Method and device for providing information in communication network using a beacon service

1. A beacon service method of a terminal, comprising:

transmitting a first beacon including identification information of the terminal;

receiving beacon-related information from a reception device that received the first beacon;

transmitting a second beacon including the identification information of the terminal and an indicator indicating whether the beacon-related information has been received and stored;

receiving a beacon-related information report request message from an information collection device, wherein the information collection device transmits the beacon-related information request message in response to determining that the indicator exists in the second beacon and the beacon-related information is stored in the terminal based on the indicator; and

transmitting the stored beacon-related information to the information collection device.

2. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the beacon-related information includes the identification information of the first beacon, the identification information of the reception device, and distance-related information between the terminal and the reception device.

3. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the beacon-related information includes first code information, and the beacon-related information report request message includes second code information, and

in the transmitting of the beacon-related information, the first code information and the second code information are compared with each other to transmit the corresponding beacon-related information.

4. A terminal for a beacon service, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

perform a control to transmit a beacon comprising identification information of the terminal and an indicator indicating whether beacon-related information has been received and stored,

receive beacon-related information from a reception device receiving the beacon,

receive a beacon-related information report request message from an information collection device, wherein the information collection device transmit the beacon-related information request message response to determining that the indicator exists in the second beacon and the beacon-related information is stored in the terminal based on the indicator, and

transmit stored beacon-related information to the information collection device.

5. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein the beacon-related information includes the identification information of the beacon, the identification information of the reception device, and distance-related information between the terminal and the reception device.

6. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein the beacon-related information includes first code information, and the beacon-related information report request message includes second code information, and

the controller compares the first code information with the second code information to transmit the corresponding beacon-related information.

7. A beacon reception device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

perform a control to receive a beacon from at least one terminal comprising an indicator indicating whether beacon-related information has been received and stored,

determine whether the terminal is a beacon-related information transmission target, and

transmit the beacon-related information based on the received beacon if it is determined that the terminal is a beacon-related information transmission target.

8. The beacon reception device of claim 7 , wherein the beacon-related information includes the identification information of the received beacon, the identification information of the beacon reception device, and distance-related information between the terminal and the beacon reception device.

9. An information collection device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

perform a control to receive a beacon from at least one terminal,

determine whether beacon-related information is stored in a terminal transmitting the beacon based on an indicator in the beacon,

transmit a beacon-related information report request message to the terminal based on the indicator indicating that the beacon-related information is stored in the terminal, and

receive the beacon-related information from the terminal.

10. The information collection device of claim 9 , wherein the beacon-related information report request message includes code information, and the controller performs a control to receive beacon-related information corresponding to the code information.

11. The information collection device of claim 9 , wherein the controller performs a control to provide the beacon-related information received from the terminal to the server.

12. The information collection device of claim 9 , wherein the beacon-related information includes the identification information of the beacon, the identification information of the device transmitting the beacon-related information to the terminal, and distance-related information between the terminal and the device transmitting the beacon-related information to the terminal.

13. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is an information storage flag having a value of 0 or 1.

14. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the beacon is transmitted aperiodically and wherein the indicator is a one bit flag that is set to ON or OFF.

15. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the reception device is not connected to the information collection device, which provides a service to the terminal based on the beacon-related information.

16. The beacon service method of claim 1 , wherein the beacon-related information is collected and stored by the terminal from a plurality of reception devices, which are access points, during a movement of the terminal near each of the plurality of reception devices,

wherein only a portion of the beacon-related information related to one of the plurality of reception devices is provided based on a map stored in the terminal and based on information included in the request for the report, and

wherein the portion of the beacon-related information is deleted after being provided to the information collection device.