EP1203318A1 - Mobile information service - Google Patents
Mobile information serviceInfo
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- EP1203318A1 EP1203318A1 EP00946637A EP00946637A EP1203318A1 EP 1203318 A1 EP1203318 A1 EP 1203318A1 EP 00946637 A EP00946637 A EP 00946637A EP 00946637 A EP00946637 A EP 00946637A EP 1203318 A1 EP1203318 A1 EP 1203318A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/20—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of structured data, e.g. relational data
- G06F16/29—Geographical information databases
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- the present invention relates to creating and storing information objects related to a geographical place. Position data and information objects are shown preferably on a map on a display unit at a mobile terminal.
- a user of a mobile terminal can register and save an information object, a so called "footprint", for personal or public use related to the place where he/she is, or to another geographical position.
- the footprint is saved in the user ' s personal profile in the network, and/or in a public part of the operator's information database.
- the footprint is controlled which other users of the system that can see the footprint .
- the footprint is bound to a geographical position and if the person who has made/placed it so decides, the footprint can, when it has been stored, also be seen by others. There also is a possibility to specify the one/those who shall be able to see it.
- the information object, the footprint also includes, in addition to geo-code for the geographical position, a formalised image, an icon, which shall symbolise the footprint at the showing/presentation.
- the person being on a place may want to make an indication and a memorandum relating to the place.
- the memorandum can be a note to make it possible to find one's way back to the same place on a later occasion. It can in that way be intended as an own memorandum, or for a wider group, for instance the closest circle of friends about a phenomenon one wants to show, or perhaps a guide to a meeting.
- a public indication may need to be distributed by private persons, organisations, or public authorities. Examples can be to distribute a warning about an occurred accident, or information about parking places at an arrangement .
- An organisation may need to distribute information about where the activity is located; it may be advertisement for a recently opened shop, or a temporary arrangement .
- the client software When the user wants to make/place a footprint, this is done by means of the client software in the terminal.
- the user informs the client software about which category the footprint belongs to, which the status the footprint has (personal, group, or public) , "best-before" date, and other text note or icon that shall be associated with the object.
- the client is equipped with a display unit and with possibility to communication with the service server, and is arranged for positioning/position indication, which is easiest arranged by a positioning system, such as GPS.
- the user registers and saves a so called "foot-print" for personal or public use.
- the footprint is saved in the user's personal profile, which usually is stored at a service provider, or in a public operator' s information database. Depending on how the footprint is stored in the information database, is controlled which other users of the system that can see the footprint.
- the geographical location of the footprint is decided by a positioning system that is connected to the client, or by manual input. In the footprint are also registered other information that is relevant, such as the group that shall have possibility to see the footprint.
- footprint can nearest be compared to the conception of "bookmark", which is used in i.a. web browsers to indicate a network address to which the user wants to return. Footprints differ from bookmarks primarily by being associated with geographical positions and by being visible to others than the one who has made/placed the footprint .
- a technical embodiment of a system that utilises the invention includes terminal/client (13), a service server (16) with storing possibility (14), an open computer network such as Internet.
- the terminal includes data communication functions and display unit.
- Footprints which indicate a geographical place/position, can be created and made visible via an operator in a universally accessible computer network.
- the footprint can easily be made/placed by the one who is registered user at an operator who provides the service.
- the footprint is saved in the user' s personal profile in the network, or in a public part of the operator' s information database. Depending on where the footprint is stored in the information database, is controlled which other users of the system that can se the footprint.
- Private footprints which are only shown to the user who has made/placed the footprint, are stored in the user's profile in the network, by which the user always has access to the footprint, irrespective of which client equipment he/she is utilising.
- the footprint can be made/placed any time and belonging geographical data (positioning information) can be registered automatically by to the client connected positioning system, or by manual input by the user.
- Footprints can be made/placed as an icon that can be clicked on, to make it possible to derive further information about the footprint via an address in the open computer network.
- the footprint can be given a limited service length, which is important if the footprint is of interest only during a limited period of time.
- the footprint can also be arranged so that that it is made/placed at a certain point of time in the future.
- a solution according to the invention is technically easy to handle since:
- • included units communicate via an open communications network, such as Internet, by a universally accessible protocol, such as TCP/IP, which makes it easy to distribute the system.
- an open communications network such as Internet
- a universally accessible protocol such as TCP/IP
- Figure 1 shows a technical embodiment of a system that utilises the invention.
- Figure 2 shows how map with footprints is shown to the user .
- Auto-active icon Icon that is so arranged that the client automatically derives the to the icon associated information when certain criteria have been fulfilled, for instance that the client is coming within a certain distance from the obj ect .
- Bookmark An indication in a web crawler for a stored web address, which makes it possible to quickly and in a simple way return to a page on Internet.
- Footprint Information object that is handled by a service provider, and which can be made/placed by a registered user.
- the footprint is bound to a geographical position and can be seen via an open computer network.
- GSM Global System for Mobile Communication Cellular mobile telephone system GSM Global System for Mobile Communication Cellular mobile telephone system.
- Program language on Internet The protocol constitutes a base for transmission of documents.
- Information object Object to which is associated information that is handled in an information database.
- a user at a mobile client (13) can make/place an indication, a footprint, which indicates a geographical position.
- the indication consisting of an information object, is related to a geographical position, the client's present geographical position, or other entered, position, and is handled by a service server (16), which is operated by a service provider or operator.
- a service server (16) which is operated by a service provider or operator.
- To make the service server accessible it is placed in connection to an open computer network, such as Internet (11), to which the user has access, by the client having a dynamic connection, for instance via a mobile telephone (17) .
- an open computer network such as Internet (11)
- the client having a dynamic connection, for instance via a mobile telephone (17) .
- the computer network also others have access to the footprint, if it has been registered to be accessible by others.
- the user utilises the client software to indicate which status the footprint shall have (personal, group or public) , for how long time the footprint shall exist and be accessible for showing, as well as other information.
- the indication can be associated a symbol, for instance an icon (12), which can be shown on a display unit and indicate the place of the footprint.
- the icon also shows the type of footprint (for instance the identity of the one who has made/placed the footprint, or indicating a warning) and constitutes a link to further information (15) about the footprint.
- the information, which is stored together with the footprint then includes an address, for instance a web address on Internet, which refers to a place where the information relating to the footprint is accessible.
- the icon can constitute a cursor for a pointer; for instance if Internet is utilised, the icons can be possible to click on and refer to a web page.
- the content of the web page then is placed/entered in connection with that the footprint is created, if it has not been stored before, and can be derived by ordinary HTTP-protocol.
- the footprint can be used to indicate a place of interest.
- the interest can be of personal nature (for instance a good restaurant, a nice service area) .
- the registration thus can be personal, i.e. only the one who has made/placed the footprint can see it when he/she is coming into the district.
- the alternatives are to allow a whole group, i.e. that all within a certain group of users see the object, or to allow the footprint to be public, i.e. everybody who is coming into the district can see the object.
- the operator has possibility to moderate the database with public footprints, for instance only allow a certain service length, or that private persons only are allowed to make/place a certain type of footprints that are of public interest, for instance warnings about accidents, game warning, etc.
- the icon which is associated with the footprint, does not need to be handled; instead an address to a storing place in a computer network is handled, for instance a web address to a place on Internet, where the icon (12) is accessible.
- the icons therefore can be located anywhere on an accessible computer network, and can be owned by anybody (for instance a company, a public authority, or a private person) .
- an address to information relating to the footprint is a web address where an interested party has stored information relating to the footprint .
- a user who wants to know the content of the information a footprint provides shall have access to client equipment with display unit and access to suitable computer network, for instance Internet, and have access to the service provider's footprint service.
- the presentation/showing is suitably made together with showing of map and preferably by utilisation of a positioning system, for instance GPS, if the map image is intended to comprise the user's existing position.
- the position can also be entered manually, which can be utilised if the map image relates to another position than the client's existing location.
- the nature of the footprint is identified by the stored information about the footprint:
- the footprint is made/placed as an auto- active icon, i.e. the client is under certain criteria initiated to derive information on a computer network, the information is shown automatically on the client's display unit when the criteria in question are fulfilled.
- the criterion is that the client's distance to the footprint is less than a certain, specified value, information will be shown on the display unit to the one who is approaching the place where the footprint is stored,
- the icon shows which type of object the footprint relates to. Different types of footprints that can be evident from the icon can be: Game warning, traffic accident, traffic information, place of meeting, restaurant, personal indication etc.
- the information is suitably shown on a map on the client's display unit, at which existing position (22) and icons (21,23) appear on the map as the user is moving. See Figure 2.
- the icons there is also the address to the information that is accessible to be derived via the computer network.
- the user can click on the icon, at which the associated web address is utilised to, by means of the HTTP-protocol, derive the stored information.
- the stored information can be shown automatically when the user is approaching the place of the geo-code of the icon.
- the information the client has requested for a certain district is geographically coded. The client utilises this to, on the map, make/place icons.
- the icon itself need not be transmitted to the client, but only and address to a storing place on the computer network.
- the icons are after that derived from the network by the client. By this procedure, the service provider only need to handle the coordinates and an address.
- the pointer is a web address and the icon can be derived by the HTTP- protocol .
- the geo-coded pointer also includes an indication that indicates which type of object the icon represents (game warning, traffic accident, traffic information, meeting place, restaurant, personal indication, etc) . If the client experiences that it will take too long time to derive the icon from the network, a default icon can be used, which can be locally stored in the client, for the category in question .
- the user who makes/places the footprint utilises a terminal (client computer, for instance and ordinary, portable computer) , which suitably is equipped with functionality for positioning (for instance GPS) and access to Internet, for instance via a telephone, preferably mobile telephone, for instance GSM.
- client computer for instance and ordinary, portable computer
- functionality for positioning for instance GPS
- Internet for instance via a telephone, preferably mobile telephone, for instance GSM.
- the user can manage parts of his/her personal profile directly via the client application. It is then transmitted and stored in the service logic.
- the advantage of storing the personal profile in the network instead of storing it locally, is that the user can utilise just any mobile terminal with the client program installed and yet have access to his/her personal profile.
- a public authority can make/place footprints related to road conditions, game warning, or other traffic warnings. Such a footprint can be made/placed at a fork in the road, so that the traffic will have a possibility to select an alternative route. The footprint also can be made/placed as a warning in the neighbourhood of the place in question.
- a footprint can be a simple way to guide rescue service or other emergency staff, such as mountain rescue service, to right place.
- Footprints that can be shown selectively to individuals, or groups of people, provide a chance to, in an efficient way, distribute local and time-bound information is association with meetings and other larger or smaller arrangements .
- a person arriving at a cloudberry bog can make/place a memorandum for next year.
- Footprints can be made/placed to give the friends tips about nice restaurants.
- the footprint can also be used as a guide to show the friends the route to a common meeting.
- footprints can be used instead of conventional stamping to indicate that the guard, respective orienteer, has been on a certain place.
- adventure games for computers aimed at solving problems in a world of the make-believe.
- the game often includes that the player brings items that are found in different places. It may also be that the player has to hand over things to other players.
- the objects that are included in the game can be in the information database for the game.
- a player who is moving into an area can pick up objects, which are then "checked out” from the database. When the player leaves an object, the object and its position is registered in the game database.
- a tourist guide can be built up by footprints. As the tourist is moving, things worth seeing, shops and other information, are shown.
- the footprint technology can at that be a vigorous support for tourists and others who want information about things worth seeing. In the same way also showing at a museum or at an exhibition can be supplemented with information controlled by the visitor's interest.
- the different parts in the user environment are exchangeable.
- the user's equipment and utilised programs and systems are adapted to the environment and infrastructure that is utilised. At that can, for instance, other computer networks than Internet be utilised, and several different ways to handle the user's position are possible, such as other positioning systems, or manual position registration.
- the invention is not limited to the above described embodiments, but can in addition be subject to modifications within the frame of the following patent claims and the idea of invention.
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