Patent ID: 8774779
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing traffic information through a short-range communication network, performed by a system in which a navigation terminal is connected to a mobile communication terminal through the short-range communication network, and the mobile communication terminal, a service server and an application server are connected to one another through a mobile communication network, the method comprising: an authentication step of allowing the service server to perform authentication for the navigation terminal and the mobile communication terminal in order to provide a service; a traffic information request step of allowing the navigation terminal to select the traffic information from a list provided by the service server and request transmission of the traffic information; and a providing step of allowing the application server to provide the traffic information requested by the navigation terminal, wherein the authentication step includes: a first authentication step of allowing the mobile communication terminal to examine whether or not the navigation terminal is a device that can perform the service; a second authentication step of allowing the navigation terminal to transmit unique identification information of the navigation terminal to the mobile communication terminal, if the navigation terminal is determined as a device that can perform the service in the first authentication step; a third authentication step of allowing the mobile communication terminal to examine whether or not the unique identification information of the navigation terminal is valid; a fourth authentication step of allowing the mobile communication terminal to transmit unique identification information of the mobile communication terminal and the navigation terminal to the service server, if the unique identification information is determined to be valid in the third authentication step; a fifth authentication step of allowing the service server to examine whether or not the mobile communication terminal and the navigation terminal are in a state capable of performing the service, based on the unique identification information and membership information of the mobile communication terminal and the navigation terminal; and a sixth authentication step of allowing the service server to transmit an authentication message to the navigation terminal, if the mobile communication terminal and the navigation terminal are determined to be in a state capable of performing the service in the fifth authentication step.