KR20020079255A - Service method and system for transferring game record data to portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A service method for transmitting game record data to a mobile terminal and a system thereof are provided to inform a recording result or a forecasted passing/reaching time to the corresponding participator automatically by transmitting the recording result or the forecasted passing/reaching time to a mobile terminal requested in advance. CONSTITUTION: A game record of a participator is measured(S50). A database is constructed based on the measured record(S52). At this time, an index of the record is classified according to participators, sections, names, and mobile phone stations for enabling a manager search a wanted output easily. If a command for transmitting record data to a mobile phone of the participator exists in accordance with an instruction of the manager(S54), a game record of the participator is searched from the database(S56). At this time, an ID of the participator is searched, performs a telephone call to the mobile phone of the participator, and record data of the participator are transmitted(S58).

Description

Service method and system for transferring game record data to a portable terminal {Service method and system for transferring game record data to portable terminal}

The present invention relates to a service method and system for transmitting a game record result or an expected pass / arrival time to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA that has been applied for in advance. The present invention relates to a service method and system for informing a mobile terminal of a competition participant during or immediately after a race.

In general, competitions such as short marathon (5km, 10km), half course marathon, full course marathon (42.195km), alarm, cycle, etc. are becoming more popular. Accordingly, the present applicant has already filed a method and system for electronic recording using wireless recognition as of Dec. 5, 1998 as Korean Patent Application No. 98-53311. The electronic record measuring method and system for attaching the tag to the shoe and confirming the competition participant by wireless communication with the antenna tag and the antenna array installed for each section and transmitting the record data, and the system through the system. Was able to accurately measure the The data beyiseuhwa could learn to read, or call the organizers on the Internet.

However, the method of retrieving such recorded data on the Internet or by telephone is a case in which a competition participant or a neighbor is connected to the Internet or by calling the organizer. Therefore, the Internet environment and the telecommunication environment must be basically prepared. There was a hassle of memorizing and inputting security data such as personal information or necessary data. In addition, there was a disadvantage in that the cost of the Internet or dial-up time should be borne by the side of retrieving the recorded data.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, the service method for automatically notifying the participant by transmitting the result of the competition or the expected passing / arrival time to the portable terminal applied for by the competition participant and To provide a system for that purpose.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a service method and system for transmitting the result of the competition or the expected passing / arriving time including the advertisement or promotional contents of the sender when transmitting to the portable terminal that the competition participants have applied for in advance. For that other purpose.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a service system for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to a mobile phone.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of an electronic automatic recording measurement system using wireless recognition applied to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message displayed on a display of a mobile phone.

4 is a diagram illustrating another example of a message displayed on a display of a mobile phone.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a service method for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to a mobile phone.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1 ... antenna tag, 3 ... antenna array,

10 ... aggregation computer, 20 ... host computer for integrated database management,

22 management server, 24 database,

26, 32, communication modem, 30 ...

34 exchanges, 36 base stations,

40.Mobile phone terminal

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention receives game record data including personal information, such as the name of a competition participant, a mobile terminal number, and stores it in a database, or reads and transmits the personal information and game record data stored in the database. step; And calling the portable terminal number of each competition participant from the management server and transmitting a message such as a recording result of the competition participant to the portable terminal.

The present invention also provides a database for storing game record data including personal information such as the name of a competition participant, a portable terminal number, and the like; A management server which receives the game record data including the personal information and stores it in the database or reads and transmits the personal information and game record data stored in the database; And the management server provides a service system for transmitting the game record data including a communication modem for calling a mobile terminal number of each competition participant, and transmits a message such as the recording result of each competition participant to the portable terminal.

Preferably, it is characterized in that it informs the expected pass / arrival time of a section at any point according to the recording result.

Preferably, the message is a text message and / or a voice message.

More preferably, when the message is transmitted, the advertisement or promotional message of the sender is included and transmitted.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a service method and system for transmitting a game record result or an expected pass / arrival time of the present invention to a portable terminal will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a portable terminal for which a competition participant applies in advance means a terminal such as a mobile phone such as PCS, cellular phone, IMT2000, and PDA, but the present invention will be described as being applied to a mobile phone generally used for convenience of description. .

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a service system for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to a mobile phone. According to Figure 1, the service system for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to the mobile phone is a host computer 20 for managing the personal information such as the name, mobile phone number of each game player and the game record in an integrated database and transmitted therefrom It is roughly composed of a telephone station 30 which receives the recording result message and delivers it to the mobile phone terminal 40 of the participant. In FIG. 1, a record counting device R1-RN is used to enable smooth and accurate measurement of the record from each competition participant. This recording and aggregating apparatus is the applicant's pre- filed technology, the simple structure of which is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic automatic recording measurement system using wireless recognition applied to the present invention is a record counting device (RN) attached to shoes of each competition participant, such as the identity of the participant's name and mobile phone number (ID). An antenna array circuit capable of measuring and transmitting a passing time at a point where a race participant wearing shoes with an antenna tag passes through the antenna tag 1 and the radio tag recognition process so that the antenna tag 1 can be known ( 3) is configured to include. The game record thus measured is counted in the record counting computer 10 and transmitted to the management server 22 in the integrated database host computer 20 via a public line or a dedicated line such as a telephone network or an internet network.

In the present invention, the record result of the competition participant is shown and described that is transmitted online from the record aggregation computer 10 to the management server 22, but does not necessarily need to be transmitted online, and the aggregated record data as described above If it is delivered to the management server 22, the management server 22 may be manually databased.

In this embodiment, the record data of each competition participant transmitted to the management server 22 is recorded or updated in the database 24. In the database 24, it is desirable to be able to recognize the record data for each participant, section and competition. At this time, the output format of the transmitted message is stored so that the record data is transmitted in the form of a message. In this case, the message may be a text message and / or a voice message. The output format of the message may be a text message, in which a certain format is transmitted so that only the participant's name and the recording result are changed. Switch to and let them know. Since a technique for transmitting a text message and a voice message is widely used in the related art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, the present invention does not have the technical features for transmitting such text messages and voice messages, but how the smooth and fast and accurate transmission of record data to large scale competitions that are popular these days can be achieved. Therefore, in the present invention, only the service system and method for transmitting the game record data to the mobile phone for achieving the technical problem will be described.

Referring back to FIG. 1, when the recording result corresponding to the participant is stored in the database 24 by the management server 22, the management server 22 responds to the recording result of each participant by the operator's instruction. Personal information such as the participant's name and mobile phone number is retrieved and read from the database 24, and the recorded data is transmitted in the form of a predetermined message through the communication modem 26 by calling the participant's mobile phone.

The recording result message transmitted through the communication modem 26 in the integrated database host computer 20 is dialed to the mobile phone number through the communication modem 32 in the telephone station 30, and the switch 34 and the base station 36 are connected. Through the participant's mobile phone 40 is stored and informs the reception of the message.

3 and 4 are diagrams showing examples of a message displayed on a display of a mobile phone. In FIG. 3, a participant's completion record is notified along with a message congratulating the completion of a marathon competition to a competition participant, and the mobile phone screen 300 The sponsor's name (speed chip) or the like for transmitting the recording data can be displayed on a part of the parenthesis. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the sponsor's Internet homepage address can be displayed. In Figure 4 by transmitting the record of the section of the competition participants, so that even if you are not the finisher can learn each section of the record.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a service method for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to a mobile phone.

As shown in Figure 5, the service method for transmitting the game record data of the present invention to the mobile phone first measures the game record of the game participants (S50). Here, the game record may use a technique for measuring the passage time by radio recognition between the ID antenna tag and the antenna array which can confirm the identity of the participant as described above, and by measuring the time passing by section or finish line manually or automatically do. The game record of the participant thus measured is databased (S52). Here, the participant's record is databased by dividing the index of the record so that the administrator can easily search for the desired output such as by participant, section, name, mobile phone station (011, 016, 017, 019). Then, if there is a command to transmit the record data to the cellular phone of the contestant in step S54 according to the instruction of the manager, the contestant's match record is retrieved from the database (S56). When searching for records, you can search for game records by section as well as finish records. At this time, the ID of the competition participant is retrieved at the same time and automatically dials the participant's mobile phone to transmit the recorded data of the participant (S58).

As described above, in the present invention, the game record data may be transmitted to the mobile phone, or the estimated passing / arrival time for each section may be calculated and informed according to the record result at any point of the game participant. That is, when the driving speed and the passing time at 5 km are measured and notified to the management server, the management server can calculate and inform the estimated passing / arrival time for each 5 km section at 10 km, 15 km, 20 km, 25 km, 30 km, and 35 km. do. As a result, supplementary services for notifying the game record data to those who are interested in the game record of the game participants may be paid or free of charge. In this case, depending on the number of mobile phones to be contacted in advance by the competition participants, a predetermined fee may be added or paid in a way to be included in the telephone fee, or the expenses may be borne by the sponsor of the game record transmission. .

As described above, the service system and method for transmitting the game record result or the estimated passage / arrival time to the portable terminal according to the present invention designates the game record without having to check the game record on the Internet or by telephone. Since it can be automatically transmitted through the portable terminal, it is possible to know the game record smoothly, quickly and accurately. In addition, the sponsor side that transmits the game record through the portable terminal can use the service technology of the present invention can be used as a good means to announce the brand name of the company because it can be targeted to a specific person or advertising.

Claims (6)

Receive and store match records or estimated pass / arrival times including personal information such as the names of participants, handheld terminal numbers, etc. in the database, or read and send track records and match records or estimated pass / arrival times stored in the database. Doing; And Calling the portable terminal number of each competition participant by the management server, and transmitting the game record data to the portable terminal; 2. The service method of claim 1, wherein the message is a text message and / or a voice message. The service method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission of the game record data to the portable terminal comprises transmitting the advertisement or a promotional message of the sender when the message is transmitted. A database for storing a game record result or estimated passing / arrival time including personal information such as a name of a game participant, a portable terminal number, etc .; A management server which receives the game record data including the personal information and stores it in the database or reads the personal information stored in the database and the game record result or the estimated passing / arrival time; And A service system for transmitting the game record data including a communication modem for calling a portable terminal number of each game participant from the management server and transmitting a message such as a record result of each game participant to a mobile phone. 5. The service system of claim 4, wherein the message is a text message and / or a voice message. The service system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the game record data is transmitted to a portable terminal, characterized in that when the message is transmitted, an advertisement or a promotion message of the sender is included and transmitted.