KR20100071122A - Method, apparatus and mobile communication terminal for providing geographic information connected with image - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying geographic information associated with an image, a device thereof, and a mobile communication terminal are provided to correctly recognize images about clip contents or a photograph made by a user. CONSTITUTION: A location information extracting unit(124) extract location information connected to an image photographed included in a geographic information request message. A location-based interworking unit(126) receives a value corresponding to location information. A map interworking unit(128) receives geographic information corresponding to the value supplied from a map supplying server. The map interworking unit transmits the geographic information and geographic information response messages to a mobile communication terminal.

Description

Method, Apparatus and Mobile Communication Terminal for Providing Geographic Information Connected With Image}

The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a mobile communication terminal for providing geographic information associated with an image. More specifically, when a user takes a picture or video in a specific area using his mobile terminal and saves it, the user can search for a specific area from a neighboring base station (if a non-GPS terminal) or a GPS satellite (if a GPS terminal). After receiving and storing the location information, encrypting the stored location information so that it is not exposed to others and transmitting the location information to the geographic information providing device, the geographic information providing device decrypts the encrypted location information and obtains the latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information. Calculating (extracting) and transmitting a map image corresponding to a latitude and longitude value to a mobile communication terminal, thereby providing geographic information associated with an image for accurately grasping the location information of a photo or video content of the user; A device and a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, as computers, electronics, and communication technologies have advanced dramatically, various wireless communication services using wireless networks have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided by a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing into a multimedia communication service that transmits data such as circuit data, packet data, as well as voice service.

Accordingly, a number of mobile communication terminals have been spread, and most mobile communication terminals recently released have been equipped with digital camera modules. Therefore, most users can carry the mobile communication terminal and immediately take out the mobile communication terminal when necessary to take a picture or video and immediately check the shooting result without printing.

On the other hand, when a user uses the mobile communication terminal for a long time, the photographed pictures or videos are accumulated, and the number reaches from tens to many hundreds.

However, in the related art, only the time information (year, date, and time) about when the user created the image or video was recorded, but the location information about where the user created the image or video is disadvantageous. there was.

Of course, the user can manually edit the file name of the picture or video taken to record the location as a file title, but the user will feel troublesome.

For example, if a user takes a photo or video while traveling in the province, only the date that the photo or video was taken is displayed as the file name, so the user has taken a long time since the photo or video was taken. If you want to go back to the area by looking at the photos or videos taken during the trip (time) after the passage of time, it is difficult to remember the exact location of your own shooting.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, when the user takes a picture or video in a specific area using the mobile communication terminal and stored when storing the neighboring base station (None GPS terminal) or GPS satellite (GPS terminal) Receive and store location information about a specific region from the location information, encrypts the stored location information so that it is not exposed to others, and transmits the location information to the geographic information providing device. Calculate (extract) the corresponding latitude and longitude value, and transmit the map image corresponding to the latitude and longitude value to the mobile communication terminal so that the geographic location associated with the image or video content created by the user can be accurately identified. The main purpose of providing information, methods, apparatus and mobile communication terminal is The.

The present invention to achieve the above object, the communication unit for receiving a geographic information request message associated with the image taken by the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal; A location information extraction unit for extracting location information associated with the photographed image included in the geographic information request message; A location-based interlocking unit for receiving a latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information from a location-based service providing server; And a map linkage unit configured to receive geographic information corresponding to the latitude and longitude value from a map providing server and to transmit a geographic information response message including the geographic information to the mobile communication terminal. It provides a device that provides.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a wireless communication processing unit for processing a wireless communication function including wireless data communication; A camera module for capturing an image or a video; A key input unit for receiving a key or a command; A display unit for outputting an operation state; Generating image data photographed using the camera module, storing location information received from a neighboring base station in association with the image data, and using a wireless communication processor to perform a geographic information request message associated with the image data. And a control unit for transmitting to an information providing device and receiving and outputting a geographic information response message including geographic information from the geographic information providing device.

According to another object of the present invention, (a) receiving a geographic information request message associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal; (b) extracting location information associated with the photographed image included in the geographic information request message; (c) receiving a latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information from a location-based service providing server; And (d) receiving geographic information corresponding to the latitude and longitude value from a map providing server, and transmitting a geographic information response message including the geographic information to the mobile communication terminal. Provides a way to provide geographic information.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user takes a picture or video in a specific area using his mobile terminal and stores it, a neighboring base station (in case of None GPS terminal) or GPS satellite (in case of GPS terminal) Receives and stores location information about a specific region from a location, encrypts the stored location information so that it is not exposed to others, and transmits the location information to the geographic information providing device. By calculating (extracting) the latitude and longitude value and transmitting the map image corresponding to the latitude and longitude value to the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to accurately grasp the photographing location information of the photo or video content that is made by the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, as well as time information (year, date and time) of when the user created the image or video created by the user can accurately grasp the location information about where the user made the image or video It works.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same elements as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 102 refers to a terminal for performing normal voice call and data communication by wireless communication.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 102 is a terminal having a camera module, and performs a function of capturing a picture or a video using the camera module and storing it as data.

In addition, when the mobile communication terminal 102 is assumed to be a None GPS terminal, the mobile communication terminal 102 receives base station information to a neighboring base station when taking and storing a picture or video, and the data together with the picture or video. And encrypts the stored data so that it is not exposed to others.

On the other hand, when the mobile communication terminal 102 is assumed to be a GPS terminal, the mobile communication terminal 102 receives a GPS radio signal for a specific area from a GPS satellite when taking a picture or video and stores it, and then takes a picture or a video. It also stores the data as data, and encrypts the stored data so that it is not exposed to others.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 102 transmits a geographic information request message associated with the image photographed by the mobile communication terminal 102 to the geographic information providing apparatus to confirm the location information of the stored picture or video. .

An apparatus for providing geographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110, an internet protocol module 122, a location information extracting unit 124, a location-based linking unit 126, a map linking unit 128, and an authentication module ( 130, the authentication database 132, the map manager 140, the map temporary storage 142, the point of interest manager 150, and the point of interest temporary storage 152.

In the present invention, the geographic information providing apparatus is a communication unit 110, Internet protocol module 122, location information extraction unit 124, location-based interlocking unit 126, map interlocking unit 128, authentication module 130, authentication It is described as including only the database 132, the map manager 140, the map temporary storage unit 142, the point of interest management unit 150 and the point of interest temporary storage unit 152, which is illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention. As just described, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will be applicable by variously modifying and modifying the components in a range without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

The communication unit 110 performs a function of interworking with the mobile communication terminal 102 or the electronic payment server, and receives a geographic information request message associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal 102 from the mobile communication terminal 102. It performs the function.

In addition, the communication unit 110 may request a geographic information request message, a point of interest list request message, and a map of interest point list from a mobile communication terminal 102 associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal 102. Alternatively, a function of receiving a location inquiry request message is performed.

In addition, the communication unit 110 is a module that provides a service page. When providing a geographic information viewing service, the communication unit 110 implements one page according to one HTTP request message. You can implement multiple pages accordingly.

The internet protocol module 122 is a module that implements the internet protocol and processes an internet protocol request message when a socket connection to the outside is made.

In addition, the Internet protocol module 122 may separate Method, Object, Protocol and HTTP headers from the received Internet Protocol request message and provide them to other modules. Here, Object means one of the location information service pages for the content, the HTTP header (Header) may include a Location Embedded Object (LEO) header and related information.

Herein, the LEO header refers to a data field indicating location information and photographer information in the header of each message.

The location information extracting unit 124 decodes the geographic information request message associated with the image photographed by the mobile communication terminal 102, and the geographic information request message associated with the image photographed by the decoded mobile communication terminal 102. Performs a function of extracting location information included in.

Also, the location information extractor 124 decodes the point of interest request message and extracts the position information included in the decoded point of interest request message.

That is, the location information extraction unit 124 encrypts or decrypts the LEO header including the location information and the photographer information. Here, the 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) may be used as the encryption algorithm.

In addition, the location information extraction unit 124 performs a decryption function to obtain the location information and the photographer information from the LEO header included in the HTTP request message, and generates a LEO header using an encryption function when the location information is modified Function to include in HTTP response signal. In addition, the location information extraction unit 124 may extract only the encryption function and provide it to the mobile communication terminal (102).

The location-based interlocking unit 126 performs a function of receiving a base station latitude and longitude value corresponding to the base station information from the location-based service providing server 160 when the location information is the base station information.

That is, only the base station information is stored in the content generated by the terminal without the GPS module. Here, the base station information is composed of NID, RegZone, PilotPn, BaseID, SID, etc. The location-based service providing server 160 can extract the base station latitude and longitude value using the base station information.

The location-based linkage unit 126 calculates a GPS latitude and longitude value corresponding to the GPS information when the location information is the GPS information.

The location-based interlocking unit 126 performs a function of receiving a base station latitude and longitude value corresponding to the base station information from the location-based service providing server 160 when the location information is the base station information.

The location-based linkage unit 126 receives information on GPS coordinates, place names or descriptions from the map providing server 170, and transmits a location inquiry response message including at least one or more information among GPS coordinates, place names or descriptions. 102).

The location-based interlocking unit 126 may be provided with latitude and longitude values using an OLI (Open Location Interface) provided by the location-based service providing server 160, and the interworking protocol of the location-based service providing server 160 is changed. If so, only the location-based interworking unit 126 may be modified to work with the location-based service providing server 160.

Meanwhile, a new LEO head may be generated by using a base station latitude and longitude value provided by the location-based interlocking unit 126 and then included in an HTTP response signal and transmitted to a requestor (mobile communication terminal). The new LEO header may be changed to receive the base station latitude and longitude value without accessing the location-based service providing server 160 by using the location-based interworking unit 126 at a later service request.

The map linking unit 128 receives a map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value from the map providing server 170, and transmits a photographing location view response signal including the map image to the mobile communication terminal 102. .

The map linking unit 128 performs a function of receiving a map image corresponding to the GPS latitude and longitude value from the map providing server 170.

The map interlocking unit 128 receives a list of points of interest including a list of famous local information surrounding the base station latitude and longitude values from the map providing server 170, and sends a point of interest response message including the list of points of interest to the mobile communication terminal ( 102).

The map interlocking unit 128 receives a map image of a specific point of the point of interest list from the map providing server 170 and transmits a map response message including the map image of the specific point to the mobile communication terminal 102. Do this.

The map linking unit 128 may access the map providing server 170 using the HTTP protocol to receive a map image, and may interwork by adding an adapter of the corresponding map server when interworking with another map providing server. . In addition, when a request for the same map is generated by registering the acquired map image in the map temporary storage unit 142, the corresponding map image may be provided without accessing the map providing server 170 using the map linking unit 128. Can be.

In addition, since the map providing server 170 uses Transverse Mercator (TM) coordinates as the coordinate system, the map linking unit 128 performs a function of changing the latitude and longitude value to the TM coordinate and then transmitting it to the map providing server 170. do.

The authentication module 130 performs a function of confirming that the mobile communication terminal 102 is authenticated when the mobile communication terminal 102 accesses a specific registered IP band.

The authentication module 130 performs the function of confirming that the IP of the electronic payment server and the authentication URL of the user are authenticated when they are registered in the authentication database 132.

The authentication database 132 refers to a module that stores data necessary for authentication.

Here, the authentication module 130 provides mobile user authentication, electronic payment server authentication and electronic payment user authentication.

In this case, since the mobile user authentication is performed by a user who accesses the mobile communication terminal through a specific IP band, the authentication module 130 authenticates the request message included in the specific IP band. . That is, the mobile user authentication goes through a process of confirming whether the user subscribes to the additional service of the service provider, but may skip the authentication in order to provide free to all subscribers according to the policy of the service provider.

On the other hand, electronic payment server authentication is a method for authenticating access to the server of the service provider as authentication for interworking with the payment server. That is, the LEO-RequestUser item in the form of UserID @ ServiceName should be included in the HTTP request header, and the authentication database 132 permits the access of the IP registered in AllowIP of the record corresponding to the service name.

On the other hand, the electronic payment server user authentication is used when the user directly sends an HTTP request message to the geographic information providing device, the HTTP request header includes the LEO-RequestUser and LEO-authentication code items. The apparatus for providing geographic information includes requesting authentication from the electronic payment server by including UserID, RemoteIP, and LEO-authentication code in the authentication URL of the record corresponding to the service name in the authentication database 132.

The map manager 140 checks whether a map image corresponding to a base station latitude or longitude latitude value is stored in the map temporary storage unit 142, and stores the result in the map temporary storage unit 142. If so, it transmits a geographic information response message including the stored map image to the mobile communication terminal (102).

The map temporary storage unit 142 refers to a storage module that temporarily stores the map image received from the map providing server 170.

That is, the map manager 140 extracts and provides a map temporarily stored in the map temporary storage unit 142 without obtaining a map from the map providing server 170 for a request corresponding to the same location, the same size, and the same scale. .

For example, since a request from a mobile communication terminal generates a request with a fixed size and scale, in case of a map image corresponding to a base station location, when a re-request frequency is high, the map image stored in the map temporary storage unit 142 is stored. Service response time can be improved because it can be provided immediately.

The point of interest manager 150 performs a function of checking whether a list of points of interest received from the map providing server 170 is stored in the point of interest temporary storage 152. If the interested point list is stored in 152, the stored interest point list is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 102.

The point of interest temporary storage 152 refers to a storage module that temporarily stores a list of points of interest received from the map providing server 170.

For example, the point of interest manager 150 and the point of interest temporary storage 152 have the same frequency of re-request of the point of interest list around the base station as in the map manager 140 and the map temporary storage 142. Since the list of points of interest stored in the point of interest temporary storage 152 may be directly provided, the service response time may be improved.

Location-based service providing server 160 is a server that provides a location-based service in conjunction with the location-based linkage unit 126.

The map providing server 170 is a server that provides a map image corresponding to the latitude and longitude value by interworking with the map linking unit 128. The interworking protocol may use HTTP.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a statistics server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The statistics server 210 receives from the plurality of geographic information providing devices at least one piece of geographic information request message, location information, base station longitude value, and map image associated with the image captured by the mobile communication terminal 102. It stores and saves the data by period, time or date.

In FIG. 2, the statistics server 210 is described as being implemented separately from the geographic information providing apparatus. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea, and a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains is referred to. Without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention, the statistics server 210 may be applied to various modifications and modifications as modules included in the geographic information providing apparatus.

3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a camera module 310, a display unit 320, a key input unit 330, a controller 340, and a wireless communication processor 350.

The camera module 310 performs a function of capturing an image or a video, the display unit 320 performs a function of outputting an operating state, and the key input unit 330 performs a function of receiving a key or a command.

The control unit 340 according to an embodiment of the present invention generates image data photographed using the camera module 310, stores location information received from neighboring base stations in association with the image data, and wireless communication processing unit 350. Transmits a geographic information request message associated with the image data to a geographic information providing apparatus, and receives and outputs a geographic information response message including geographic information from the geographic information providing apparatus.

The wireless communication processor 350 performs a function of processing a wireless communication function including wireless data communication.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a service page according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user manipulates the mobile communication terminal 102 to request a geographic information request message associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal 102, the mobile communication terminal 102 generates an HTTP request message to provide geographic information. In operation S410, the geographical information providing apparatus receives the HTTP request message.

The geographical information providing apparatus checks the format of the received HTTP request message (S420).

The geographical information providing apparatus analyzes the HTTP request message and processes the post method (S430).

The apparatus for providing geographic information checks whether the page according to the URL included in the HTTP request message is GetMAP (S440).

Here, GetMAP refers to a map image.

As a result of checking in step S440, if the page according to the URL is GetMAP, the geographic information providing apparatus calls the GetMAP page (S450).

The apparatus for providing geographic information includes the GetMAP page in the response message and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S452).

That is, the geographic information providing apparatus calls a map image page.

As a result of checking in step S440, if the page according to the URL is not GetMAP, the geographic information providing apparatus checks whether the page according to the URL included in the HTTP request message is GetPOI (Point Of Interest) (S460).

Here, GetPOI refers to a list of points of interest.

The geographical information providing apparatus calls a GetPOI page (S462).

That is, the geographic information providing apparatus calls the point of interest list page.

The apparatus for providing geographic information includes the GetPOI page in the response message and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S464).

As a result of checking in step S460, if the page according to the URL is not GetPOI, the geographic information providing apparatus checks whether the page according to the URL included in the HTTP request message is GetPOIMAP (S470).

Here, GetPOIMAP refers to a map image corresponding to a specific list of points of interest list.

The geographical information providing apparatus calls a GetPOIMAP page (S472).

That is, the geographic information providing apparatus calls a map image corresponding to a specific list of the point of interest list.

The apparatus for providing geographic information includes the GetPOIMAP page in the response message and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S474).

That is, the geo-information providing device transmits the connection to the internet protocol module 122 when the HTTP request message is received, and separates the verification of the HTTP protocol from the HTTP method, URL, HTTP header, HTTP body, and the like. Call the page according to and send it as a response signal.

The geographical information providing apparatus terminates the HTTP connection (S480).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a map image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for providing geographic information receives an encrypted geographic information request message from the mobile communication terminal 102, analyzes the geographic information request message, extracts a URL parameter and an HTTP header, and decodes the LEO header included in the HTTP header. Information is extracted (S510).

That is, the geo-information providing apparatus processes an HTTP request corresponding to a GetMap URL, and analyzes URL parameters and HTTP headers included in an HTTP request message first like other pages.

In addition, the HTTP header contains the LEO header, which decrypts it.

The apparatus for providing geographic information checks whether authentication is performed for the mobile communication terminal 102 that transmits the geographic information request message associated with the image photographed by the mobile communication terminal 102 (S520).

Here, the geographic information providing apparatus is authenticated when the mobile communication terminal 102 accesses a specific registered IP band, or authenticates whether the IP of the electronic payment server and the authentication URL of the user are registered in advance. Will be able to perform

As a result of checking in step S520, when authentication is performed, the geographic information providing apparatus checks whether or not the latitude and longitude value is extracted from the location information (S530).

When the latitude and longitude value is not extracted from the location information as a result of checking in step S530, the geographic information providing apparatus determines that the location information corresponds to the base station information, and the base station latitude and longitude value corresponding to the base station information from the location-based service providing server. It receives (S532).

For example, in the case of a mobile communication terminal without a GPS module, the location of the photographing location is initially set to the location information of the base station connected to it. There is no degree value and only base station information exists. In this case, the geographic information providing apparatus accesses the location-based service providing server 160 to obtain a latitude and longitude value of the base station. Of course, if the base station latitude and longitude value is already included in the LEO header, it will not be necessary to access the location-based service providing server 160.

The apparatus for providing geographic information checks whether a map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value is stored in the map temporary storage unit 142 (S540).

As a result of checking in S540, when the map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value is not stored in the map temporary storage unit 142, the geographic information providing apparatus receives the map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value from the map providing server. (S542).

That is, since the geo-information providing apparatus may determine that the map image is not present after searching the map temporary storage unit 142 since the map image may be stored in the map temporary storage unit, the geographic information providing apparatus may access the map providing server 170 to display the map image. To receive.

The apparatus for providing geographic information transmits a geographic information response message including the received map image to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S550).

The apparatus for providing geographic information configures the acquired map image as an HTTP response message and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 102. In this case, since the latitude and longitude value does not exist in the input LEO header and the connection is obtained to the location-based service providing server 160, the LEO header is newly generated and included in the HTTP header. In this case, if the newly generated LEO header is included in the HTTP header, the mobile terminal requesting the service modifies and reflects the header of the photo or video content.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a list of points of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The geographic information providing apparatus receives an encrypted point of interest request message from the mobile communication terminal 102, analyzes the point of interest request message, extracts a URL parameter and an HTTP header, and decodes the LEO header included in the HTTP header. Information is extracted (S610).

Here, the point of interest request message refers to a message for requesting a list of points of interest, and the list of points of interest refers to a list of famous places or buildings around the latitude and longitude value of the photographing location included in the LEO header.

In addition, the point of interest list is composed of the point of interest name and latitude and longitude value, but the latitude and longitude value is deleted when delivered to the requestor (mobile communication terminal). In addition, the temporarily stored point of interest list includes authentication information (LEO-authentication code, UserID, RemoteIP), through which the authentication can be performed when the GetPoiMap request.

The apparatus for providing geographic information checks whether authentication is performed for the mobile communication terminal 102 that transmitted the geographic information request message (S620).

Here, the geographic information providing apparatus is authenticated when the mobile communication terminal 102 accesses a specific registered IP band, or authenticates whether the IP of the electronic payment server and the authentication URL of the user are registered in advance. Will be able to perform

The geographic information providing apparatus receives the base station latitude and longitude values corresponding to the base station information from the location-based service providing server when the location information corresponds to the base station information, and the interest corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude values in the point of interest temporary storage unit 152. It is checked whether the point list is stored (S630).

That is, if authentication is permitted, the geographic information providing apparatus searches the POI temporary storage unit 152 to check whether there is a stored PO list, and if there is no stored PO list, accesses the map providing server 170 and is interested. Get a list of points.

As a result of checking in step S630, when the point of interest list corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value is not stored in the point of interest temporary storage unit 152, the geographic information providing apparatus is located around the base station latitude and longitude value from the map providing server. A point of interest list including a famous area information list is received (S632).

The apparatus for providing geographic information transmits a point of interest response message including the received point of interest list to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S640).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a map image according to a specific point in a point of interest list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The geographic information providing apparatus receives an encrypted point of interest request message from the mobile communication terminal 102, analyzes the point of interest request message, extracts a URL parameter and an HTTP header, and decodes the LEO header included in the HTTP header. Information is extracted (S710).

The geographic information providing apparatus receives the base station latitude and longitude values corresponding to the base station information from the location-based service providing server when the location information corresponds to the base station information, and the interest corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude values in the point of interest temporary storage unit 152. It is checked whether the point list is stored (S720).

As a result of checking in step S720, when the point of interest list corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value is stored in the point of interest temporary storage unit 152, the geographic information providing apparatus determines whether authentication to the mobile communication terminal 102 is performed. Check (S730).

Here, the geographic information providing apparatus is authenticated when the mobile communication terminal 102 accesses a specific registered IP band, or authenticates whether the IP of the electronic payment server and the authentication URL of the user are registered in advance. Will be able to perform

Here, the geographic information providing device does not interwork with the electronic payment server in the authentication process, but instead checks and matches the LEO-authentication code, UserID, RemoteIP, etc. included in the point of interest list stored in the point of interest temporary storage unit 152. Allow connection if Therefore, if there is no list of points of interest in the point-of-interest store 152, authentication is impossible and thus the connection is terminated.

As a result of checking in step S730, when the authentication for the mobile communication terminal 102 is performed, when the geographic information providing apparatus receives a map request message for a specific point of the point of interest list from the mobile communication terminal 102, the map is temporarily temporary. In operation S740, it is determined whether the map image of the specific point is stored in the storage 142.

As a result of checking in step S740, when the map image for the specific point is not stored in the map temporary storage unit 142, the geographical information providing apparatus receives the map image for the specific point from the map providing server in operation S742.

That is, the geo-information providing apparatus obtains the latitude and longitude coordinates of a specific point in the list of points of interest selected by the user when the list of points of interest is found, and after searching the map temporary storage unit 142 first, there is no map providing server 170. To access a map image for a particular point.

The apparatus for providing geographic information transmits a map response message including a map image of a specific point to the mobile communication terminal 102 (S750).

In addition, the transmission of the map image is performed in the same manner as GetMap, and the newly created LEO header is included in the HTTP header. The user can view the map image and request a GetPoiMap by selecting a new location from the point of interest list if it is not the desired location.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an authentication method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for providing geographic information receives a signal for requesting a service from the mobile communication terminal 102 and analyzes the signal to determine whether the service name is mobile (S810).

In the actual implementation of the present invention, the service name (ServiceName) of the electronic payment server can be implemented to be stored in the authentication database 132 is issued before the service open by agreement between the operators, the electronic payment server accessible to the service name The IP and the authentication URL of the user may also be implemented to be stored in the authentication database 132.

If the connection is made before the service name, the IP of the electronic payment server, and the authentication URL of the user are stored in the authentication database 132, it is checked whether the IP of the electronic payment server. If it is not the electronic payment server IP, the user of the electronic payment server may be embodied to directly request authentication to the geographic information providing device.

As a result of checking in step S810, when the terminal transmitting the signal is a mobile, the geographic information providing apparatus checks whether the mobile IP is authenticated (S820).

Here, the mobile IP refers to the IP band of the terminal connected to the geographic information providing device.

That is, the geographic information providing apparatus confirms that the mobile IP is authenticated when the terminal that transmits the signal is connected through a predetermined specific IP band.

For example, step S820 is an authentication method for performing an authorization for a request through a mobile device, and is a method for a user who downloads and uses a location information providing application for content to which an information fee is charged.

If the mobile IP is not authenticated as a result of checking in step S820, the geographical information providing apparatus performs an authentication failure process (S822).

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S810 that the terminal transmitting the signal is not mobile, the geographic information providing apparatus extracts the IP and the authentication URL of the electronic payment server from the authentication database (132) (S830).

The geographical information providing apparatus checks whether the IP of the electronic payment server is authenticated (S832).

Here, the geographic information providing apparatus may confirm that the electronic payment server is authenticated when the IP of the electronic payment server is pre-registered.

As a result of checking in step S832, when the IP of the electronic payment server is not authenticated, the geographical information providing apparatus checks whether or not an authentication URL exists (S840).

As a result of checking in step S840, if the authentication URL does not exist, the geographic information providing apparatus checks whether or not the mobile IP is authenticated (S842).

Here, the mobile IP refers to the IP band of the terminal connected to the geographic information providing device.

In other words, authentication of the user of the electronic payment server requires authentication to the electronic payment server. This requires the authentication URL and the LEO-authentication code included in the HTTP request message. There is also an electronic payment server that performs authentication but does not have an authentication URL. In this case, it is again checked whether it is a specific IP band according to the flag setting.

On the other hand, if the verification URL exists in step S840, the geographical information providing apparatus checks whether the authentication URL is authenticated (S844).

When the mobile IP is not authenticated as a result of checking in step S842, when the authentication URL is not authenticated as a result of checking in step S844, the geographical information providing apparatus fails to authenticate (S846).

On the other hand, when the mobile IP is authenticated as a result of confirmation in step S820, when the IP of the electronic payment server is authenticated as a result of confirmation in step S832, when the mobile IP is authenticated as a result of confirmation in step S842, the verification result authentication URL in step S844 is If it is not authenticated, the geographic information provision device succeeds in authentication (S850).

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user takes a picture or a video in a specific area using his mobile terminal and stores it, the present invention identifies a neighboring base station (if a non-GPS terminal) or a GPS satellite (if a GPS terminal). Receiving and storing location information about an area, encrypting the stored location information so that it is not exposed to others, and transmitting the location information to the geographic information providing device, the geographic information providing device decrypts the encrypted location information, By calculating (extracting) the degree value and transmitting the map image corresponding to the latitude and longitude value to the mobile communication terminal, it provides geographic information associated with the image to accurately grasp the location information of the photo or video content created by the user. Method, device and mobile terminal is applied, the user himself Time information (year, date and time) on whether and when to create for any image or video, as well as a very useful invention that generates the effect that the user can identify the exact location where information on whether to create an image or video.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a statistics server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a service page according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a map image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a list of points of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a map image according to a specific point in a point of interest list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart illustrating an authentication method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: communication unit 122: Internet protocol module

124: extractor 126: location-based linkage

128: map interlocking unit 130: authentication module

132: authentication database 140: map management unit

142: map temporary storage 150: point of interest management unit

152: Temporary store of interest storage unit 160: Location-based service providing server

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Claims (12)

A communication unit for receiving a geographic information request message associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal from a mobile communication terminal; A location information extraction unit for extracting location information associated with the photographed image included in the geographic information request message; A location-based interlocking unit for receiving a latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information from a location-based service providing server; And A map linkage unit that receives geographic information corresponding to the latitude and longitude value from a map providing server and transmits a geographic information response message including the geographic information to the mobile communication terminal. Apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image comprising a. The method of claim 1, The location-based linkage, When the location information corresponds to base station information, the base station latitude and longitude value corresponding to the base station information is received from the location-based service providing server, And the map interlocking unit receives a map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value from the map providing server. The method of claim 1, The location-based linkage, When the location information corresponds to Global Positioning System (GPS) information. Computing a GPS latitude and longitude value corresponding to the GPS information, And the map linkage unit receives a map image corresponding to the GPS latitude and longitude value from the map providing server. The method according to claim 2 or 3, Check whether the map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude values or the map image corresponding to the GPS latitude and longitude values are stored in a map temporary storage unit. A map management unit for transmitting the geographic information response message including the map image corresponding to the base station latitude and longitude value or the map image corresponding to the GPS latitude and longitude value to the mobile communication terminal; Apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, The communication unit, Receive a point of interest request message associated with the image from the mobile communication terminal, The extraction unit extracts the location information included in the point of interest request message, the location-based interlocking unit receives a latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information from the location-based service providing server, and the map interworking unit is a map providing server. Geographic information associated with an image, characterized in that it receives a point of interest list including a list of local information around the latitude and longitude value and transmits a point of interest response message including the list of points of interest to the mobile communication terminal; Device to provide. The method of claim 5, The communication unit, Receive a map request message for a specific point of the point of interest list from the mobile communication terminal, The map linkage unit receives a map image of a specific point in the list of points of interest from the map providing server, and transmits a map response message including a map image of the specific point to the mobile communication terminal. Device for providing associated geographic information. The method of claim 1, The communication unit, Receive a location inquiry request message from the mobile communication terminal, The location-based linkage unit receives information on GPS coordinates, place name or description from the map providing server, and transmits a location inquiry response message including at least one or more information of the GPS coordinates, place name or description to the mobile communication terminal. Apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Apparatus for providing geographic information associated with an image, characterized in that the mobile communication terminal further comprises an authentication module for performing authentication by confirming that the terminal is authenticated when accessing a specific registered IP band. The method of claim 1, Receive and store at least one of the geographic information request message, the location information, the latitude and longitude value, and further comprises a statistical module for classifying by period, time or date. Providing device. A wireless communication processor which processes a wireless communication function including wireless data communication; A camera module for capturing an image or a video; A key input unit for receiving a key or a command; A display unit for outputting an operation state; Generating image data photographed using the camera module, storing location information received from a neighboring base station in association with the image data, and using a wireless communication processor to perform a geographic information request message associated with the image data. Control unit for transmitting to the information providing device, receives and outputs a geographic information response message including geographic information from the geographic information providing device A mobile communication terminal for providing geographic information associated with an image comprising a. (a) receiving a geographic information request message associated with an image captured by the mobile communication terminal from a mobile communication terminal; (b) extracting location information associated with the photographed image included in the geographic information request message; (c) receiving a latitude and longitude value corresponding to the location information from a location-based service providing server; And (d) receiving geographic information corresponding to the latitude and longitude value from a map providing server and transmitting a geographic information response message including the geographic information to the mobile communication terminal; How to provide geographic information associated with the image, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 11, The geographic information provides a geographic information associated with a map image, a point of interest list including a list of local information around the latitude and longitude, or a map image corresponding to a specific point of the list of points of interest. How to.

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