Method for recognizing a module, apparatus for implementing the same

1. A method of recognizing a module, comprising:

checking, by a device, whether a first short-range communication module exists in a correspondent device using a first short-range communication scheme, wherein the device comprises the first short-range communication module communicating by the first short-range communication scheme and a second short-range communication module communicating by a second short-range communication scheme that differs from the first short-range communication scheme;

when the first short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device and the first short-range communication module is a wireless LAN communication module, receiving vendor information from the first short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the first short-range communication scheme and checking whether the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device based on the vendor information that includes an organized unique identifier and a vendor information content, the organized unique identifier including short-range communication information, and the vendor information content including first identification information to identify the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device;

when the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device, receiving second identification information from the second short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the second short-range communication scheme; and

displaying an indication that both of the first short-range communication module and the second short-range communication module exist in the correspondent device when the first identification information matches the second identification information.

2. The method of claim 1 , the vendor information receiving step comprising:

performing a query about the vendor information via a probe request; and

receiving the vendor information from the correspondent device via a probe response.

3. The method of claim 1 , the vendor information receiving step comprising receiving the vendor information via a beacon frame.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information and the second identification information comprise a network address of the second short-range communication module.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the first short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device and the first short-range communication module is a Bluetooth communication module, receiving minor device information from the first short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the first short-range communication scheme;

checking whether the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device based on the minor device information,

wherein the minor device information includes information to identify the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device, and

wherein the minor device information is included in device information, and wherein the device information further comprises service information and main device information;

obtaining third identification information to identify the second short-range communication module by performing a service discovery protocol query when the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device;

receiving fourth identification information from the second short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the second short-range communication scheme when the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device; and

displaying an indication that both of the first short-range communication module and the second short-range communication module exist in the correspondent device when the third identification information matches the fourth identification information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the checking step comprises:

when a most significant bit of a bit sequence corresponding to the minor device information is 1, checking an existence of the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device; and

when the most significant bit of a bit sequence corresponding to the minor device information is not 1, checking a non-existence of the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the obtaining of the third identification information comprises:

obtaining type information of the second short-range communication module; and

obtaining the third identification information according to the type information.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a service class ID of the service discovery protocol comprises a bit sequence which is not defined as a universal unique identifier.

9. An apparatus for recognizing a module, comprising:

a first short-range communication module configured to:

communicate by a first short-range communication scheme, and

check whether the first short-range communication module exists in a correspondent device using the first short-range communication scheme,

wherein, when the first short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device and the first short-range communication module is a wireless LAN communication module, the first short-range communication module receives vendor information from the first short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the first short-range communication scheme, and

wherein the vendor information comprises an organized unique identifier including short-range communication information and a vendor information content including first identification information to identify the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device;

a second short-range communication module configured to:

communicate by a second short-range communication scheme that differs from the first short-range communication scheme, and

receive second identification information from the second short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the second short-range communication scheme when the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device; and

a control unit configured to:

check whether the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device based on the vendor information, and

display an indication that both of the first short-range communication module and the second short-range communication module exist in the correspondent device when the first identification information matches the second identification information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device and the first short-range communication module is a Bluetooth communication module,

wherein the first short-range communication module is configured to receive minor device information from the first short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the first short-range communication scheme,

wherein the minor device information includes information to identify the second short-range communication module in the correspondent device and obtain third identification information to identify the second short-range communication module by performing a service discovery protocol query when the second short-range communication module exists in the correspondent device,

wherein the second short-range communication module is configured to receive fourth identification information from the second short-range communication module of the correspondent device by the second short-range communication scheme, and

wherein the control unit is configured to display the indication that both of the first short-range communication module and the second short-range communication module exist in the correspondent device when the third identification information matches the fourth identification information.