KR102119267B1 - Terminal and server for providing notification service and operating method thereof and computer readable medium having computer program recorded therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal for providing a notification service, a server and a method for operating the same, and a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded. More specifically, it is directed to a terminal of acquaintances for each location selected by the user while moving to a destination set in navigation. It relates to a terminal, a server providing a notification service to allow acquaintances to recognize a user's location by transmitting a message, a method of operating the same, and a recording medium on which a computer program for this is recorded. According to the present invention, an acknowledgment message is automatically sent to an acquaintance to the acquaintance of the point where the user of the navigation is located whenever a user arrives at a preset point according to the setting of the notification condition for the navigation, so that the acquaintance can grasp the user's location. It is possible to conveniently recognize the user's location without having to perform a separate voice call, and the user also has an effect of preventing an accident while on the move because a separate voice call is not required.

Description

A terminal providing a notification service, a server, and a method for operating the same, and a recording medium in which a computer program is recorded.

The present invention relates to a terminal for providing a notification service, a server and a method for operating the same, and a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded. More specifically, it is directed to a terminal of an acquaintance for each location selected by the user while moving to a destination set in navigation. The present invention relates to a terminal, a server providing a notification service that allows acquaintances to recognize a user's location by transmitting a message, a method of operating the same, and a recording medium on which a computer program for this is recorded.

With the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), navigation has become common, and navigation is now expanding beyond the device concept to the application concept with the advent of smartphones that include GPS functions. Therefore, when an application for navigation is executed on a smartphone, the smartphone can be used as a navigation terminal.

Navigation provides information on distance, time, and route from the current location to the destination in real time when setting a destination as well as the current location, and can acquire various information necessary for driving to the destination.

Currently, by applying this, a central server managing a navigation terminal installed in public transportation such as a bus or a taxi and a smart phone used by general users can communicate with each other to provide the location of the current public transportation to users using public transportation. In addition, it may provide the estimated time of arrival of public transportation for the current user's location.

As described above, navigation provides a convenient function, but in order for an acquaintance who is wondering the location of a user who is moving to a destination between general users, not public transportation, to recognize the user's location, it is necessary to grasp the current location through a call rather than navigation. Therefore, this method poses a safety risk, especially when the user is driving.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a device capable of safely notifying acquaintances of a user's current location in the process of arriving at a destination.

Korean Registered Patent No. 01-0881153

In order to improve the above-described problems, the present invention has an object to provide a convenient location for acquaintances to know a point where a user of the navigation is located whenever a destination is set when setting the destination of the navigation.

In addition, the present invention automatically generates a message whenever an acquaintance queries the point where the user of the navigation is located, and allows the acquaintance to easily know the user's location by making the acquaintance know the current location of the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of increasing user convenience.

In addition, the present invention aims to diversify a method of notifying the current location so that acquaintances can more accurately grasp the user's current location.

A terminal providing a notification service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, guides a route to a user's destination, and provides a route providing unit that calculates real-time motion information according to the user's movement during route guidance, The notification conditions for notifying acquaintances of the user's movement status are preset and activated according to the matching of the notification management unit and the notification management unit to determine whether or not matching by matching the notification conditions and the real-time movement information to display real-time movement information corresponding to the matching time point. It may include a message management unit for generating a notification message as a basis and transmitting it to a terminal of an acquaintance preset in the notification condition.

As an example related to the present invention, the preset notification condition may be characterized by being one or more conditions for at least one of a place, a time remaining to a destination, and a distance remaining.

As an example related to the present invention, real-time movement information may include at least one of destination information, current location information of a user, and information on a remaining time and a remaining distance to a destination.

As an example related to the present invention, the message management unit may be characterized in that a notification message is transmitted to an acquaintance's terminal through at least one of SMS, MMS, SNS, or e-mail.

As an example related to the present invention, the message management unit may be characterized by capturing a route guide screen output by the route providing unit at the time of matching and including it in the notification message.

As an example related to the present invention, the notification management unit receives contact information including at least one of a phone number, an SNS account, and an email for at least one acquaintance preset in a notification condition in conjunction with setting a destination through a route providing unit, The message management unit may be characterized by transmitting a notification message to the terminal of each acquaintance through contact information.

As an example related to the present invention, the notification management unit sets one or more points selected on the route information searched by the route providing unit according to the destination as a notification condition, and the message management unit notifies the notification management unit whenever it arrives at each point according to real-time movement information. It may be activated by generating real-time movement information for each point as a notification message and transmitting it to the acquaintance's terminal.

As an example related to the present invention, the message management unit may be characterized in that when a plurality of different notification conditions are preset, a notification message is transmitted for each matching time point of each condition.

As an example related to the present invention, the notification condition further includes text data, and the message management unit is based on real-time movement information corresponding to a text message reception time when text data is included in the text message received from the acquaintance's terminal. It may be characterized in that the generated notification message is transmitted to the terminal of the acquaintance.

As an example related to the present invention, the route providing unit may communicate with a central server providing real-time traffic information, map information, and POI information, thereby providing route information reflecting real-time traffic information.

As an example related to the present invention, the route providing unit may be characterized by providing the received route information in communication with a central server generating route information reflecting real-time traffic information based on the user's current location information and destination information. .

As an example related to the present invention, the terminal providing the notification service further includes an advertisement receiving unit receiving advertisement information from an external server, and the message management unit is characterized in that the advertisement information received from the advertisement receiving unit is included in the notification message. Can be.

A server providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object guides a route to a user's destination, and a route calculating unit for calculating real-time movement information according to the user's movement when the route is guided, the user In order to notify acquaintances of their movement status, notification conditions for at least one of the remaining time and the remaining distance to the destination and the destination are preset, and the notification management unit and the notification management unit determine whether to match by matching the notification conditions and real-time movement information It may include a message management unit that is activated according to the matching or not and generates a notification message based on real-time movement information corresponding to a matching time point and transmits the notification message to a terminal of an acquaintance preset in the notification condition.

As an example related to the present invention, the message management unit generates an image for the same screen as the route guidance screen provided by the terminal based on real-time movement information corresponding to the matching time point, and inserts the image into the notification message and transmits it to the acquaintance terminal. It can be characterized by doing.

As an example related to the present invention, real-time movement information may include at least one of destination information, current location information of a user, and information on a remaining time and a remaining distance to a destination.

A method of operating a terminal that provides a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a notification condition setting step in which a notification condition for notifying an acquaintance of a user of a user to a user's terminal is set. The terminal guides the route to the user's destination, and the route guide step of calculating the real-time movement information according to the user's movement when the route is guided. The user's terminal matches the notification condition and the real-time movement information to determine matching. It may include a determination step and a notification step of generating a notification message based on real-time movement information corresponding to a matching time point according to whether the user's terminal matches or not, and transmitting the notification message to a terminal of an acquaintance preset in the notification condition.

Method of operation of a server providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a step of setting a notification condition for the server to communicate with the user's terminal to notify the acquaintance of the user, the server Generating route information based on the user's current location information and destination information received from the terminal, and calculating real-time movement information according to the user's movement based on the route information and the user's current location information, the server notifying conditions And matching the real-time movement information to determine whether or not the matching and the server generates an image for the same screen as the route guidance screen provided by the terminal based on the real-time movement information corresponding to the matching time point according to the matching status, and generates a notification message. It may include the step of transmitting to the acquaintance terminal.

A computer program performing a method of operating a terminal or server providing a notification service according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in a recording medium on which the computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention is recorded.

As described above, according to the present invention, the acquaintance automatically grasps the user's location by automatically sending a notification message to the acquaintance of the location where the user of the navigation is located whenever the user arrives at the preset point according to the setting of the notification condition for the navigation. It is possible to conveniently recognize the user's location without having to perform a separate voice call for the user, and the user is also required to have a separate voice call, thereby preventing an accident on the move.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a notification message is generated, a route guide screen output to a user terminal is captured and transmitted to an acquaintance terminal as a notification message, so that an acquaintance can grasp the remaining distance, the remaining time, and the current location at once through the route guide screen. There is an effect of further increasing the convenience of location.

In addition, according to the present invention, an acknowledgment message is automatically generated whenever an acquaintance queries the point where the user of the navigation is located, so that the current location of the user can be automatically notified to the acquaintance, and the acquaintance and the acquaintance are immediately responded to. It has the effect of increasing the convenience of all users.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically inform a plurality of acquaintances through a notification message, thereby providing a user convenience.

1 is a configuration environment diagram of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a navigation unit constituting a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for an operation process according to a detailed configuration of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is another configuration diagram of the route providing unit and the central server of FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram for setting a notification condition of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram for transmitting a notification message of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart of an operation method of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a detailed configuration diagram of providing advertisement information of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a block diagram for providing a notification message according to a character recognition of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention provides at least one of a user's location equipped with a navigation function to a destination moving from a user terminal to a destination, a remaining time to the destination, and a remaining distance as a notification message to a terminal of an acquaintance related to the user, and wonders the arrival status of the user It proposes a device that can automatically inform information about the current location of the user without a separate voice call from the user.

Hereinafter, a detailed embodiment of a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a configuration environment diagram of a terminal that provides a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown, consists of a user terminal 10 with a navigation unit 100 having a navigation function installed, and a navigation unit ( 100) may communicate with a central server 200 that provides real-time traffic information, map information, and point of interest (POI) information through a network to provide a navigation function to a user.

In addition, the user terminal 10 may communicate with an acquaintance terminal 20 related to a user of the user terminal 10 through a network.

At this time, the user terminal 10 is a smart phone having a communication function, a portable terminal, a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). ) Terminals, personal computers, telematics terminals, navigation terminals, and the like.

In addition, the acquaintance (知人) of the acquaintance terminal 20 includes a user, a friend, a family member, a related person, etc., and can cover both the formation of acquaintance relationships online and offline.

Meanwhile, the navigation unit 100 installed and operating in the user terminal 10 may be configured as an application or a device, and the application is downloaded and installed in the user terminal 10 or encompasses an application previously installed in the user terminal 10. Note that it means. In addition, it is obvious that the navigation unit 100 may be configured as a communication-type navigation device (terminal) integrally with the user terminal 10.

Referring to the above configuration, FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the navigation unit 100 included in the terminal 10 providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown, the navigation unit 100 is notified It may include a management unit 110, a route providing unit 120, a message management unit 130 and the interface unit 140.

First, the interface unit 140 may communicate with various components configured in the user terminal 10, and the communication unit 11 supporting various communication methods as illustrated as an example of the components and the current location information. The GPS unit 12 provides a GPS (Global Positioning System) function, an application 13 installed in the user terminal 10, a user input receiving unit 14 for receiving user input, and a navigation unit 100 And a storage unit 15 for storing information stored through mutual communication between the central server 200 and personal information of the user.

Accordingly, the path providing unit 120 may interface with the central server 200 by interfacing to the communication unit 11 through the interface unit 140, and map information and information from the central server 200 through the communication unit 11. Download or update the POI information, store it in the storage unit 15, and communicate with each component through the interface unit 140, based on the map information and POI information stored in the storage unit 15, the user input receiving unit 14 Searching for a destination received through and searching for a route from the current location received from the GPS unit 12 to a destination, generating route information, and providing route information through the output unit 16.

That is, the route providing unit 120 can provide a general navigation function, and receives real-time traffic information from the central server 200 through the communication unit 11 when connecting to a communication network through a network, and route information reflecting real-time traffic information It can also provide.

Meanwhile, the navigation unit 100 includes a notification management unit 110 and a message management unit 130 to automatically notify acquaintances of a user's movement status according to route information.

The notification management unit 110 may receive a notification condition for generating a notification message about a moving situation from the user input receiving unit 14 through user input.

As an example, the notification management unit 110 may receive the remaining time or the remaining distance or place to the destination through the user input receiving unit 14 and set it as a notification condition. At this time, the place may be a name of a specific point, and a waypoint or destination may be set.

In addition, the notification management unit 110 receives the contact information for at least one of a phone number, a social networking service (SNS) account (ID), and an email for the acquaintance terminal 20 to which a notification message is to be transmitted, or is included in the notification condition, or , Among the contact information stored in the storage unit 15, contact information of the acquaintance terminal 20 selected according to the user input through the user input receiving unit 14 may be included in the notification condition.

According to the above-described configuration, the notification management unit 110 interlocks with the route providing unit 120 and matches real-time movement information calculated by the route providing unit 120 according to the user's movement with a notification condition to determine whether or not matching is performed. can do.

At this time, the real-time movement information may include remaining distance and remaining time to the destination calculated by the route providing unit 120 according to the user's movement, current location information, and destination information.

Meanwhile, the notification management unit 110 may activate the message management unit 130 when the real-time movement information matches the notification condition.

Accordingly, the activated message management unit 130 may generate a notification message using at least one of the remaining distance and the remaining time to the destination, the current location information, and the destination information according to the real-time movement information calculated at the time of matching. Through (11), a notification message may be transmitted to the contact information of the acquaintance terminal 20 set in the notification condition.

At this time, the message management unit 130 may transmit the personal information (name, phone number, ID, SNS account (ID), vehicle number, etc.) of the user stored in the storage unit 15 in the notification message.

As a result, the acquaintance terminal 20 receives the notification message, and the remaining distance and the remaining time to the user's current location, destination, and destination according to the information about the user who sent the notification message and the real-time movement information included in the notification message. Information is provided to acquaintances so that acquaintances can determine the user's movement.

Based on the above-described configuration, an operation according to a detailed configuration of a terminal providing a notification service according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

First, the route providing unit 120 provides a navigation function, and may include a destination management unit 121, a route calculation unit 122, and a route guide unit 123 as shown.

The destination management unit 121 searches for a destination according to user input through the user input reception unit 14 from POI information stored in the storage unit 15 to set a destination (①), and sets the destination information to the route calculation unit 122 It can be provided as (②).

The route calculating unit 122 may receive destination information and generate route information by calculating a route through the user's current location information through the GPS unit 12 and map information stored in the storage unit 15 (③) .

At this time, the route calculation unit 122 may further receive real-time traffic information by communicating with the central server 200, and may also generate route information reflecting the real-time traffic information.

Accordingly, the route calculator 122 may provide route information including the destination information and the user's current location information to the route guide unit 123 (④) to provide route guidance according to the navigation function.

On the other hand, the route guide unit 123 provides route guidance based on the route information, and in conjunction with the route calculation unit 122, the current location information that is variable with each movement according to a user's movement such as a vehicle driving or walking movement is provided. On the basis of the distance difference from the destination information, it is possible to provide real-time movement information that calculates the remaining distance and remaining time to the destination in real time. In addition, the route guide unit 123 may output the real-time movement information to the route guidance screen of the user terminal. In addition, the real-time movement information may include current location information and destination information along with the remaining distance and remaining time to the destination.

In addition to the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, in the configuration of the route providing unit 120 of FIG. 3, the route collecting unit 124 may be configured instead of the route calculating unit 123, and the route collecting unit 124 is central The user's current location information and destination information may be transmitted to the server 200.

Accordingly, the central server 200 may transmit route information generated by calculating a route based on the current location information and destination information received from the route collection unit 124 to the route collection unit 124.

At this time, the central server 200 may include a traffic information providing unit 201 that provides map information, POI information, and real-time traffic information, and a path calculation unit 202 that calculates a path reflecting the real-time traffic information. The route calculating unit 202 may generate route information by reflecting real-time traffic information of the traffic information providing unit 201 based on the user's current location information and destination information received from the route collecting unit 124.

Accordingly, the route collection unit 124 may communicate with the central server 200 in real time, receive route information reflected by real-time traffic information from the central server 200, and provide the route information to the route guide unit 123.

In addition, the route collecting unit 124 may provide the current location information according to the user's movement to the central server 200 in real time, and the central server 200 may provide the current location information that changes with each movement of the user. On the basis of the distance difference from the destination information, the remaining distance and the remaining time to the destination may be calculated and real-time movement information generated may be provided to the route collection unit 124 in real time.

Accordingly, the route guide unit 123 may output real-time movement information received from the central server 200 in conjunction with the route collection unit 124 on the route guidance screen of the user terminal, and the real-time movement information reaches the destination. In addition to the remaining distance and remaining time, it may include current location information and destination information.

On the other hand, instead of the central server 200, the traffic information providing server provides map information, POI information, and real-time traffic information to the route providing unit 120, interworking with the traffic information providing server, and transmitting the route information and the real-time movement information. It may be configured as a path providing server generated and provided to the path providing unit 120, and it is natural that various server configurations may be applied.

Referring to FIG. 3 again, the route providing unit 120 to provide a notification message about the user's movement situation to the acquaintance's terminal 20 before reaching the destination according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above. May provide the route information to the notification management unit 110 (④).

As illustrated, the notification management unit 110 may include a notification setting unit 111, a notification condition storage unit 112, and a notification confirmation unit 113.

First, the notification setting unit 111 may set the notification condition through user input as described above.

At this time, the notification setting unit 111 is automatically activated when the path information provided from the path providing unit 120 is received, and may load a screen for setting the notification conditions on the screen of the user terminal 10 (④ ´), you can also set the reminder condition regardless of the route information provided (①´).

When an example of setting a notification condition of the notification setting unit 111 in the user terminal 10 is described with reference to FIG. 5, first, as shown in FIG. 5(a), the notification setting unit 111 may be configured through user input. The time to transmit the notification message can be set, and as shown, various settings such as '30 minutes before arrival' and '20 minutes before arrival' can be set, and a plurality of conditions can be set as notification conditions.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the notification setting unit 111 may set a place to transmit the notification message as a notification condition through a user input, and for example, as shown in FIG. It can be set as '10km before arrival', '5km before arrival', etc., or by setting a selected point based on user input based on route information received from route providing unit 120, and generating it as a notification condition.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(c), the notification setting unit 111 may include contact information of acquaintances through a user input in a notification condition, and also shows other than receiving the contact information directly through a user input. As described above, the contact information stored in the user terminal 10 may be loaded to include contact information of the acquaintance selected according to the user input in the notification condition.

At this time, the notification setting unit 111 may include contact information for a plurality of acquaintances input or selected according to a user input in the notification condition, and the contact information includes a phone number, an SNS account, an email, and the like as illustrated. can do.

When the setting of the notification setting unit 111 as described above is completed, the notification condition storage unit 112 may store the notification condition in the storage unit 15 according to the storage input as shown in FIG. 5 (⑤) ). At this time, the notification condition storage unit 112 may store the notification condition on its own without storing it in the storage unit 15. Accordingly, the stored notification condition may be applied not only to the route guidance according to the currently provided route information, but also to the route guidance according to other route information later.

Meanwhile, the notification confirmation unit 113 interlocks with the path providing unit 120 according to the notification condition, detects real-time movement information provided from the path providing unit 120 and compares the real-time movement information with the notification condition. Matching can be determined (⑥).

Accordingly, the notification confirmation unit 113 may activate the message management unit 130 when the real-time movement information and the notification condition are mutually matched (⑦).

Meanwhile, the message management unit 130 may include a message generation unit 132, a screen capture unit 131, and a message transmission unit 133, as shown, and the message generation unit 132 moves in real time at the time of matching. Using the information, a notification message can be generated (⑧), and the message transmission unit 133 can transmit the generated notification message as contact information of acquaintances set in the notification conditions (⑨).

As an example, the message transmission unit 133 transmits the notification message through a short message service (SMS) or multimedia message service (MMS) using a phone number included in the contact information, or an SNS account included in the contact information It can also be transmitted using. At this time, the message transmission unit 133 may transmit an alert message using the SNS account by calling the SNS application 13 corresponding to the SNS account through the interface unit 140 as shown in FIG. 2.

In addition, the message generation unit 132 captures a route guidance screen that the route provider 120 outputs to the output unit 16 of the user terminal 10 for real-time route guidance through the screen capture unit 131 when activated. can do.

Accordingly, the message generation unit 132 may insert an image of the captured route guidance screen into the notification message and transmit it through the message transmission unit 133.

If the embodiment of the above-described process is described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 6, when the notification condition of FIG. 5(a) is set, the notification confirmation unit 113 detects real-time movement information of the route providing unit 120 Therefore, the message management unit 130 may be activated by determining that it matches the '30 minutes before arrival' according to the notification condition at the time when the remaining time until reaching the destination is 30 minutes.

Accordingly, in the user terminal 10, the message generating unit 132 uses the real-time movement information at the time of matching to send a notification message 1 for 30 minutes before reaching the destination as shown in FIG. 6(a). The message transmission unit 133 may transmit the notification message 1 via SMS to the phone number of the acquaintance set in the notification condition. At this time, the message generation unit 132 may capture the route guidance screen at the time of matching through the screen capture unit 131 and insert the generated image 2 into the notification message 1, and the message transmission unit 133 May send a notification message with an embedded image as an MMS message. Accordingly, the remaining time until reaching the destination is provided through the notification message received by the acquaintance terminal 20 so that the acquaintance can determine the remaining time.

In addition, the notification confirmation unit 113, after the notification message is transmitted 30 minutes before the arrival, when the remaining time to the destination is 20 minutes according to the user's movement, another condition set in the notification condition, '20 minutes before arrival' is matched. It is determined that the message management unit 130 may be activated, and the message management unit 130 may generate a notification message about 20 minutes before arrival as described above, and transmit the notification message to contact information of an acquaintance.

In another embodiment, when the remaining distance is set as the notification condition as shown in FIG. 5(b), the notification confirmation unit 113 detects the real-time movement information and when the remaining distance is 10 km, the'arrival' according to the notification condition is reached. The message management unit 130 may be activated by determining that '10km before' is mutually matched.

Accordingly, the message management unit 130 generates a notification message 1 about 10 km before the user terminal 10 arrives at the destination using the real-time movement information of the matching time point as shown in FIG. 6(b). By doing so, the notification message 1 may be transmitted to the acquaintance's SNS account set in the notification condition. Accordingly, the remaining distance to the destination is provided through the notification message 1 received by the acquaintance terminal 20 so that the acquaintance can determine the remaining distance.

Thereafter, when the remaining distance is 5 km according to the movement of the user, the notification confirmation unit 113 determines that another condition set in the above notification condition, '5 km before arrival' is matched, activates the message management unit 130 and arrives at the destination It is possible to send the notification message about 5 km before.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6(c), the message generating unit 132 in the user terminal 10 does not use real-time movement information at the matching time, but interlocks with the screen capture unit 131 to match. It is possible to generate a notification message (1) consisting of only the image (2) for the route guidance screen captured, and the message transmission unit (133) is a notification message (1) consisting of only the image (2) for the route guidance screen It may be transmitted to the acquaintance terminal 20 through the contact information of the acquaintance.

Accordingly, the acquaintance may check the image of the route guidance screen through the notification message received by the acquaintance terminal 20, and grasp both the user's current location, the remaining time to the destination, and the remaining distance. In addition, when a destination is included in the route guide screen, an acquaintance may grasp the destination.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiments, the message transmission unit 133 or the message generation unit 132 may include personal information of a user pre-stored in the storage unit 15 in the notification message, and accordingly, the notification message It is provided so that acquaintances can determine the transmitted user.

In the above-described embodiment, although the notification condition is described as being set for only one category, the remaining time and the remaining distance to the destination may be set at the same time, and the remaining time and the remaining distance according to real-time movement information may be the above. It is obvious that a notification message may be transmitted whenever the notification conditions are mutually matched.

In addition, when a place is set as the notification condition, the message generation unit 132 may generate a name for the place as the content of the notification message, and in this case, the notification confirmation unit 113 may set the place and the real time set as the notification condition. The message generation unit 132 generates a notification message such as '000 has passed 000 places (the place set in the notification condition)' at the time of mutual matching by comparing the current location information through the movement information. It can be transmitted to the terminal 20 of the acquaintance using the contact information.

At this time, it is obvious that the notification conditions may be set in plural to the place in addition to the remaining time and the remaining distance.

Meanwhile, the message generation unit 132 may receive the real-time movement information from the notification confirmation unit 113, and the format of the notification message for each type of condition (remaining distance, remaining time and place, etc.) set in the notification condition is determined. Data stored and stored in the real-time movement information may be inserted into a format of the notification message and transmitted.

In the above-described configuration, the notification management unit 110 and the message management unit 130 configured in the user terminal 10 may be configured in the central server 200 as shown in FIG. 4, and the user terminal in the central server 200 It is possible to receive a user's current location information and destination information from (10) and send a notification message directly to an acquaintance terminal according to the above-mentioned notification conditions.

If the configuration of the central server 200 for this is described with reference to FIG. 4, the route calculator 202 may generate route information by receiving the user's current location information and destination information from the user terminal 10, As described above, it is possible to generate route information reflecting real-time traffic information from the traffic information providing unit 201.

In addition, the notification management unit 203 configured in the central server may receive a notification condition for generating a notification message for a user's movement status from the user terminal 10, and the remaining time or the remaining distance or place to the destination It can be received as a notification condition and stored in the user's member information.

In addition, the notification management unit 203 receives the contact information for at least one of a phone number, a social networking service (SNS) account (ID), and an email for the acquaintance terminal 20 to transmit the notification message from the user terminal 10. It can be received and included in the notification condition.

Accordingly, the route calculating unit 202 may calculate the real-time moving information based on the current location information of the user received in real time from the user terminal 20 according to the user's movement and provide it to the notification management unit 203, , The notification management unit 203 may interwork with the route calculation unit 202 configured in the central server 200 to match the notification conditions stored in the user's member information with the real-time movement information to determine matching.

At this time, the real-time movement information may include the remaining distance and the remaining time to the destination calculated according to the user's movement as described above, current location information and destination information, and the route calculator 202 moves the real-time By reflecting the traffic information provided from the traffic information providing unit 201 in the information, it is possible to more accurately calculate the remaining distance and the remaining time to the destination included in the real-time movement information.

Meanwhile, the notification management unit 203 may activate the message management unit 204 configured in the central server 200 when the real-time movement information matches the notification condition.

Accordingly, the activated message management unit 204 determines at least one of the remaining distance and the remaining time to the destination, the current location information, and the destination information according to the real-time movement information calculated when the notification conditions and the real-time movement information are mutually matched. A notification message may be generated, and the notification message may be transmitted to the acquaintance terminal 20 through contact information of the acquaintance terminal 20 set in the notification condition.

In addition, the message management unit 204 may generate an image for the same screen as the route guidance screen provided by the user terminal 10 at the matching time, and insert the image into the notification message and transmit it to the acquaintance terminal 20. .

In addition, the message management unit 204 may generate a notification message composed only of the image and transmit it to the acquaintance terminal 20.

In addition, to the notification management unit 203 and the message management unit 204 configured in the central server 200 for various embodiments described in the present invention for the notification management unit 110 and the message management unit 130 configured in the user terminal 10 Of course, it can be applied to all.

7 is a flowchart for a notification method of a terminal providing a notification service according to the above-described configuration, and as shown, the navigation unit 100 communicating with the central server 200 is installed in the user terminal 10 and user input According to this, in the process of moving to the destination, a notification condition, which is a condition for transmitting a notification message for a movement situation to the terminal 20 of the acquaintance, may be set and stored (S1). In this case, it is needless to say that the navigation unit 100 may not be set in advance for the notification conditions before the route guidance.

In addition, the navigation unit 100 with a navigation function may generate route information by searching for a route based on the destination S2 and the current location received through user input (S3).

Subsequently, the navigation unit 100 determines whether or not the notification condition is set according to the existence of the previously stored notification condition, and when the notification condition is set (S4), the notification condition may be applied when the route is guided according to the route information. Yes (S5).

In addition, the navigation unit 100 may output the route information to the screen of the user terminal 10 for setting the notification condition when the notification condition is not set, and notify the selected point through the user input on the route information Set as a condition, and additionally set and store contact information for at least one acquaintance to whom the notification message according to the notification condition is received in the notification condition, and then apply the notification condition when guiding a route according to the route information. (S6). At this time, the navigation unit 100 may further set and store the selected point on the route information in the pre-stored notification condition even when a pre-stored notification condition exists.

Next, the navigation unit 100 performs route guidance according to the route information (S7), and compares real-time motion information calculated in real time based on the route information according to the user's movement with the notification condition to match each other. It can be determined (S8). At this time, the real-time movement information may include the remaining distance and remaining time until reaching the destination, current location information, and destination information, as described above.

Subsequently, when the real-time movement information and the notification condition are matched, the navigation unit 100 notifies using at least one of the remaining distance and remaining time, current location information, and destination information included in the real-time movement information calculated at the matching time. A message may be generated (S10), and a path guide screen output to the user terminal 10 may be captured at the time of matching and inserted into the notification message (S9).

Next, the navigation unit 100 may transmit the notification message to the terminal 20 of each acquaintance using contact information of each acquaintance set in the notification condition (S11).

Thereafter, the navigation unit 100 may transmit the notification message generated for each matching time point to the acquaintance's terminal 20 by matching the notification condition and the real-time movement information in real time until reaching the destination (S12).

8 is a configuration for inserting advertisements when a notification message is transmitted by a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8(a), the message management unit 130 is configured from the central server 200. An advertisement receiving unit 134 receiving advertisement information may be further included.

Accordingly, the message generating unit 132 may insert the advertisement information received in the advertisement receiving unit 134 into the notification message 1 as shown in FIG. 8(b) in conjunction with the advertisement receiving unit 134, The message transmission unit 133 may transmit the notification message to the acquaintance terminal 20. At this time, the message generating unit 132, it is preferable to insert the advertisement information into the notification message in the form of a banner, but may be inserted in various forms.

Through this, advertisement information may be inserted into a notification message transmitted to the acquaintance's terminal 20 to provide an advertisement effect.

Meanwhile, in the above-described configuration, the navigation unit 100 may include an application for transmitting/receiving text data on its own, and accordingly, the message transmission unit 133 is configured as a message transmission/reception unit to use applications using SMS, MMS, and SNS. In addition to transmitting a message through the application, the notification message may be transmitted through an application included in the navigation unit 100.

9 is a diagram showing the configuration of an automatic notification service using character recognition of a terminal providing a notification service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the navigation unit 100 may interwork with an SNS application in the user terminal 10 or provide a function for transmitting and receiving text data by itself.

Accordingly, the notification setting unit 111 included in the notification management unit 110 may receive character information, which is a character recognition target, through user input, and set it as the notification condition. As an example, as shown,'where','where','where','arrival', etc. for asking the user's location can be set as text information, and the notification condition storage unit 112 sets the text information. It can be stored in the storage unit 15.

Thereafter, the notification confirmation unit 113 may recognize the presence or absence of the text information by recognizing the character data 3 received from the acquaintance terminal 20 to the user terminal 10, and the notification confirmation unit 113 When the text data 3 includes the text information according to the determination, the message generating unit 132 generates a notification message 1 using the data included in the real-time movement information at the time when the text data 3 is received. can do.

At this time, the message generator 132 may randomly select at least one of the remaining distance, remaining time, current location, and route guidance screen included in the real-time movement information to generate the notification message.

In addition, the message transmission unit 133 may communicate with the application where the text data 3 is received, and transmit the notification message to the acquaintance's terminal 20 through contact information of the acquaintance who transmitted the text data.

According to the above-described configuration, the terminal or server providing the notification service according to the present invention automatically transmits a notification message while moving, so that acquaintances can easily determine the location of the user, and the user can easily do without a separate call. You can tell your acquaintance where you are. Also, whenever an acquaintance queries the user's location, a notification message may be automatically transmitted, thereby ensuring convenience for the user and acquaintances.

A method of operating a terminal or server providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention can be written as a computer program, and codes and code segments constituting the computer program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the field. . In addition, the corresponding computer program is stored in a computer-readable information storage medium (computer readable media), and is read and executed by a computer or a terminal, server, or the like according to an embodiment of the present invention, thereby providing a notification service. You can implement the operation method.

The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium and a carrier wave medium. A computer program implementing a method of operating a terminal or server providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored and installed in the internal memory of the terminal or server. Alternatively, an external memory such as a smart card storing and installing a computer program implementing a method of operating a terminal providing a notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be mounted on the terminal through an interface.

In the above, preferred embodiments according to the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made to any person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention appended in the claims. .

1: Notification message 2: Route information screen image
3: Text data 10: User terminal
20: acquaintance terminal 100: navigation unit
110: notification management unit 111: notification setting unit
112: notification condition storage unit 113: notification confirmation unit
120: route providing unit 121: destination management unit
122: route calculation unit 123: route guidance unit
124: route collection unit 130: message management unit
131: screen capture unit 132: message generation unit
133: message transmitting unit 134: advertisement receiving unit
200: central server 201: traffic information providing unit
202: route calculation unit 203: notification management unit
204: message management unit

Claims (18)

A route providing unit that guides a route to a user's destination and calculates real-time motion information according to the user's movement when guiding the route;
A notification management unit for setting a notification condition for notifying an acquaintance of the user's movement status to be matched and determining whether the matching is matched by matching the notification condition with the real-time movement information; And
A message management unit that is activated according to the matching of the notification management unit and generates a notification message based on the real-time movement information corresponding to a matching time point, and transmits it to a terminal of an acquaintance preset in the notification condition
It includes,
The message management unit captures the route guide screen output by the route providing unit at the matching time point, and includes it in the notification message.
The notification management unit determines whether or not preset text information for querying the location of the user is included in text data received from the acquaintance's terminal,
The message management unit generates the notification message based on the real-time movement information corresponding to a point in time when the text data is received in the notification management unit when the text information is included in the text data according to the determination of the notification management unit. A terminal providing a notification service characterized in that it is transmitted to a terminal of an acquaintance. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A route calculator which guides a route to a user's destination and calculates real-time motion information according to the user's movement when the route is guided;
To notify acquaintances of the user's movement status, a notification management unit for at least one of a remaining time and a remaining distance to a destination and a destination is preset, and a notification management unit that matches the notification condition with the real-time movement information to determine matching ; And
Message management unit that is activated according to the matching status of the notification management unit and generates a notification message based on the real-time movement information corresponding to a matching time point and transmits it to a terminal of an acquaintance preset in the notification condition
It includes,
The message management unit generates an image for the same screen as the route guidance screen provided by the user's terminal based on real-time movement information corresponding to the matching time, and inserts the image into the notification message to the acquaintance's terminal. Transmit,
The notification management unit determines whether or not preset text information for querying the location of the user is included in the text data transmitted from the acquaintance's terminal to the user's terminal,
The message management unit generates the notification message based on the real-time movement information corresponding to a point in time when the text data is received in the notification management unit when the text information is included in the text data according to the determination of the notification management unit. Server providing a notification service characterized in that it is transmitted to the terminal of the acquaintance. delete delete delete delete delete

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