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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
SK Planet Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kichon Kang, Seoul, KR;
SK PLANET CO., LTD., Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a method of expanding beacon service coverage, more particularly, a beacon service coverage expanding method that may expand beacon service coverage by using a user terminal to perform a beacon function to transmit a beacon signal within a certain coverage, and an apparatus and system therefor. The method of expanding beacon service coverage using the terminal may include receiving a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon device, measuring signal strength of the beacon signal to determine whether to perform a beacon function, and transmitting the beacon signal within a certain service coverage when the terminal determines to perform the beacon function.