Method and apparatus for obtaining and processing location information with near field communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8995909-B2
Application number	US-201213683352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2012
Priority date	Nov 22, 2011
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

In an environment in which tag readers are installed at a plurality of locations, communication between a tag reader and a terminal including a near field communication (NFC) tag capable of bi-communication with a tag reader is triggered. The tag reader transmits user information and location information which was provided to the terminal to a location information management server so that a service based on the information is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for obtaining and processing location information, the method comprising:
communication between a terminal including a near field communication (NFC) tag and a tag reader in an environment in which tag readers are installed at a plurality of locations;
the tag reader being provided with user information from the NFC tag of the terminal;
the tag reader providing to the NFC tag of the terminal stored location information corresponding to the locat…

Assignees

• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Kim Sang Wan
• Lee Joon Kyung
• Kang Dong Won
• Park Jong Dae

Classifications

• H04B5/20

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0031

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0056

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0025 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06K7/10009

  Physics · mapped topic