KR102247897B1 - Electronic device, method and system for providing contents relate to traffic - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device for providing traffic-related content. The electronic device may include a display unit, a communication unit communicating with a server providing traffic related content, and a control unit. The control unit includes a plurality of areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of sections of a route selected based on the traffic-related content, and displays an object displayed so that traffic flows for each section are visually distinguished in the plurality of areas on the display unit. Can be displayed. Accordingly, traffic flow information with improved visibility can be provided.

Description

Electronic device, transportation related content provision method and system {ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS RELATE TO TRAFFIC}

The present invention relates to an electronic device, a method, and a system for providing traffic related content.

As the Internet network is opened and laws related to location data are reorganized, the industry related to Location Based Service (LBS) is being activated. A typical device using such a location-based service is a vehicle navigation device that provides a navigation service that locates a current location of a vehicle or guides a moving route to a destination.

Recently, various methods have been proposed to provide users with information on traffic flows that change in real time. However, in the related art, there is a significant delay in processing the information collected in relation to the traffic flow and transmitting it as traffic information to the user, or due to the problem that traffic information of a wider area than the user wants is received together, real time There was a problem in not effectively reflecting the changing traffic information in the navigation service.

The present invention provides an electronic device, a server, and a method of providing traffic-related content for providing real-time traffic information by using traffic-related content freely generated by users.

An electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above-described object includes: a display unit; A communication unit that communicates with a server that provides traffic-related content collected by other electronic devices; And receiving traffic-related content for each section of a route consisting of at least one section from the server, and providing an object to visually display the traffic flow for each section of the route based on the received traffic-related content. It may include;

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing traffic-related content includes: forming a social network with an external electronic device and a server; Receiving, from the server, traffic-related content for each section of a route consisting of at least one section, among traffic-related content collected from the external electronic device; And providing an object for visually displaying the traffic flow for each section of the route based on the received traffic related content.

A traffic information providing system according to another aspect of the present invention includes: a first electronic device; A server that collects and stores traffic-related content from the first electronic device; And the first electronic device and the server are connected to the server through a social network, and receive traffic-related content for each section of a route consisting of at least one section from the server, and based on the received traffic-related content. And a second electronic device that provides an object for visually displaying the traffic flow for each section of the route.

Details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize the traffic flow by using traffic-related content generated by users so that the actual road or traffic flow can be grasped in real time.

In addition, by visualizing traffic flow information using the traffic-related content and real-time speed information to improve visibility, it is possible to more quickly and accurately grasp the traffic flow.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an environment of a system for providing traffic information related to embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a navigation device according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a server according to embodiments of the present invention.
4 shows an example of configuring a social network.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of traffic-related content according to an exemplary embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention under the system environment shown in FIG. 1.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11.
13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 to 15 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13.
16 is an example of a screen for transmitting traffic related content from an electronic device to a server.
17 is an example of receiving traffic-related content from a server and displaying it on a screen of an electronic device.

The above objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent through the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, in the present invention, various modifications may be made and various embodiments may be provided. Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. The same reference numerals throughout the specification refer to the same elements in principle. In addition, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, configurations of electronic devices and servers related to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. The suffixes "module" and "unit" for the components used in the following description are given or used interchangeably in consideration of only the ease of preparation of the specification, and do not have meanings or roles that are distinguished from each other by themselves.

Electronic devices described herein may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation terminal, and the like. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, it is assumed that the electronic device is a navigation terminal.

Terms described in the following embodiments may be defined as follows.

The traffic-related content may be traffic-related information generated, collected, and processed by a user device (100, 10a, 10b, and 10c of FIG. 1). The traffic related content may be direct content generated by the user device. In addition, the traffic related content may be content in a form in which the content generated by the user device is collected by the server 200 and reprocessed through the server 200.

In the reprocessing, in order to reflect the appropriate needs of consumers (or users) who want traffic related information, traffic related contents in the form of adding additional traffic related information and social information to the contents collected through the user device are produced. It can be a series of distributing processes.

The traffic flow content is a component included in the traffic-related content, and refers to content capable of recognizing road traffic flow among contents collected through a user device or another device connected to the user device through a social network. For example, the traffic-related content may be an image (including a still image or a video) photographing a road congestion situation, a message notifying the road congestion situation, and content in an audio format.

The above-described traffic related content may be analyzed through a control unit (eg, the control unit 180 of the second electronic device). In the method of providing traffic-related contents according to an embodiment of the present invention, the analysis result of the traffic-related contents may be provided as congestion, smoothness, delay, slow movement, etc., and an object so that the traffic flow corresponding to the result is divided by section. It can be provided by mapping on the image.

Traffic-related images are traffic images collected from user devices and other devices (for example, CCTV, etc.), and still images including road congestion information, road surface condition information, accident information, accident information, etc., and images including moving pictures. It can be data.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an environment of a system for providing traffic-related contents related to embodiments of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the traffic related content providing system may include user devices 100 and 10, a server 200 and a network 300.

The user devices 100 and 10, the server 200, and the network 300 illustrated in FIG. 1 represent an exemplary embodiment for providing traffic-related content through a predetermined network. The social network engine 230 illustrated in FIG. 1 may perform at least a part of a social network management function performed in the system illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, the social network engine 230 may be communicatively coupled with user devices 100 and 10 through a network 300. The network 300 may be a combination of a network such as a LAN, a WAN, or the Internet.

In FIG. 1, in order to exemplarily describe a system for implementing a method for providing traffic-related contents according to an embodiment of the present invention, four exemplary devices are described as user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. The exemplary user devices 100 and 10 may include a navigation device 100, a mobile phone 10a, a mobile computing device 10b, and a notebook computer 10c. The user devices 100 and 10 are not limited to the exemplary user devices shown in FIG. 1, but may include any number and any type of devices that a user can use to interact with the social network engine 230. I can.

The user devices 100 and 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 may communicate with the social network engine 230 through a predetermined communication link. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 100 is communicatively coupled with the network 300 through the first communication interface 11, and the mobile phone 10a is a second communication interface ( 12) is communicatively coupled with the network 300, the mobile computing device 10b is communicatively coupled with the network 300 through a third communication interface 13, and the notebook computer 10c is 4 can be communicatively coupled with the communication interface 14. In addition, the social network engine 230 may be communicatively coupled with the fifth communication interface 15.

Here, the first to fifth communication interfaces 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 include an IEEE 802.11 WLAN wireless link, a cellular network link, a wireless personal area network (PAN) link (eg, a Bluetooth link), and an Ethernet It may be at least one of a communication link including a wired or wireless link such as a link, a USB link, or a combination thereof.

The social network engine 230 may enable a user to form a community and provide a social network service for managing a user community. For example, the social network engine 230 may be a social network service existing on the web.

Social network engine 230 allows users of user devices 100 and 10 to interact with each other through blogging, discussion groups, email, file sharing, instant messaging, online chat, video, voice chat, or other technical means. Can make it possible to do. For example, the social network engine 230 may provide a website through which a first user's device among the user devices 100 and 10 can interact with each other using at least one of the above-described technologies. According to an embodiment, the social network engine 230 may provide social network services such as Twitter (www.twitter.com), Facebook (www.facebook.com), and me2DAY (www.me2day.net). . Meanwhile, the social network engine 230 may be provided in an Open API format other than the website.

The social network engine 230 may be communicatively coupled to the server 200 by a communication interface 15. The server 200 may store user information for each user of the user devices 100 and 10.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the social network engine 230 may be coupled to an entity other than the user devices 100 and 10 through a predetermined communication interface. For example, it may be connected to a predetermined advertisement engine.

Hereinafter, the navigation device 100 as the first electronic device 100 will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a block diagram of a navigation device 100 related to embodiments of the present invention.

2, the navigation device 100 includes a communication unit 110, an input unit 120, a sensing unit 130, an output unit 140, a storage unit 150, a power supply unit 160, and an interface unit 170. And a controller 180. Since the components shown in FIG. 2 are not essential, the navigation device 100 may be implemented to have more components or fewer components.

Hereinafter, the above components will be described in order.

The communication unit 110 enables communication between the navigation device 100 and the server 200 or between the navigation device 100 and a network in which the navigation device 100 is located, or between the navigation device 100 and other electronic devices 10. It may include one or more modules. For example, the communication unit 110 may include a location data module 111, a wireless Internet module 113, a broadcast transmission/reception module 115, a short-range communication module 117, a wired communication module 119, and the like. .

The location data module 111 is a module for obtaining location data of the navigation device 100. As a method for the location data module 111 to obtain location data, a method of obtaining location data through a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) may be used.

GNSS refers to a navigation system capable of calculating the location of a receiving terminal using radio signals received from satellites. Specific examples of GNSS include GPS (Global Positioning System), Galileo, GLONASS (Global Orbiting Navigational Satellite System), COMPASS, IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System), QZSS (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System), etc. I can.

The location data module 111 of the navigation device 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention may obtain location data by receiving a GNSS signal serving in an area where the navigation device 100 is used. Then, the current location of the navigation device 100 is continuously calculated in real time by using the acquired location data. The current location of the navigation device 100 may be obtained through map matching with location data obtained by the location data module 111 in order to improve accuracy.

In addition, the location data module 111 may calculate speed information by using the current location of the navigation device 100 obtained in real time.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a device that acquires or transmits data by accessing the wireless Internet. The wireless Internet accessible through the wireless Internet module 113 may be a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless broadband (Wibro), a world interoperability for microwave access (Wimax), a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), or the like.

The broadcast transmission/reception module 115 is a device that receives broadcast signals through various broadcast systems. Broadcast systems that can be received through the broadcast transmission/reception module 115 include Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Terrestrial (DMBT), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Satellite (DMBS), Media Forward Link Only (MediaFLO), Digital Video Broadcast Handheld (DVBH), Integrated Services (ISDBT). Digital Broadcast Terrestrial). The broadcast signal received through the broadcast transmission/reception module 115 may include traffic data, life data, and the like.

The short-range communication module 117 refers to a module for short-range communication. As a short-range communication technology, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like may be used.

The wired communication module 119 serves to provide an interface with other electronic devices connected to the navigation device 100. For example, the wired communication module 119 may be a USB module capable of communicating through a USB port.

The input unit 120 is a module that generates input data for controlling the operation of the navigation device 100, and may generate input data by converting a physical input from the outside into a specific electrical signal. The input unit 120 may include a user input module 121, a microphone 123, and the like.

The user input module 121 receives a control input for controlling the operation of the navigation device 100 from a user. The user input module may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (positive pressure/power failure), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. For example, the user input module 121 may be implemented with a navigation operation key provided on a body of the navigation device 100.

The microphone 123 is a device that receives a user's voice and audio signals generated inside and outside the vehicle. The microphone 123 may be implemented as a navigation microphone 195 provided on the body of the navigation device 100.

The sensing unit 130 detects the current state of the navigation device 100 and generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the navigation device 100. The sensing unit 130 may include a motion sensing module 131, an optical sensing module 133, and the like.

The motion sensing module 131 may detect movement of the navigation device 100 in a 3D space. The motion sensing module 131 may include a 3-axis geomagnetic sensor and a 3-axis acceleration sensor. By combining the motion data acquired through the motion sensing module 131 with the location data acquired through the location data module 111, a more accurate trajectory of the vehicle to which the navigation device 100 is attached may be calculated.

The light sensing module 133 is a device that measures peripheral luminance of the navigation device 100. The brightness of the display unit 141 may be changed to correspond to the ambient brightness by using the illuminance data acquired through the light sensing module 133.

The output unit 140 is a device through which the navigation device 100 outputs data. The output unit 140 may include a display module 141, an audio output module 143, and the like.

The display module 141 displays information processed by the navigation device 100. For example, the display module 141 displays a user interface (UI) or a graphical user interface (GUI) related to a navigation service.

The display module 141 is one of a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor liquid crystal display, an organic lightemitting diode, a flexible display, and a 3D display. It may include at least one.

When the display module 141 and a sensor for detecting a touch motion (hereinafter, referred to as'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter, abbreviated as'touch screen'), the display module 141 is an output device In addition, it can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have a shape such as, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, and a touch pad.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific portion of the display module 141 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display module 141 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor may be configured to detect not only a touched position and area, but also a pressure at the time of touch.

When there is a touch input to the touch sensor, a signal(s) corresponding thereto is transmitted to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal(s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Accordingly, the controller 180 can know which area of the display module 141 has been touched.

Referring to FIG. 2, a proximity sensor may be disposed in an inner area of the navigation device 100 surrounded by the touch screen or near the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object existing in the vicinity using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays without mechanical contact. Proximity sensors have a longer lifespan and higher utilization than contact sensors.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive type proximity sensor, a magnetic type proximity sensor, an infrared proximity sensor, and the like.

When the touch screen is capacitive, it is configured to detect the proximity of the pointer by a change in an electric field according to the proximity of the pointer. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

The audio output module 143 outputs audio data that can be audibly recognized. The audio output module 143 outputs an audio signal related to a function (eg, a route guidance function) performed by the navigation device 100. The audio output module 143 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The storage unit 150 may store a program for the operation of the navigation device 100 and may temporarily store data (path information, images) input/output in relation to the navigation device 100.

The storage unit 150 is built-in or detachable within the navigation device 100, and is a flash memory type, a hard disk type, and a multimedia card micro type. ), card-type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), RAM (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (ReadOnly Memory, ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly Memory) , Programmable ReadOnly Memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, and an optical disk. The navigation device 100 may operate in connection with a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 150 over the Internet.

The power supply unit 160 receives external power and internal power to supply power necessary for the operation of components of the navigation device 100 or other devices connected to the navigation device 100.

The interface unit 170 may include a user interface unit and a network interface unit. The user interface unit may receive a user input signal and transmit it to the controller 180. The user interface unit may receive an input for selecting a route from a user and an input for selecting various traffic related contents received from the server 200. The network interface unit may perform data transmission/reception with the server 200.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the navigation device 100. Furthermore, the controller 180 may output a control signal for controlling another device connected to the navigation apparatus 100. When a signal for selecting a predetermined path is input through the user interface unit, the controller 180 may control the network interface unit to transmit information on the selected path to the server 200.

Meanwhile, the image processing unit 181 may determine a traffic flow by analyzing a traffic-related image. For example, if the number of vehicles in front included in the traffic-related image received from the server 200 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, the control unit 180 determines the traffic flow in the section in which the traffic-related image is photographed to determine a congestion situation. Can be delivered to. An example of extracting a traffic flow of a corresponding section by analyzing the traffic-related image is not limited to the above-described example and may be variously modified and implemented. For example, by analyzing the overall shape of the vehicle included in the traffic-related image (for example, by determining whether a part corresponding to a tire is in contact with the ground, it is possible to determine whether the vehicle rolls over) , You can even determine the cause of road congestion.

Meanwhile, although not shown in FIG. 1, the controller 180 may include an object generator (not shown) and an object mapping unit (not shown). The object generation unit and the object mapping unit are the same or similar in operation to the object generation unit 241 and the object mapping unit 242 illustrated in FIG. 3, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

In the above, a detailed block configuration of an electronic device (navigation device) according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, a server through which the electronic device transmits and receives traffic-related content including traffic-related images through a network (eg, a social network) will be described.

3 is a block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server 200 according to an embodiment may include a traffic related content collection unit 210, a storage unit 220, a control unit 240, and a social network engine 230.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the traffic related content collection unit 210 may collect traffic related content including traffic flow content from various user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. The traffic related content may be content including a traffic related image. For example, the traffic related content may be a content in which a device of a user subscribed to a predetermined traffic information providing service provided by the server 200 transmits information related to road traffic conditions to the server 200.

The traffic-related content collected by the traffic-related content collection unit 210 may include at least one of identification information of a user generating the traffic-related content, location information and time information to which the traffic-related content is transmitted. . In addition, the traffic-related content may include at least one of a message, an image, and an audio signal related to a traffic situation. A more detailed description of the traffic-related content will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

In order to transmit the traffic-related content generated by the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c to the server 200, the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c pass through a predetermined authentication process. 200). In the authentication process, authentication information is transmitted from the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, 10c to the server 200, and after the server 200 performs the authentication process, when user authentication is completed, the user device ( 100, 10a, 10b, 10c) and the server may be connected.

The authentication information may include identification information capable of identifying a user, device identification information of the electronic device 100, a password, an e-mail address, a phone number, and the like.

The user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c may be a vehicle terminal attached to a vehicle or a portable terminal as shown in FIG. 1. For example, while the user is driving a vehicle, traffic related content acquired through a vehicle terminal may be transmitted to the server 200. Alternatively, traffic related content acquired while walking while the user is carrying the portable terminal may be transmitted to the server 200.

Meanwhile, the content collected by the traffic-related content collection unit 210 is not limited to traffic information directly acquired from the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. For example, the traffic-related content generated through the first user device (for example, at least one of 10a, 10b and 10c in FIG. 1) is the first user device and a social network (for example, FIG. 1 It may be followed by a second user's device (for example, 100 of FIG. 1) connected to (300) of FIG. For example, N user devices connected to the first user through a social network may acquire first traffic related content generated by the first user device or content processed by the first traffic related content. .

The traffic related content may include information related to the road traffic condition. The information related to the road traffic condition may include all information required by a driver related to vehicle operation, such as section information, route information, and road congestion information. In an embodiment of the present invention, a vehicle terminal or a traffic-related image captured through a camera connected by wire or wirelessly to the vehicle terminal will be described as an example of the road traffic situation information. However, the technical idea of the present invention does not limit the information related to the road traffic situation to the traffic related image.

The storage unit 220 may include a map database 221 and a traffic related content database 222.

The map database 221 may store information that can be displayed on various maps used in the electronic device (eg, a navigation device) 100 such as road information, location information, point of interest (POI) information, and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the map database 221 may be included in the server 200, but may be implemented and used as a separate server outside the server 200.

The traffic related content database 222 may store and manage traffic related content collected through the traffic related content collection unit 210. Since the collected traffic-related content includes generated (or transmitted) location information, the traffic-related content DB 222 is grouped and managed based on the collected location information, or traffic-related content It can be managed based on the type and location information of the information included in the.

In addition, the traffic-related content database 222 filters traffic-related content collected from a plurality of user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c under the control of the control unit 240 according to certain criteria to provide only information that is beneficial to the user. Can provide. Accordingly, the traffic-related content DB 222 may store traffic-related image information generated at a specific location and manage it for each location where the traffic-related image is obtained.

The social network engine 230 may be communicatively coupled with the user devices 100, 10a, 10b and 10c through the network 300 as shown in FIG. 1. The social network engine 230 may perform data communication with an external communication device including an external user device.

The social network engine 230 of the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a traffic-related content request signal from the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c, and the object generator 241 and After transmitting the object to the object mapping unit 242, a bar-type object to which the traffic flow is mapped may be generated and transmitted to the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c.

The control unit 240 may include an object generation unit 241 and an object mapping unit 242. The operation of the object generation unit 241 and the object mapping unit 242 described below may be operated in the same manner by the controller 180 of the electronic device 100 illustrated in FIG. 2.

The object generator 241 may generate an object (510 of FIG. 8) representing a traffic flow for each section in response to a request for traffic related content received from the second electronic device 100.

The object may be displayed in a bar type. In the bar, a start point and an end point may correspond to a starting point and a destination, respectively. The bar may be displayed in a horizontal or vertical form on the display unit 141 of the electronic device 100.

In addition, the bar may overlap with the map screen. The bar may be displayed on a screen separate from the map screen.

In addition, the bar may be divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to a section (physical section) on a path selected by the second electronic device 100. Meanwhile, the length of the area partitioned within the bar may be determined in proportion to the length of the section on the path.

The object mapping unit 242 maps a predetermined identification factor to each section area so that the traffic flow for each section can be visually distinguished with respect to the created object (eg, a bar type). I can.

The identification factor may include, for example, color, information on the number of traffic-related contents, and application of an animation for each section according to a road congestion situation. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the identification factor is color information. For example, when the traffic flow of the first section on the selected route is congested, the first area on the object corresponding to the first section may be mapped in red. In addition, when the traffic flow of the second section on the selected path is smooth, the second area on the object corresponding to the second section on the object may be mapped to green.

The object mapping unit 242 applies an object (eg, a bar) to which a predetermined identification factor is mapped to visually distinguish the traffic flow for each section on the selected route by using the social network engine 230. It can be transmitted to the second electronic device 100 through the.

Meanwhile, the second electronic device 100 may receive an object to which the traffic flow identification factor is mapped from the server 200.

In addition, the second electronic device 100 receives only information on traffic-related content for each section from the server 200, and uses the received traffic-related content for each section, as described above (510 in FIG. 8). May be generated, and the predetermined identification factor may be mapped to the generated object to be displayed on the display unit 141. That is, the operation of generating the object (510 in FIG. 8) and mapping the identification factor for each section to the generated object may be performed by either the server 200 or the second electronic device 100.

However, the second electronic device 100 may be the navigation device 100, and in order to maximize the operation efficiency of the navigation device 100, the object is generated and an identification factor is mapped to the generated object. It may be desirable to perform in the server 200.

As described above, the server 200, in response to a user request for traffic flow information for a specific section, from the external traffic server (20 in Fig. 6) and user devices (100, 10a, 10b, 10c) By appropriately utilizing the collected traffic flow information and traffic-related content, an object for knowing the traffic flow for each section can be displayed on the screen of the second electronic device 100.

In the above, the block configuration of the server 200 has been described. Hereinafter, a network environment for collecting traffic-related content including a traffic-related image related to a route will be described in more detail.

4 shows an example of configuring a social network.

4 illustrates an example of configuring a network based on the current location (SP) of the navigation device 100. Referring to FIG. 4, when a network configuration for acquiring traffic information is requested from the navigation device 100, the server 200 acquires a current location SP of the navigation device 100. Here, the current location (SP) of the navigation device 100 may be received from the navigation device 100 or may be obtained from a base station included in the network network (or communication network) 300.

In addition, the server 200 may acquire a change in the location of the navigation device 100 for a predetermined period of time, and acquire a moving direction of the navigation device 100 based on this. In addition, a certain area A13 is set based on the obtained current position and movement direction of the navigation device 100. In addition, other electronic devices T1 to T5 located in the set area A13 may be selected, and a social network configuration between the selected electronic devices T1 to T5 and the navigation device 100 may be supported.

Meanwhile, since the social network configured by the request of the navigation device 100 includes electronic devices selected based on the current location of the navigation device 100, it may be updated according to the current location of the navigation device 100. The server 200 continuously acquires the location of the navigation device 100 while the network is maintained, and continuously updates electronic devices included in the network based on this.

In addition, even if the location of the navigation device 100 does not change, the server 200 continuously updates electronic devices included in the network based on the change in the location of other electronic devices included in the network. Electronic devices that do not satisfy the criteria for the network configuration may be excluded from the network, and electronic devices that newly satisfy the criteria may be included in the network.

As described above, as the server 200 continuously updates the network based on the current location of the navigation device 100, the user can continuously obtain desired traffic information while moving.

Hereinafter, the traffic-related content collected through the traffic-related content collection unit 210 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a block diagram for explaining components of traffic-related content according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 5, traffic-related content generated by the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c and transmitted to the server 200 may include components as illustrated in FIG. 5.

The traffic related content 30 may include location data 31, time data 32, social data 33, and subject data 34. Each of the components of the traffic-related content 30 shown in FIG. 5 need not necessarily be included in all embodiments, and components not shown in FIG. 5 are not excluded.

The location data 31 may be information related to the location of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. For example, the location data 31 is passively, such as GPRS data, GPS data, WI-FI data, personal area network (PAN) data, IP address data, and data transmitted from other network access points. It may be location data at a specific location to be collected. Alternatively, it may be location data at a specific location that is actively collected, such as location data input by a user. The location data 31 may be obtained by tracking the path and current location of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. The location data 31 may be obtained by a location data module (eg, a GPS module) of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c.

The time data 32 may be time-based data related to a specific time or a specific event associated with the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. For example, the time data 32 may be manually collected data such as a clock time of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c, or a network clock time. In addition, it may include actively collected data such as time data input by a user.

The social data 33 may be data or metadata related to a user's relationship with the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c. For example, the social data 33 may include gender, age, name, pseudonym, and an image representing the user (such as a photo, an avatar, or a file representing the user) and the state of the user (eg, online or offline status, etc.) , User identification information (e-mail address, etc.) may be included.

Meanwhile, the social data 33 may include relationship information (not shown). For example, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the relationship information may be relationship information between users and relationship information between a first user and a second user. For example, the first user and the second user may have a following relationship on a social network. In this case, when the first user generates traffic-related content and transmits it to the server 200, the second user may obtain the traffic-related content generated by the first user device.

Meanwhile, the relationship information may be relationship information between the first user and a specific location, a specific building, and a specific road section. For example, it is assumed that there is a first user device following the specific road section, and the traffic related content content generated by the second user device for the specific road section is collected by the server 200 do. In this case, even if the first user is not in a mutually following relationship with the second user, the traffic related content generated by the second user through the specific road section may be obtained through the server 200.

Meanwhile, the social data 33 may further include reputation information about a user within the aforementioned social network range 300. Another user of the social network 300 may rate the user or provide a rating to the user. In addition, traffic-related content generated and provided by the first user may be evaluated by another user within the range of the social network 300. For example, when traffic-related image information included in traffic-related content generated by a user does not match the current traffic situation, the traffic-related content may be undervalued by another user.

The subject data 34 may be actively provided by a user of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c, or may be data derived from another source. For example, when a user generates traffic-related content including traffic-related image information captured in a specific road section, the user may transmit traffic-related content including the generated traffic-related image to the server 200. have. In this case, the location data 31 may be information related to the specific road section. In addition, the time data 32 may be time data in which the traffic-related image is captured. In addition, the subject data 34 may include the traffic-related image data and description information describing the traffic-related image data.

Meanwhile, the subject data 34 may be provided in a media data format. For example, the media data may be data related to media that can exist, such as audio data, image data, audio and image data, and the like. In addition, the media data may include data related to text input by a user and clickable data (eg, banner advertisement clicks, bookmarks, etc.).

In the above, the configuration of the traffic-related content 30 has been described. The traffic-related content 30 is not limited to the components illustrated in FIG. 5, and other components may be added and provided as necessary. Hereinafter, a method of providing traffic information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in consideration of the system environment shown in FIG. 1. Meanwhile, in the following description, for convenience of description, the user devices 100, 10a, 10b and 10c are limited to the first electronic device 10 and the second electronic device 100. In addition, description will be made on the assumption that the first electronic device 10 and the second electronic device 100 are navigation devices.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention under the system environment shown in FIG. 1. The traffic-related content providing method may be executed under the control of the controller 240 of the server 200 or the controller 180 of the electronic device 100, and will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and necessary drawings.

First, the first electronic device 10 may generate traffic-related content including a traffic-related image (S10).

The traffic related content may include the traffic related image captured in a specific road section. The traffic-related image may be obtained from a vehicle black box connected to the first electronic device 10 by wire or wirelessly.

In addition, the first electronic device 10 may be a black box-integrated navigation device, and in this case, the traffic-related image may be acquired through a camera provided in the device.

In addition, the first electronic device 100 may be a communication type navigation device, in this case, the specific road section from an external device (eg, a surrounding CCTV) connected to the navigation device through a wireless communication network. Related traffic-related images may be obtained.

When the first electronic device 10 is connected to a predetermined network (eg, a social network) (S11, YES), the generated traffic related content may be transmitted to the server 200 (S12).

The traffic-related content transmitted to the server 200 may include the traffic-related image and location information from which the traffic-related image was obtained, and the traffic-related image may include traffic flow information.

The server 200 may store traffic-related content received from the first electronic device 10 in the storage unit 220 (S220).

Meanwhile, the server 200 may collect speed information for each section from the external traffic information server 20 (S21) and store it in the storage unit 220 (S210). The external traffic information server 20 may be a server managed by an institution that professionally collects and manages road traffic information. Accordingly, the server 200 includes real-time traffic information (including speed information for each section) collected from the external traffic information server 20, and a user device (100, 10a in FIG. 1, Traffic related contents generated by 10b and 10c) may be collected together.

The server 200 provides real-time traffic information (including speed information for each section) collected by the external traffic information server 20 in response to a content request from the second electronic device 100 and the first electronic device 10. The collected traffic related content may be processed or transmitted as it is to the second electronic device 100.

As described above, the second electronic device 100 may request predetermined traffic related information from the server 200 and may receive processed traffic related content from the server 200. To this end, the second electronic device 100 may request traffic-related content corresponding to a specific route according to an embodiment of the present invention (S130). That is, the second electronic device 100 selects any one of at least one of the searched paths (S111), and is connected to a predetermined network (eg, a social network) (S120). The device 100 may request traffic related content related to the selected route from the server 200.

The signal for requesting the traffic-related content may include information on a departure point and information on a destination. Alternatively, it may include only destination information. In addition, the traffic related content request signal may include searched route information.

In response to the traffic-related content request signal received from the second electronic device 100, the server 200 may search for traffic-related content corresponding to a specific route through the storage unit 220 of the server 200. In addition, the search result may be transmitted to the second electronic device 100.

Meanwhile, in response to a request for traffic-related content from the second electronic device 100, the server 200 responds to the route requested by the second electronic device 100 among the speed information for each section obtained from the external traffic information server 20. Speed information related to the included section may be searched and the search result may be transmitted to the second electronic device 100.

In addition, the server 200 may search for traffic related content related to a route requested by the second electronic device 100 from among traffic related contents stored in the traffic related content DB 222.

When the process of searching for the speed information for each section of the selected route and the traffic related content is finished, the server 200 transmits the speed information for each section (S240) and the traffic related content (S230) matching the selected route to a second electronic device. It can be transmitted to the device 100.

The second electronic device 100 can determine the traffic flow of the corresponding section by analyzing the speed information and traffic-related content for each section, and visually distinguish the determined traffic flow on the displayed object by division. Can be displayed (S140).

The object may be a set of regions corresponding to each of at least one section constituting a path. It may be arranged and displayed in the order of the at least one section, and each section may be displayed to be visually divided according to the traffic flow. The object may be a bar type.

Hereinafter, embodiments in which the second electronic device 100 efficiently displays the traffic flow of a driving road using an object that visually displays the traffic flow for each section will be described.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7. The method of providing traffic-related content may be executed under the control of the controller 180.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, the controller 180 may display different colors for each section on the object according to the traffic flow for each section (S141).

In this regard, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the object 510 may be displayed separately from the map, or may be mapped to a corresponding section of the map path and displayed.

The controller 180 may separate a map (first screen) including a route, and a second screen including the traffic-related content and the object and display them on the display unit 141. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the controller 180 may display the first screen and the second screen as a picture by picture (PBP) or a picture in picture (PIP).

The object 510 may be composed of at least one area corresponding to at least one section constituting the selected path. The at least one region may be arranged and displayed in a line in a section order, and the at least one region may be gathered and displayed in a bar type. For example, the selected route may include 5 sections. In this case, the controller 180 may divide and display the object 510 into five regions so that the object 510 corresponds to each of the five sections. As shown in FIG. 8, the controller 180 sets the object 510 displaying the traffic flow to a first section (L1), a second section (L2), a third section (L3), and a fourth section (L4). ) And the fifth section (L5).

In addition, the controller 180 may visually distinguish and display each area of the object 510 divided into the at least one area based on traffic related content and speed information for each section. For example, referring to FIG. 8, the traffic flow of the first section (L1) is slow, the traffic flow of the second section (L2) is “smooth”, and the traffic flow of the third section (L3) is delayed. The traffic flow of the section L4 may be congested and the traffic flow of the fifth section L5 may be displayed as a slow line. In addition, congestion, delay, slow movement, and smoothness that separate the traffic flow may be distinguished by being displayed in different colors. For example, among the objects 510, the controller 180 may display a congestion area in red, a delay area in orange, a slow area in yellow, and a smooth area in green.

Meanwhile, the controller 180 may display a location corresponding to the current vehicle location on the object. For example, referring to FIG. 8, a predetermined identifier 520 indicating a current vehicle location may be displayed in a specific section (or a specific location) of the object 510 (S142).

Then, the controller 180 may receive traffic-related content related to the selected route from the server 200 and display the traffic-related content on the display unit 141 together with the object 510.

For example, the traffic-related content may be a traffic-related image collected through at least one of the user devices 100, 10a, 10b, and 10c shown in FIG. 1. The traffic related images may include all images collected on the selected route.

In addition, the traffic-related image may be displayed in the form of a thumbnail (531). In addition, when any one of the traffic-related images displayed in the thumbnail form is selected, the controller 180 enlarges the traffic-related image in the selected thumbnail form as shown in FIG. Can provide.

Meanwhile, the traffic related content may include at least one of identification information of a user generating the traffic related content, a location and time at which the traffic related content was transmitted, a message related to the traffic related content, an image, and an audio signal. have.

On the other hand, as an input for selecting any one of the areas divided by the object 510 is received, the controller 180 displays a traffic-related image corresponding to the selected area as a thumbnail shown in FIG. 8. It can be displayed in the form.

FIG. 9 is an example of displaying a traffic flow of a specific section as a bar type object while an electronic device is traveling on a highway, and displaying traffic-related content collected for a specific section.

Referring to FIG. 9, it is assumed that an electronic device requests traffic-related content from the server 200 while driving on a highway. The server 200 may search for traffic related content stored in the storage unit 220 and search for traffic related content collected for the specific section. The server 200 may transmit the traffic related content collected for the specific section to the second electronic device 100. The second electronic device 100 may provide traffic related content received from the server 200 through the display unit 141 of the second electronic device 100.

As shown in FIG. 9, when providing a list for each section, traffic related content collected for a specific section may be displayed on each list.

Each traffic-related content may be a traffic-related image (I1, I2, I3) acquired in a specific section. The second electronic device 100 may display objects L6, L7, and L8 representing the traffic flow of the specific section together with the traffic-related images I1, I2, and I3. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 8, a congestion section may be displayed in red, a smooth section may be displayed in green, and a slow section may be displayed as a yellow object.

Referring back to FIG. 7, the controller 180 may map and display a current location of a vehicle traveling on a road to a specific location of the object 510.

Here, the current position 520 of the vehicle may be fixed to a specific position of the object 510. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, it may be fixed to the lower portion of the object 510. In addition, the object 510 may be divided and displayed into a plurality of regions L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5 respectively corresponding to a plurality of sections divided on the map, as shown in FIG. 8.

As shown in FIG. 10, when a predetermined time (T) elapses according to the forward traveling of the electronic device while the current position 520 of the electronic device is fixed to the lower part of the object 510, the electronic device While the current location 520 of the device is fixed, a section on the object corresponding to the section through which the electronic device has elapsed may be deleted. For example, when the electronic device passes the sections L7, L8, and L9, the control unit 180 deletes the areas corresponding to the sections L7 L8 and L9 on the object 510, and the remaining sections L9, L10, L11) can be displayed by relatively increasing the length.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11. The method of providing traffic-related content may be executed under the control of the controller 180.

First, the second electronic device 100 may receive traffic related content from the server 200 (S310). In addition, the second electronic device 100 may receive section-specific speed information related to the selected route from the server 200 (S320). The traffic related content may include traffic flow content. The speed information for each section may be received from an external traffic information providing server 20 that is distinguished from the server 200.

The second electronic device 100 may determine whether the number of traffic-related contents received from the server 200 is less than a threshold value (S330). When the number of the traffic-related contents is less than the threshold value, the controller 180 may display the object by further considering the speed information for each section received from the server 200 in addition to the traffic-related contents (S340).

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the selected path is divided into five physical sections, and a plurality of areas on the object corresponding to each of the physical sections are denoted by L11, L12, L13, L14, and L15, respectively. I assume. At this time, the number of traffic-related content collected for the L11 section is 2, the traffic-related content collected for the L12 section is 0, and the traffic-related content collected for the L13 section is 5, and the traffic-related content collected for the L14 section. There may be 6 contents, and there may be 3 traffic related contents collected for the L15 section. Based on the traffic-related contents collected for the L13, L14, and L15 sections, the traffic flow of the corresponding section may be identified.

However, since there is no traffic-related content collected for the L12 section, the traffic flow of L12 cannot be grasped based on the traffic-related content. In this case, the controller 180 may grasp the speed information of the L12 section by using the speed information of the L12 section received from the server 200.

On the other hand, in the case of the L11 section, although corresponding traffic-related content exists (two), there may be a problem in reliability. For example, of the two traffic-related contents corresponding to the L12 section, one includes content related to the traffic flow of the L12 section, but the other one may not be content related to the traffic flow of the L12 section. Therefore, in order to grasp the traffic flow using the traffic related content generated and collected by users, it is necessary to consider the reliability of the traffic related content. In an embodiment of the present invention, the reliability may be determined according to information on the number of traffic-related contents.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the threshold value that can be determined to be reliable is 3, for the L11 section and the L12 section, only traffic related content received from the server 200 is used, and the traffic flow of the section is Can be judged.

In this case, the second electronic device 100 receives and analyzes the traffic-related content corresponding to the L11 section and the L12 section from the server 200, and speed information (for example, the corresponding Average speed information of vehicles traveling in a section) can be extracted. And, it is possible to determine the traffic flow (L21 section: smooth, L22: delay) of the corresponding section using the extracted speed information.

In addition, the server 200 may collect traffic-related content for a corresponding section, and extract speed information of a corresponding section from the collected traffic-related content. Accordingly, the second electronic device 100 may receive speed information of the corresponding section from the server 200 and determine the traffic flow of the corresponding section.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the threshold value for securing the reliability is not limited to the above-described example and may be variously modified and implemented. For example, the threshold may be preset by the user. In addition, in consideration of the type of road (eg, highway, national highway, etc.), the region where the road is located, the server 200 automatically determines the threshold setting information for setting the threshold value in the second electronic device ( 100).

13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 14 to 15 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method of providing traffic related content according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13. The method of providing traffic-related contents may be executed under the control of the controller 180.

First, the second electronic device 100 transmits information related to the selected route to the server 200, and the server 200, the external traffic server 20 and the first electronic device 10, respectively, to the selected section. Traffic flow information and traffic related contents can be collected.

If at least one branch section exists in the selected path (S145), the controller 180 may map and display the at least one branch section on the object 510 (S146).

Thereafter, the controller 180 may display the real-time speed information for the branch section from the server 200 or the speed information extracted from the traffic-related content so that the object can be visually distinguished (S147). .

For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when at least one branch section BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, and BL5 exists in the selected path, the controller 180 provides the object 510 with a branch link area. (BL1', BL2', BL3', BL4', BL5') can be displayed.

In addition, the controller 180 may receive traffic flow information including speed information for each section and traffic-related content from the server 200 and determine the traffic flow for each section. For example, traffic flow information on the branch link Bl1 may be received from the server 200, and the traffic flow information may be displayed on the object 510 to be visually distinguished. That is, the first branch link Bl1 may be determined as a congestion section, and the first branch link region Bl1 may be displayed in red.

The same applies to the second to fifth branch link areas.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 14, while driving from section L1 to L5, the driver can grasp at a glance whether the communication is most smooth when driving through which branch link according to the object shown in FIG. 14. .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 14, the controller 180 receives traffic-related content 530 including traffic flow content from the server 200, and the display unit 141 together with the object 510 Can be marked on.

The traffic-related content may include a traffic-related image collected by a user device (100, 10a, 10b, 10c, etc. of FIG. 1) driving the selected route. The controller 180 may display the traffic related image included in the selected route in the form of a thumbnail as shown in FIG. 14.

Meanwhile, FIG. 15 is a case in which any one branch section is selected from the object 510 in which the branch sections BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, and BL5 are shown (for example, BL4), in the selected branch section BL4. Traffic related images collected by the user device (100, 10a, 10b, 10c, etc. of FIG. 1) may be displayed on the display unit 141 in the form of a thumbnail.

When any one of the thumbnail-type traffic related images is selected, detailed information 532 of the selected traffic related image may be displayed. The detailed information of the traffic-related image may include section information, user identification information, time information in which the traffic-related image is generated and registered, and average speed information of vehicles traveling in the section.

16 is an example of a screen for transmitting traffic related content from the electronic device 100, 10a, 10b, 10c to the server 200, and FIG. 17 is an electronic device by receiving traffic related content from the server 200 This is an example of displaying on the screen of (200).

Referring to FIG. 6 together, the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c may be a subject that directly generates traffic-related content and transmits it to the server 200. That is, the first electronic device 10a, 10b, and 10c may acquire a traffic-related image ahead while driving, and may obtain location information of a point at which the traffic-related image is obtained. In addition, the first electronic device 10a, 10b, and 10c may transmit the acquired traffic-related image and location information to the server 200.

Referring to FIG. 16, the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c follow the specific point with an accident-related traffic-related image photographed in a specific section, or the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c) can be shared with other electronic devices following the user. The first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c may share the traffic-related image by transmitting it to the server 200.

Referring to FIG. 16, a traffic-related image acquired in a specific section through the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c is transmitted through the server 200 to the specific location or the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, Traffic-related content that may be transmitted to the second electronic device 100 following the user of 10c) and displayed on the screen of the second electronic device 100 may be displayed as illustrated in FIG. 17.

The traffic related content IA displayed on the screen of the second electronic device 100 may be user traffic information provided by users of other electronic devices connected to the second electronic device 100 through a predetermined network. For example, traffic-related content SN1 generated by the first electronic devices 10a, 10b, and 10c shown in FIG. 16 and processed by the server 200, and other electronic devices other than the first and second electronic devices. After being generated by the electronic device, the traffic related content SN2 processed by the server 200 may be displayed on the screen.

The controller 180 may arrange and display the traffic-related contents SN1, SN2, ??, and SNn according to the generated time order.

In addition, as a vertical scroll input is received, the controller 180 may display the traffic related contents SN1, SN2, ??, and SNn corresponding to the scroll position.

Meanwhile, the user traffic information IA may include safety information, help information, etc. in addition to traffic information.

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. For example, a method of providing traffic related content according to an embodiment of the present invention may be executed through software. When executed as software, the constituent means of the present invention are code segments that perform the necessary tasks. The program or code segments may be stored in a processor-readable medium or transmitted by a computer data signal combined with a carrier wave in a transmission medium or a communication network.

The computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording devices include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, hard disks, and optical data storage devices. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed to computer devices connected through a network to store and execute computer-readable codes in a distributed manner.

Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative of all specifications and are not limiting. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the concept of equivalents thereof are interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. It should be.

100, 10a, 10b, 10c: electronic device 30: traffic related content
141: display unit 180: control unit
200: server 210: traffic-related content collection unit
221: map data DB 222: traffic-related contents DB
230: social network engine 300: network

Claims (21)

In a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs,
The one or more programs,
When executed by at least one processor of the first electronic device having a communication circuit,
Storing information on the first content received from the second electronic device in a database of the first electronic device in association with information on a first location related to the first content,
Storing information on the second content received from the third electronic device in the database in association with information on a second location related to the second content,
While storing information on the first content and information on the second content in the database, receiving a signal for requesting at least one content from a fourth electronic device through the communication circuit,
Based on identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device, independently of the location of the fourth electronic device being distinguished from the first location, the first Transmitting information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal,
Based on identifying that the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location, independent of the user of the fourth electronic device not following the user of the third electronic device, the second To transmit information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the at least one processor of the first electronic device,
Receiving a signal for indicating to follow a user of the second electronic device through the communication circuit from the fourth electronic device,
Based on receiving a signal for instructing to follow the user of the second electronic device, associating the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device with the identification information of the user of the second electronic device,
To identify that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device based on the association between the identification information of the user of the second electronic device and the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the at least one processor of the first electronic device,
Based on receiving the signal for requesting the at least one content, identify whether identification information associated with the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
To identify that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device through identification of whether the identification information associated with the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the at least one processor of the first electronic device,
In relation to the signal for requesting the at least one content, receiving information on the location of the fourth electronic device,
Based on receiving the signal for requesting the at least one content, identify whether information on content associated with information on a location corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device exists in the database,
To identify whether the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location through identification of whether information on the content associated with the location information corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the at least one processor of the first electronic device,
While performing authentication related to the second electronic device, acquiring identification information of the user of the second electronic device,
While performing authentication related to the third electronic device, obtaining identification information of a user of the third electronic device,
While performing authentication related to the fourth electronic device, to obtain identification information of a user of the fourth electronic device,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that further cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the at least one processor of the first electronic device,
Evaluation information on at least one of information on the first content received by the fourth electronic device or information on the second content received by the fourth electronic device is transmitted from the fourth electronic device to the communication circuit To receive via,
A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that further cause the first electronic device.
The method of claim 6, wherein each of the information on the first content and the information on the second content,
A computer-readable storage medium transmitted from the first electronic device to the fourth electronic device to display the first content and the second content, respectively, on a display of the fourth electronic device.
In the method for operating a first electronic device having a communication circuit,
Storing information on the first content received from the second electronic device in a database of the first electronic device in association with information on a first location related to the first content;
Storing information on the second content received from a third electronic device in the database in association with information on a second location related to the second content;
While storing information on the first content and information on the second content in the database, receiving a signal for requesting at least one content from a fourth electronic device through the communication circuit; and
Based on identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device, independently of the location of the fourth electronic device being distinguished from the first location, the first Transmitting information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal,
Based on identifying that the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location, independent of the user of the fourth electronic device not following the user of the third electronic device, the second And transmitting information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal.
The method of claim 8, wherein the identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device comprises:
Receiving a signal for indicating to follow a user of the second electronic device through the communication circuit from the fourth electronic device; and
Linking the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device with the identification information of the user of the second electronic device, based on receiving a signal for instructing to follow the user of the second electronic device; and
Based on the association between the identification information of the user of the second electronic device and the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device, identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device How to include.
The method of claim 9, wherein the identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device comprises:
Based on receiving a signal for requesting the at least one content, identifying whether identification information associated with identification information of a user of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
And identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device through identification of whether the identification information associated with the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device is in the database. How to.
The method of claim 10, wherein the operation of identifying that the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location comprises:
Receiving information on the location of the fourth electronic device in relation to the signal for requesting the at least one content,
Based on receiving the signal for requesting the at least one content, identifying whether information on content associated with information on a location corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
Identifying whether the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location through identification of whether information on the content associated with the location information corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device is in the database How to include.
The method of claim 11,
Obtaining identification information of a user of the second electronic device while performing authentication related to the second electronic device; and
Obtaining identification information of a user of the third electronic device while performing authentication related to the third electronic device; and
The method further comprising obtaining identification information of a user of the fourth electronic device while performing authentication related to the fourth electronic device.
The method of claim 12,
Evaluation information on at least one of information on the first content received by the fourth electronic device or information on the second content received by the fourth electronic device is transmitted from the fourth electronic device to the communication circuit The method further comprises an operation of receiving via.
The method of claim 13, wherein each of the information on the first content and the information on the second content,
The method transmitted from the first electronic device to the fourth electronic device to display the first content and the second content, respectively, on a display of the fourth electronic device.
In the first electronic device,
Communication circuit;
A memory configured to store instructions; And
Includes a processor, the processor, when executing the instructions,
Storing information on the first content received from the second electronic device in a database of the first electronic device in association with information on a first location related to the first content,
Storing information on the second content received from the third electronic device in the database in association with information on a second location related to the second content,
While storing information on the first content and information on the second content in the database, receiving a signal for requesting at least one content from a fourth electronic device through the communication circuit,
Based on identifying that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device, independently of the location of the fourth electronic device being distinguished from the first location, the first Transmitting information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal,
Based on identifying that the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location, independent of the user of the fourth electronic device not following the user of the third electronic device, the second To transmit information on content to the fourth electronic device through the communication circuit in response to the signal,
The first electronic device configured.
The method of claim 15, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions,
Receiving a signal for indicating to follow a user of the second electronic device through the communication circuit from the fourth electronic device,
Based on receiving a signal for instructing to follow the user of the second electronic device, associating the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device with the identification information of the user of the second electronic device,
To identify that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device based on the association between the identification information of the user of the second electronic device and the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device,
The first electronic device configured.
The method of claim 16, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions,
Based on receiving the signal for requesting the at least one content, identify whether identification information associated with the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
To identify that the user of the fourth electronic device follows the user of the second electronic device through identification of whether the identification information associated with the identification information of the user of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
The first electronic device configured.
The method of claim 17, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions,
In relation to the signal for requesting the at least one content, receiving information on the location of the fourth electronic device,
Based on receiving the signal for requesting the at least one content, identify whether information on content associated with information on a location corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device exists in the database,
To identify whether the location of the fourth electronic device corresponds to the second location through identification of whether information on the content associated with the location information corresponding to the location of the fourth electronic device is in the database,
The first electronic device configured.
The method of claim 18, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions,
While performing authentication related to the second electronic device, acquiring identification information of the user of the second electronic device,
While performing authentication related to the third electronic device, obtaining identification information of a user of the third electronic device,
While performing authentication related to the fourth electronic device, to obtain identification information of a user of the fourth electronic device,
The first electronic device further configured.
The method of claim 19, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions,
Evaluation information on at least one of information on the first content received by the fourth electronic device or information on the second content received by the fourth electronic device is transmitted from the fourth electronic device to the communication circuit To receive via,
The first electronic device further configured.
The method of claim 20, wherein each of the information on the first content and the information on the second content,
A first electronic device transmitted from the first electronic device to the fourth electronic device to display the first content and the second content on a display of the fourth electronic device, respectively.

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