Patent ID: 8355718

Claim:
A system for conducting communication between Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE)-based terminals, the system comprising: a plurality of terminals, each having an RF4CE communication module; at least one gateway for storing unique Identifier (ID) information and other ID information about a plurality of terminals within a predetermined area in a table and periodically transmitting the table externally; and a central control server connected to the at least one gateway over a communication network, for storing the table received from the at least one gateway, wherein upon receipt of a signal requesting communication with a target terminal from a terminal, the at least one gateway determines whether information about the target terminal is included in the table, and if the information about the target terminal is not detected in the table, transmits a signal requesting the information about the target terminal to the central control server, receives the information about the target terminal from the central control server, transmits the information about the target terminal to the terminal, receives communication data from the terminal, and transmits the communication data to the target terminal.