JP2002091985A - Positional information service system and positional information sales method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a positional information service system high in convenience, small in size and light in weight, and to provide a positional information sales method. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a means for converting coordinate data of GPS into flag data for a simple atlas 8, a means for distributing the flag data expressing a present position to a terminal 1 with GPS, a means for editing the atlas 8 in which the flag data is written and a means for matching the flag data and the atlas 8. Then, the atlas 8, in which a parameter required or positional information service is written, is prepared and sold to a subscriber terminal 1 with GPS through a network from a distribution server 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position information service system and a method for selling position information, and more particularly to a GPS for obtaining position information using radio waves emitted from artificial satellites.
(Globalpositioning system)
It belongs to a location information service system using a subscriber terminal with a tag and a method for selling location information using an atlas.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional mobile content services are:
Basically, it is used while moving outside the user. In consideration of such a situation, it is expected that a large number of mobile terminals will be spread as long as they are of a size that does not cause any trouble even if they are carried. It is also desired that the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal displays a map on a display in combination with miniaturization and weight reduction.

[0005] Conventional technologies include a map display service such as a car navigation system and the Internet and a digital map providing service. The map which is most easily seen by a user is a paper-based map book.

The prior art is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is a current position display device as disclosed in JP-A-204306.

[0005]

However, when the user is particularly in a hurry, it is very difficult to confirm the user's current position outdoors while looking at a paper-based atlas.

[0006] Further, the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal has a limitation in displaying a map on a display in addition to a reduction in size and weight.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a position information service system and a position information service system which can be reduced in size and weight and which can grasp the current position of a user accurately and easily when position information is desired instantaneously. To provide a sales method.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a GPS
In the location information service system using
Means for converting PS coordinate data into flag data for a simple atlas, means for distributing the flag data representing the current position to a GPS-equipped terminal, and means for editing the simple atlas describing the flag data; And a means for matching the flag data with the simplified atlas.

Further, according to the present invention, in a method for providing a location information service using a GPS, a location information service provider is required to grasp information on a current location required by a user of a subscriber terminal with a GPS. Creates a simplified map book with a specific flag added to a map described in a map book marketed at a distribution center, and allows a user who owns a GPS-equipped subscriber terminal to confirm the current location. Sends a position detection request by the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal to a position detection server connected to the network, and the position detection server sends a request from the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal to the distribution server via the network. The distribution server confirms the request from the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal, and sends a position specifying request to the position detecting server. In response to the request from the server for distribution, specify the current position of the user by the position detection server with the GPS-attached subscriber terminal, transmit the specified position information to the server for distribution, Based on the position information, the distribution server detects a current position identification flag dedicated to the simple atlas by the map database, and distributes the information as position information data from the distribution server to the GPS-added subscriber terminal via the network. And a method for providing a location information service, wherein the user confirms the current location of the user himself using the simplified atlas based on the location information data.

According to the present invention, in a method of selling location information using a GPS, a simple atlas containing parameters required for a location information service is produced, and a GPS server with a GPS is provided from a distribution server via a network. A method of selling position information characterized by selling to a subscriber terminal is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, in a server device for selling position information using GPS,
A distribution server that calculates a position in cooperation with the GPS-attached subscriber terminal in response to a request from the S-attached subscriber terminal, and stores information for converting the latitude / longitude information into flag data in a form suitable for a simple atlas. And a server device having a map database.

[0012]

In the information providing service system location information selling method of the present invention, the service system provider including the distribution center can easily grasp the current location information required by the user of the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal. A simple map book is created by adding a specific flag dedicated to a map described in a commercially available map book.

[0013] The user who owns the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal presses a position search button provided in the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal to confirm the current position, and sends a position detection request to the mobile network. To the location server that is located.

[0014] The location detection server transmits the requirements from the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal to the distribution server via the network. The distribution server confirms the request from the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal, and transmits a position specification request to the position detection server.

The position detection server specifies the current position of the user with the subscriber terminal with GPS in response to a request from the distribution server, and transmits the specified position information to the distribution server.

Based on the location information, the distribution server detects a current location specifying flag (text data such as a map page number, a specific section flag, and nearby store information) in the map database based on the simple map book, and performs distribution. It is distributed as location information data from the server to the GPS subscriber terminal via the Internet and a mobile network. The user of the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal confirms his / her current position in a simple atlas based on the position information data.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a position information service system and a position information selling method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a description will be given of a location information service system using a subscriber terminal with a GPS (mobile phone with a GPS) and a method of selling location information using a simple atlas.

Referring to FIG. 1, a position information service system and a method for selling position information according to an embodiment are described below.
The system includes a subscriber terminal with GPS 1, a location detection server 2, a mobile network 3, the Internet 4 as a network, and a distribution center 5 as a service provider.

The GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 is a user terminal connected to the mobile network 3 and has a GPS function in addition to a data transmission / reception function.
It has a function to specify the position where is placed. The distribution center 5 includes a database 6 and a distribution server 7 as server devices.

The provider of the location information service is to create a simplified map book 8 (see FIG. 2) in which a special flag is added to a map described in a commercially available map book. The user of the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 can easily grasp the required current position information from the simple atlas 8.

The simple atlas 8 is a specially-edited one for this embodiment in which a conventional paper-based atlas is described with a display in which the current location can be pinpointed by a location information data flag in a conventional atlas. is there. The simplified map book 8 has a small size, light weight, and high portability so that the user who owns the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 can easily refer to it when he / she wants to grasp the current position.

Furthermore, the simple map book 8 uses a position information data flag to enable the current position to be grasped pinpointly, so that a map page number / specific section flag (vertical axis X1,
X2, X3... / Horizontal axis Y1, Y2, Y3...) And nearby shop information and other text data (banks, convenience stores, stands, etc.) are described in detail.

The GPS-equipped mobile terminal 1 has a position search button 9 having a function of transmitting and receiving position data with one touch.
It has. The location search server 2 is connected to the mobile network 3, transmits a request from the subscriber terminal 1 with GPS to a distribution server 7 installed in the distribution center 5, and subscribes with GPS according to a request from the distribution server 7. Terminal 1
Has a function of calculating the position in cooperation with the server and sending the result to the distribution server 7.

The distribution server 7 installed in the distribution center 5 has a function of relaying information via the mobile network 3 via the Internet 4.

The database 6 installed in the distribution server 5 converts the latitude / longitude information detected by the position search server 2 into flag data (map page number / specific section flag / nearby Information for conversion to text data such as store information. Also,
The distribution center 5 has a function of editing flag data in a form suitable for a new atlas as a secretariat when the atlas is created for a new use.

Next, a position information service system, a method thereof, and a method of selling position information using a simplified atlas according to the embodiment will be described in detail. First, the distribution center 5
A simple atlas 8 in which parameters necessary for the location information service are described is prepared and sold.

The user of the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 makes a service contract with the distribution center 5 which is a service provider, and purchases the simplified atlas 8. Subscriber terminal 1 with GPS
When the user needs to grasp the current position, he presses the position search button 9 installed on the subscriber terminal with GPS 1 and sends a position request for the current position to the position detection server connected to the mobile network 3. Send to 2. The location information service can be used anywhere within the service range of the mobile network 3 and the GPS radio wave.

Next, the position detection server 2 receives the requirements from the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 via the mobile network 3 and the Internet 4 to the distribution server 7, accepts the positioning request, and distributes the request. The location information service confirmation request is transmitted to the distribution server 7 constructed in the center 5. The distribution server 7 confirms whether the position information service is permitted or not permitted.

If the location information service is permitted, the location detection server 2 is instructed to provide the subscriber terminal 1 with GPS.
Send location request for. The position detection server 2 uses the GP
The current position of the user is specified with the S-attached subscriber terminal 1, and the positioning result is transmitted to the distribution server 7 via the Internet 4 as a position specifying request as latitude and longitude information that is the specified position information. .

The distribution server 5 accesses the map database 6 based on the latitude / longitude information as the position information, and outputs a current position identification flag (map page number / specific section flag / nearby , And distributes it as positional information data from the distribution server 7 to the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal 1 via the Internet 4 and the mobile network 3.

As the position information data, text data is used to transmit and receive data instantaneously and to make it easy for the user to see. Also, it is assumed that all of this series of operations is performed by automatic processing. That is, at this stage, the GPS coordinate data is converted into simple atlas flag data,
The current position flag data indicating the current position is delivered to the subscriber terminal 1 with PS.

Next, the user enters the GPS subscriber terminal 1
Based on the current position specifying flag displayed on the display shown in FIG. 1, the own current position is accurately grasped by the simple atlas 8. That is, the simple atlas 8 describing the flag data indicating the current position is edited, and the flag data and the simple atlas 8 are edited.
And

Further, the current position specifying flag detected in this series of operations is set in the memory of the subscriber terminal with GPS 1, and the building name and the like are recorded and registered in the memory. Can be easily performed.

[0034]

As described above, according to the position information service system and the position information selling method, the user himself / herself can simply press one position search button provided on the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal. Can be accurately grasped, and the existing systems such as mobile network, GPS technology, and atlas that have not been exchanged can be integrated to realize the most convenient form considering the usage scene of the user.

Further, since the present invention uses a simple atlas, there is no need to display a digital map on a large display or a portable information terminal, and a small and lightweight GPS is used.
Subscriber terminals can be used.

In addition, since the present invention uses a simple atlas, it is easier to read than a map on a digital screen of a portable information terminal.
Since there is no need to scroll the screen, various information is described simply and easily, and the current position can be macroscopically confirmed from the peripheral position information.

Further, the present invention can be realized by making data transmission / reception a minimum necessary text data.
A series of operations can be performed in a short time, even though it is a service for providing information to additional subscribers.

Further, by adopting the GPS technology which cannot be realized by the conventional positioning method using a network, an accurate current position can be grasped.

Further, a new information providing service system, a method thereof, and a method of selling position information can be constructed for a conventional paper-based atlas.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of an information providing service system and a position information selling method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a simple atlas created by the distribution center shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 subscriber terminal with GPS 2 location detection server 3 mobile network 4 internet 5 distribution center 6 database 8 simple map book 9 location search button

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. In a location information service system using GPS, means for converting the GPS coordinate data into flag data for a simple atlas, and means for distributing the flag data representing a current position to a terminal equipped with GPS. A location information service system comprising: means for editing the simplified atlas describing the flag data; and means for matching the flag data with the simplified atlas. 2. The location information service system according to claim 1, further comprising: a location detection server; and a distribution center having a database and a distribution server, wherein said location search server is connected to a network with said GPS. A function of transmitting a request from a subscriber terminal to the distribution server, calculating a position in cooperation with the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal according to the request from the distribution server, and transmitting a result to the distribution server. The distribution server has a function of distributing position information via the network,
Wherein the database stores information for converting the latitude and longitude information detected by the position search server into the flag data in a form compatible with a simple atlas. Service system. 3. The location information service system according to claim 2, wherein the distribution center has a function of editing the flag data in a form suitable for the new map book when the map book for a new use is created. A location information service system, comprising: 4. The location information service system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of registering a current location identification flag obtained by matching the flag data with the simplified atlas in the GPS-equipped terminal. And location information service system. 5. In a method for providing a location information service using GPS, a location information service provider operates a distribution center in order to grasp information on a current location required by a user of a GPS-equipped subscriber terminal. A user who creates a simplified map book in which a dedicated specific flag is added to a map described in a commercially available map book and owns the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal is required to confirm the current position. The terminal sends a position detection request to a position detection server connected to the network, and the position detection server sends the G to the distribution server via the network.
Transmitting a request from the subscriber terminal with PS, the distribution server confirms the request from the subscriber terminal with GPS, transmits a position specification request to the position detection server, and Identifies the current position of the user by the position detection server with the GPS-attached subscriber terminal in response to a request from the server, transmits the specified position information to the distribution server, and, based on the position information, The distribution server detects a current position identification flag dedicated to the simple atlas by the database, distributes the current position identification flag from the distribution server to the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal via the network as the position information data, and Providing the location information service, wherein the user confirms the current location of the user himself using the simplified atlas. Method. 6. In a method of selling location information using GPS, a simple atlas containing parameters required for location information service is produced and sold from a distribution server to a subscriber terminal with GPS via a network. A method of selling location information, characterized in that: 7. The method for selling location information using GPS according to claim 6, wherein the simplified atlas includes a special specific flag added to a map database described in a commercially available atlas. And selling a current location specifying flag as location information data from the distribution server to the GPS-equipped subscriber terminal via the network. 8. A server device for selling position information using GPS, comprising: a distribution server for calculating a position in cooperation with a GPS subscriber terminal in response to a request from the GPS subscriber terminal; And a map database storing information for converting the flag data into flag data in a form suitable for a simple atlas.