KR100673239B1 - Method for providing a friend position searching service on home network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a digital TV, a RG remote control, a home network management server, a home network management server, a home network management server connected to a digital TV via a home network, connected to a home network management server via the Internet, a home PC, and the Internet. A method of providing a home network-based friend search service in a network including a connected LBS. In a state in which a mobile phone number of a friend requested by a first service subscriber is registered with the identification information of the RG and registered in a friend search table, Receiving a friend search service request of the first service subscriber received through the RG installed in the home network, using the identifier of the RG included in the friend search service request, the member is authenticated. Provided to the subscriber station through RG, and a first service subscriber provides the If one person in the list information is selected, the mobile phone number of the friend selected by the first service subscriber is provided to the LBS to request current location information, and the current location information of the friend received from the LBS is received through the RG. To be displayed on the screen.

Home Network, Friend Finder, Digital TV, LBS

Description

Method for providing a friend position searching service on home network}

1 is a network diagram showing a network environment to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for providing a home network-based friend search service according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a friend search service registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a wireless terminal of a friend (family) as a location information provider according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a data flow diagram illustrating a process of providing a friend search service using a home network-based digital TV according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a friend search service, and more particularly, a home network-based friend search service for displaying current location information of a specific friend requested through a home digital TV-based home network on a digital TV. It relates to a providing method and a recording medium.

Recently, due to the rapid development of wireless Internet and mobile computing technology, LBS (Location Based System) related technology is actively progressing, and each mobile carrier finds the location of registered friend's mobile phone or PDA, It provides a friend finder service that provides location information to a PDA or computer.

The mobile phone or PDA (call function enabled) registers its current location information to the home location register (HLR) when powered on. The current location information registered in the home location register includes unique information of the base station that is in charge of wireless communication with the mobile phone or PDA. Therefore, the mobile network always knows which base station coverage the mobile phone or PDA is in. In addition, mobile phones or PDAs with a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) module are widely used. The GPS module detects the current position of a mobile terminal through communication with a phase, and thus more accurately locates a wireless terminal than a base station-based current position information. To provide.

Currently, the LBS uses a combination of the above-described base station-based positioning technology and positioning technology using GPS.

On the other hand, with the development of communication technology, ubiquitous has been proposed to enable a user to communicate anytime, anywhere, and home networks that enable various types of information and communication in the home are realized as such ubiquitous.

However, a friend finder service using a digital TV operating on a home network has not yet been provided.

The present invention has been made to satisfy the needs of consumers, and an object of the present invention is to enable a subscriber to use a friend search service by using a digital TV based on a private network or an internal PC or an RG remote control.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a digital TV with a built-in set-top box to enable Internet access, a home network management server connected to a wired and wireless network, connected to the digital TV via a home network and the A home network-based friend in a network including a RG connected to a home network management server, an RG remote control for remotely controlling the operation of the RG, a home PC connected to a home network, and an LBS connected to the home network management server via the Internet. A method for providing a search service, the home network management server comprising: a first step of registering a friend's mobile phone number requested by a first service subscriber with identification information of the RG in a friend search table; A second step of receiving, by the home network management server, a friend search service request of a first service subscriber received through the RG; A third step of the home network management server authenticating a member by using an identifier of an RG included in the friend search service request; A fourth step of, if the member authentication is successful, the home network management server providing the subscriber's friend list information to the subscriber terminal through the RG; When the first service subscriber selects one person in the friend list information through the subscriber terminal, the home network management server requests the current location information by providing the mobile phone number of the friend selected by the first service subscriber to the LBS. A fifth step of doing; And a sixth step in which the home network management server provides the current location information of the friend received from the LBS to the subscriber terminal through the RG to be displayed on the screen. To provide.

The present invention also provides a recording medium on which a program for executing the method is recorded.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network diagram showing a network environment to which the present invention is applied. As shown in Figure 1, the network of the present invention is a wireless terminal (M1), a digital TV (100) with a set-top box 110, RG (Residential Gateway; 200), home network management server 300, LBS 400, a RG (Residential Gateway) remote controller 120, and internal and external PCs PC1 and PC2.

The set-top box 110 is given a virtual private IP and is connected to the RG 200 through a home network (one of wired / wireless LAn, wired cable, Zig Bee, Bluetooth, etc.) and has an Internet connection function. The digital TV 100 is a digital TV capable of bidirectional communication, which includes a key input unit for user operation and displays various broadcast signals provided by the STB 110 and various multimedia data provided on the Internet on a screen.

The RG 200 is a gateway for interworking between a home network home appliance and an external device based on a home network, and has a fixed or floating public IP and is connected to the home network management server 300 through the Internet. The RG 200 grants and manages a virtual private IP to the activated STB 110. When the RG 200 accesses a server located in a public network including the home network management server 300, the RG 200 may include a virtual private IP given to the digital TV or the internal PC PC1 that requested the connection together with its own public IP. The server transmits data to the RG 200 using the IP of the RG 200 and the virtual private IP as a destination address to which device in the home network to transmit the data received by the RG 200. Lets know

The RG remote controller 120 performs wireless data communication through a wireless standard regulated with the RG 200 and remotely controls the operation of the RG 200. The RG remote controller 120 includes a key input unit for user input and a screen unit such as an LCD for allowing a user to check the key input and received text. The key input unit is provided with a hot key for requesting connection to the home network management server 300.

The home network management server 300 matches and manages IP information and subscriber identification information of the RG 200 installed in each home, and authenticates the use of the home network and the use of services provided for the home network subscriber. It has a member registration service function and manages registered member information. In addition, the home network management server 300 is equipped with various application programs for the friend search service.

The LBS 400 is connected to the home network management server 300 through the Internet, and provides location information for a friend search service to a subscriber authenticated by the home network management server 300. The LBS 400 uses a base station-based positioning technology and a positioning technology using GPS.

The internal PC PC1 is a computer of a user connected to the home network, and the external PC PC2 is a computer of a user connected to the Internet.

The present invention is to provide a location information that meets the specifications of the terminal and / or location detection technology by contacting the mobile communication network with the specification information of the service target terminal when providing a friend search service in the home network management server 300 or LBS (400) Make it available.

Hereinafter, a schematic process of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for providing a friend network service based on a home network according to the present invention.

S210: The user joins as a member of the home network management server for the friend search service, and registers as a subscriber of the friend search service with the home network management server.

S220: The subscriber registers the friend's mobile phone number to be applied to the friend search service in the home network management server (300).

S230: The subscriber selects a friend to be serviced through the digital TV 100 or the RG remote controller 120 or the internal PC PC1 and requests the home network management server 300 for a friend search service for the selected friend.

S240): the home network management server 300 receiving the request of the subscriber is provided with the mobile phone number of the friend to the LBS 400 is provided with the current location information of the friend from the LBS 400 with the map information, this digital TV Provided to 100 or internal PC PC1 and displayed on the screen.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the process of S210, that is, the process of registering a friend search service will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a friend search service registration process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The user connects to the home network management server 300 using the digital TV 100 or the internal PC PC1 or the external PC PC2 (S301), and requests member registration (S302). Then, the home network management server 300 provides a member registration window to the user, the user writes personal identification information, ID, password, etc. in the member registration window (S303), and when all information for member registration is provided, the home The network management server 300 registers the user as a member (S304).

The user registered as a member requests the home network management server 300 to register a friend search service (S305), and the home network management server 300 personal identification information (including subscriber's mobile phone number) for a friend finder or / And a user ID and password (S306), to register the user as a friend finder service subscriber. Hereinafter, a user registered in the friend search service is called a subscriber. Personal information of the subscriber is managed by matching with the RG IP of the home.

The mobile phone number of the subscriber is used as subscriber identification information when the subscriber requests a friend search service through a mobile phone or a PDA.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 4, a preferred embodiment of the process (S220) in which a subscriber registers a friend or family's wireless terminal (cell phone or PDA) as a location information provider. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a wireless terminal of a friend (family) as a location information provider according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The subscriber accesses the home network management server 300 using the digital TV 100 or the internal PC PC1 or the external PC PC2 (S401), and receives a friend search service member authentication (S402). The home network management server 300 provides a service menu to the digital TV 100 or the internal PC (PC1) of the subscriber authenticated by the member.

Accordingly, the subscriber selects a friend terminal registration menu from the service menu and requests registration of a friend (or family) terminal (S403). When the home network management server 300 receives a registration request from a friend (or family) terminal, the home network management server 300 receives a request from the subscriber by requesting the mobile phone number of the terminal to be registered (S404).

When the home network management server 300 receives the mobile phone number of the terminal to be registered, the home network management server 300 transmits a text message for inquiring a registration agreement to the received mobile phone number (S405). If the text message receiver responds to the registration permission through the received text message (S406), the home network management server 300 transfers the phone number of the friend (or family) terminal to the subscriber's identification information (RG IP or mobile). Phone numbers or / and login information) are recorded (registered) in the friend search table (S407).

However, when the text message receiver responds that the registration is not allowed through the received text message (S406), the home network management server 300 cancels the friend registration.

Through the above-described method, the subscriber can register a plurality of friends (or family members) in the friend search table.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The present invention can use the friend search service using the digital TV 100 or the internal PC PC1. Since the network environment and the user environment for the two devices are the same, the service providing process is the same. Therefore, only the embodiment for the digital TV 100 will be described.

 5 is a data flow diagram illustrating a process of providing a friend search service using a home network-based digital TV according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The subscriber requests a friend finder service through the digital TV 100. At this time, the friend-finding service request method includes selecting a friend-finding service menu from among service menus provided by the digital TV 100 and finding a friend among service menu items provided by the home network management server 300 which is authenticated according to the connection. There is a way to choose a service.

The friend search service request message transmitted from the digital TV 100 is transmitted to the home network management server 300 through the RG 200 (S501 and S502). The friend search service request message includes IP information of RG and virtual private IP information of digital TV.

When the home network management server 300 receives the friend search service request message, the home network management server 300 checks the IP information of the RG included in the message, and performs member authentication with the IP information of the RG. Then, the home network management server 300 reads the subscriber's friend lookup table when the member authentication is successful, and creates list information of friends (or family members) registered in the friend lookup table. To provide (S503, S504).

When the digital TV 100 receives list information of a friend (or family), the digital TV 100 displays the list information on the screen, and the subscriber selects one friend (or family) from the list information displayed on the screen (S505).

The digital TV 100 transmits the information of the friend selected by the subscriber, that is, the mobile phone number of the friend, to the home network management server 300 through the RG 200 (S506), and thus the home network management server 300 receives the information. A friend's mobile phone number is provided to the LBS 400 to request current location information (S507).

When receiving the mobile phone number of the friend terminal, the LBS (400) provides the mobile phone number to the home location register to request the specification information of the mobile phone, and upon receiving the specification information, any location technology can be used through the received specification information. It is determined whether or not (S508). If the mobile phone has a built-in GPS module, it uses positioning technology using GPS. If the GPS module is not built-in, it uses base station-based positioning technology.

The LBS 400 determines the current location of the friend terminal using the identified location technology (S509), and reads map information including the current location that is found from the stored map DB (not shown), or the Geographic Information System (GIS). Obtains the map information from the server (not shown). Then, after displaying the current location of the friend terminal in the map information (S510), this map information is provided to the home network management server 300 in response to the current location information request (S511).

When the home network management server 300 receives the map information from the LBS 400, the home network management server 300 provides the received map information to the digital TV 100 through the RG 200 (S512 and S513). The digital TV 100 displays the received map information on the screen so that the subscriber can know the current location of the friend (S514).

On the other hand, the present invention can be implemented in other embodiments as follows in addition to the above-described embodiment.

Although the present invention has been described as providing a friend search service in a home network management server, a person skilled in the art can provide a separate friend search service server to perform a function for a friend search service except for subscriber authentication. At this time, the separate friend search service server has all the friend search service functions provided by the home network management server.

According to the present invention, the RG remote controller 120 may be a service target.

In the case of using the RG remote controller 120 as a service target, the RG remote controller 120 can be connected to the RG 200 by wireless communication, and is provided with a key input unit (ie, a keypad) and the home network management server 300. Since a hot key for requesting connection to a network is provided, it has the same user conditions and network environment as that of the internal PC PC1 and the digital TV 100. However, the RG remote controller 120 is not capable of graphic support. That is, only text data can be processed and text information can be displayed on the screen. Therefore, in the case of using the RG remote control 120 as a service target, the home network management server 300 provides friend list information in text and current location information of a friend in text such as an SMS message to the RG remote control 120. Will be provided.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The present invention has an effect of enabling a subscriber to check a friend's or family's location on a TV screen while watching TV by providing a friend search service using a home network-based digital TV.

Claims (7)

Digital TV with built-in set-top box to enable internet access, home network management server connected to wired and wireless network, RG connected to the digital TV via home network, RG connected to home network management server via internet In the method of providing a home network-based friend search service in a network including a remote control RG remote control, a home PC connected to the home network, LBS connected to the home network management server via the Internet, The home network management server registering a friend's mobile phone number requested by the first service subscriber with the identification information of the RG in a friend search table; A second step of receiving, by the home network management server, a friend search service request of a first service subscriber received through the RG; A third step of the home network management server authenticating a member by using an identifier of an RG included in the friend search service request; A fourth step of, if the member authentication is successful, the home network management server providing the friend list information of the subscriber to the subscriber station through the RG; When the first service subscriber selects one person in the friend list information through the subscriber terminal, the home network management server requests the current location information by providing the mobile phone number of the friend selected by the first service subscriber to the LBS. A fifth step of doing; And The home network management server comprises a sixth step of providing the current location information of the friend received from the LBS to the subscriber terminal via the RG to be displayed on the screen home home-based friend search service providing method. The method of claim 1, And the subscriber station is the digital TV or the home PC. The method of claim 2, The current location information provided from the home network management server to the subscriber terminal is a home network-based friend search service providing method, wherein the current location of the friend terminal is displayed. The method of claim 1, The subscriber station is a home network-based friend search service, characterized in that the RG remote control. The method of claim 4, wherein The present location information provided from the home network management server to the subscriber terminal is a home network based friend search service providing method, characterized in that the text information indicating the current location of the friend terminal. The method of claim 1, The first step is a home network, characterized in that the mobile phone number of the friend requesting registration to send a text message for inquiring the registration permission, and if there is permission to register the friend's mobile phone number in the friend search table How to provide a friend-based service. In a server connected to an IP network, A first step of registering the friend's mobile phone number requested by the first service subscriber with the identification information of the RG in the friend search table; A second step of receiving a friend search service request of the first service subscriber received through the RG installed in the home network; A third step of authenticating a member using an identifier of an RG included in the friend search service request; A fourth step of, if the member authentication is successful, providing the friend list information of the subscriber to the subscriber terminal through the RG; A fifth step of requesting the current location information by providing a mobile phone number of the friend selected by the first service subscriber to the LBS when the first service subscriber selects one person in the friend list information through the subscriber terminal; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a sixth step of providing the current location information of a friend received from the LBS to the subscriber station via the RG to be displayed on the screen.

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