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US 9,742,494 · App. 15/007,689 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Visible light communication method, identification signal, and receiver

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Patent No.
US 9,742,494
App. No.
15/007,689
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A visible light communication method is provided that includes obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver. The method also includes obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source, and generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID. The method further includes obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID.

Claims (28)

1. A visible light communication method, comprising:

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

obtaining a second information, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.

2. A visible light communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having thereon a program, the program causes the processor to execute operations including:

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

obtaining a second information, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information communication program for performing visible light communication, the visible light communication program causing a computer to execute:

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

obtaining a second information, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.

4. The visible light communication method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user attribute is membership information related to an institute.

5. The visible light communication method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the membership information is member rank in the institute.

6. The visible light communication method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first information is obtained by referring to a data table that has a plurality of the first information and a plurality of user attributes, each of the plurality of the first information corresponding to each of the plurality of user attributes.

7. The visible light communication method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first server and the second server are the same.