REALTIME CONVENTION EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a real-time convention event management system; and, more particularly, to a real-time convention event management system by using a wireless communication employing a wireless radio frequency (RF) card terminal provided with a non contact type RF card reading part to read by recognizing data stored in the form of RF signal in the non contact type RF card for emitting a radio wave to activate the non contact type RF card by communicating with the non contact type RF card and a wireless local area network (LAN) control module (WCM) for storing the read data on a memory and for transmitting/receiving the stored data to a server in a wireless communication.
Background Art
Generally, a convention event means a comprehensive term involving an event such as seminar, forum, international conference, exhibition or the like. A conventional real-time convention event management system by using a wire communication has a non contact type RF card for inputting a visitor's data to store therein and an RF card reader for emitting a radio wave to activate the non contact type RF card when the non contact type RF card approaches thereto and for recognizing and reading the data in the form of RF signal stored in the non contact type RF card by communicated with the non contact type RF card and a server for storing the data by receiving the data with communication with the RF card reader in a wire communication, wherein clients, e.g., organizers, exhibitors and candidates for exhibition, connect to the server to provide information.
Fig. 1 shows a block diagram showing one of conventional real-time convention event management systems by using a wire communication, which has a
non contact type RF card 10 for inputting a visitor's data to store therein and an RF card reader 20 provided with an RF card reading part 22 for emitting a radio wave to activate the non contact type RF card 10 when the non contact type RF card 10 makes an approach thereto and for recognizing and reading the data in the form of RF signal stored in the non contact type RF card 10 by communicated with the non contact type RF card 10, a wire communication part 28 composed of a local area network(LAN) card for transmitting the data read at the RF card reading part 22 by communicate with a server 40 through a wire and an output part 23 having a printer 24 connected to a terminal for transferring the data read at the RF card reading part 22 thereto and a monitor 26, wherein the plurality of RF card readers 20 provide the data received from the plurality of RF card readers 20 with being stored at the server
40 to clients 50, e.g., organizers, exhibitors and candidates for exhibition, by connecting with the server 40 through a hub 30 in various wire connection methods.
In order to smoothly operate the convention events, an RF card terminal, a hub, a wire communication cable and a server must be removed and installed at every 3~5 day, however, since a plurality of RF card readers are connected with the server at each booth through wires in various wire connection methods, there are many problems to require a time consuming and a high cost in removing and installing the RF card terminal, the hub, the wire communication cable and the server.
And also, the conventional real-time convention event management system by using a wire communication has a problem that additional RF card readers are installed therein due to the limit of network connection capability of the hub as the convention event exhibitors are increasing, because the connection between the plurality of RF card readers and the single server must be implemented by the hub due to the employment of the wire communication system.
Furthermore, since the RF card reader provides the data read by recognizing the data stored at the RF card to the server through the wire communication without an additional fabrication or outputs the data read by recognizing the data stored at the RF card to the connected monitor or the printer, it
does not provide information fabricated in various types in real time for the convention event visitors and the exhibitors.
Disclosure of the Invention
It is an object of the present invention to solve the above mentioned problems of the conventional convention event management system and to provide a real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication for rapidly operating convention event without eliminating and reinstalling wire communication lines due to the wireless communication between a wireless RF card terminal and a server by implementing the wireless RF card terminal provided with a non contact type RF card reading part to read by recognizing data stored in the form of RF signal in the non contact type RF card and a wireless local area network (LAN) control module (WCM) for storing the read data on a memory and for transmitting/receiving the stored data to the server in a wireless communication.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication for installing with increasing unrestrictedly the number of wireless RF card terminals, as the number of convention event exhibitors is increased, by connecting the wireless RF card terminals with an access pointer in a multi-to-single network form in a wireless communication by installing the access pointer as an intermediate connection medium with coupling the wireless RF card terminals to a server through TCP/IP communication and by connecting the access pointer with the server in a wire communication through a hub in a multi-to-one network form. It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication for providing information fabricated in various types in a real time for the convention event visitors and the exhibitors by providing fabricated analysis contents a monitor or a printer connected to a wireless RF card terminal by storing on a memory jointly the data read by recognizing the data stored at a non contact type RF card in the wireless
RF card terminal and a detailed data for a visitor's personal information downed by communicating with a server through a wireless communication part in the wireless RF card terminal.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a real-time convention event management system by using a wireless communication including a wireless RF card terminal for recognizing and storing the data stored in the RF card in the form of RF signal by communicating with the accessed RF card and for transmitting/receiving the data to/from a server in a wireless communication, an access pointer for transmitting/receiving the data to the wireless RF card terminal in a wireless communication and for transferring the data to the server, the server for transmitting/receiving the data from the access pointer in a wire communication, for systematically storing the data received from the access pointer and for allowing an operator to control during a failure occurrence by monitoring an existence or an nonexistence of trouble during the operation of system with statically processing the data stored therein to provide and a unified server for providing the data to a client, e.g., an organizer, an exhibitor, a candidate for exhibition or the like, through an Internet by unifying and linking the servers installed at each convention event to store the data.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The above objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 depicts a block diagram of a conventional real-time convention event management system by using a wire communication;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows a block diagram representing a communication connection between element of the present real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication employing a multi-to-single type method;
Fig. 4 illustrates a flow chart depicting an RF card issuing sequence in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 5 depicts a flow chart explaining the real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication in accordance with the present invention; and
Fig. 6 represents a flow chart showing that the wireless RF card terminal requests detailed information of the convention event visitor to the server.
* Reference numbers of main units in the drawings *
10: non contact type RF card 22: wire communication part
50: client 120: wireless RF card terminal 122: RF card reader 130: LAN controller module
131 : input part 133: control part
135: output part 137: wireless communication part
139: memory part 140 : access pointer
160: hub 190 : unified server 180, 181, 184: server
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to Fig. 2, there is shown a block diagram representing a real-time convention event management system by using a wireless communication in accordance with the present invention, which includes a non contact type RF card 10 for inputting a visitor's data to store therein, a wireless RF card terminal 120, for transmitting/receiving data to/from a server 180 in a wireless communication,
provided with an RF card reading part 122 for emitting a radio wave to activate the non contact type RF card 10 when the non contact type RF card 10 makes an approach thereto and for recognizing and reading the data in the form of RF signal stored in the non contact type RF card 10 by communicating with the non contact type RF card 10 and a wireless local area network(LAN) control module 130 including a memory part 139 for storing data read from the RF card reading part 122 and an operating program in a memory, a wireless communication part 137 composed of a wireless LAN card for transmitting the data stored the memory part
139 by communicating with the server in a wireless manner and a communication socket, an input part 131 capable of inputting information related to the visitors to the memory part 139 by a medium such as a card, an output part 135 for outputting the data stored at the memory part 139 and the information related to the visitors received from the server to a printer and a monitor connected thereto and a control part 133 for controlling the RF card reading part 122, the memory part 139, the wireless communication part 137, the input part 131 and the output part 135, an access pointer 140 for transferring the data to the server 180 by transmitting/receiving the data from the wireless RF card terminal 120 in a wireless communication, the server 180 provided with a database server 182 for systematically storing the data received from the access pointer 140, a monitoring server 184 for statically processing the data stored at the database server 182 to provide, an Internet server 188 for allowing the data to be accessed from the outside of the exhibition place through an Internet with unifying the data stored at the database with the data of the server installed at a convention event placed at another place and a system managing server 186 for allowing an operator to control during a failure occurrence by monitoring an existence or an nonexistence of trouble during the operation of system, the server 180 for implementing a wire communication by connecting to the access pointer 140 through the hub 160 and a unified server 190 for providing the data to a client 50 such as an organizer, an exhibitor, a candidate for exhibition or the like through the Internet by unifying and linking the servers
180, 182 and 184 installed at each exhibition place of convention events to store the data.
Referring to Fig. 3, there is shown a block diagram representing a communication connection between elements of the present real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication employing a multi-to- single type method, which includes a first TCP/IP for allowing a plurality of wireless RF card terminals 120 to communicate with a single access pointer 140 in a wireless communication, a second TCP/IP for allowing a plurality of access pointers 140 to communicate with a single server 180 through the hub 160 in a wire communication and a unified server 190 for providing the data to a client 50 such as an organizer, an exhibitor, a candidate for exhibition or the like through the Internet by unifying and linking the servers 180, 182 and 184 installed at each exhibition place of convention events to store the data.
As shown in Fig. 4, there is shown a flow chart depicting an RF card issuing sequence in accordance with the present invention. The RF card issuing sequence includes the steps of: submitting 300 a personal information to an RF card issue device, wherein the personal information is written by a convention event visitor; allocating 320 a visitor's identification (ID) code after data such as the personal information written by the convention event visitor is transmitted to a server; transferring and storing 340 the allocated visitor's ID code and the data such as the personal information written by the convention event visitor; issuing 342 a paper name card record thereon the information of the visitor at a label printer or an entrance and exit card as well as issuing 344 at the same time by storing the visitor's ID code allocated from the RF card issuing device and the data such as the personal information on a formatted RF card; and storing 360 by transferring the detailed data selected among the personal information written by the convention event visitor to the server.
As shown in Fig. 5, there is shown a flow chart explaining a method for implementing the real-time convention event management system by using a radio communication in accordance with the present invention. The implementing
method includes the steps of: being visited 400 to exhibitions by visitors; accessing 410 a non contact type RF card by a visitor, wherein the non contact type RF card is issued at a wireless RF card terminal installed in front of a booth of the exhibitor; storing 420 at a memory part by reading the information stored in the RF card from the RF card to the RF card reading part with communicating the wireless RF card terminal with the RF card; providing 430 the present state information of visitors and visits of the booths in a real time to the exhibitors in the exhibition place through a monitor, a printer or a wireless Internet located in the exhibition place; transmitting 440 the information stored the memory to an access pointer in a wireless communication through a wireless LAN card of a wireless communication part and a communication socket; transferring 450 the information transmitted from the wireless RF card terminal to a server by the access pointer; storing 460 the information transferred from the access pointer at a database server in the server; storing 470 the unified information on a unified server by unifying the information of servers installed on each convention event at a different place; and, therefore, providing 480 the information to a client, e.g., an organizer, an exhibitor, a candidate for exhibition or the like, placed at an outside of the exhibition place by connecting the unified server through the Internet.
As shown in Fig. 6, there is shown a flow chart explaining a method for outputting the detailed information of exhibitors of the convention event by requesting to a server by a wireless RF card terminal in accordance with the present invention. The outputting method includes the steps of: transmitting 500 a request signal to an access pointer through a wireless communication part, wherein the request signal represents that the wireless RF card terminal requests the detailed information of a visitor stored at a server; transmitting 510 the detailed information request signal transmitted from the wireless RF card terminal to the server by the access pointer; transmitting 530 the detailed information for the personal information of the requesting visitor to the access pointer by the server when 520 the server responds to the request signal transferred from the access pointer; transferring 540 the detailed information for the visitor's personal information transferred from
the server to the wireless RF card terminal by the access pointer; and, therefore, providing 550 the detailed information of the visitor's personal information to the exhibitors in a real rime through a monitor or a printer connected to the wireless RF card terminal.
Industrial Applicability
The present real-time convention event management system has effects on smoothly operating convention events with only the eliminations and reinstallations of a server and a plurality of wireless RF card terminals without eliminating and reinstalling wire communication lines by communication a server in a wireless communication with the wireless RF card terminal composed of wireless LAN control module (WCM) for storing data on a memory and for transmitting/receiving the stored data to the server in a wireless communication. The present invention also has an effect on increasing unrestrictedly the number of wireless RF card terminals with increasing the number of convention event exhibitors by connecting the wireless RF card terminals with an access pointer in a multi-to-single network form in a wireless communication by installing the access pointer as an intermediate connection medium with coupling the wireless RF card terminals to a server through TCP/IP communication and by connecting the access pointer with the server in a wire communication through a hub in a multi-to- one network form.
While the present invention has been described with respect to the preferred embodiments, other modifications and variations may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the following claims.