information stored in the beacon device 100, or may be generated separately from the beacon information stored in the beacon device 100. [

When the variation value is generated, the beacon apparatus 100 generates a beacon signal including the generated variation value and the beacon information set in the beacon apparatus 100 (S503).

At least one beacon signal among the generated beacon signals is selected and encrypted based on the setting shared with the beacon service server 300 or the terminal device 200 together with the variation value (S505). At this time, the selected beacon information may include at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on one or more systems, access address information for accessing service information, and signal strength information, One or more of these may be encrypted together with the variance value.

6A through 6E are diagrams illustrating various embodiments of a beacon signal transmitted by the beacon apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

In Figs. 6A to 6E, the hatched portion is the beacon information portion to be encrypted.

6A to 6C, the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon apparatus 100 may include prefix information, first identification information, a variation value, at least one second identification information, and signal strength information. Here, the prefix information is information indicating the beginning of the beacon information. The first identification information may be a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) indicating the location or area of the beacon apparatus 100, and the second identification information may be a lower rank of the first identification information, Major ID and Minor ID mapped to the user ID. That is, the first identification information may be the highest ranking identification information mapped to the application among the one or more identification information. However, the configuration of such a data frame is not limited to the above embodiment, but may have various identification information depending on the use and the case in which the beacon apparatus 100 is used.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6A, the variation value and the second identification information can be encrypted together after the variation value is disposed between the first identification information and the second identification information. At this time, the variation value may be included as part of the first identification information.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6B, a variation value may be arranged behind the data, and the variation value, the second identification information, and the signal strength information may be encrypted together.

Further, as shown in Fig. 6C, a variation value may be arranged after the first identification information, and the variation value and the first identification information may be encrypted together.

6A to 6E, the beacon signal according to the present invention may include first identification information, flag information, signal strength information, connection address information, and a variation value.

 The first identification information may be, for example, a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) as unique identification information mapped to the location or area of the beacon device 100 or the service object, and the connection address information may be a location And may be URL or URI address information.

In this configuration, as shown in Fig. 6D, a variation value is arranged behind the data frame, the variation value and the connection address information are encrypted together, or, as shown in Fig. 6E, And the first identification information and the variation value can be encrypted together.

6A to 6E are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and the contents of the present invention are not limited thereto. Referring back to FIG. 5, the beacon apparatus 100 transmits the beacon signal encrypted together with at least one of the variation value and one or more beacon information to the terminal apparatus 200 (S507), as described above.

The above-described process of FIG. 5 is repeatedly executed every time a beacon signal is transmitted, and a variation value is changed each time a beacon signal is transmitted.

At this time, it can be assumed that the predetermined number of steps is increased by an example of predetermined conditions. That is, if the previously transmitted fluctuation value is '1', the fluctuation value may be increased to '2' by increasing 1 at the next transmission.

Of course, it is needless to say that there is a variety of variation methods other than the method of increasing or decreasing the variation value by 1 or 2, Any variation can be done.

The encrypted data of the beacon signal configured as described above can be decrypted in the terminal device 200 or decrypted in the beacon service server 300. [

The configuration and operation method of the beacon device according to the present invention have been described above.

Next, the configuration and operation method of the terminal device 200 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.

3, a terminal device 200 according to the present invention includes a control module 210, a communication module 230, an input module 250, a storage module 270, and an output module 290.

The communication module 230 transmits and receives data such as beacon information or service information with the beacon service server 300 through the first communication module 231 and the communication network 400 for receiving a beacon signal from the beacon device 100 And a second communication module 233.

Here, the first communication module 231 performs PAN (Personal Area Network) communication including Bluetooth as described above. The second communication module 233 uses a wireless communication method such as WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi, Wibro, WiMAX, and HSDPA as described above .

The first communication module 231 and the second communication module 233 include RF transmitting means for up-converting and amplifying the frequency of a transmitted signal, RF receiving means for performing low-noise amplification on the received signal and down-converting the frequency, . The communication module 230 may include at least one of a wireless communication module (not shown) and a wired communication module (not shown). The wireless communication module is configured to transmit and receive data according to a wireless communication method. When the terminal device 200 uses wireless communication, the wireless communication module uses any one of a wireless network communication module, a wireless LAN communication module, and a wireless fan communication module And transmit and receive data to and from the beacon service server 300 and the beacon apparatus 100.

When the beacon signal is received through the first communication module 231, the control module 210 extracts the beacon information included in the beacon signal, and transmits the beacon information to the beacon information server 300, And controls the beacon service to be executed.

In particular, in an embodiment of the present invention, when a beacon signal is received via the first communication module 231, the encrypted data included in the received beacon signal, i.e., And extracts and decrypts the encrypted data.

Then, the control module 210 removes the variation value from the decoded information, extracts the remaining fixed value as valid beacon information, and activates the application mapped to the extracted effective beacon information.

The control module 110 includes an operating system (OS) and a process unit for driving each configuration, and can perform the functions described above.

The storage module 270 is a device for storing data, and includes a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device, and stores an application program necessary for the functional operation of the terminal device 200. [ The storage module 270 may include a program area and a data area. Here, when the terminal device 200 activates each function in response to a request from the user, the terminal device 200 executes the corresponding application programs under the control of the control module 210 to provide each function.

In particular, in the present invention, the storage module 270 may store a plurality of applications 271a to 271n mapped to beacon information determined to be valid.

The input module 250 receives various information such as numbers and character information, and transmits various signals to the control module 210 in connection with setting various functions and controlling functions of the terminal device 200. In addition, the input module 250 may include at least one of a keypad and a touchpad that generates an input signal according to a user's touch or operation. At this time, the input module 250 may be configured in the form of a touch panel (or a touch screen) together with the output module 290 to simultaneously perform input and display functions. The input module 250 may be any type of input device that can be developed in addition to an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, and the like. In particular, the input module 250 according to the present invention senses input information input from the user and transmits the input information to the control module 210.

The output module 290 displays information on a series of operation states, operation results, and the like that occur during the performance of the function of the terminal device 200. In addition, the output module 290 can display a menu of the terminal device 200 and user data input by the user. The output module 290 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) An organic light emitting diode (OLED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a retina display, a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display. In this case, when the output module 290 is configured as a touch screen, the output module 290 can perform some or all of the functions of the input module 250.

The operation of the terminal device 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The terminal device 200 receives a beacon signal including one or more beacon information transmitted by the neighboring beacon device 100. At this time, the terminal device 200 transmits a beacon signal including encrypted data as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6E (S801). Upon receiving the beacon signal including the encrypted data, the terminal device 200 decrypts the encrypted data included in the received beacon signal (S803).

Subsequently, the terminal device 200 removes the variation value from the decrypted data, extracts the remaining fixed value excluding the variation value as the effective beacon information (S805), and activates the application matched with the extracted effective beacon information ( S807).

Although not shown in the figure, the activated application requests information matched with the information stored in the application to the beacon service server 300. The beacon service server 300 receives the information requested by the application, The service may be exposed through the output module 290 of the terminal device 200 and the service stored in the storage module 270 of the terminal device 200 may be directly exposed through the output module 290 will be.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 200 receives a beacon signal including encrypted data, unlike the case shown in FIG. 8, but does not decrypt the encrypted data, 300, and may be decoded by the beacon service server 300. At this time, the beacon signal further includes other unencrypted beacon information (for example, UUID), activates the application mapped to the UUID, and transmits the encrypted data through the application to the beacon service server 300 have.

The configuration and operation method of the terminal device 200 according to the present invention have been described above.

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation method of the beacon service server 300 according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the beacon service server 300 according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of the beacon service server 300 according to the present invention.

4, the beacon service server 300 includes a communication interface module 310, a service provision module 330, a validity verification module 350, and a storage module 370.

The communication interface module 310 is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the terminal device 200 through the communication network 400. In particular, the communication interface module 310 receives data having the changed value and one or more beacon information encrypted by the terminal device 200 And transmits service or service information corresponding to one or more beacon information provided by the service providing module 330 to the terminal device 200.

The service providing module 330 is a configuration for providing service information or service corresponding to the beacon information received from the terminal device 200 to the terminal device 200. At this time, the service providing module 330 provides the service information or the service corresponding to the received one or more beacon information to the terminal device 200 according to the determination result of the validity verification module 350.

The validation module 350 receives the encrypted data from the terminal device 200 based on the shared method with the beacon device 100 when the communication module 310 receives the encrypted data from the terminal device 200, And extracts the variation value and one or more beacon information. At this time, one or more beacon information included in the encrypted data may include at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on one or more systems, connection address information for accessing service information, .

In addition, the variation value may be allocated as a part of one or more beacon information, and may be varied according to one or more of the number of times of transmission and the transmission time. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto and that the beacon 100 may be modified into various forms depending on the use and the case in which the beacon 100 is used.

When the validation module 350 decrypts the encrypted data and extracts the variation value and one or more beacon information, it determines whether one or more beacon information is valid based on the extracted variation value.

At this time, it is determined that the beacon information stored in the storage module 370 is valid, and the most recently stored change value among the beacon information stored in the storage module 370 is compared with the extracted change value. If the extracted change value is greater than the most recently stored change value, it can be determined to be valid.

As an example, the beacon information and the variation value stored in the storage module 370 may be stored as shown in Table 1 below.

Storage time Variance value Beacon Information 20:02:30 5 AAA 20:02:25 4 AAA 20:02:20 3 AAA 20:02:15 2 AAA 20:02:10 One AAA

In the above example, it is assumed that the variation value increases by 1 each time the beacon apparatus 100 transmits a beacon signal. Assuming that the variance value received and decoded from the terminal device 200 by the validation module 350 is '8', it is determined that the variance value stored in the storage module 370 at 20:02:30, The validity checking module 350 can determine that the beacon information received from the terminal device 100 is valid because the validity checking module 350 is '5'.

If the variable value received and decoded from the terminal device 200 is '3', it is determined that the variable value is most recently valid, and the variable value is stored in the storage module 370 at 20:02:30 The validity verification module 350 may determine that the beacon information received from the terminal device 200 is not valid, that is, beacon information that is leaked or stolen, and can ignore the beacon information.

If the variation value received from the terminal device 200 is equal to the latest variation value stored as " 5 ", it is determined to be invalid and ignored.

However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The beacon apparatus 100 may increase the variation value to 2 or 3 or more, and may not increase the variation value, The method of varying the fluctuation value depending on the use or the use of the apparatus 100 may vary.

If it is determined that the beacon information is valid, the validity verification module 350 maps the beacon information to one or more beacon information, and stores the changed value in the storage module 370.

When the validation module 350 determines that the decrypted beacon information is valid, the validation module 350 requests the service provision module 330 to provide a service to the terminal device 200, and the service provision module 330 provides a service to the terminal device 200 can do.

The storage module 370 is a device for storing data such as the storage module 270 of the terminal device 200. The storage module 370 includes a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device and stores a program necessary for functional operation of the beacon service server 300 And data.

In particular, the storage module 370 according to the present invention may map the variation value determined as valid as described above to one or more beacon information, and store the database in a database.

Referring to FIG. 7, the operation of the beacon service server 300 will be described in more detail. The beacon service server 300 receives the encrypted data from the terminal device 200 (S701). The beacon service server 300 decrypts the encrypted data according to the beacon apparatus 100 and the shared cipher system, and transmits the decrypted data to the beacon server 100. In this case, One or more beacon information is extracted (S703). Here, the beacon information may include at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on one or more systems, access address information for accessing service information, and signal strength information, as in the previous example.

Then, the beacon service server 300 determines whether one or more beacon information extracted based on the extracted variation value is valid (S705). In the method of determining as described above, If the extracted variation value is larger than the stored variation value, it is determined that the extracted variation value is valid. If the extracted variation value is less than or equal to the stored variation value, it can be determined that the beacon information is invalid or leaked.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and various methods can be used according to the use and the usage of the beacon device 100. [

In addition, the fluctuation value may be varied according to one or more of the number of times of transmission and the delivery time. That is, according to the above-described embodiment, each time the beacon apparatus 100 transmits a beacon signal, the variation value can be increased to 1, 2, or more than the immediately preceding variation value and transmitted. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto.

If the beacon information is valid, the beacon service server 300 determines that the beacon information is valid (S707), performs the service corresponding to one or more beacon information, or transmits the service information to the terminal device 200 ( S709).

If the beacon information is not valid, the beacon information received from the terminal apparatus 200 can be ignored by determining the beacon information to be leaked or stolen (S711).

The configuration and operation method of the beacon service server according to the present invention have been described above.

The beacon signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above may be provided in the form of a computer readable medium suitable for storing computer program instructions and data.

At this time, the program recorded on the recording medium can be read and installed in the computer and executed, thereby executing the above-described functions.

In order to allow a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and to execute functions implemented by the program, the above-mentioned program may be stored in a computer-readable medium such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, and the like.

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure. In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer . In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server that is remote to execute the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a memory of the computer using a communication module of the computer, It may further include a communication-related code such as how to communicate with another computer or a server, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

Such computer-readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) Optical media such as a DVD (Digital Video Disk), a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM). The processor and memory may be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuits.

The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers in the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Each step according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer-executable instruction and executed by a computing system. As used herein, a "computing system" is defined as one or more software modules, one or more hardware modules, or a combination thereof that operate in conjunction with performing an operation on electronic data. For example, the definition of a computer system includes a software module such as a personal computer's operating system and a hardware component of a personal computer. The physical layout of the module is not important. The computer system may include one or more computers connected through a network.

Likewise, a computing system may be implemented in a single physical device in which an internal module, such as a memory and a processor, operates in conjunction with performing an operation on the electronic data.

That is, an apparatus for providing a beacon signal processing method in a beacon signal processing system according to the present invention, for example, a beacon apparatus 100, a terminal apparatus 200, and a beacon service server 300, May be implemented to perform the above-described embodiments.

9 is a diagram illustrating an operating environment in a beacon signal processing system for beacon signal processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which the invention may be implemented. Although not required, the invention may be described in connection with computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer system. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The computer executable instructions, associated data structures, and program modules illustrate examples of program code means for carrying out the acts of the invention disclosed herein.

9, an exemplary computing system embodying the present invention includes a processing unit 11, a system memory 12, and various system components including the system memory 12 connected to the processing unit 11 And a system bus 10 for communicating with the system.

The processing unit 11 may execute computer-executable instructions designed to implement the features of the present invention.

The system bus 10 may be any of several types of bus structures including a local bus, a peripheral bus, and a memory bus or memory controller using any of a variety of bus architectures. The system memory 12 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12a and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12b. A basic input / output system (BIOS) 13a, containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between components within a computing system, such as during start-up, may generally be stored in ROM 12a.

The computing system may include a storage means 18 including a hard disk drive, a magnetic disk drive, and an optical disk drive, which storage system 18 is connected to the system bus 10.

The above-described drives and their associated computer-readable media readable and writable by the drives provide non-volatile storage of computer-executable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data. The exemplary environment described herein may be implemented in other types of data storage devices, including magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, DVDs, Bernoulli cartridges, RAM, ROM, etc. in addition to hard disks, magnetic disks, Of computer readable media can be used.

Includes one or more program modules including an operating system 13b, one or more application programs 13c, other program modules 13d, and program data 13c that are loaded and executed by the processing unit 11 The program code means may be stored in the storage means 18, the ROM 12a or the RAM 12b.

In addition, the computing system may receive commands and information from a user through other input devices such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a microphone, a joystick, a game pad, a scanner, 24 to the processing unit 11. [ The input / output interface 24 may be, for example, a serial interface such as a serial port interface, a PS / 2 interface, a parallel port interface, a USB interface, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 interface (i.e., FireWire interface) Any of a variety of different interfaces can be represented logically, or even combinations of different interfaces can be represented logically.

In addition, the computing system to which the present invention is applied may further include a display device such as a monitor or an LCD, or an audio device such as a speaker or a microphone.

Further, the computing system embodying the invention is connectable to a network such as, for example, an office-wide or enterprise-wide computer network, a home network, an intranet, and / or the Internet. The computer system may exchange data with external sources such as, for example, a remote computer system, a remote application, and / or a remote database.

To this end, a computing system to which the present invention is applied includes a network interface 28 for receiving data from an external source and / or for transmitting data to an external source.

In the present invention, such a computing system is capable of transmitting and receiving information with a device located remotely via the network interface 28. For example, if the computing system refers to the terminal device 200, it can transmit and receive information to and from the beacon device 100 via the network interface 28. [ On the other hand, when the computing system refers to the beacon device 100, information can be transmitted and received to and from the terminal device 200 through the network interface 28. The network interface 28 may be represented by a logical combination of one or more software and / or hardware modules, such as, for example, a network interface card and a corresponding Network Driver Interface Specification ("NDIS") stack.

Likewise, the computer system receives data from an external source via the input / output interface 24 or transmits data to an external source. Output interface 24 may be connected to external memory, a modem (e.g., a standard modem, a cable modem, or a digital subscriber line (" DSL ") modem) as storage means, Receive data from a source and / or transfer data to an external source.

Although FIG. 9 shows an operating environment suitable for the present invention, the principles of the present invention may be employed with any system that can implement the principles of the present invention, with appropriate modifications if necessary. The environment shown in Fig. 9 is merely illustrative and does not represent a small portion of a very diverse environment in which the principles of the present invention may be implemented.

In addition, various information generated in executing the beacon signal processing process in the beacon signal processing system of the present invention can be stored and accessed in any computer readable medium related to the computing system. For example, a portion of these program modules and a portion of the associated program data may be stored in the system memory 12, such as in the operating system 13b, the application program 13c, the program module 13d, and / (13e).

Further, when a mass storage device such as a hard disk is connected to the computing system, such program modules and related program data may be stored in the mass storage device. In a networked environment, program modules associated with the present invention, or portions thereof, may be stored in a remote computer system connected via a modem or network interface 28 of the input / output interface 24. The execution of such a module can be performed in a distributed environment as described above.

As described above, the present specification contains details of a number of specific implementations, but they should not be construed as being limitations on the scope of any invention or claimability, but rather on the particular embodiment of a particular invention But should be understood as an explanation of the features. Certain features described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, although the features may operate in a particular combination and may be initially described as so claimed, one or more features from the claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, Or a variant of a subcombination.

Likewise, although the operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should be understood that such operations must be performed in that particular order or sequential order shown to achieve the desired result, or that all illustrated operations should be performed. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Also, the separation of the various system components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and systems will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

Certain embodiments of the subject matter described herein have been described. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. For example, the operations recited in the claims may be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results. By way of example, the process illustrated in the accompanying drawings does not necessarily require that particular illustrated or sequential order to obtain the desired results. In certain implementations, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

The description sets forth the best modes of the present invention and provides examples for the purpose of illustrating the invention and enabling a person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The written description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific terminology presented. Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art will recognize that modifications, changes, and modifications can be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the described embodiments but should be defined by the claims.

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium for processing beacon signals, and more particularly, to a beacon signal processing apparatus, And a recording medium therefor, for determining whether the terminal or beacon service server decrypts the encrypted identification information and then determining whether the information is valid information, and determining whether to expose the service information corresponding to the beacon signal.

According to the present invention, since the beacon and the application do not need to be connected to the server to obtain modified beacon information, the beacon device does not need to be connected to the Internet, and strict time synchronization for checking the cycle is not required, .

In addition, since the rules for changing and encrypting the beacon information are shared only between the server and the beacon device, there is no possibility of information leakage through the application dicom file (Decompile), and the beacon identification information for identifying the beacon device, And signal strength information can be encrypted, so that a portion to be hidden can be selected and hidden, thereby further enhancing security, thereby contributing to the development of the beacon service industry.

In addition, since the present invention is not only possible to be marketed or operated, but also can be practically and practically carried out, it is industrially applicable.

100: Beacon device 200: Terminal device 300: Beacon service server
400: communication network 110: beacon device communication module
130: Beacon device control module 150: Beacon device storage module
150: Beacon device storage module 210: Terminal device control module
230 terminal device communication module 250 terminal device input module
270 terminal device storage module 290 terminal device output module
310: Beacon service server communication interface module
330: beacon service server service provision module
350: Beacon service server validation module
370: Beacon Service Server Storage Module

Claims (13)

A communication module for transmitting a beacon signal;
A storage module for storing one or more beacon information allocated to the beacon device; And
And generating the beacon signal including the at least one beacon signal and the at least one of the at least one beacon signal and the at least one beacon signal in the beacon signal, And a control module for encrypting the values together. 2. The method of claim 1,
The beacon information being included as part of any one of the one or more beacon information. 2. The method of claim 1,
The number of times of transmission, and the transmission time of the beacon. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more beacon information
One or more identification information for identifying a location or service object or area on one or more systems, connection address information for accessing service information, and signal strength information. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control module
And encrypts the change value together with identification information of a highest rank mapped to the application among the one or more pieces of identification information. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control module
And encrypts at least one of the remaining identification information excluding the uppermost rank identification information among the one or more pieces of identification information together with the change value. A beacon device,
Generating a variation value that is increased or decreased according to a predetermined rule based on the variation value generated previously;
Generating a beacon signal including the change value and one or more beacon information set in the beacon device;
Encrypting, among the beacon signals, the change value and at least one beacon information;
And transmitting an encrypted beacon signal. The beacon service server,
The method comprising the steps of: receiving data from a terminal device, the change value generated by incrementing or decreasing according to a predetermined rule based on a change value previously generated by the terminal device, and data encrypted with at least one beacon information;
Decrypting the encrypted data to extract the change value and one or more beacon information;
Determining whether the extracted one or more beacon information is valid by comparing the most recently stored variation value among the variation values determined to be valid and mapped with the one or more beacon information and the extracted variation value;
And performing a service corresponding to the at least one beacon information if it is determined to be valid. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more beacon information
Wherein the service information includes at least one of identification information for identifying a location, service object or area on at least one system, connection address information for accessing service information, and signal strength information. 9. The method of claim 8,
The number of times of transmission, and the transmission time of the beacon signal. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the determining step comprises:
And determines that the beacon signal is valid if the extracted variation value is greater than the most recently stored variation value. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 7 to 11 is recorded. 12. A computer program embodied on a computer readable recording medium which is embodied to execute the method recited in any one of claims 7 to 11.

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