Communication terminal, place management server, and method of detecting place information thereof
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsSeung-Ik LEE, Inhak JOO, RockWon KIM, Yun Kyung PARK, Chae Kyu KIM
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Abstract
A first Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module that is set as an anchor searches for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal and transmits information of the found Bluetooth terminal to a place management server. The place management server updates place information of a user of the found Bluetooth terminal to place information of the first Bluetooth terminal and transmits the updated place information to the found Bluetooth terminal.
Claims18
A method of detecting a user's place information in a place information detection system, the method comprising:
- searching for, by a first Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module that is set as an anchor, a peripheral Bluetooth terminal;
- transmitting information of a Bluetooth terminal that is found by the first Bluetooth terminal to a place management server;
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- updating, by the place management server, place information of the user of the found Bluetooth terminal.
A place management server that detects a user's place information, the place management server comprising:
- a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of Bluetooth terminals having a short range communication module;
- a member information database that stores place information to correspond to an identifier of the Bluetooth terminal;
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- a member management unit that updates place information that is stored to correspond to an identifier of a peripheral Bluetooth terminal that is found by the first Bluetooth terminal in which anchor authority is authenticated among a plurality of Bluetooth terminals at the member information database to place information of the first Bluetooth terminal.
A communication terminal that detects a user's place information, the communication terminal comprising:
- a Bluetooth search unit that searches for a peripheral Bluetooth terminal having a short range communication module;
- an anchor setting unit that activates the Bluetooth search unit and that registers the place information of the user terminal at a place management server;
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- a communication unit that transmits information of the found peripheral Bluetooth terminal to the place management server,
- wherein place information of a user of the peripheral Bluetooth terminal is updated to the place information of the user terminal by the place management server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.