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KR101759821B1
KR101759821B1 KR1020160006108A KR20160006108A KR101759821B1 KR 101759821 B1 KR101759821 B1 KR 101759821B1 KR 1020160006108 A KR1020160006108 A KR 1020160006108A KR 20160006108 A KR20160006108 A KR 20160006108A KR 101759821 B1 KR101759821 B1 KR 101759821B1
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Abstract

The method comprises the steps of receiving first identification information from a first beacon installed at a first site and transmitting the first identification information to a city center tourism service server using a terminal for receiving a beacon signal; Receiving city map information from the city sightseeing service server in response to the first identification information transmission; And displaying the received city map information on a display, wherein the city map information is map information within a certain distance from the first site, and the city map information is located within a certain distance from the first site And location information of a second site in which the second beacon is installed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beacon-

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an urban tourism service using a beacon, and a method and an apparatus for facilitating a city tour by utilizing beacon identification information.

In the 21st century, increasingly more leisure time is devoted to tourism. It also recognizes the importance of tourism as a national policy.

Tourists usually plan to go to places they have not visited when they are sightseeing. This means that tourists are unlikely to be aware of the geographical and spatial characteristics of the destination, and may eventually be tired and unfavorable. Therefore, it requires the existence of something that serves as a guide for tourists. Conventionally, technologies such as GPS have been used not only for tourists but also for real-life route guidance. GPS is most widely used in outdoor environments, and GPS receivers acquire their positions through triangulation as the result of measuring time and distance from three or more satellites. Therefore, GPS can easily measure the position of the node in a satellite-based manner, and provides a wide area and stable service.

However, this has limitations in that it can not accurately determine the location to which to go because the location accuracy is significantly degraded when there are obstacles to the line of sight (LOS).

 In consideration of the error range of GPS, it is inconvenient that there is a structure which interferes with the error of 0 ~ 25m and the GPS signal, and there is a limitation that it can not be used in a room where no signal is received. .

In addition, physical costs, additional radio and energy consumption problems are not suitable for smartphones and tablet PCs in real life.

A method of providing a city tour service according to an embodiment of the present invention is to help a user perform tourism by using a beacon.

Receiving the first identification information from the first beacon installed at the first site and transmitting the first identification information to the city center sightseeing service server as an embodiment of the present invention; Receiving city map information from the city sightseeing service server in response to the first identification information transmission; And displaying the received city map information on a display, wherein the city map information is map information within a certain distance from the first site, and the city map information is located within a certain distance from the first site And the location information of the second site where the second beacon is installed.

The terminal may further include receiving second identification information of the second beacon from an urban tourism service server.

The receiving of the second identification information of the second beacon may be performed when the terminal receives the first identification information.

The method may further include the step of displaying the sightseeing route between the departure point and the destination on the display of the terminal by inputting the departure point and the destination from the user.

The method may further include displaying an alarm on the display when identification information of a beacon not located on the tour path is received.

In addition, the terminal may further include receiving additional information regarding the second site.

The step of receiving the additional information may be performed when the terminal receives the first identification information, or when the terminal receives the second identification information of the second beacon.

In addition, the terminal may further include receiving real-time terminal quantity information located within a reception range of the second beacon.

At this time, the step of receiving the real-time terminal quantity information may be performed when the terminal receives the first identification information.

And real-time or periodically updating the real-time terminal quantity information.

The method may further include receiving the average number and / or the average number of time-of-day-of-the-time-of-the-time-of-the-time-of-the-time-of-time

The method may further include displaying the congestion degree of the second site using the terminal quantity information and the average terminal quantity information.

Transmitting the second identification information to the city tour service server when the terminal receives the second identification information; And transmitting the departure information to the city tour service server when the reception of the second identification information is not detected.

The present invention also provides an information processing apparatus including an identification information receiving unit for receiving identification information generated in a beacon from a user terminal; An identification information DB for storing identification information of beacons; A site information DB for storing site information corresponding to identification information of beacons; A city center map information generating unit for generating map information within a predetermined distance from the reference site corresponding to the received identification information; And an information transmitting unit for transmitting the city map information to the user terminal, wherein the city map information generating unit generates the city map information including the location information of the nearby site located within a certain distance from the reference site and equipped with the beacon To provide a city tour service server.

In addition, the site information stored in the site information DB may include information on the average number of times and / or the average number of time-points of the terminal that has received the identification information of beacons installed in the site; And real-time quantity information of a terminal that receives identification information of a beacon installed at a site at a specific time, and the information transmitter transmits the average quantity information and / or the average quantity information and the real- .

The real-time quantity information can be generated using the beacon identification information received from the user terminal and the deviation information of the beacon.

In addition, when the received identification information is not included in the identification information DB, the identification information DB can be updated.

The method of the city sightseeing service according to an embodiment of the present invention is advantageous in that a user can conveniently travel using a beacon installed in the area when he / she visits a specific area.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage in that the beacon can be used to grasp the congestion degree of a sightseeing spot.

In addition, the method of the city sightseeing service according to an embodiment of the present invention has an advantage that it can be utilized for establishing a sightseeing schedule or a sightseeing route by using the congestion degree of a sightseeing place in advance.

1 is a schematic view showing a relationship between a beacon, a user terminal, and a sightseeing service server for providing a city sightseeing service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a state diagram showing a reception range of a beacon and a position of a user terminal.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a user terminal.
4 is a schematic view showing the configuration of a city sightseeing service server.
5 is a flowchart showing an identification information update process;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a city tour service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing city sightseeing information displayed on a display of a user terminal; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms "part," " module, "and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software . In addition, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part throughout the specification, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "connected with other part in between".

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, an apparatus for a city sightseeing service method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

With reference to Figs. 1 to 3, the beacon 10, the user terminal 30 and the city sightseeing service server 40 will be described in detail.

The beacon 10 is installed in the specific site 11. [ The beacon 10 can communicate with the user terminal 30 up to a radius of 50 M at the site installed in the site 11. The beacon 10 transmits a beacon signal to the user terminal 30 using a wireless communication protocol such as Bluetooth. At this time, the beacon signal may include identification information of the beacon 10. The identification information is information that can distinguish the beacon 10 from the beacon.

The site described in the present invention means a specific place, and it can be any point such as a building, a specific point on the street, a park, and the like. That is, the site 11 refers to a particular building or space where the beacon 10 can be installed.

The user terminal 30 receives the identification information transmitted from the beacon 10 and transmits the identification information received again to the city center tourism service server 40. [ At this time, the city sightseeing service server 40 generates city map information within a certain distance from the beacon using the identification information, and transmits the generated city map information to the user terminal 30. [

The user terminal 30 may be a smart device including a smart phone, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), MP3, a tablet PC, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a laptop computer, a personal computer, And various types of wireless communication devices and wired communication devices that can be connected to the city sightseeing service server 40.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 30 may include an identification information receiving unit 31 for receiving the identification information transmitted from the beacon 10. And an identification information transmitting unit 32 for transmitting the received identification information to the city sightseeing service server 40. [ In addition, it may include an information receiving unit 33 for receiving the city map information and other information from the city sightseeing service server 40. It may also include a storage unit 34 for storing the received information. In addition, it may include a display 35 for displaying the map information and information necessary for sightseeing.

The identification information receiving unit 31 receives unique identification information of the beacon 10 from the beacon 10. At this time, the identification information receiving unit 31 supports Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology.

The identification information transmission unit 32 transmits the received identification information to the city center sightseeing service server 40. The identification information transmitting unit 32 transmits the identification information to the city tour service server 40 using a wired or wireless communication network. The wireless communication network may be a cellular network or a Wi-Fi network, but is not limited thereto.

The information receiving unit 33 receives the city map information from the city sightseeing service server 40. The map information is map information that is within a predetermined distance from the beacon 10 that transmitted the identification information received by the user terminal 30. The map information includes a beacon 10 within a predetermined distance from the beacon 10, As shown in FIG. Also, the information receiving unit 33 receives necessary information from the city sightseeing service server 40 according to the city sightseeing or moving.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the information receiver 33 receives the real-time user terminal quantity information, which is the number of the user terminal 30 located in the reception range 13 of the specific beacon from the urban tourism service server 40 . Further, it may receive information on the average of the number of user terminals 30 located in the reception range 13 of a specific beacon for a certain period of time. The predetermined period may be 24 hours (days), minutes, hours, and the like, but it is not limited thereto, and the period may be changed depending on the operating environment in which the service is operated.

The real-time terminal quantity information is information about the number of terminals of the user located in the reception range 13 of the specific beacon at a specific point in time (or the current point in time).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information receiving unit 33 may receive the average number of mobile terminals information and / or the average number of mobile stations by time slot from the city tour service server 40.

The daily average UE quantity information is a value obtained by dividing the sum of the quantities of the user terminals 30 (which received identification information of a specific beacon) connected to a specific beacon for a specific period by a specific period. For example, if the number of the user terminals 30 connected to a specific beacon for 30 days is 900, the average number of mobile terminals information may be 30. That is, information indicating that an average of 30 users per day has accessed the beacon.

The average terminal quantity information by time slot represents the number of user terminals 30 connected to the beacon 10 by time slot. For example, the sum of the information on the number of the user terminals 30 connected to the beacon from 9:00 am to 10:00 am for a predetermined period is divided into a predetermined period, and the average connection user terminal 30 Can be calculated. In the above description, the time zone is defined as one hour, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the period may be one month, one quarter, one half or one year, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

When receiving the identification information of the beacon located within the reception range 13 of the specific beacon of the user terminal 30 in order to generate the real-time terminal quantity information, the daily average terminal quantity information, and the average terminal quantity information by the time slot, And transmits the corresponding identification number to the service server 40. Further, when the user terminal 30 does not receive the identification information, that is, when the user terminal 30 moves out of the reception range 13 of the beacon, it transmits the departure information to the city tour service server 40. The identification information and the departure information may be transmitted through the identification information transmission unit 32 of the user terminal 30. [

The storage unit 34 stores information received through the information receiving unit 33. The city map information, the average terminal quantity information, and the like received via the information receiving unit 33 may be stored in the storage unit 34.

The display 35 displays information such as the received city map information, which is necessary for the user to navigate the city center and route.

Referring to FIG. 4, the urban tourism service server 40 may include an identification information receiving unit 41 for receiving identification information generated in the beacon 10 from the user terminal 30. Further, it may include an identification information DB 42 for storing the identification information of the beacon 10. In addition, it may include a city center map information generator 44 for generating map information within a certain distance from the reference site corresponding to the identification information of the beacon 10. [ In addition, it may include an information transmission unit 45 for transmitting the city map information to the user terminal 30.

The identification information receiving unit 41 receives the identification information of the beacon 10 transmitted from the user terminal 30 and more specifically the beacon 10 transmitted from the identification information transmitting unit 32 of the user terminal 30 And the like.

The identification information DB 42 is a DB for storing identification information of the beacon 10, and is a DB for storing identification information of the beacon 10 installed in a certain area. At this time, the predetermined area is not limited to the city center, but may store the identification information of the beacon 10 installed in a specific city, country, or the entire world.

The site information DB 43 stores information of the site 11 in which the beacon 10 of the identification information is installed. The site information stores various information related to the site 11 where the beacon is installed. The site information may include location information of the site 11 where the beacon 10 is installed. In addition, the site information includes the name of the site 11 in which the beacon 10 is installed, and information in accordance with the characteristics of the site 11. For example, if the site 11 in which the beacon 10 is installed is a museum, it may be a business time, a history, a sightseeing cost, etc., including location information of the museum, If it is a distance, it can be position information of the distance, history, and the like. If the site 11 where the beacon 10 is installed is a restaurant, it may be location information of the restaurant, business hours, menu, user preference and evaluation. That is, the site information may be any information related to the site 11.

The city center map information generating unit 44 generates map information within a certain distance from the reference site corresponding to the received identification information. The city center map information generating unit 44 confirms the received identification information in the identification information DB 42 and searches the site information DB 43 for the site information corresponding to the identification information. Next, the location of the reference site is confirmed based on the location information of the reference site confirmed in the site information DB 43, and the surrounding sites located within a certain distance from the location of the reference site are confirmed in the site information DB 43. [ When the confirmation of the surrounding site is completed, the location of the surrounding site is displayed on the map within a predetermined distance from the reference site to generate the urban map information. The neighboring sites identified in the site information DB 43 basically correspond to the beacon identification information in the identification information DB 42, and thus the neighboring sites indicated in the city map information means the site 11 having the beacon 10 installed therein.

Therefore, the peripheral site displayed in the urban map information generated by the urban map information generating unit 44 is the site 11 in which the beacon 10 is installed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the identification information of the reference site is received, the information transmission unit 45 may transmit the identification information of the beacon 10 installed in the neighboring site to the user terminal 30. The identification information of the beacon 10 installed in the peripheral site is entered into the reception range 13 of the beacon 10 installed in the peripheral site along the designated route or the movement of the user terminal 30 And when the identification information of the beacon 10 installed in the surrounding site is received, it can be used to confirm whether or not the user is moving to the correct route. Alternatively, when receiving the identification information of the beacon 10 installed in the peripheral site, the peripheral site information may be displayed on the display 35 of the user terminal 30. In this case, the peripheral site information is stored in advance in the storage unit 34 of the user terminal 30, and the peripheral site information is stored in the user terminal 30 before the user receives the identification information of the beacon 10 of the peripheral site. (30).

The site information stored in the site information DB 43 may include daily average quantity information and / or hourly average quantity information of the terminal that has received the identification information of the beacon 10 installed in the site 11. In addition, it may include real-time quantity information of the terminal receiving the identification information of the beacon 10 installed at the site 11 at a specific point in time.

Since the daily average quantity information and the average quantity information by the time slot have been described above, the description will be omitted.

The real-time quantity information is real-time information of the quantity of the user terminal 30 located in the reception range 13 of the specific beacon. I. E., The number of users located within the receive range 13 of a particular beacon. The user located within the reception range 13 of a specific beacon can be viewed as the number of users staying at the site 11 where the beacon is installed.

The real-time quantity information may be calculated based on the departure information received when the user terminal 30 moves out of the reception range 13 of the specific beacon. That is, when the user terminal 30 transmits the identification information of the specific beacon to the city sightseeing service server 40, the user terminal 30 recognizes that the beacon is located in the site 11 where the beacon is installed, Is not receiving the identification information of the beacon, the corresponding user terminal 30 can recognize that the beacon is no longer located in the installed site 11 when the beacon is transmitted. Thereby generating real-time quantity information, which is the number of the user terminal 30 located at the site 11 where the beacon is currently installed.

On the other hand, since the reception range 13 of the beacon 10 may be located in the reception radius 13 of the beacon signal even though it is not located in the site 11 where the beacon 10 is superimposed or the beacon 10 is installed, It can be recognized that the beacon is located in the installed site 11 when the intensity is equal to or higher than the predetermined intensity.

The information transmission unit 45 transmits the stored identification information of the identification information DB 42, the site information stored in the site information DB 43 and the urban map information generated by the urban map information generation unit 44 to the user terminal 30, Lt; / RTI > The information transmitted from the information transmitting unit 45 of the city sightseeing service server 40 is received through the information receiving unit 33 of the user terminal 30. [

5, when the beacon identification information received from the user terminal 30 is not included in the identification information DB 42, the city tour service server 40 automatically updates the identification information DB 42 do.

The beacon identification information is received from the user terminal 30 in step S110 and whether or not the received identification information is included in the identification information DB 42 is determined in step S120. At this time, if the received identification information is not included in the identification information DB, the identification information DB 42 is updated by checking the corresponding identification information from the upper identification information DB 42 and adding the corresponding identification information. In addition, after confirming the site information corresponding to the identification information from the upper information DB, the site information DB 43 is updated by adding the site information (S140). If the corresponding identification information is not included in the upper identification information DB 42 or if there is no information of the corresponding site in the upper site information DB 43, the operator can directly input and update the corresponding information.

6 to 7, a city tour service method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The method for receiving the first identification information from the first beacon 10 installed at the first site 11 and transmitting the first identification information to the city center tourism service server 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention (S20). The method may further include receiving (S40) city center map information from the city sightseeing service server 40 in response to the first identification information transmission. In addition, displaying the received city map information on the display 35 may be included.

The user terminal 30 receives the first identification information from the first beacon 10 installed in the first site 11 and transmits the first identification information to the city center tourism service server 40.

When the user terminal 30 receives the first identification information, the identification information transmission unit 32 transmits the first identification information to the city tour service server 40. [ The city center map information generating unit 44 of the city sightseeing service server 40 confirms the first site 11 information corresponding to the first identification information and notifies the first site 11 of the city center within the predetermined distance R Map information is generated (S30). At this time, the city map information includes position information of the second sites 21 and 22 provided with a second beacon located within a predetermined distance R from the first site 11, The position of the first site 11 and the second site 21, 22 are displayed together with the map through the display 35 of the first site 11 and the second site 21. (See Fig. 7)

The second beacon and the second site 21 and 22 are at least one and the second beacon means all beacons located within a certain distance from the first site 11. [ In general, there are a plurality of the second beacon and the second site.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may further include a step (S60) of receiving second identification information of the second beacon from the city sightseeing service server 40.

The step S60 of receiving the second identification information may be performed when the terminal 30 receives the first identification information. That is, in this case, the user terminal 30 may be configured to receive the second identification information from the city tour service server 40 (before the user terminal 30 is located in the reception range 13 of the second beacon) Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > identification information. ≪ / RTI > For example, the second identification information may be transmitted to the user terminal 30 together with the urban map information. Of course, it may be transmitted to the user terminal 30 after the transmission of the city map information or before the transmission of the city map information. However, before receiving the second identification information from the second beacon, the second identification information is transmitted from the city tourism service server 40 And transmitted to the user terminal 30.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include a step (S50) of receiving a start point and a destination from a user and displaying the sight path between the start point and the destination on the display 35 of the user terminal 30. (See Fig. 7)

When generating the tour route, the tourist route information may include the second identification information (s) of the second site (s) 21, 22 located on the tourist route. That is, the tourist route information may generate the second identification information list located on the generated tourist route.

And displaying an alarm on the display 35 when the identification information not included in the second identification information list is received when the user moves along the tourist route. That is, the second identification information received from the city center sightseeing service server 40 after receiving the first identification information may be used to perform the function of displaying the alarm.

Referring to FIG. 7, when approaching the second site 21 located on the tourist route, an alarm is not displayed, but the second site 22, which is not located on the tourist route, The alarm can be displayed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to perform step S70 of receiving additional information on the second site. The step S70 of receiving the additional information may be performed when the terminal 30 receives the first identification information. Or receiving the additional information (S70) may be performed when the terminal receives the second identification information of the second beacon.

The additional information is additional on-site information related to the second site. The additional information may include a second site name, a history of the second site, a business hours of the second site, a characteristic of the second site, Information, and the additional information is stored in the site information DB 43 of the city sightseeing service server 40.

The additional information about the second site may be performed when receiving the first identification number or when receiving the second identification information from the second beacon.

When receiving the first identification number and receiving the additional information related to the second site, information on the second site located in the vicinity of the user can be collectively received, but the capacity of the initially received data may be increased .

On the other hand, when receiving the second identification number of the second beacon, that is, when the user enters the reception range 13 of the second beacon, when receiving additional information about the second site, And unnecessary data reception can be avoided.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may include receiving real-time terminal quantity information located within the reception range 13 of the second beacon. The step of receiving the real-time terminal quantity information may be performed when the terminal receives the first identification information. Or may be performed at the request of the user.

The real-time terminal quantity information means the number of users staying at the second site where the second beacon for transmitting the second identification information is installed. The user can adjust the city tour route or the schedule using the real time terminal quantity information. In other words, the user can determine how many people are staying at the second site by viewing the real-time terminal quantity information, thereby determining whether to include the second site in the tourist route.

When the user terminal 30 receives the second identification information in order to generate the real-time terminal quantity information, the city tour service server 40 transmits the second identification information to the city tour service server 40 (S80) And transmitting the departure information to the city tour service server 40 when the reception of the second identification information is not detected (S90). The downtown tourist service server 40 can be configured such that the user terminal 30 remains at the second site where the second beacon is installed until the time when the second identification information is received from the user terminal 30 until the time when the departure information for the beacon is received Thereby generating real-time terminal quantity information staying at the second site and transmitting the generated real-time terminal quantity information to the user terminal 30.

The real-time terminal quantity information may be updated in real time or periodically, or may be updated when new identification information is received according to the movement of the terminal.

After the user terminal 30 first receives the real-time terminal quantity information of the second site, the real-time terminal quantity information is updated in real time or periodically to keep the number of users staying at the second site at the latest information state.

The method for receiving the second identification information of the second beacon from the city sightseeing service server 40 and receiving the average terminal quantity information and / or the average terminal quantity information by the time slot, according to an embodiment of the present invention Step < / RTI >

The method may further include displaying the congestion level of the second site using the terminal quantity information and the average terminal quantity information.

The congestion level can be calculated by comparing the real-time terminal quantity information with the daily average terminal quantity information and the average terminal quantity information by time. For example, if the number of real-time terminals is larger than the daily average number of terminals and the number of terminals by time, it can be estimated that the congestion is high.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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A method for providing a beacon signal to a city center using a terminal,
Receiving first identification information from a first beacon installed at a first site and transmitting the first identification information to a city sightseeing service server;
Receiving city map information from the city sightseeing service server in response to the first identification information transmission;
Displaying the received city map information on the display;
Receiving location information of a second site provided with a second beacon located within a predetermined distance from the first site from the city sightseeing service server, second identification information of the second beacon, and additional information of the second site; And
Receiving the quantity information of the real-time terminals and the quantity information of the daily average terminals located within the reception range of the second beacon from the city sightseeing service server,
The city map information is map information within a predetermined distance from the first site,
Wherein the second identification information of the second beacon and the additional information of the second site are received from the city tour service server before the terminal is adjacent to the second beacon when the first identification information is received from the first beacon Received,
Wherein the terminal calculates and displays the congestion degree of the second site in advance by using the quantity information of the real-time terminal and the quantity information of the daily average terminal before adjacent to the second beacon.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of displaying the sightseeing route between the departure point and the destination on the display of the terminal by inputting the departure point and the destination from the user.
5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising the step of displaying an alarm on the display when identification information of a beacon not located on the tour path is received.
delete delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And updating the real-time terminal quantity information in real time or periodically.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Transmitting the second identification information to the city tour service server when the terminal receives the second identification information; And
And transmitting the departure information to the city sightseeing service server when the reception of the second identification information is not detected.
An identification information receiving unit for receiving identification information generated in a beacon from a user terminal;
An identification information DB for storing identification information of beacons;
A site information DB for storing site information corresponding to identification information of beacons;
A city center map information generating unit for generating map information within a predetermined distance from the reference site corresponding to the received identification information;
And an information transmission unit for transmitting the city map information to the user terminal,
The city center map information generating unit,
Generating beacon map information including location information of a beacon located within a certain distance from the reference site and beacon, and identification information of a beacon installed in the surrounding site,
When the first identification information of the first beacon installed in the first site is received from the terminal, the information transmission unit transmits the location information of the second site, which is located within a certain distance from the first site, The second identification information of the second site and the additional information of the second site before the terminal is adjacent to the second beacon,
The information transmitting unit transmits the quantity information of the real-time terminals and the quantity information of the average-sized terminals located within the reception range of the second beacon to the terminal, and the terminal transmits the quantity information of the real- Wherein the congestion degree of the second site is calculated and displayed in advance before being adjacent to the second beacon.
delete delete 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the quantity information of the real-time terminal is generated by using the identification information of the beacon received from the user terminal and the departure information of the beacon.
16. The method of claim 15,
And updates the identification information DB when the received identification information is not included in the identification information DB.
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