Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110274098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN COORDINATOR AND DEVICE IN NETWORK, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN DEVICES, NETWORK SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COORDINATOR AND THE DEVICES - Provided are methods and apparatuses for performing pairing. A method of performing pairing between a coordinator that belongs to a predetermined network and a device that does not belong to any network includes: broadcasting a first pairing information indicating that the coordinator is a device to perform pairing, or a beacon comprising the first pairing information; and receiving, from the device, second pairing information indicating that the device is a peer device to perform pairing, wherein the device transmits the second pairing information to the coordinator after the device associates with the predetermined network or while the device associates with the predetermined network. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276665 | METHOD OF PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN COORDINATOR AND DEVICE IN NETWORK, METHOD OF PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN DEVICES, METHOD OF PAIRING BETWEEN COORDINATORS AND NETWORK SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COORDINATORS AND THE DEVICES - Provided are methods and apparatuses for performing pairing. A method of performing pairing between a coordinator and a peer device includes: if a second coordinator of a second network relays first pairing information indicating that a first coordinator of a first network is a device to perform pairing, from the first coordinator to a peer device of the second network, disassociating, by the peer device, from the second network, associating with the first network, and then transmitting, to the first coordinator, the first pairing information and second pairing information indicating that the peer device is a peer device to perform pairing. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN COORDINATOR AND DEVICE IN NETWORK, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PAIRING BETWEEN DEVICES, NETWORK SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COORDINATOR AND THE DEVICES - Provided are methods and apparatuses for performing pairing. A method of performing pairing between a coordinator and a peer device that is one from among a plurality of devices in a network including the plurality of devices and the coordinator includes: broadcasting a beacon including first pairing information indicating that the coordinator is a device to perform pairing; receiving, from the peer device, second pairing information indicating that the peer device is a peer device to perform pairing; and broadcasting a beacon including the first pairing information and the second pairing information, or the first pairing information and the second pairing information. | 11-10-2011 |
20120059952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL PACKET - Methods and apparatuses directed to generating a control packet, which may involve generating data rate information indicating whether a device supports a data rate modifying function regarding uncompressed data; and generating a control packet including the data rate information. Data rate information indicates whether a device supports a data rate modifying function regarding compressed data. Control packets may be exchanged between devices to determine a modified data rate and a type of data packet to be sent. | 03-08-2012 |
20120087278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL PACKET - A method of generating a control packet by using a first apparatus including a plurality of medium access control (MAC) layers, the method comprising: generating dynamic tone pairing (DTP) reception setup information indicating whether to receive DTP information for each of a plurality of links from a second apparatus; and generating a control packet including the DTP reception setup information. | 04-12-2012 |
20120272055 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING SECURED LINK BETWEEN DEVICES - A method and apparatus for establishing a secured link between devices. In the establishing of the secured link, a coordinator respectively receives from the first and second devices first pairing information indicating that a first device is to establish a secured link and second pairing information indicating that a second device is to establish a secured link. The coordinator further receives via a first secured link established between the first device and the coordinator shared secured information. The shared secured information is shared between the first and second devices. The coordinator establishes a second secured link with the second device based on the shared secured information; and broadcasts partner notice information indicating that the first and second devices are partner devices. The broadcast partner notice information is then used to establish a third secured link. | 10-25-2012 |
20130115887 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BEAMFORMING LINK - A communication device which generates a beamforming link between the communication device and an external device is provided. The communication device includes: a beamforming link generating unit which generates a first beamforming link between a first antenna of a plurality of antennas of the communication device and the external device, and which generates a second beamforming link between a second antenna of the plurality of antennas of the communication device and the external device; and a transmission unit which transmits data to the external device via each of the first beamforming link and the second beamforming link. | 05-09-2013 |
20130159537 | DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SEARCHING FOR AVAILABLE SERVICE - A method capable of searching for a surrounding device based on a desired service is provided. The method includes transmitting a service search request including information regarding a target service to nearby devices; receiving a service search response from the nearby device supporting the target service; analyzing service information of the nearby device supporting the target service, which is included in the service search response; selecting the nearby device supporting the target service based on a result of the analyzed service information; and performing the target service by establishing a session with the selected device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130196638 | TARGET SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON DEVICE TO DEVICE DIRECT COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and a method for providing a call taxi service based on D2D communication are provided. When a user terminal executes a call taxi service, a call taxi service request is transferred to a terminal from at least one taxi located in a neighboring area of the user terminal, and then the user terminal directly selects one taxi or one taxi is selected through a competition between taxis. As a result, a process of providing the call to the selected taxi. Accordingly, the user has an advantage of using a quick call taxi service without going through a separate call center. | 08-01-2013 |
20130210359 | METHOD OF UPDATING INTO SERVICE CATEGORY TABLE IN DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A method for acquiring a service category table required for finding a service includes acquiring information on a latest service category table by identifying version information of a service category table from a broadcasting signal received from adjacent devices during, a process of searching for a device supporting a service desired among devices, and acquiring a service category table of a latest version by establishing a session connection with a device supporting the service category table of the latest version based on the information. By acquiring, the information on the latest service category table, a session connection with only the device providing the desired service is established so that an optimized session connection establishing process can be performed and a total network capacity can be efficiently managed. Also, the latest service category table can be acquired from the session-connected device, and thus a new service can be easily identified. | 08-15-2013 |
20130267172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERING DATA BETWEEN PLURALITY OF DEVICES - Provided are a method and system for transferring data between a plurality of devices. The method of transferring data from a first device to a second device includes: selecting at least one content; acquiring relevant information about the selected content; storing the acquired relevant information; and providing the second device with the stored relevant information when a communication channel is formed between the first device and the second device. | 10-10-2013 |
20140058770 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ISSUING RESERVATION NUMBER THROUGH SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Provided is a service information providing method of a user terminal. The method includes: transmitting a service information request including user information of the user terminal to a service providing terminal through short-range wireless communication; receiving service information corresponding to the service information request and additional information according to the user information in the service information request from the service providing terminal; and displaying the received service information and additional information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140062395 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER FOR EXCLUDING CROSS-CONNECTED WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for excluding a cross-connected wireless power receiver in a wireless power transmitter is provided. The method includes determining transmission power while the wireless power transmitter is connected to the wireless power receiver; transferring the determined transmission power to the wireless power receiver; receiving a report indicating a power-receiving state from the wireless power receiver; determining whether the power-receiving state indicated by the report is within a valid range corresponding to the transmission power; and terminating the connection to the wireless power receiver if the power-receiving state is outside of the valid range. | 03-06-2014 |
20140111153 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS, AND METHOD FOR PERMITTING A WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER BY A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER - An apparatus and method are provided for permitting a wireless power receiver to be charged by a wireless power transmitter. The method includes generating a Power Receiving Unit (PRU) control signal including permission information indicating charging permission for the wireless power receiver; and transmitting the PRU control signal to the wireless power receiver. | 04-24-2014 |
20140316923 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPECIFIC SERVICE - The present invention provides a method for providing a service to a device having an interest in a specific service in a device-to-device (D2D) condition. The method includes: searching for a device which enters into an area managed by a device which provides the specific service; and identifying an interest of the searched device in the specific service and inviting the searched device to participate in the specific service. In the method, by selectively connecting a session based on a service interest, an efficient management in view of an entire network capacity is possible and an advantage of reducing a time for session connection is achieved. | 10-23-2014 |