KR20170087270A - Server, method and computer program for lodging management and portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A lodging management server according to an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The lodging management server receives a request based on unique identification information of a short range wireless communication apparatus received by the portable terminal from the portable terminal, converts the unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal, When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, And provides the generated key to the portable terminal, wherein the lifetime is specified in the guest smart key.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a lodging management server, a lodging management method, a computer program stored in a medium for accommodation management, and a portable terminal,

The present invention relates to a lodging management server, a lodging management method, a computer program stored in a medium for accommodation management, and a portable terminal.

Hotel and other accommodation facilities are used for sleeping or relaxing when traveling on business trips or business trips.

In particular, the hotel has facilities such as a health club, swimming pool, bar and business center. By using these facilities, you can relieve fatigue.

However, in order to use such accommodation, first of all, when you enter the entrance of the accommodation, you must go through the check-in process to receive the room's lake and room key from the front desk.

Of course, if you do not have a lot of guests wanting to stay at the front, you can check in immediately and go to your room for a rest, but if you have a lot of customers wanting to stay in front of you, The check-in process, which is handed to the desk staff directly to the room lake and the room key, is cumbersome.

In addition, when you leave the accommodation after the date of your stay, you will return the room key you had at the front desk to the front desk staff, and the front desk staff will provide you with the cost of using the accommodation. You will go through a checkout process that will pay for the fee.

However, in the case of such a check-out process, if the customer has an urgent task such as having an important appointment on the same day, the checkout process such as returning the room key directly to the front desk employee and setting a fare using a credit card, It is considered very troublesome.

Accordingly, there has been a demand for customers to further simplify check-in / check-out procedures when using accommodation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a lodging management server for automatically managing a check-in / check-out of a customer on the basis of location estimation using short-distance wireless communication, a lodging management method, And to provide a computer program and a portable terminal that are stored in a medium.

The above-described object is achieved by a mobile communication terminal, which receives a request based on unique identification information of a short range wireless communication apparatus received by a mobile terminal, converts the unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal, When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, Is provided to the portable terminal, and the accommodation management server according to the present embodiment, in which a lifetime is specified in the guest smart key, is provided.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the lifetime may be specified up to a checkout time.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, when the checkout application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information, the guest room can be automatically checked out based on the user identification information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the accommodation management server includes: a storage unit for storing information for accommodation management including the user identification information; A communication unit for receiving a request based on the unique identification information from the portable terminal, transmitting the application specific information to the portable terminal, and transmitting the guest smart key to the portable terminal; A detector for detecting unique identification information of a local area wireless communication apparatus allocated to a guest room using information stored in the storage unit; And a control unit for automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information and generating a guest room smart key for the corresponding room when the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information can do.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the check-out application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, the control unit can automatically check out the guest room based on the user identification information.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, when the guest room smart key is generated and the guest room smart key is transmitted to the portable terminal, the control unit may request the portable terminal to perform scanning of a nearby short range wireless communication device .

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, when the portable terminal performs the scanning and acquires the unique identification information of the near-field wireless communication apparatus located nearby, the control unit may transmit the unique identification information of the obtained short- And the unique ID information of the received local wireless communication device and the unique ID information of the local wireless communication device with respect to the detected room are compared with each other, and based on the comparison result, Path information can be generated.

The above-described object is achieved by a mobile communication terminal, which receives unique identification information of a short-range wireless communication apparatus, transmits a request based on the unique identification information to a lodging management server, and the unique identification information includes application specific information converted by the accommodation management server And a guest smart key for the guest room generated by the accommodation management server is received from the accommodation management server, wherein the guest smart key is stored in the guest smart key, A portable terminal according to the present embodiment is provided, in which a lifetime is specified.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the lifetime may be specified up to a checkout time.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, a check-out application may be further executed based on the application-specific information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal further includes a unique identification information recognition unit for receiving the unique identification information from the short range wireless communication apparatus and recognizing the unique identification information; And a request based on the unique identification information is transmitted to the accommodation management server, the unique identification information acquires the application specific information converted by the accommodation management server, and the check-in application is executed based on the application specific information An application execution unit; And a door control unit for locking and unlocking the door of the guest room based on the guest room smart key generated by the accommodation management server when the check-in application is executed by the application executing unit.

Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present invention, the application executing section may further execute the check-out application based on the application-specific information.

Meanwhile, the above-described object is achieved by a method for controlling a wireless local area network, comprising the steps of: transmitting a request based on unique identification information of a received local area wireless communication device to a lodging management server, Receiving the application specific information converted by the accommodation management server from the accommodation management server; Executing a check-in application based on the application-specific information; Receiving from the accommodation management server a guest room smart key for a corresponding room generated by designating a lifetime by the accommodation management server; And receiving and displaying the check-in status information for the user of the portable terminal and the route information for the corresponding room; Which is stored in the medium for executing the program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, comprising: a mobile terminal; Converting the received unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal and transmitting the converted application specific information to the portable terminal; When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, designating the lifetime of the guest smart key for the corresponding room ; And transmitting the guest room smart key to the portable terminal. The present invention also provides a method of managing accommodation in accordance with the present invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the lifetime may be specified up to a checkout time.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the request based on the unique identification information, the request time information based on the unique ID information of the received local area wireless communication apparatus and the user identification information of the portable terminal And checking whether the user corresponding to the request is a check-in person in the current time zone by using the check box.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a wireless local area network, comprising the steps of: detecting unique identification information of a local area wireless communication device allocated to the corresponding room after transmitting the room smart key to the portable terminal; Requesting the mobile terminal to perform scanning of the short range wireless communication apparatus; Receiving unique identification information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal when the portable terminal performs scanning and acquires unique identification information of a nearby short range wireless communication apparatus; Comparing unique identification information of the received local area wireless communication device with unique identification information of a local area wireless communication device allocated to the detected room and generating room routing information for the corresponding room based on the comparison result; And transmitting the generated room routing information to the mobile terminal.

The step of receiving the unique ID information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal may include not only the unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus searched according to the scanning, Receiving at least one of information and time information and estimating a user location of the portable terminal based on the received information; As shown in FIG.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the detecting step may include detecting guest room information using check-in information of a user of the portable terminal; And detecting unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus allocated to the detected guest room.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the short-range wireless communication apparatus is a stationary fixed-range short-range wireless communication apparatus or an administrator having a management authority and is capable of moving according to the movement of the manager, And broadcasts an RF (Radio Frequency) signal including unique identification information, and the portable terminal can receive the broadcast RF signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a portable terminal, the method comprising: generating and storing check-in status information for a user of the portable terminal; And transmitting the generated check-in status information to the mobile terminal.

In another embodiment of the present invention, when the check-out application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, the checking-out application may automatically check out the guest room based on the user identification information.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include updating and storing the accommodation status information of the portable terminal user when automatically checked out.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, short-range wireless communication between a short-range wireless communication device and a portable terminal can be used to automatically check-in / check-out regardless of a location of a customer.

Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the customer can automatically check in / check out the corresponding room without taking a separate procedure at the front desk.

Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention described above, a customer can use his / her selected room without a separate procedure such as issuing a room key.

Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to more easily find the corresponding room by providing the route information for the check-in room through the short-range wireless communication between the short-range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention described above, a lifetime can be assigned to a guest smart key, and a password for executing a guest smart key can be set in a portable terminal or the like, You can secure your customers' privacy.

However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above-mentioned effects.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a lodging management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 6 are diagrams illustrating various implementations of the accommodation management system according to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a local area wireless communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a link layer state of a short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a block diagram showing a lodging management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a timing chart showing an output management method in a lodging management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a check-in result of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The operation and effect of the accommodation management server, the accommodation management method, the computer program stored in the medium for the accommodation management and the technical configuration of the portable terminal according to the present invention, according to the present invention, Will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Thus, those skilled in the art will be able to devise various apparatuses which, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention and are included in the concept and scope of the invention. Furthermore, all of the conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are, in principle, only intended for the purpose of enabling understanding of the concepts of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limited to such specifically recited embodiments and conditions do.

It is also to be understood that the detailed description, as well as the principles, aspects and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific embodiments thereof, are intended to cover structural and functional equivalents thereof. It is also to be understood that such equivalents include all elements contemplated to perform the same function irrespective of the currently known equivalents as well as the equivalents to be developed in the future, i.e., the structure.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Additionally, elements of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, to facilitate understanding of embodiments of the present invention, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements. In addition, like reference numerals in different drawings denote like elements, and like reference numerals can indicate similar elements, although not necessarily.

Thus, for example, it should be understood that the block diagrams herein represent conceptual views of exemplary circuits embodying the principles of the invention. Similarly, all flowcharts, state transition diagrams, pseudo code, and the like are representative of various processes that may be substantially represented on a computer-readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether or not the computer or processor is explicitly shown .

The functions of the various elements shown in the figures, including the functional blocks depicted in the processor or similar concept, may be provided by use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in connection with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared.

Also, the explicit use of terms such as processor, control, or similar concepts should not be interpreted exclusively as hardware capable of running software, and may be used without limitation as a digital signal processor (DSP) (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and non-volatile memory. Other hardware may also be included.

In the claims hereof, the elements represented as means for performing the functions described in the detailed description include all types of software including, for example, a combination of circuit elements performing the function or firmware / microcode etc. , And is coupled with appropriate circuitry to execute the software to perform the function. It is to be understood that the invention defined by the appended claims is not to be construed as encompassing any means capable of providing such functionality, as the functions provided by the various listed means are combined and combined with the manner in which the claims require .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a lodging management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the accommodation management system 1000 according to the present embodiment includes at least one short range wireless communication apparatus 100, at least one portable terminal 200, at least one administrator terminal apparatus 300, Or all or part of the accommodation management server 400 that automatically manages the check-in / check-out of the accommodation status, particularly the accommodation.

The accommodation management system 1000 may be mainly adapted to a system for automatically performing check-in and the like of a lodging user in a hotel such as a hotel, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to a restaurant, a restaurant, It can also be used in various commercial facilities of.

For example, when the accommodation management system 1000 is implemented as a typical accommodation management system such as check-in / check-out, the management subject may be a customer such as a lodging facility and the manager may be a manager or a front desk employee in a hotel or the like.

As another example, when the lodging management system 1000 of the present embodiment is implemented as a commercial facility system such as a department store or a large shopping center, the management subject may be a customer who uses the above-described commercial facilities, , A manager, or the like.

Hereinafter, the accommodation management system 1000 will be described as an accommodation management system in a hotel for convenience of explanation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the accommodation management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a commercial facility management system for various commercial facilities such as a restaurant, a restaurant, have.

The short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented as a beacon having a short-range wireless communication function. Such a short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be fixedly installed in a front, a hallway, a door, a guest room, etc., which are mainly used by customers and the like.

Also, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be provided to an administrator (e.g., a manager, a front desk employee, etc.) having overall management authority over the customer management, and may be movable according to the movement of the manager.

The portable terminal 200 and the administrator terminal 300 may be implemented as a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a wearable smart glass, a wearable smart watch, a tablet computer, . The portable terminal 200 and the administrator terminal 300 can communicate with the accommodation management server 400 through the wired / wireless communication network.

In addition, the portable terminal 200 and the administrator terminal apparatus 300 can perform short-range wireless communication with the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100. [

Here, the short-range wireless communication scheme is preferably Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication. This Bluetooth low energy is a wireless communication protocol used to transmit messages to low energy, and the BLE specification is defined in Volume 6 of the Bluetooth Specification.

This Bluetooth low energy operates at 2.4GHz ISM band (2400-2483.5MHz), which is a short wavelength wireless transmission frequency, and uses 40 RF channels of 2MHz in that range. In addition, Bluetooth low energy can use a radio technology called a frequency-hopping spread spectrum in which the data to be transmitted is chopped and the chunk transferred over the other channels. In addition, the Bluetooth low energy transmission can have a transmission range of approximately 50 m, a data rate of 1 Mb / s, and a power consumption of 1% to 50% compared to conventional Bluetooth.

However, the short-range wireless communication scheme between the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 and the terminals 200 and 300 is not limited to the above-described BLE, and may be realized by short-range wireless communication instead of low energy such as Wi-Fi.

The accommodation management server 400 communicates with at least one of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100, the customer's mobile terminal 200 and the administrator terminal apparatus 300 via a wired / wireless communication network, The customer can check-in / check-out the customer automatically without any procedure at the front desk.

Specifically, when the customer enters the hotel lobby through a doorway, the short range wireless communication apparatus 100 installed in the hotel lobby or the like receives its unique identification information (for example, the device ID of each short range wireless communication apparatus, (public or random address information, etc.) to the portable terminal 200 of the customer.

The accommodation management server 400 receives the request based on the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 1000 received by the portable terminal 200 from the portable terminal 200 and searches the built- Converts the identification number into application specific information managed by the portable terminal 200, and transmits the converted application specific information to the requesting portable terminal 200.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal 200 can execute the check-in application based on the application specific information, and can enjoy the hotel information or the service distributed from the accommodation management server 400. [

At this time, in the database built in the accommodation management server 400, a common application executed by at least one mobile terminal 200, such as a device ID uniquely assigned to each short range wireless communication apparatus 100 installed in each hotel, This recognizable application-specific information, hotel information, and the like are stored. At this time, the hotel information includes, for example, a hotel name, an address, guidance information including a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), coupon information available at a hotel, and local tourist attraction information.

Meanwhile, the accommodation management server 400 stores identification information (e.g., user ID / password, unique device number of the user portable terminal, etc.) of the portable terminal user stored in the built-in database (not shown) , The customer can automatically check in the selected room.

As a result, the accommodation management system 1000 according to the present embodiment can automatically check in / check out regardless of the location of the customer by using the short-range wireless communication between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

Also, in the case of the accommodation management system 1000 according to the present embodiment, the customer can automatically check in / check out the corresponding room without taking a separate procedure at the front desk.

Meanwhile, the accommodation management server 400 automatically creates a guest room smart key for the guest room at the same time as checking in, and provides the generated guest room smart key to the portable terminal 200 of the customer.

Accordingly, in the case of the accommodation management system 1000 according to the present embodiment, the customer can use the room selected by himself / herself without going through a separate process such as issuing the room key.

At this time, by designating the lifetime of the guest smart key, the guest smart key can be used only within a certain period of time from the time when the guest smart key is received from the accommodation management server 400. [ As a result, after a specified lifetime (for example, from the time of check-in to the time of check-out), the room smart key is no longer available.

As a result, the accommodation management system 1000 according to the present embodiment not only improves the security of the room, but also secures the privacy of the customer.

On the other hand, when the guest smart key is provided to the customer along with the check-in, the accommodation management server 400 transmits the unique identification information of the local area wireless communication device allocated to the checked- And can request the portable wireless terminal 200 to scan the short range wireless communication apparatus 100. In addition,

When the mobile terminal 200 performs the scanning and obtains the unique identification information of the nearby short range wireless communication device, the accommodation management server 400 transmits the acquired unique identification information of the nearby short range wireless communication device to the portable terminal 200).

Then, the accommodation management server 400 compares the unique identification information of the received short range wireless communication apparatus with the unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus with respect to the detected room and stores the room route information for the corresponding room on the basis of the comparison result Can be generated.

As a result, the mobile terminal 100 can receive the above-mentioned room route information from the accommodation management server 400 and display the same, thereby enabling the customer to more easily navigate to the corresponding room.

The accommodation management system 1000 may be implemented in various forms. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG.

2, the accommodation management system 1000 is fixedly installed in a predetermined area of a hotel space 500 (for example, a lobby, a corridor, etc.) and broadcasts one RF signal The portable terminal 200 may include a communication device 100 and a plurality of customers in the hotel space 500 to perform scanning of the short-range wireless communication device 100.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, the accommodation management system 1000 may include a plurality of short range wireless communication apparatuses 100-1 and 100-2 that are fixedly installed in a predetermined area of the hotel space 500 and broadcast RF signals, for example, And a portable terminal 200 for performing scanning of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 by a plurality of customers who enter the hotel space 500. [ In the case of a large-scale hotel, since the size of each space is large, in this case, it is possible to more accurately estimate customers' positions using a plurality of fixed-range short-range wireless communication apparatuses 100-1 and 100-2.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, the accommodation management system 1000 may include a short-range wireless communication device 100 (e.g., a personal computer) 100 fixed to each of a plurality of hotel spaces 500-1, 500-2, 500-3, 100-1, 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4), and a mobile terminal 200 that performs scanning of a short-range wireless communication device with a customer entering each hotel space 500.

In this case, for example, even if the same terminal searches for the same point in the respective rooms depending on the disturbance of the wireless signal due to movement of people or facilities, and the battery capacity state for each short range wireless communication devices, May be variable.

5, the accommodation management system 1000 may include an administrator (e.g., a front desk staff, a manager, etc.) in the hotel space 500 and may be movable according to the movement of the manager, And a portable terminal 200 that includes a plurality of customers in the hotel space 500 and performs scanning of the administrator terminal 300. [ In this case, the administrator terminal device 300 may be implemented as a portable wireless communication device 100 such as a portable beacon.

2 to 5, the mobile terminal 200 of the customer scans the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 to collect unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100, The unique identification information of the wireless communication device can be transmitted to the accommodation management server 400. [

Accordingly, the accommodation management server 400 can convert the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication device into application-specific information managed by the portable terminal 200 of the customer and transmit it to the portable terminal 200, The portable terminal 200 executes the check-in application based on the application specific information, so that the hotel user can automatically check in the corresponding room regardless of the location of the customer and without having to take a separate procedure in the front desk.

6, the accommodation management system 100 may be implemented in such a manner that the portable terminal 200 of a plurality of customers entering the hotel space 500 broadcasts an RF signal. In this case, the terminal device 300 provided by the manager scans the short-range wireless communication device to collect the unique identification information of the portable terminal 200, and transmits the unique identification information of the collected device to the accommodation management server 400 Lt; / RTI >

In the system shown in FIG. 6, the administrator terminal apparatus 300 may be implemented as a short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 such as a portable beacon. Also, the administrator terminal 300 may be implemented in the form of a beacon 100 fixed to a predetermined area of the hotel space 500.

Hereinafter, each of the components that implement the above-described accommodation management system 1000 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a local area wireless communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

The short range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented as a beacon fixedly installed in a predetermined area of a hotel space that a customer has entered as shown in FIGS. Alternatively, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented as a beacon that can be moved according to the movement of the manager, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, which is provided by the manager having overall management authority over the client management.

The short range wireless communication apparatus 100 may include all or some of the power unit 110, the storage unit 120, the short range wireless communication unit 130, and the control unit 140.

The power supply unit 110 can supply power necessary for the operation of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100. For example, the power supply 110 may be implemented with a rechargeable power supply such as a supercapacitor, a lithium ion battery, an ultra-battery or an ultra-capacitor.

The storage unit 120 functions to store various data and applications required for the operation of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100. In particular, the storage unit 120 may store a plurality of short-range wireless communication devices 100, such as a device ID, a device public or random address information, Identification information can be stored.

Herein, the storage unit 120 may be implemented as a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a ROM, an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEPROM), a register, a hard disk, Card, or the like, as well as a detachable type storage device such as a USB memory.

The short-range wireless communication unit 130 may be implemented as a short-range wireless communication module to perform short-range wireless communication with another device. For example, the short-range wireless communication unit 130 may generate and broadcast an RF signal including at least one of its unique identification information and time information stored in the storage unit 120, as shown in Table 1 below.

 Unique Identification Information Time information (hour: minute: second) The short-range wireless communication device A 15:00:00

Here, the short-range wireless communication unit 130 may be implemented as a short-range wireless communication chip (short-range wireless communication module), preferably performing a Bluetooth low-energy communication function. As noted, other implementations may be implemented with short-range wireless communication modules rather than low-energy, such as Wi-Fi.

The control unit 140 may control the overall operation of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 by controlling all or a part of the power source unit 110, the storage unit 120, and the short-range wireless communication unit 130.

Specifically, the control unit 140 can select one of the plurality of link layer states of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 and control the operation to operate according to the selected state. Here, the plurality of link layer states of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a link layer state of a short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, short-range wireless communication includes a link state of a link state of a standby state, an advertising state, a scanning state, an initiating state, a connection state, layer state.

The standby state may be a state in which packets are not transmitted and received and may be ready for entry in both an advertisement state, a scanning state, a start state, and a connection state.

An advertising state may be a state of broadcasting advertising channel packets and optionally listening to and responding to a response triggered from the ad channel packet. Here, the advertisement state can be entered in the idle state, and the device in the advertisement state can be referred to as an advertiser.

A scanning state may be a state in which an advertisement channel packet is received from an advertiser, a scanning state may be entered in a waiting state, and a device in a scanning state may be referred to as a scanner.

The initiating state can be entered in a waiting state, with the advertising channel packet being received from the specific device and in response to the ad channel packet to initiate the connection with the other device, May be referred to as an initiator.

The connection state can enter the advertisement state and the start state, and the device that enters the connection state from the start state performs the role of master, and the device that enters the connection state in the advertisement state is the slave ) Can play the role of.

Here, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented to be capable of only the advertising state described above in order to achieve optimal low-energy. In this case, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may broadcast advertisement channel packets including at least one of device-specific identification information and time information.

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented to be capable of at least one of the above-described plurality of states. For example, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may be implemented in an initiating state. In this case, the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 may access each of a plurality of portable terminals capable of short-range wireless communication, And can send and receive data channel packets.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, the portable terminal and the administrator terminal units 200 and 300 include a storage unit 210, a display unit 220, an input unit 230, a first communication unit 240, a second communication unit 250, 260, and a control unit 270, all of which are shown in FIG.

The sensor unit 260 can sense various information required for the terminals 200 and 300. The sensor unit 260 includes a geomagnetic sensor for sensing a rotation state and a moving direction of the terminals 200 and 300, an acceleration sensor for sensing the direction of acceleration and acceleration at the time of motion generation, the force of Coriolis A gyro sensor for sensing the angular velocity of the terminal 200 or 300, a grip sensor for detecting the grip of the user disposed at the rim or handle of the terminal 200 or 300, and the like.

The first communication unit 240 can perform a short-range wireless communication function of the terminals 200 and 300. For example, when a customer enters a hotel lobby and is located at a predetermined distance from the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100, the terminals 200 and 300 in the scanning state transmit the long-distance wireless communication through the short-range wireless communication with the short- And can receive unique identification information and time information of the device.

The first communication unit 240 may be implemented as a Bluetooth low energy communication module for short range wireless communication and the Bluetooth low energy communication module may be installed in a dongle or terminals 200 and 300 connectable to the outside of the terminals 200 and 300 Bluetooth low energy communication chip.

The second communication unit 250 may perform other communication functions of the terminals 200 and 300 excluding the communication functions supported by the first communication unit 240. [

Here, the second communication unit 250 may include all or a part of various communication modules such as a broadcast receiving module, a short range wireless communication module, a GPS module, a wireless communication module, a wired communication module, a mobile communication module,

Herein, the short-range wireless communication module may include a module for performing communication with an external device located at a short distance according to a short-range wireless communication method such as NFC (Near Field Communication), ZigBee method, WiFi,

Here, the wired / wireless communication module may be a module that is connected to an external network and performs communication according to a wired / wireless communication protocol.

Here, the mobile communication module may be a module for performing communication by accessing a mobile communication network according to various mobile communication standards such as 3G (3rd Generation), 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), LTE (Long Term Evolution)

Accordingly, the terminals 200 and 300 can transmit the information received from the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 to the accommodation management server 400 through the second communication unit 250. [

Meanwhile, the storage unit 210 stores various data and applications necessary for the operation of the terminals 200 and 300.

Specifically, the storage unit 210 may store information corresponding to the received RF signal when the RF signal transmitted from the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 is received through the first communication unit 240, It is updated every time an access occurs.

In particular, when an RF signal transmitted from a plurality of short range wireless communication apparatuses 100 is received through the first communication unit 240, information for position estimation corresponding to the received RF signal is classified and stored as shown in Table 2 below . Here, the information for the position estimation may be a format in which the received signal strength information and the time information are mapped to the device ID.

Terminal identification information Short range wireless communication device
Unique Identification Information Received signal strength information Time information (hour: minute: second) The terminal A

The short-range wireless communication device A 30 15:00:00 The short-range wireless communication device B 10 15:00:00 Short range wireless communication device C 20 15:00:00

Herein, the storage unit 210 may be implemented as a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable ROM) Card, a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), or the like, as well as a detachable type storage device such as a USB memory.

The display unit 220 functions to display a screen. In particular, the display unit 220 may display a screen for a customer's check-in / check-out, a screen for displaying a guest smart key, a screen for guiding a guest room route, and the like.

Here, the display unit 220 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, A display (3D display), a transparent display, a head up display (HUD), a head mounted display (HMD), and a prism projection display.

The input unit 230 receives a user input for operating the terminals 200 and 300. Here, the input unit 230 may include various types of buttons, a touch sensor that receives a touch input to the display unit 220, a proximity sensor that receives motion that is not directly connected to the surface of the display unit 220, And a microphone for receiving the microphone. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be implemented in any form capable of receiving user input.

On the other hand, the controller 270 controls the overall operation of the terminals 200 and 300. Specifically, the control unit 270 includes a storage unit 210, a display unit 220, an input unit 230, a first communication unit 240, a second communication unit 250 ), The sensor unit 260 can be controlled in whole or in part.

For example, when the customer enters the hotel lobby through a doorway, the control unit 270 controls the terminals 200 and 300 to operate in a scanning state to scan the peripheral short-range wireless communication apparatus 100, It is possible to receive and recognize the unique identification information of the wireless communication device and to transmit it to the accommodation management server 400.

In addition, the control unit 270 controls the terminals 200 and 300 to execute an application specified by the recognized unique identification number (i.e., an application based on application specific information managed by the portable terminal), and the accommodation management server 400 The control unit 10 can control the locking and unlocking of the door of the guest room based on the guest smart key received from the guest smart key.

9, the control unit 270 may include a unique identification number recognition unit 271, an application execution unit 272, and a door control unit 273. [

At this time, the unique identification number recognizing unit 271 receives unique identification information such as the device ID from the nearby short range wireless communication apparatus 100 and recognizes the unique identification information.

Then, the application executing section 272 requests the lodging management server 400 based on the recognized unique identification number, receives and acquires the application-specific information converted by the accommodation management server 400, The check-in application is executed based on the unique information.

At this time, the application executing unit 272 can also execute a check-out application based on the received application specific information, thereby enabling the customer to automatically perform a check-in / check-out function through the terminals 200 and 300. [

Meanwhile, when the check-in application is executed by the application executing unit 272, the guest smart key received from the accommodation management server 400 can be controlled so that a wireless link is established between the terminals 200 and 300 and the guest door. At this time, The controller 273 can lock / unlock the door of the guest room according to the guest smart key through the wireless link as described above.

More preferably, an encryption setting unit (not shown) for generating a password for executing the guest smart key is provided to the control unit 270 in order to prevent the other person from entering the guest room through the portable terminal 200 . According to this embodiment, it is possible to restrict access to / from a room by another person, thereby enhancing the security of the room and securing the privacy of the customer.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a lodging management server 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10, the accommodation management server 400 may include all or a part of the communication unit 410, the storage unit 420, the detection unit 430, and the control unit 440. FIG.

The communication unit 410 can communicate with at least one of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100, the mobile terminal 200, and the administrator terminal 300 through a wired / wireless communication network.

The communication unit 410 includes a wired / wireless communication module for wirelessly or wiredly communicating with a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network, a USB interface module for communicating via a universal serial bus (USB) A short range communication module for communicating with a mobile communication module such as a mobile communication module for accessing and communicating with a mobile communication network according to various mobile communication standards such as 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (3GPP) . ≪ / RTI >

The storage unit 420 may store various data and programs necessary for operation of the accommodation management server 400 (i.e., for accommodation management).

In particular, the storage unit 420 may store the user identification information (identification information of the customer) of the portable terminal 200. For example, the storage unit 420 may store ID / password for user identification and identification information of the user portable terminal (unique device number of the terminal, etc.) as user identification information.

Also, the storage unit 420 may generate information on a customer's accommodation management status (e.g., check-in / check-out status, etc.) and store the information as shown in Table 3 below.

User identification information Accommodation status information User A check-in User B check out

Herein, the storage unit 420 may be a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable ROM) A memory card, or the like, as well as a detachable type storage device such as a USB memory.

The storage unit 420 may be implemented in the accommodation management server 400 or in the form of an external database connected to the accommodation management server 400. [

The detecting unit 430 detects the unique identification information of the local area wireless communication device allocated to the room checked in by the user using the user identification information received from the portable terminal 200 or the user identification information stored in the storage 420 .

In this case, the detecting unit 430 may include a corresponding room information detecting unit 431 and a short range wireless communication apparatus unique identification number detecting unit 432, as shown in FIG.

More specifically, the corresponding room information detecting unit 431 can detect the corresponding room information (for example, the corresponding room lake, the corresponding room floor, and the like) using the check-in information for the user of the portable terminal 200. [

Further, the short range wireless communication apparatus unique identification number detecting unit 432 can detect the unique identification number of the short range wireless communication apparatus assigned to the corresponding room.

The control unit 440 controls the overall operation of the lodging management server 400. [

More specifically, the control unit 440 may control all or a part of the communication unit 410, the storage unit 420, and the detection unit 430.

More specifically, when the customer enters the hotel lobby through a doorway, the control unit 440 can receive a request based on the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal 200. [

The control unit 440 may convert the unique identification information into application-specific information managed by each mobile terminal 200.

When the check-in application is executed in the mobile terminal 200 based on the application-specific information as described above, the controller 440 automatically checks the guest room based on the user identification information.

At this time, if the checkout application is executed in the portable terminal 200 based on the received application specific information, the control unit 440 can automatically check out the corresponding room based on the user identification information, The customer can automatically perform the check-in / check-out function through the terminals 200 and 300. [0050]

As a result, the accommodation management system according to the present embodiment can automatically check in / check out regardless of the location of the customer by using the short distance wireless communication between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

In addition, in the case of the accommodation management system according to the present embodiment, the customer can automatically check-in / check-out the corresponding room without taking a separate procedure at the front desk.

Meanwhile, the control unit 440 can automatically generate a guest room smart key for the guest room at the same time as the check-in, and the generated guest room smart key is provided to the portable terminal 200 through the communication unit 410.

As a result, in the case of the accommodation management system according to the present embodiment, the customer can use the room selected by himself / herself without going through a separate procedure such as issuing the room key.

When the room smart key is generated, the control unit 440 can request the mobile terminal 200 to scan the short range wireless communication apparatus 100 located nearby.

When the mobile terminal 200 performs the scanning and acquires the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 located nearby, the controller 440 transmits the obtained unique identification information of the short- range wireless communication apparatus to the communication unit 410 From the portable terminal 200 via the network.

The control unit 440 can compare the identification information of the received local wireless communication device with the identification information of the local wireless communication device for the corresponding room detected by the detection unit 420. Based on the comparison result, The guest room path information can be generated.

The control unit 440 provides the room route information for the corresponding room to the portable terminal 200 via the communication unit 410. As a result, the portable terminal 200 can display the route information, So that it becomes easier to find the corresponding room.

The operation of the accommodation management system 1000 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG.

11 is a timing chart showing an output management method in a lodging management system according to a temporal example of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, when a customer first enters a hotel lobby through a doorway, the customer's portable terminal 200 receives the unique identification information from the short-range wireless communication device 100 installed in a hotel lobby or the like, To the accommodation management server 400 (S101).

At this time, when the portable terminal 200 recognizes the short range wireless communication apparatus 100 installed in the lobby of the hotel as the customer enters the hotel lobby, the portable terminal 200 transmits user identification information to the accommodation management server 400 Lt; / RTI >

Here, the user identification information may be information for identifying a plurality of customers, such as an ID / password for identifying a user (customer), a unique device number of the portable terminal, and the like.

In this case, the accommodation management server 400 may request the user corresponding to the request of the portable terminal 200, based on the time information and the user identification number for the portable terminal 200 upon request from the portable terminal 200 It is possible to confirm whether or not the user is a check-in person in the current time zone (S102).

More specifically, the accommodation management server 400 stores the user identification number stored in the storage unit 420 or transmitted from the portable terminal 200 (for example, the ID / password of the user acquired through the check-in reservation process, The unique device number of the terminal, and the like), whether or not the user of the portable terminal 200 that has visited the hotel is a person to be checked in in the current time zone.

When the accommodation management server 400 receives the request in step S101 from the portable terminal 200, the accommodation management server 400 converts the unique identification number at the time of request into unique application information managed by the portable terminal 200, The application specific information may be transmitted to the portable terminal 200 through the wired / wireless network (S103).

In this case, when the application specific information is received from the accommodation management server 400, the portable terminal 200 temporarily stores the application specific information in a predetermined area of the storage unit 210. When the user operation (activation of the check-in application) is performed through the input unit 230 based on the received application-specific information among the icons displayed on the display unit 220, the check-in application is executed (S104).

When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal 200 based on the application-specific information and the check-in request is received from the portable terminal 200 in step S105, the accommodation management server 400 stores the check- The user can automatically check in the room selected by the user through the check-in application or reservation based on the user identification information or the user identification information stored in the portable terminal 200 (S106). At this time, the accommodation management server 400 automatically creates a room smart key for the corresponding room at the same time as checking in (S106). Then, the accommodation management server 400 provides the generated guest room smart key to the portable terminal 200 of the customer (S107).

In this case, the accommodation management server 400 may designate a lifetime to generate a guest room smart key and transmit the generated guest room smart key to the portable terminal 200.

As a result, the guest smart key can be used only within a predetermined period of time from the reception of the accommodation management server 400. As a result, after a specified lifetime (for example, from the time of check-in to the time of check-out), the room smart key is no longer available.

Therefore, the accommodation management system according to the present embodiment can not only improve the security of the room, but also secure the privacy of the customer.

When the guest smart key is provided to the portable terminal 200 together with the check-in, the accommodation management server 400 can detect the unique identification information of the local wireless communication apparatus assigned to the checked-in room in the storage unit 402 (S108).

More specifically, the step S108 includes a step of detecting the corresponding room information (for example, the corresponding room lake, the corresponding guest room, etc.) using the check-in information for the user of the portable terminal 200, And detecting a unique identification number of the wireless communication device.

In this case, the accommodation management server 400 stores the unique identification information of the local area wireless communication apparatus allocated to the guest room on the basis of information such as the unique ID of the local area wireless communication apparatus stored in correspondence with each floor, Can be detected.

Thereafter, the accommodation management server 400 may request the mobile terminal 200 to scan the short range wireless communication apparatus 100 located nearby (S109).

In this case, the portable terminal 200 may perform the scanning to acquire unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus 100 located nearby (S111).

If a plurality of short range wireless communication apparatuses are located around the mobile terminal 200, unique identification information for each of the plurality of short range wireless communication apparatuses 100 can be acquired, and one When the short range wireless communication apparatus is located, unique identification information for one short range wireless communication apparatus 100 can be obtained.

At this time, on the other hand, the scanning request in S109 may also include hotel information for the hotel.

As a result, at the same time as step S111, the portable terminal 200 can display general information about the hotel, for example, coupon information available at the hotel, guide information, local tourist attraction information, and the like (S110).

Then, the portable terminal 200 can transmit unique identification information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus to the accommodation management server 400 (S112).

Here, the step S112 may include receiving at least one of the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and time information as well as the unique ID information of the short range wireless communication apparatus searched according to the scanning, To the server (400).

If the plurality of short range wireless communication apparatuses 100 are recognized, the portable terminal 200 can generate information for position estimation as shown in Table 2 and transmit the information to the accommodation management server 400. [

On the other hand, the accommodation management server 400 compares the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus for the corresponding room with the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus received from the portable apparatus 200, The route information for the guest room can be generated (S113).

More specifically, the accommodation management server 400 continuously detects whether the unique identification information of the local wireless communication apparatus for the corresponding room is identical to the unique identification information of the local wireless communication apparatus received from the portable terminal 200 And the room route information for the corresponding room can be continuously generated accordingly.

As a result, if the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus for the corresponding room is identical to the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus received from the portable terminal 200, it can be determined that the room has arrived.

For example, if the unique ID information of the local area wireless communication apparatus for the corresponding room detected in step S108 is 'local area wireless communication apparatus A', the unique ID information of the local area wireless communication apparatus received from the portable terminal 200 in step S111 Is the 'short-range wireless communication device A', the accommodation management server 400 can determine that the customer arrived in the room checked in.

On the other hand, in the case where the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus for the previously detected room is included in the unique identification information of the plurality of short-range wireless communication apparatuses recognized by the portable terminal 200, It is possible to estimate the position of the mobile terminal 200 based on the information as shown in Table 2, in particular, the received signal strength information.

For example, if the unique ID information of the local area wireless communication apparatus detected in step S108 is 'local area wireless communication apparatus A', the unique identification information of the local area wireless communication apparatus received from the portable terminal 200 in step S111 May be a 'short-range wireless communication device A' or a 'short-range wireless communication device B'. This is due to the fact that the short-range wireless communication signal spreads radially.

In this case, the accommodation management server 400 calculates the distance between each of the short-range wireless communication apparatuses 100 and the portable terminal 200 based on the signal strength information received from each of the plurality of short-range wireless communication apparatuses 100 .

For example, the accommodation management server 400 can calculate the distance d1 between the short range wireless communication apparatus A and the portable terminal 200 based on the received signal strength information about the short range wireless communication apparatus A. [

For example, the distance d2 between the short range wireless communication apparatus B and the portable terminal 200 can be calculated on the basis of the received signal strength information for the short range wireless communication apparatus B, for example.

For example, the distance d3 between the short range wireless communication apparatus C and the portable terminal 200 can be calculated based on the received signal strength information about the short range wireless communication apparatus C, for example.

As a result, the accommodation management server 400 can estimate the user location of the mobile terminal 200 based on the distance information.

Meanwhile, the room route information generated in step S113 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 (S114), and the mobile terminal 200 can display the route information for the corresponding room through the display unit 220 (S115). This makes it easier for customers to find rooms they have checked in.

Meanwhile, the accommodation management server 400 may generate and store check-in status information for the user of the mobile terminal 200, that is, the customer (S116). Specifically, the accommodation management server 400 can generate and store the check-in status information as shown in Table 3. [

Then, the accommodation management server 400 can transmit the generated check-in status information to the portable terminal 200 of the customer (S117). Accordingly, the portable terminal 200 can display the check-in result on the screen (S118).

Also, similarly to the check-in step, when the check-out application is executed by the customer in the portable terminal 200 based on the received application-specific information, the accommodation management server 400 automatically updates the corresponding room based on the user identification information already stored It is possible to automatically check out the hotel usage fee and the like.

At this time, the accommodation management server 400 can update and store the accommodation status information of the checked-out portable terminal user (for example, the accommodation status information can be updated and stored in the check-out status in the check-in status).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a check-in result of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12A, when the mobile terminal 200 receives the check-in application specific information from the accommodation management server 400 via the wired / wireless network, the portable terminal 200 can display a check-in request on the application screen 1202.

More specifically, when the check-in related information (for example, the room number, the staying period, etc.) is displayed 1201 on the screen as shown in FIG. 12 (a) and 'Yes' is selected on the application screen 1202, Check-in information can be automatically checked in according to the check-in related information, and the accommodation status information of the customer is transmitted to the accommodation management server 400 at this time.

On the other hand, if 'Yes' is selected in the application screen 1202 of FIG. 12A, the guest smart key for the guest room (room 705 in this embodiment) is transmitted from the accommodation management server 400, The mobile terminal 200 can display the guest smart key screen 1203 as shown in Fig. 12 (b).

If the scanning request of the near-field communication device 100 located nearby is received from the accommodation management server 400, the mobile terminal 200 receives the room route information for the corresponding room from the accommodation management server 400.

In this case, the portable terminal 200 can display the route information for the corresponding room in the display of FIG. 12 (b). At the same time, general information about the hotel, for example, coupon information available at the hotel, guide information, local tourist attraction information, and the like can also be displayed on the display in FIG. 12 (b).

On the other hand, when the user arrives at the corresponding room according to the route guidance and receives the arrival status information from the accommodation management server 400, the portable terminal 200 displays the arrival check result and the door unlocking A screen 1204 for a request may be displayed.

The accommodation management method according to various embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented by a program and provided to a server or devices. Accordingly, each device can access the server or the device in which the program is stored, and download the program.

In addition, the accommodation management method according to various embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented as a program and stored in various non-transitory computer readable media. A non-transitory readable medium is a medium that stores data for a short period of time, such as a register, cache, memory, etc., but semi-permanently stores data and is readable by the apparatus. In particular, the various applications or programs described above may be stored on non-volatile readable media such as CD, DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, USB, memory card, ROM,

The functions of the various elements shown in the figures of the present invention may, however, be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing the software in association with the appropriate software. When provided by a processor, such functionality may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared.

Further, explicit use of the term "control portion " should not be construed to refer exclusively to hardware capable of executing software, and includes, without limitation, microprocessor (MCU), digital signal processor But may implicitly include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and non-volatile storage.

In the claims hereof, the elements depicted as means for performing a particular function encompass any way of performing a particular function, such elements being intended to encompass a combination of circuit elements that perform a particular function, Microcode, etc., coupled with suitable circuitry to perform the software for the computer system 100. The computer system 100 may include any type of software, including firmware, microcode, etc.,

Reference throughout this specification to " one embodiment ", etc. of the principles of the invention, and the like, as well as various modifications of such expression, are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the appended claims, it means.

Thus, the appearances of the phrase " in one embodiment " and any other variation disclosed throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.

Where the method is described herein as including a series of steps, the order of such steps presented herein is not necessarily the order in which such steps may be performed, any of the described steps may be omitted and / Any other step not described will be additive to the method.

Also, the singular forms in this specification include plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, components, steps, operations, and elements referred to in the specification as " comprises " or " comprising " refer to the presence or addition of one or more other components, steps, operations, elements, and / or devices.

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. It is to be understood that all embodiments and conditional statements disclosed herein are intended to assist the reader in understanding the principles and concepts of the present invention to those skilled in the art, It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

100: near field communication device 200, 300: terminal
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Claims (24)

Receiving a request based on unique identification information of a local area wireless communication apparatus received by the portable terminal from the portable terminal, converting the unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal, transmitting the application specific information to the portable terminal ,
When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, automatically checks the corresponding room based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, generates a guest smart key for the corresponding room, And the lifetime is specified in the room smart key.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the lifetime is specified up to a check-out time.
The method according to claim 1,
And automatically checks out the guest room based on the user identification information when the checkout application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information.
The method according to claim 1,
The accommodation management server comprises:
A storage unit for storing accommodation management information including the user identification information;
A communication unit for receiving a request based on the unique identification information from the portable terminal, transmitting the application specific information to the portable terminal, and transmitting the guest smart key to the portable terminal;
A detector for detecting unique identification information of a local area wireless communication apparatus allocated to a guest room using information stored in the storage unit; And
A control unit for automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information and generating a room smart key for the corresponding room when the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information;
The accommodation management server comprising:
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein,
And automatically checks out the guest room based on the user identification information when the checkout application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein,
And requests the mobile terminal to scan a nearby wireless communication device when the room smart key is generated and the guest smart key is transmitted to the portable terminal.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein,
When the portable terminal performs the scanning and acquires the unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus located nearby, receives the unique identification information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal through the communication unit, And compares the unique identification information of the wireless communication apparatus with the unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus with respect to the detected room, and generates the room route information for the corresponding room based on the comparison result.
And transmits the request based on the unique identification information to the accommodation management server and receives the application specific information converted by the accommodation management server from the accommodation management server by receiving the unique identification information of the short- In addition,
Wherein the lifetime is specified in the guest smart key by executing a check-in application based on the application specific information and receiving a guest room smart key for the guest room generated by the accommodation management server from the accommodation management server.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the lifetime is specified up to a checkout time.
9. The method of claim 8,
And executes the check-out application based on the application-specific information.
9. The method of claim 8,
The mobile terminal includes:
A unique identification information recognizing unit for receiving the unique identification information from the short range wireless communication apparatus and recognizing the unique identification information; And
An application that transmits a request based on the unique identification information to the accommodation management server and acquires the application specific information whose unique identification information has been converted by the accommodation management server and executes a check- An execution unit; And
A door control unit for locking and unlocking the door of the guest room based on the guest room smart key generated by the accommodation management server when the check-in application is executed by the application executing unit;
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12. The method of claim 11,
The application execution unit,
And executes the check-out application based on the application-specific information.
In combination with the hardware of the portable terminal,
Transmitting a request based on the unique identification information of the received short range wireless communication apparatus to the lodging management server;
Receiving the application specific information converted by the accommodation management server from the accommodation management server;
Executing a check-in application based on the application-specific information;
Receiving from the accommodation management server a guest room smart key for a corresponding room generated by designating a lifetime by the accommodation management server; And
Receiving and displaying the check-in status information for the user of the portable terminal and the route information for the corresponding room;
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Receiving a request based on the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus received by the portable terminal;
Converting the received unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal and transmitting the converted application specific information to the portable terminal;
When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, automatically checking in the corresponding room based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, designating the lifetime of the guest smart key for the corresponding room ; And
Transmitting the room smart key to the portable terminal;
The accommodation management method comprising:
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the lifetime is specified up to a check-out time.
15. The method of claim 14,
After receiving the request based on the unique identification information,
Confirming whether the user corresponding to the request is a check-in target user in the current time zone using the request time information based on the unique ID information of the received local area wireless communication device and the user identification information of the portable terminal;
Further included accommodation management methods.
17. The method of claim 16,
After the step of transmitting the room smart key to the portable terminal,
Detecting unique identification information of a local area wireless communication device assigned to the corresponding room;
Requesting the mobile terminal to perform scanning of the short range wireless communication apparatus;
Receiving unique identification information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal when the portable terminal performs scanning and acquires unique identification information of a nearby short range wireless communication apparatus;
Comparing unique identification information of the received local area wireless communication device with unique identification information of a local area wireless communication device allocated to the detected room and generating room routing information for the corresponding room based on the comparison result; And
Transmitting the generated room routing information to the mobile terminal;
Further comprising the steps of:
18. The method of claim 17,
Receiving the unique ID information of the obtained short range wireless communication apparatus from the portable terminal,
Further receiving at least one of received signal strength information and time information as well as unique identification information of the short range wireless communication apparatus searched according to the scanning,
Estimating a user location of the portable terminal based on the received information;
Further comprising the steps of:
18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the detecting comprises:
Detecting guest room information using check-in information for a user of the portable terminal; And
Detecting unique identification information of the local area wireless communication device allocated to the detected room;
The accommodation management method comprising:
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the short-
A fixed type short range wireless communication device or a terminal device capable of moving according to the movement of an administrator,
(RF) signal including unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus,
And the portable terminal receives the broadcast RF signal.
15. The method of claim 14,
Generating and storing check-in status information for a user of the portable terminal; And
Transmitting the generated check-in status information to the mobile terminal;
Further comprising the steps of:
15. The method of claim 14,
Checking out the corresponding room automatically based on the user identification information when the checkout application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application specific information;
Further comprising the steps of:
23. The method of claim 22,
Updating the accommodation status information of the portable terminal user and storing the automatically updated accommodation status information;
Further comprising the steps of:
8. A lodging management method using a lodging management server according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Receiving a request based on the unique identification information of the short-range wireless communication apparatus received by the portable terminal;
Converting the received unique identification information into application specific information of the portable terminal and transmitting the converted application specific information to the portable terminal;
When the check-in application is executed in the portable terminal based on the application-specific information, the guest room is automatically checked in based on the user identification information of the portable terminal, and the guest smart key for the corresponding room is designated as a lifetime ; And
Transmitting the room smart key to the portable terminal;
The accommodation management method comprising:

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