KR20050080204A - Location based service offering method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an invitation letter containing location information and a method for providing a location-based service through the same, wherein the person who issues the invitation letter is a short message (SMS) or a broadcast message containing the location and contents of the place where the invitation is made. To inform the guests, and the customers who want location-based services connect with the system through the received short message (SMS) or broadcast message and compare the location from the place where they belong to the place where the event is held. It is about technology that can be provided.

According to the present invention, there is provided an invitation letter service providing method including location information in a mobile communication system including a user terminal, a location-based service system, a short message service center (SMSC), and a content server, wherein the user accesses the content server. A first step of inputting event site location information of the invitation using a keypad provided in the terminal; A second step of requesting confirmation of location information on an event venue from the content server to an LBS system; A third step of searching for venue location information from a content server in the LBS system and determining whether venue location information requested from a user terminal is correct; A fourth step of storing the location information of the LBS system in a content server if it is determined that the location information input from the user terminal is correct as a result of the comparison of the third step; A fifth step of storing, by the content server, a request for inputting information about guests who want to deliver location information of an event venue from a user terminal; And a sixth step of requesting a short message or a broadcast message containing the location and contents of the venue location to be transmitted to the guests by the SMSC and transmitting the same to the user terminal.

Description

Invitation letter with location information and location-based service offering method through it

The present invention relates to an invitation letter containing location information and a location-based service providing method through the same. In more detail, the person who issues the invitation informs guests of the location by SMS or broadcast message containing the location and contents of the place where the invitation is made, and the guests who want location-based services are received. The present invention relates to a technology capable of providing location-based services by comparing a location from a place to which the event belongs to a place where an event is performed by connecting to a system through a short message (SMS) or a broadcast message.

With the development of the Internet and mobile communication technology and services, and the evolution of mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs, location-based services (LBS) are becoming the most growthable new service areas through the Internet.

In 3GPP TS 22.71, the concept of location-based service is referred to as a standardized service using a network to provide location-based application, and in OGC, all application software services that access, provide, or operate by location information are referred to as OGC. For example, the FCC defines a variety of forms for each organization, including mobile users to receive services for their geographic location, whereabouts, or known beings. Commonly referred to as application systems and services.

In recent years, location-based services use the wired / wireless communication system to provide information on the location of users with mobile phones and PDAs, as well as advertising, order delivery services, coupon services, emergency alert services, and logistics control systems. It is digging inside.

As such, location-based services are gradually expanding and developing from individual-oriented services to the overall national infrastructure such as e-commerce, transportation, environment, and medical care according to the development of location positioning technology and service advancement. It is regarded as the most promising field among Internet applications, and is establishing a full support system to foster location-based services as a second CDMA in the future.

Many invitations, such as marriages, sixtieth birthdays, and funerals, are now delivered via the Internet or by mail to invite many guests. If the guests are familiar with the place where the event takes place, there is no problem, but if they are not familiar with the area, they can check the atlas to see the location or check the location with someone.

However, even if the location is confirmed, if you are unfamiliar with the road, it is likely to suffer once or twice. Therefore, there is a need for improving the existing location-based service method.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to send an invitation to the guests using a short message (SMS) or a broadcast message containing the location information of the venue, SMS received by the guests who want a location-based service By connecting to the system through a broadcast message, it is possible to provide a differentiated location-based service that compares the location from the place to which the event belongs to the place where the event is held and makes it easier to find the venue.

As the technical idea for achieving the above object of the present invention

In the invitation service service method containing the location information in a mobile communication system having a user terminal, a location-based service system, a short message service center (SMSC) and a content server,

A first step of accessing the content server and inputting event site location information of an invitation using a keypad provided in a user terminal;

A second step of requesting confirmation of location information on an event venue from the content server to an LBS system;

A third step of searching for venue location information from a content server in the LBS system and determining whether venue location information requested from a user terminal is correct;

A fourth step of storing the location information of the LBS system in the content server when it is determined that the location information input from the user terminal is correct as a result of the comparison in the third step;

A fifth step of storing, by the content server, a request for inputting information about guests who want to deliver location information of an event venue from a user terminal;

And a sixth step of requesting a short message or a broadcast message containing the location and content of the venue location to be transmitted to the guests by the SMSC and transmitting the same to the user terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention in a method for providing a location-based service using an invitation letter containing location information in a mobile communication system having a user terminal, a location-based service system and a content server,

A first step of accessing a content server while receiving invitation information from a user terminal;

Reading the invitation information from the user terminal in the content server and inducing a connection between the user terminal and the LBS system;

A third step of determining whether location-based service is available by checking the terminal information in the LBS system;

As a result of the third step, if the location-based service is possible, the fourth step of providing a location-based service that compares and examines the location information of the user terminal and the location information contained in the invitation letter by comparing the location from the user terminal to the event site; It provides a location-based service providing method comprising a.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram of a location-based service system according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, a user terminal 10; Mobile communication network 20; A location based service (LBS) system 30; Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC) 40; An internet network 50; It consists of a content server 60.

The user terminal 10 is a terminal of various cellular or personal mobile communications (PCS) applied to CDMA 2000 and W-CDMA, and is a smart phone, a multimedia phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) type. The pawn is applied. In addition, a GPS module for receiving satellite information from a GPS satellite (not shown) may be mounted.

The mobile communication network 20 provides a wireless interface between the LSB system 30 and the user terminal 10, and includes a plurality of base stations (BTSs), a plurality of base station controllers (BSCs) connected to the base stations, and the base station controllers. And a switching center (MSC) for performing an exchange operation for establishing a call.

The LBS system 30 combines the location information of the moving user terminal 10 with various other information in real time to provide additional application services required by the user, that is, services based on the location and contents of the place where the invitation is made. Positioning technology for determining the location as a providing system LBS based technology for location data management and LBS application-based technology for providing services.

The SMSC 40 has a process dedicated to communicating with an SMS server (not shown) and delivering short messages. At this time, the SMS server manages a message transmitted through TCP / IP communication with the SMSC 40.

The content providing server 60 interoperates with the user terminal 10 and the LBS system 30 through the Internet 50 to provide a map of a short message or a broadcast message related to a location-based service and provide various contents information.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting an invitation letter containing location information according to the present invention.

First, after the customer accesses the content server 60 using the user terminal 10 (S11), the location information of the event venue described in the invitation is input using the keypad provided in the terminal (S12). In this case, a building name or address is input to the event location information.

Then, the content server 60 requests the LBS system 30 to confirm the location information on the venue (S13).

Thereafter, the LBS system 30 checks the location information on the event site information received from the content server 60 and delivers it to the content server 60 based on the location information received from the LBS system 30. It is determined whether the location information of the event venue entered by the customer is correct (S14).

As a result of the determination, when the location information of the event venue input by the customer is incorrect, the content server 60 transmits an error message to the user terminal 10 (S15), and when it is determined that the location information of the event venue input by the customer is correct The location information from the LBS system 30 is stored in the content server 60 (S16).

Subsequently, the content server 60 requests the user terminal 10 to input information about the guests (S17), and the user terminal 10 inputs and transmits the corresponding guest information, and the content server. Stored in (60) (S18 ~ S19).

Thereafter, the content server 60 requests a short message (SMS) or a broadcast message to be transmitted to the guests by the SMSC 40 (S20), and the SMSC 40 sends a short message or a broadcast message of the corresponding guests. Provided to the content server 60 (S21).

Finally, by completing the input process of the short message or broadcast message information to be sent to the guest terminal to the user terminal 10, the short message or broadcast message containing the location and content of the venue venue invited to the guests to the user terminal 10 ) Will be provided (S22 ~ S23).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a location-based service providing method through an invitation containing location information according to the present invention.

First, the user terminal 10 of the customer accesses the content server 60 in the state of receiving the short message (SMS) or the broadcast message information by the process of FIG. 2 (S51 to S52).

The content server 60 reads message information replayed in a short message or a broadcast message from the user terminal 10 and induces connection between the user terminal 10 and the LBS system 30 based on the read message information. (S53).

In this state, the LBS system 30 checks the user terminal 10 information of the customer and determines whether the location-based service is possible based on this (S54).

As a result, if the location-based service is possible, the information of the user terminal 10 and the location information contained in the short message or the broadcast message and the location information of the customer are checked (S55), and based on the content server 60, the user terminal In step 10, location-based services are provided (S56).

At this time, the location-based service can be provided in the case of a terminal with a built-in GPS module. If not (the terminal does not have a GPS module built-in) to check the customer's intention to provide an approximate location map of the venue based on the location of the base station to which the terminal belongs.

As a result, if the location-based service is not possible (see dotted line in FIG. 2), the LBS system 30 transmits a message for not providing location-based service to the user terminal 10 and based on the base station information of the customer (subscriber). In step S57, a request is made to provide an approximate medicine.

At this time, when the user terminal 10 requests to provide a rough map based on the base station information of the customer to the LBS system 30 (S58), in the LBS system 30, the base station to which the user terminal 10 belongs Check the position of (S59).

Finally, the LBS system 30 transmits an approximate map based on the base station information of the customer to the user terminal 10 (S60).

As described above, according to the invitation letter containing the location information according to the present invention and the location-based service providing method through the same, a short message (SMS) or a broadcast containing the location and contents of the place where the invitation is made is issued. The location is notified to the guests by message, and the guests who want location-based service can receive the location-based service by comparing the place where they belong to the place where the event is performed by connecting to the system without difficulty using the received SMS or broadcast message. Can be. This can not only increase customer satisfaction but also contribute to the company's profit generation.

1 is a block diagram of a location-based service system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting an invitation letter containing location information according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a location-based service providing method through an invitation containing location information according to the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the invitation service service method containing the location information in a mobile communication system having a user terminal, a location-based service system, a short message service center (SMSC) and a content server, A first step of accessing the content server and inputting event site location information of an invitation using a keypad provided in a user terminal; A second step of requesting confirmation of location information on an event venue from the content server to an LBS system; A third step of searching for venue location information from a content server in the LBS system and determining whether venue location information requested from a user terminal is correct; A fourth step of storing the location information of the LBS system in a content server if it is determined that the location information input from the user terminal is correct as a result of the comparison of the third step; A fifth step of storing, by the content server, a request for inputting information about guests who want to deliver location information of an event venue from a user terminal; And a sixth step of requesting a short message or a broadcast message containing the location and content of the venue location to be transmitted to the guests by the SMSC and transmitting the same to the user terminal. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting an error message to the user terminal when it is determined that the location information input from the user terminal is incorrect as a result of the comparison in the third step. A location-based service providing method using an invitation letter containing location information in a mobile communication system including a user terminal and a location-based service system and a content server, A first step of accessing a content server while receiving invitation information from a user terminal; Reading the invitation information from the user terminal in the content server and inducing a connection between the user terminal and the LBS system; A third step of determining whether location-based service is available by checking the terminal information in the LBS system; As a result of the third step, if the location-based service is possible, the fourth step of providing a location-based service that compares and examines the location information of the user terminal and the location information contained in the invitation letter by comparing the location from the user terminal to the event site; Location-based service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the terminal information of the third step confirms whether or not the terminal includes a GPS module. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein, as a result of the third step, when the location-based service is not available, the LBS system transmits a message for not providing location-based service to the user terminal and requests whether to provide a map based on the base station information of the terminal. Steps; Identifying a location of a base station to which the terminal belongs in the LBS system when the user terminal requests a map to the LBS system; The method of providing a location-based service, characterized in that further comprising the step of transmitting the map information based on the base station information of the terminal to the user terminal in the LBS system.