Apparatus and method for providing application service based on area

摘要

The present invention relates to a short range wireless communication device for providing an application service based on an area. In particular, an apparatus for providing an application service based on an area in a small cell including a femtocell base station or a WiFi Access Point, the apparatus including a communication unit to receive a list of application services from an Application Service Provisioning Server, select and download at least one application service from the received list, an application service database to store the at least one downloaded application service, a service controller to install the at least one downloaded application service, or uninstall an installed application service, a user equipment access detector to detect a user equipment entering or exiting a service area, and a user equipment database to store an identifier and information of the user equipment entering or exiting the service area.

主权项

1. A method of providing an application service based on an area, the method comprising:
receiving, by a small base station, a list of application services to be installed; selecting, by the small base station, at least one application service from the received list of application services; downloading, by the small base station, the at least one selected application service; installing, by the small base station, the at least one downloaded application service in the small cell, or uninstalling an installed application service wherein the at least one downloaded application service in stored, and detecting by the small base station, a user equipment entering or exiting small base station service area, wherein an identifier and information of the user equipment entering or exiting the small base station service area, wherein the small base station transmits the information about the user equipment entering or exiting the small base station service area to the Application Service Provisioning Server, and receives notification information that the application service informs the user equipment, wherein the user equipment compares the list of application services to a stored list of application services in response to receiving the list of application services, and if a deleted application service is included in the list of the application services, the user equipment automatically uninstalls the installed application service that corresponds to the deleted application service.