Local wireless data communication system, and method and apparatus for automatically setting information in the system

摘要

A local wireless data communication system and a method and apparatus for automatically setting information in the system, in which a service device is accessed via the Internet by setting Internet access using Internet access information received from a management terminal device and beacon identification information that is to be included in a beacon signal is automatically set by requesting and receiving identification information from the accessed service device. Thus, the beacon identification information may be automatically set and changed in a simple manner by a beacon device without performing a complicated process of accessing the beacon device and changing the settings of the beacon device by the management terminal device in order to set or change the beacon identification information. Also, the beacon device may be managed in a more convenient and simpler manner without an administrator's efforts. Also, costs and a time needed to manage the beacon device may be reduced.

主权项

1. A beacon device comprising:
a first communication unit configured to communicate with at least one terminal device by establishing local wireless data communication, and broadcast a beacon signal; a second communication unit configured to be linked to a service device via the Internet to establish communication so as to automatically set beacon identification information; and an information setting unit configured to access a management terminal device via the first communication unit to receive Internet access information for accessing the service device from the management terminal device, access the service device via the second communication unit by setting the received Internet access information, request and receive identification information from the accessed service device, and control the received identification information to be automatically set as the beacon identification information to be included in the beacon signal, wherein the management terminal device controls the access to the beacon device to be disabled when the beacon device sets the Internet access information.