KR20080074066A - Content Provision System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content providing system, comprising: means for connecting unique identification information of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle and content to be provided to the wireless communication device, and storing the content on a storage medium, and a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle; Means for connecting a short range wireless communication session and identifying unique identification information of a wireless communication apparatus provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session, and extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium. And means for transmitting the extracted content to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session.

Description

System for Providing Contents

1 is a simplified diagram of a mobile storage medium content providing system for providing digital contents to a mobile storage medium of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle.

2 is a simple flowchart of a preferred process of determining and caching a content to be provided to a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle from a content providing server and caching to a cache server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a simplified flowchart of a preferred process for transmitting cached digital content to a cache server to a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle accessing a near field communication area in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a simple flowchart of a preferred process in which a short range wireless communication processing unit maintains a communication session between a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle and a cache server to ensure reliability.

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100: control unit 105: output unit

110: input unit 115: media processing unit

120: vehicle linking unit 125: wireless positioning unit

130: wireless communication unit 135: memory unit

140: identification information processing unit 145: short-range communication unit

150: content storage unit 155: short-range wireless communication connection unit

* 160: cache server 165: short-range wireless communication processing unit

170: content transmission unit 175: content caching unit

180: content providing server 185: content D / B

190: CRM server 195: CRM D / B

The present invention provides a means for connecting unique identification information of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle and contents to be provided to the wireless communication device and storing them in a storage medium, and for connecting a short range wireless communication session with a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle. Means for confirming unique identification information of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session, and extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium; And means for transmitting to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session.

The vehicle is equipped with a telematics system provided by intelligent computing technology.

Telematics provides various services such as traffic information, emergency response, remote vehicle diagnosis, internet access (eg, financial transactions, news, e-mail, etc.) to drivers and passengers through Global Positioning System (GPS) and wireless communication network. As a terminal and an operating system that can be provided, it is basically based on a mobile computing technology, but is different from a known mobile computing technology.

For example, known mobile computing technologies have had to give up much of their computing power to provide portability and mobility to users, but since telematics is provided in vehicles, It is possible to provide almost the same computing power.

In addition, although the computing performance of telematics is almost the same as the fixed computing, there is a distinctive feature from the fixed computing in terms of user interface and / or resource utilization.

For example, in order to ensure driver safety, telematics uses speech recognition in addition to key input, and user output interface uses text output speech (TTS) in addition to the screen output unit. In addition, even when outputting a sound to the driver, for example, instead of using a separate sound output device, the sound output device provided in the vehicle is shared and utilized.

In other words, telematics has high-performance computing power and includes computing features that can be moved through a vehicle. This means that telematics has limited networking performance compared to fixed computing, and also includes the problems of networking included in known mobile computing (eg, additional charges in addition to the content fee in the content providing process).

By the way, telematics includes other features compared to known mobile computing, and the mobility of telematics includes a certain pattern. For example, a vehicle equipped with telematics must periodically visit a gas station to inject fuel, and the vehicle must be parked in a designated parking lot.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is a means for connecting the unique identification information of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle and the content to be provided to the wireless communication device to store in a storage medium, the wireless provided in the vehicle Means for connecting a communication device with a short range wireless communication session and identifying unique identification information of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session, and contents connected to the identified unique identification information through the storage medium. And a means for extracting the extracted content and means for transmitting the extracted content to the wireless communication apparatus provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content providing system comprising: means for connecting unique identification information of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle and content to be provided to the wireless communication device, and storing the content on a storage medium; Means for verifying unique identification information of a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session and means for extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium; And means for transmitting the extracted content to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session.

In addition, means for connecting the unique identification information of the customer's mobile phone and the content to be provided to the mobile phone and storing in the storage medium, the means for connecting the customer's mobile phone and the short-range wireless communication session and the short-range wireless communication session of the Means for identifying unique identification information, extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium, and transmitting the extracted content to the customer mobile phone via the short range wireless communication session; It is characterized by.

The method may further include means for automatically converting the short range wireless communication session into a wireless network communication session when the short range communication session is disconnected before the process of transmitting the extracted content is completed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings and description will be described in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the drawings and the following description shown below are for the preferred method among various methods for effectively explaining the features of the present invention, the present invention is not limited only to the drawings and description below. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout the present title.

In the following drawings and descriptions according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an identification information processing unit for storing and extracting unique identification information in a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle, and a mobile storage medium for storing contents provided to the wireless communication device. A short range communication unit for connecting and maintaining a short range wireless communication session with a cache server in a process of providing content to a mobile storage medium of the wireless communication device, wherein the short range communication area includes a short range wireless communication connection unit. A content caching unit for caching content to be transmitted from at least one content providing server to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle, and a communication session with the local area communication unit of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle, for a near field communication area visited by the vehicle; Handle near field communication sessions that can be connected and maintained And, the content storage part of the radio communication device provided in the vehicle equipped with the cache servers, or the like content transmission unit for transmitting content.

1 is a simple diagram of a mobile storage medium contents providing system for providing digital contents to a mobile storage medium of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle.

Referring to FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle basically includes a control unit 100, an output unit 105, an input unit 110, a media processing unit 115, The vehicle linker 120, the wireless positioning unit 125, the wireless communication unit 130, and the memory unit 135 are provided, and the present invention provides digital content through short-range wireless communication. The content storing unit 150 is provided on the identification information processing unit 140, the short range communication unit 145, and the memory unit 135.

The control unit 100 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle includes an operating system and a wireless communication device control management program that are loaded and / or booted after the power is input and booted to the wireless communication device. Collectively, such as an application program, in the process of providing all the services through the wireless communication device, in connection with at least one or more components provided in the wireless communication device to control and manage the overall operation for the service. do.

The output unit 105 may output various types of information and / or signals processed by the control unit 100 in the process of providing at least one service provided through the wireless communication device, and may be processed through a screen, Alternatively, it is possible to output through sound using TTS.

The input unit 110 inputs various information and / or signals necessary for processing through the control unit 100 in the process of providing at least one service provided through the wireless communication device, and inputs through a key input unit. Alternatively, it is possible to input in the form of sound using voice recognition.

The media processing unit 115 extracts at least one or more media information from media such as a CD and / or DVD or a cassette tape and outputs the information to the output unit 105 through the control unit 100, and the vehicle linking unit 120 is a remote vehicle. It is linked with an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle for diagnosis or emergency response, and the wireless positioning unit 125 provides GPS for providing a car navigation service based on location measurement. Provides wireless positioning using satellites.

The memory unit 130 is a generic term for a space and / or a storage area in which a predetermined program code for controlling an overall operation of a wireless communication device and data input / output when an operation by the program code is performed are stored. It is provided in the form of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) or FM (Flash Memory), and recently, is also provided in the form of a hard disk drive.

In addition to the basic components as described above, the identification information processing unit 145 provided for providing digital content through short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention may include a driver and / or a passenger, a vehicle, or the like stored inside and / or outside the wireless communication device. Storing and / or managing unique identification information to identify the data, and extracting the unique identification information when a short range wireless communication session is connected between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 provided in the short range communication area. It is characterized by.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information processed by the identification information processing unit 140 can be stored on the memory unit 135 of the wireless communication device, in which case the identification information processing unit 140 In addition to the function of the identification information processing unit 140, a function of blocking and controlling any inappropriate access to the area where the unique identification information is stored on the memory unit 135 of the wireless communication device is included.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information processed by the identification information processing unit 140 is stored in a specific memory on the electronic control device interworking with the vehicle linking unit 120 of the wireless communication device (eg, unique identification). Information is the serial number of the vehicle), in which case the identification information processing unit 140 extracts the unique identification information through the vehicle linking unit 120.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information processed by the identification information processing unit 140 may be stored on the ICC of the smart card. In this case, the identification information processing unit 140 may use ISO / IEC 7816 and / or It serves as a card terminal device that satisfies the standards of ISO / IEC 14443.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information processed by the identification information processing unit 140 may be input by a driver and / or a passenger, and in this case, the identification information processing unit 140 may be an input unit of a wireless communication device ( In connection with 110, unique identification information is input from the driver and / or the occupant.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information processed by the identification information processing unit 140 may be biometric information such as a driver and / or a passenger, and in this case, the identification information processing unit 140 receives the biometric information. It is equipped with the function of the biological information device.

In addition, the short-range communication unit 145 provided for providing digital content through short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention is a short-range communication means for a short-range communication session between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 provided in the short-range communication area. As an example, a short-range wireless communication session between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 may be connected and maintained without passing through a base station, a switching center, or the like on a known wireless network.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the short-range communication means provided by the short-range communication unit 145 includes a wireless LAN that provides a Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) stack using a wireless network interface card (NIC). do.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the short range communication unit provided by the short range communication unit 145 includes infrared communication of IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, which conforms to IEEE 802.11 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standard, and RF communication that provides full-duplex communication is included.

In addition, the content storage unit 150 on the memory unit 135 provided for providing digital content through the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention stores and / or digital content transmitted through the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention. Or manage, control access (eg, copy, move, delete, etc.) through the control unit 100 of the wireless communication device, and playback access (eg, music and / or) through at least one or more application programs provided in the wireless communication device. Or video playback).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the content storage unit 150 is provided in the memory unit 135 of the wireless communication device to store and / or manage digital content transmitted through the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention. Corresponds to Database Management System (DBMS).

Referring to FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one short range wireless communication connection unit 155 and a cache server 160 are provided in a short range communication area visited by a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication device. The server 160 includes a short range communication session processor 165, a content transmitter 170, and a content caching unit 175 in addition to a well-known cache server component.

The short range wireless communication connection unit 155 provided in the short range communication area is formed between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 based on the short range wireless communication means used by the short range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle. Network connection means for connecting a short range wireless communication session.

For example, if the short-range wireless communication means used by the short-range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle is a wireless LAN and / or Wi-Fi, the short-range wireless communication connection unit 155 may be connected to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle. An access point serving as a base station for wireless communication and an access controller for providing authentication, charging, and / or other information on the wireless communication device.

Also, for example, if the short range wireless communication means used by the short range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle is Bluetooth, the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 may be a piconet and / or a scatternet on the Bluetooth protocol stack. Corresponds to the Bluetooth Master Unit which serves as a base station for short-range communication with the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle.

For example, if the near field communication means used by the near field communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle is infrared communication, the near field communication connection unit 155 corresponds to an infrared transmission / reception module complying with the IrDA standard.

The short-range communication session processing unit 165 of the cache server 160 provided in the short-range communication area for providing digital content through the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention is provided to the short-range communication area through the short-range wireless communication connection unit 155. Search for a short range wireless communication means for the short range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the entering vehicle, connect a short range wireless communication session, and digital content cached in the content caching unit 175 of the corresponding cache server 160. Maintain a short range wireless communication session between the cache server 160 and the wireless communication device while providing the content storage unit 150 of the wireless communication device. If the vehicle leaves the short range communication area before completion of the digital content transmission to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle, The short-range wireless communication session, characterized by carrying out a function to automatically switch over the wireless network with wireless network communication session for transmitting the digital content to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle.

In addition, the content transmission unit 170 of the cache server 160 provided in the short-range communication area for providing digital content through the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention is the digital content cached in the content caching unit 175 The method may include transmitting to a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle through a short range wireless communication connection unit 155, and the transmission process is controlled by the short range wireless communication session processing unit 165. If the vehicle leaves the short range communication area before the digital content cached in the content caching unit 175 is transmitted to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle, the content transmitter 170 may include a short range communication session processor. The remaining digital content is transmitted to the wireless communication device through the wireless network through a wireless network communication session to which the network 165 connects.

In addition, the content caching unit 175 of the cache server 160 provided in the short-range communication area for providing digital content through short-range wireless communication according to the present invention is provided by at least one content providing server 180 As a storage area provided in the cache server 160 to cache one or more digital contents, the content caching according to the present invention may be performed when the digital contents provided from the at least one or more contents providing server 180 are temporarily stored for a predetermined period of time. = Storing for a certain period of time], and the case of real-time buffering the digital content provided by the content providing server 180 (= real-time temporary storage and retransmission method) and the like.

In addition, the cache server 160 is located in a short-range communication area visited by the vehicle, the function of connecting and maintaining a short-range wireless communication session with the wireless communication device of the vehicle, and at least to transmit to the wireless communication device of the vehicle And an electronic information management program for realizing a function of caching one or more digital contents and a function of transmitting the cached digital contents to a wireless communication apparatus provided in the vehicle through short range wireless communication. Characterized in that.

Referring to FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the content providing server 180 may transmit at least one or more contents to the wireless communication device through the wireless communication unit 130 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through a wireless network. [= Function of a known content providing server in telematics] and caching at least one or more digital contents to a cache server 160 provided in a short range communication area for providing digital content through short range wireless communication according to the present invention. The feature is added.

In addition, according to an aspect of the present invention, the content providing server 180 accumulates and / or manages customer relationship management information for the driver and / or occupant corresponding to the unique identification information of the wireless communication device provided in a specific vehicle It is possible to interwork with the CRM server 190, in which case the content providing server 180 is based on the CRM information of the driver and / or occupant accumulated in the CRM D / B (195) of the CRM server 190 It is possible to determine the digital content provided to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle.

In describing the flowcharts according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, preferred scenarios are used to effectively illustrate the features of the present invention.

The driver is moving through a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication device according to the present invention, and the driver likes pop songs, and the customer management information indicating that the driver likes pop songs includes a CRM server linked with a content providing server 180 ( 190 is stored in the CRM D / B 195 of FIG. In addition, the vehicle that the driver is driving is a situation that the current fuel is almost consumed to be refueled, at this time the electronic control unit (ECU) provided in the vehicle through the vehicle linkage unit 120 of the wireless communication device Provides fuel information remaining in the fuel tank by radio communication device. In addition to the digital content providing function through short-range wireless communication according to the present invention, the wireless communication device basically functions to determine whether to refuel based on the fuel information, and accesses the content providing server 180 to present the vehicle. It is equipped with a function to receive gas station information closest to the location.

2 is a simple flowchart illustrating a preferred process of determining and caching the content to be provided to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle from the content providing server 180 to the cache server 160 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic control device provided in the vehicle measures the amount of fuel stored in the fuel tank through at least one sensor provided in the fuel tank, converts the measured fuel amount into fuel information in the form of digitized digital information, and then wirelessly communicates. Provided to the wireless communication device through the vehicle linkage unit 120 of the device (200).

When fuel information is provided from the electronic controller as described above, the wireless communication device determines whether it is necessary to refuel for fuel replenishment based on the fuel information (205).

If it is not necessary to refuel based on the fuel information provided from the electronic controller (210), the wireless communication device deletes the fuel information, and the electronic controller extracts fuel information from the fuel tank as described above to the wireless communication device. Repeat the process provided.

On the other hand, if the condition to be lubricated based on the fuel information provided from the electronic controller (for example, the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank less than 5% of the fuel tank capacity) is satisfied (215), the wireless communication device via the output unit 105 The amount of fuel remaining in the current fuel tank is displayed, and the driver is requested to approve fueling (220).

If the driver does not approve fueling (225), the radio communication unit displays the fuel remaining in the fuel tank based on the fuel information provided from the electronic controller, and allows the driver to refuel the fuel remaining in the fuel tank. Repeat the request to approve the fuel until the condition is not met.

On the other hand, if the driver approves fueling (230), the wireless communication device measures the current position of the vehicle through the wireless positioning unit 125, and then the current position information of the vehicle measured as described above through the wireless network, Providing the unique identification information extracted from the identification information processing unit 140 of the wireless communication device to the content providing server 180, and requests the content providing server 180 the gas station information nearest to the current location of the vehicle ( 235).

The content providing server 180 which is provided with the current location information and the unique identification information of the vehicle and receives the gas station information closest to the current location of the vehicle as described above, is based on the current location information of the vehicle provided from the wireless communication device. For example, near field communication information (eg, near field communication communication unit 155 and the cache server 160) located closest to the vehicle through Geographical Information System (GIS) information and a distance calculation algorithm between two points. Region) and provide music identification information provided by the wireless communication device to the CRM server 190 to select music preferred by the driver corresponding to the identification information and provide the driver with the music content (eg, The moving picture experts group layer 3 (MP3) information is extracted (240).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the process of extracting the gas station information closest to the current location of the vehicle in the process corresponds to the process of determining the cache server 160 to cache music content, In addition, the process of extracting the music content information to be provided to the driver by interworking with the CRM server 190 by the content providing server 180 corresponds to a process of determining digital content to be cached by the cache server 160.

When the gas station information and the music content information are extracted through the process, the content providing server 180 provides the gas station information and the music content information to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the wireless network (245).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the gas station information is configured to output to the output unit 105 (for example, the screen output unit) provided in the wireless communication device through the GIS, the music content information is a menu (Menu) In the form, the driver may include an interface that allows the driver to approve selection of music content and / or provision of music content through the input unit 110 (eg, a touch pad).

When the gas station information and the music content information are provided from the content providing server 180 as described above, the wireless communication device outputs the gas station information and the music content information through the output unit 105, and allows the driver to provide the music content provided above. In step 250, a request is made to approve whether the music content is provided through an interface for determining whether the music content is actually provided and / or whether or not to provide the music content.

If the driver refuses to provide the music content in the approval process of providing the music content (255), the wireless communication device transmits the music content provision denial information to the content providing server 180 through the wireless network, the content providing server 180 ) Provides the music content provision refusal information to the CRM server 190 (260), accumulates in the CRM D / B 195 as new CRM information for the driver, and from the content provision server 180 to the vehicle The process of determining the content to be provided to the provided wireless communication device and caching to the cache server 160 ends.

On the other hand, if the driver approves the provision of the music content in the approval process of providing the music content (265), the wireless communication device transmits the music content provision approval information to the content providing server 180 through the wireless network (270), the content provision The server 180 determines the music content provision approval information as a music content caching approval result for caching the music content to the cache server 160 provided at the gas station, and the short-range wireless communication proposed by the present invention presented by the present invention. The corresponding music content stored in the content D / B 185 of the content providing server 180 is transmitted to the cache server 160 provided at the gas station through at least one wired and / or wireless network to provide digital content through the digital content. In operation 275, the cache is cached in the content caching unit 175 included in the cache server 160.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the music content cached from the content providing server 180 to the content caching unit 175 of the cache server 160 includes unique identification information provided from a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle. The unique identification information provides a means for retrieving music contents to be provided from the cache server 160 to the wireless communication apparatus of the vehicle in FIG. 3.

After the process of caching the music content stored in the content D / B 185 of the content providing server 180 to the cache server 160 provided in the gas station through the above process, the content providing server 180 is the The music content provision approval information and / or the result of caching the music content to the cache server 160 provided at the gas station is provided to the CRM server 190 to the CRM D / B 195 as new CRM information for the driver. Accumulate (280).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the customer relationship management information for the driver as accumulated in the CRM D / B 195 of the CRM server 190 is then transferred from the content providing server 180 to the vehicle. It can be used in the process of caching the content to be provided to the provided wireless communication device.

3 is a simple flowchart of a preferred process for transmitting the cached digital content to the cache server 160 to a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle accessing a near field communication area according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

While the vehicle equipped with the wireless communication device according to the present invention enters the short range communication area range included in the gas station determined through the process of FIG. 2 (300), the gas station (= near field communication area with a cache server) The short-range wireless communication connection unit 155 provided in the iteratively performs the task of searching for the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle newly entered into the short-range communication area range (305).

According to the present invention, the short-range wireless communication connection unit 155 provided at the gas station periodically transmits information and / or signals for searching the short-range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle according to the present invention. If the near field communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle receives the information and / or signal periodically transmitted by the near field communication unit 155, the near field communication unit 145 may receive the information. The short range wireless communication connection unit 155 responds to the information and / or signal transmitted, and through the above process, the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 searches for a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle entering the short range communication area.

If the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle newly entered into the short-range communication area as described above is searched during the search process of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle (310), the short-range wireless communication connection unit 155 provided in the gas station is The search result for the wireless communication device entering the short-range communication area as described above is provided to the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 provided in the cache server 160 (315), the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 is the short-range wireless communication The connection unit 155 repeatedly attempts to establish a short range wireless communication session with the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle (320).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 searches for a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle, and then attempts to connect a short range wireless communication session between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160. The subject is the cache server 160 as described above.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 searches for a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle and attempts to connect a short range wireless communication session between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160. The subject is a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle.

If the short range wireless communication connection is successful in the short range wireless communication session connection attempt as described above (325), the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 requests unique identification information from the wireless communication device through the short range wireless communication connection unit 155. (330).

The wireless communication device receiving the unique identification information request from the cache server 160 through the above process extracts the unique identification information through the identification information processing unit 140, and the short distance wireless communication connection unit 155 based on the extracted unique identification information as described above. It is provided to the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 provided in the cache server 160 through the () (335).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information extracted by the identification information processing unit 140 of the wireless communication device in the process is extracted through the identification information processing unit 140 for caching music content in the process of FIG. The unique identification information is the same as the unique identification information, or unique identification information compatible with the unique identification information.

When the unique identification information is provided to the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 of the cache server 160 through the short range wireless communication connecting unit 155 from the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle, the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 may identify the unique identification. Based on the information, the content caching unit 175 included in the cache server 160 retrieves the cached music content including the unique identification information or corresponding to the unique identification information (340).

If the music content search process using the unique identification information does not include the unique identification information or cached music content corresponding to the unique identification information as described above (345), the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 Determines the music content search result as a short-range wireless communication session disconnection command between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160, and the wireless communication device and the cache server provided in the vehicle connected through the short-range wireless communication connection unit 155. The short-range wireless communication session on the 160 is disconnected (350), and the process of transmitting the cached digital content to the cache server 160 to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle approaching the short-range communication area is terminated.

On the other hand, if the music content including the unique identification information or the cached content corresponding to the unique identification information is retrieved in the music content search process using the unique identification information as described above (355), the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 The music content search result is provided to the content transmitter 170, and the content transmitter 170 includes the unique identification information cached in the content caching unit 175 based on the music content search result, or The music content corresponding to the unique identification information is extracted (360).

When the music content cached in the content caching unit 175 is extracted as described above, the content transmission unit 170 transfers the extracted music content to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication connection unit 155. When transmitted (365), the music content is received through the short-range communication unit 145 of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle and stored in the content storage unit 150 provided in the memory unit 135 (370).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as described above, the content transmission unit 170 provided in the cache server 160 transmits the music content extracted from the content caching unit 175 to the vehicle through the short range wireless communication connection unit 155. During the process of transmitting to the provided wireless communication device, a short range wireless communication session between the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle and the cache server 160 is performed by the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 provided in the cache server 160. It is maintained and reliable, the preferred process is shown in Figure 4.

4 is a simple flowchart of a preferred process in which the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 maintains a communication session between the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle and the cache server 160 to ensure reliability.

Referring to FIG. 4 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, prior to the process of FIG. 4, a vehicle may be transmitted through a short range wireless communication processor 165 provided in the cache server 160 as described in FIGS. 2 and 3. A short range wireless communication session is connected between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160, and a different short range wireless communication session is connected while providing the music content (400).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, if a vehicle equipped with the wireless communication device enters a short distance communication area (for example, a short range communication range of a gas station) while the short range wireless communication session is connected and maintained as described above, Short-range wireless communication between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 is unstable, or the short-range wireless communication as described above is uninterrupted.

Therefore, when the vehicle equipped with the wireless communication device enters the outside of the short range communication area while maintaining the short range wireless communication session based on the characteristics of the short range wireless communication (405), the short range wireless communication provided in the cache server 160 is provided. The processor 165 determines whether the music content cached in the content caching unit 175 via the content transmitter 170 is completed (410).

If the content transmission unit 170 completes the process of transmitting all the music content cached in the content caching unit 175 to the wireless communication device through the short range wireless communication session (415), the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 Disconnect the short range wireless communication session connected between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 and initialize the cache server 160 (eg, music content cached in the content caching unit 175 for transmission to the wireless communication device). Deleted) (420).

On the other hand, if the content transmission unit 170 has not completed the process of transmitting all the music content cached in the content caching unit 175 to the wireless communication device through a short range wireless communication session (425), the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 The wireless communication device and the cache server 160 (or the content providing server) provided in the vehicle through the wireless network to prevent instability and / or uninterrupted short-range wireless communication between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 as described above. Determine a command for attempting to connect a wireless network communication session between the network server, and provide the vehicle with the cache server 160 (or a content providing server) through a wireless network (for example, a mobile communication network) used by the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle. Attempt to connect a wireless communication session through the wireless communication unit 130 of the wireless communication device (430).

If the attempt to connect to the wireless communication session fails as described above (435), the short range wireless communication processing unit 165 disconnects all communication sessions connected between the wireless communication device and the cache server 160 and initializes the cache server 160. (Eg, music content cached in the content caching unit 175 for transmission to the wireless communication device).

On the other hand, if the connection of the wireless communication session between the cache server 160 (or the content providing server) and the wireless communication device as described above is successful (440), the short-range wireless communication processing unit 165 is a short-range wireless communication provided in the short-range communication area The short range wireless communication session connected and maintained between the cache server 160 and the wireless communication device through the connection unit 155 and the cache server 160 (or the content providing server) using the wireless network are out of the short range communication area as described above. Automatically switching to a wireless communication session between the wireless communication device provided in the moving vehicle (445).

As described above, when the short range wireless communication session through the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 is converted into a wireless communication session through the wireless network, the content transmitting unit 170 (or the content) included in the cache server 160 is provided. Providing server) transmits the music content to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle moving away from the short-range communication area through the wireless communication session, and completes the transmission of the music content as described above (450).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a short range wireless communication session, which is connected and maintained between the cache server 160 and the wireless communication device through the short range wireless communication connection unit 155 provided in the short range communication area, establishes a wireless network as described above. When automatically switched to the used wireless communication session, the wireless communication session preferably inherits the attributes of the short range wireless communication session.

For example, in the short range wireless communication session, the music content transmitted from the cache server 160 to the wireless communication device may be automatically converted to the wireless communication session as described above, and then be inherited from the wireless communication session.

After the process of transmitting the music content from the cache server 160 (or the content providing server) to the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle moving away from the short-range communication area through a wireless communication session through the above process, the cache The short range wireless communication processing unit 165 included in the server 160 disconnects all communication sessions connected between the wireless communication apparatus and the cache server 160 (or the content providing server) and initializes the cache server 160 (eg, Music content cached in the content caching unit 175 for transmission to the wireless communication device).

According to the present invention, by providing a mobile storage medium content providing system and method for providing digital content to a mobile storage medium of a wireless communication device provided in a vehicle, while providing portability and mobility to the user, By offering new services based on telematics services utilizing existing computing technologies (such as wired PCs) and periodic location information on vehicles equipped with telematics, telematics can be universalized and developed.

In addition, the user has the advantage of using the telematics to more easily and easily obtain and use the content on the existing wired and wireless.

In addition, service providers can take advantage of existing vehicle-related infrastructure (eg, gas stations, etc.) to develop new revenue models while reducing the cost of building additional infrastructure.

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Means for connecting the unique identification information of the wireless communication device provided in the vehicle with the contents to be provided to the wireless communication device and storing the content on the storage medium; Means for connecting a short range wireless communication session with a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle; And Means for identifying unique identification information of a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session and extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium; Means for transmitting the extracted content to a wireless communication device provided in the vehicle through the short range wireless communication session. Means for connecting the unique identification of the customer's mobile phone and the content to be provided to the mobile phone and storing the content on the storage medium; Means for connecting a near field communication session with the customer cellular phone; And Means for identifying unique identification information of the customer's mobile phone through the short range wireless communication session and extracting content associated with the identified unique identification information through the storage medium; Means for transmitting the extracted content to the customer cellular phone via the short range wireless communication session. The method according to claim 1 or 2, If the short-range communication session connection is interrupted before the process of transmitting the extracted content is completed, And means for automatically converting the short range wireless communication session into a wireless network communication session.

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