KR100568475B1 - System and method for providing food information in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and method for providing food information in a mobile communication network. Food information providing method according to the invention comprises the steps of database the food menu; Receiving and storing subscriber identity information from the subscriber; Receiving and storing automatic notification information from a subscriber; Extracting location information of the subscriber; Determining one or more food menus from the food menu database using some or all of the subscriber's location information, subscriber identity information, and predetermined common information; And transmitting the determined food menu to the subscriber according to the automatic notification information. In order to implement the food information providing method of the present invention, the food information providing system of the present invention is a database including a subscriber identity information database, a food menu database, automatic notification information database and the like, using the food menu It includes a food information providing server to determine and transmit to the subscriber. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily obtain the food according to the characteristics and circumstances of the subscriber and the restaurant information related thereto using the mobile communication network.

Description

System and method for providing food information in mobile communication network             

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a food information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2D show a personal information database, a food menu database, a restaurant information database, and an automatic notification information database, respectively.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a food information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a food information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a food information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing food information according to a subscriber's location and personal information using a mobile communication network.

The general public has a hard time deciding on a food menu. For example, office workers wonder what to eat for lunch and / or dinner every day. In addition, if you move to a place other than your daily life, you may want to eat the famous food or delicacy in the area, but there is a lack of information that makes it difficult to decide on the food menu. Moreover, in recent years, interest in health has increased due to improved living standards. Therefore, there is a tendency to decide the food menu in consideration of one's disease and constitution. The method of determining the diet using such personal information such as constitution, disease or gender is shown in Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0017050 and Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0010460. However, the conventional method of providing diet information does not use various food menu decision information other than personal characteristics information (for example, meal location (time), time of day, weather or season, etc.) and thus influences in determining the diet. There is a disadvantage that does not properly reflect the various factors affecting. In addition, the conventional diet information providing method is difficult to automatically determine the location of the subscriber, to provide information on the desired menu (lunch / dinner menu) at the desired time of the subscriber.

Therefore, if a database of various factors influencing the decision of the food menu is determined and the food menu is determined and provided to the subscriber, it may be possible to alleviate the subscriber's worry or effort about the food menu decision.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to determine the food menu by using factors influencing the food menu decision, such as subscriber identity information, subscriber location information, common information, and the determined food menu and related information using a mobile communication network By providing a food information providing method and system to the subscriber.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing food information in a mobile communication network, the method comprising providing food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, comprising: (a) databaseting a food menu; (b) receiving and storing subscriber identity information from the subscriber; (c) receiving and storing automatic notification information from the subscriber; (d) extracting location information of the subscriber; (e) determining one or more food menus from the food menu database using some or all of the subscriber's location information, the subscriber's personal information and predetermined common information; And (f) transmitting the determined food menu to the subscriber according to the automatic notification information.

Preferably, the method for providing food information comprises the steps of: (g) extracting restaurant information related to the determined food menu from a predetermined restaurant information database based on the subscriber's location information and the automatic notification information; And (h) transmitting the extracted restaurant information to the subscriber.

Also preferably, the determined food menu and the extracted restaurant information are transmitted to the subscriber in the form of a short message.

Also preferably, the method for providing food information further comprises the step of (i) transmitting the route information from the location of the subscriber to the restaurant to the subscriber.

Also preferably, the method for providing food information in the mobile communication network includes the steps of: (j) receiving and storing a food menu consumed by the subscriber; And (k) analyzing the food menu ingested by the subscriber in a predetermined unit and providing the analyzed food information to the subscriber.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method of providing food information in a mobile communication network, the method of providing food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, the method comprising: (a) databaseting a food menu; ; (b) receiving and storing subscriber identity information from the subscriber; (c) receiving food menu decision information from the subscriber, including meal location; (e) determining one or more food menus from the food menu database using some or all of the subscriber identity information, the food menu determination information and predetermined common information; And (f) transmitting the determined food menu to the subscriber.                     

Preferably, the food menu determination information further includes a meal purpose, a meal partner, and a meal time.

Also preferably, the food information providing method may include: (g) extracting restaurant information related to the determined food menu from a predetermined restaurant information database based on the dining place; And (h) transmitting the extracted restaurant information to the subscriber.

Also preferably, the determined food menu and the extracted restaurant information are transmitted to the subscriber using a wireless Internet service.

The system for providing food information in a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the technical problem is a system for providing food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, comprising a food menu database and subscriber identity information. A database comprising a subscriber identity information database; And determine one or more food menus from the food menu database by using some or all of the subscriber identity information, the location information of the subscriber, and predetermined common information connected to the mobile communication network, the Internet, and the database. And a food information providing server for transmitting, wherein the subscriber information includes at least one of sex, age, constitution, and disease information of the subscriber, and the predetermined common information includes at least one of a specific day, season, and weather information. It includes one.

Preferably, the food information providing server receives the automatic notification information from the subscriber and stores in the database, and transmits the determined food menu according to the automatic notification information.

According to the present invention, a subscriber uses a mobile communication network for foods and restaurant information related to each subscriber's characteristics and circumstances in consideration of some or all of various factors necessary for determining personal information, location information, and other food menus. You can get it easily.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a food information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, the food information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 110, a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 120, a food information providing server 130, and a database 140. Equipped.

The mobile terminal 110 provides a function for accessing the mobile communication network 150 and a function for inputting personal information and automatic notification required for receiving food information. The mobile terminal 110 also provides a function of receiving and displaying food information provided through the mobile communication network 150 from the food information providing server 130.

The SMSC 120 is a device for providing a short message service (SMS) to a subscriber. The SMSC 120 receives the food information from the food information providing server 130 and transmits a short message containing the food information to the mobile terminal 110 of the subscriber.

The food information providing server 130 is connected to the mobile communication network 150 and the database 140. The food information providing server 130 is also connected to the internet 160. Accordingly, the subscriber accesses the food information providing server 130 through an Internet terminal (for example, personal PC) 170 that can access the Internet 160 instead of the mobile terminal 110, and the personal information and the automatic notification information. You can also enter.

The database 140 includes a personal information database 141, a food menu database 143, a restaurant information database 145, an automatic notification information database 147, and an intake food information database 149. . As shown in FIG. 2A, the personal information database 140 may include a subscriber's name, an ID (eg, a mobile phone number), a gender, an age, a constitution, a birthday or an anniversary, a disease, and the like.

The personal information is preferably input by the subscriber using the mobile terminal 110 or the Internet terminal 170. Some of the personal information, such as the subscriber ID, may be obtained from a home location register (HLR) (not shown) having home subscriber information as one element of the mobile communication network 150.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the food menu database 143 includes a list of preferred or avoided foods 211 for each constitution (sun, luni, yangyang, and noisin), each disease (for example, diabetes, hypertension, etc.). Preferred or avoided food list 212, regional food list 213 may be stored. The regional food list includes traditional, delicacy and famous foods of each region, such as "steamed chicken" for the Andong region, "bibimbap" for the Jeonju region, and "okdom" for the Jeju region.

 Although not shown elsewhere, the list of foods by season (spring, summer, autumn, winter), the list of preferred foods according to the weather, the list of preferred foods by specific days (e.g. duplicates, horseshoe, Christmas, children's day, winter solstice, etc.) The food list, the preferred food list by age group, and the like may be stored.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, the restaurant information database 145 may store a restaurant name, a phone number, location information, a region, a food menu list, and the like. The location information is information that briefly indicates the restaurant location.

As shown in FIG. 2D, the automatic notification information database 147 may store automatic notification information such as whether to automatically notify each subscriber, a reception date, a reception time, a reception menu, and the like. Whether the automatic notification is information indicating whether the automatic notification function is set or released. The reception date may be set every day, every other day, once a week, on a specific day, or on a specific day. The reception menu may be set as a lunch menu or dinner menu. The reception time is for setting a time zone for receiving food information. If the automatic notification is set, the food information providing server 30 automatically provides the subscriber with food information related to the set menu on the set reception date and the set reception time. If the automatic notification is turned off, the food information is not automatically provided to the subscriber even if the reception date, reception time or reception menu are set.                     

The intake food information database 149 stores the food information actually ingested by the subscriber. Ingested food information may be analyzed on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis and transmitted to the subscriber. The analysis information may include a distribution of food intake, the degree of diet, the average calorie intake, and the intake rate of each nutrient (eg, fat, carbohydrates, protein, etc.).

The database 140 is in addition to the above-described personal information database 141, the food menu database 143, the restaurant information database 145, the automatic notification information database 147, and the intake food information database 149. The apparatus may further include a common information database (not shown) in which information on seasons and specific days (eg, duplicates, horse outfits, Christmas, children's day, winter solstice, etc.) is stored. The common information database may further include weather information and temperature information.

The food information providing server 130 receives the subscriber's personal information and the automatic notification information input by the subscriber and stores it in the database 140. In addition, the food information providing server 130 determines a food menu using some or all of the subscriber's personal information, the subscriber's location information, and the common information. The subscriber location information indicates terminal location information where the subscriber station is located. Accordingly, the subscriber location information is one device constituting the mobile communication network 150, and is preferably obtained from a visitor location register (VLR) having information about visiting subscribers.

The food information providing server 130 may use a predetermined program (hereinafter, referred to as a food menu determination program) to determine a food menu. The food information providing server 130 may determine a food menu by giving priority or weight to each piece of information. That is, each personal information, each common information, and subscriber location information may have priority or weight. The food information providing server 130 may also determine a plurality of food menus. The food information providing server 130 transmits the determined food menu to the subscriber. At this time, when the automatic notification is set, the food menu is transmitted to the subscriber according to the set automatic notification information.

In addition, the food information providing server 130 extracts the restaurant information related to the determined food menu from the restaurant information database and transmits it to the subscriber. The restaurant information related to the determined food menu is a restaurant near the current location of the subscriber or a restaurant in a region requested by the subscriber, and refers to information on a restaurant that provides the determined food menu. As shown in FIG. 2C, the restaurant information may include a restaurant name, a telephone number, location information, and the like. When the automatic notification is set, it is preferable that the determined food menu and the related restaurant information are transmitted to the subscriber terminal in the form of a short message through the SMSC 120.

The food information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a map information database 182 and a map information providing server 180 in order to provide the map information of a restaurant. The map information providing server 180 reads the map information database 182 and is configured to provide a map from the current location of the subscriber to a specific restaurant in a map form.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a food information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Food information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 3 uses an automatic notification function. Referring to Figures 1 to 3, it will be described a food information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the subscriber inputs the subscriber identity information (S310). One representative method of inputting the subscriber's personal information is a method in which a subscriber connects to a wireless Internet service using the mobile terminal 110 and inputs a predetermined personal information item. As another method, the subscriber may access the food information providing server 130 through the Internet 160 and input a predetermined personal information item by using the Internet-capable terminal 170. The entered subscriber's personal information is stored in the personal information database 141.

The subscriber inputs automatic notification information (S320). The automatic notification information input method is similar to the subscriber personal information input method. The input automatic notification information is stored in the automatic notification information database 147.

In FIG. 3, it is assumed that automatic notification is set. When the automatic notification is set, the food information providing server 130 determines the food menu based on the set formula time. In detail, the food information providing server 130 obtains subscriber location information based on the set reception time (S330). In addition, the food information providing server 130 determines one or more food menus from the food menu database 143 using subscriber location information, pre-stored subscriber identity information, and common information based on the reception time (S340). . At this time, the food information providing server 130 may further use weather information and temperature information of the reception time of the region where the subscriber is located. The food information providing server 130 determines a food menu, and a food menu determining program may be used.

The food information providing server 130 extracts restaurant information related to the determined food menu from the restaurant information database 145 (S350). The related restaurant information is information about a restaurant providing a food selected by the subscriber near a meal place requested by the subscriber. The food information providing server 130 transmits the determined food menu and the extracted restaurant information to the subscriber according to the set automatic notification information (S360). In FIG. 3, after extracting restaurant information related to the determined food menu, the food menu and the restaurant information are transmitted to the subscriber. However, after transmitting the determined food menu first, if the subscriber selects one of them, restaurant information related to the selected food menu may be transmitted to the subscriber. If there is more than one food menu determined, the latter would be preferred.

The subscriber determines whether to request the map information of the transmitted restaurant information (S370), and if requested, transmits the map information (S380). The map information is preferably transmitted by the map information providing server 180 configured to read the map information database 182 and provide a map form of a map from the current location of the subscriber to the desired restaurant.

Figure 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a food information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing food information is assumed to use a wireless Internet service. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 and 4, a method of providing food information according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Is as follows.                     

First, the subscriber accesses the food information providing server through the wireless Internet (S410). Subscriber identity information is input (S420). As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the subscriber's personal information is preferably input to a predetermined personal information item. The entered subscriber's personal information is stored in the personal information database 141.

The subscriber enters the food menu determination information (S430). The food menu decision information is preferably one-time information that needs to be entered every time the food information is requested, rather than information previously set by the subscriber. For example, information on a meal place, a meal time, a meal purpose, and a meal partner. The dining place may be input to a large area (Seoul / Gyeonggi / Gangwon / Jeju, etc.) and a small area (Gangnam / Myeongdong / Yeongdeungpo, etc.). The meal purpose may be input by dividing into a celebration of a birthday or an anniversary, a business, a date, and the like. The dining partner may be input by dividing into a family, a lover or a friend. The meal time may be input in month / day / time and the like. The input method of the food menu decision information is similar to the input method of subscriber identification information and / or automatic notification information.

The food information providing server 130 determines a food menu from the food menu database 143 using the personal information and / or common information based on the decision information input by the subscriber (S440), and determines the determined food menu to the subscriber. Transmit (S450). The food information providing server 130 determines a food menu, and a food menu determining program may be used. The subscriber selects one of the determined food menus (S460). In response to the selected food menu, the food information providing server 130 extracts restaurant information related to the selected food menu from the restaurant information database 145 and transmits the restaurant information to the subscriber (S470). The related restaurant information is information about a restaurant providing a food selected by the subscriber near a meal place requested by the subscriber.

It is determined whether the subscriber requests the map information of the transmitted restaurant information (S480), and when requested, the map information is transmitted (S490). At this time, the map information database 182 is used. Determining whether the subscriber has terminated the access (S500), if the subscriber terminates the connection, the food information providing service is terminated, and if the subscriber does not terminate the access, determining the food menu (S440) or inputting the food menu decision information (S500). It may return to (S430).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a food information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, in the food information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber accesses the food information providing server 130 (S610) and inputs a food menu actually eaten by the subscriber (S620). The input food menu is stored in the intake food information database 149. Using the stored ingested food information, the food information providing server 130 analyzes the food ingested for each subscriber on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. For such an analysis task, the food information providing server 130 may use an analysis and statistical program.

The analyzed food information is provided to the subscriber (S640). The analyzed food information may include a food intake distribution, a degree of unbalance, average calorie intake, and an intake rate of each nutrient (eg, fat, carbohydrates, protein, etc.).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

According to the present invention, a subscriber uses a mobile communication network for foods and restaurant information related to each subscriber's characteristics and circumstances in consideration of some or all of various factors necessary for determining personal information, location information, and other food menus. You can get it easily. Therefore, the subscriber does not have to worry about or try hard to obtain information on the food that is suitable for the characteristics and circumstances of the subscriber and the restaurant providing the food.

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A method of providing food information in a mobile communication network that provides food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, (a) classifying and categorizing the food menu into preferred foods and avoidance foods for any of constitutions and diseases; (b) receiving and storing subscriber identity information including any one of the constitution and illness of the subscriber from the subscriber's terminal; (c) receiving and storing automatic notification information from the subscriber station; (d) extracting location information of the subscriber station; (e) some or all of the location information of the subscriber terminal, the personal information of the subscriber and the common information, wherein the common information includes at least one of a specific day, season, and weather information; Determining one or more food menus from the food menu database according to a priority or weight previously given to each subscriber's personal information and each information included in the common information; And and (f) transmitting the determined food menu to the subscriber terminal according to the automatic notification information. The method of claim 1, wherein the food information providing method (g) extracting restaurant information related to the determined food menu from a predetermined restaurant information database based on the location information of the subscriber terminal and the automatic notification information; And and (h) transmitting the extracted restaurant information to the subscriber station. According to claim 2, wherein the extracted restaurant information is A method for providing food information in a mobile communication network, comprising at least one of a restaurant name, a phone number, and a restaurant location. The method of claim 3, wherein the determined food menu and the extracted restaurant information is Food information providing method in a mobile communication network, characterized in that transmitted to the subscriber in the form of a short message. The method of claim 1, wherein the food information providing method (i) transmitting food information from the location of the subscriber terminal to the restaurant to the subscriber; and providing food information in the mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic notification information is Food information providing method in a mobile communication network comprising a reception date, a reception time and a reception menu. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the food menu database is The food information providing method in a mobile communication network, characterized in that it further comprises some or all of the regional food list, seasonal food list, specific daily food list and age-specific food list. The method of claim 1, wherein the food information providing method in the mobile communication network (j) receiving and storing a food menu consumed by the subscriber; And and (k) analyzing the stored food menu of the subscriber at predetermined intervals and providing the analyzed food information to the subscriber terminal. A method of providing food information in a mobile communication network that provides food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, (a) classifying and categorizing the food menu into preferred foods and avoidance foods for any of constitutions and diseases; (b) receiving and storing subscriber identity information including any one of the constitution and illness of the subscriber from the subscriber terminal; (c) receiving food menu determination information from the subscriber station; (e) some or all of the location information of the subscriber terminal, the personal information of the subscriber and the common information, wherein the common information includes at least one of a specific day, season, and weather information; Determining one or more food menus from the food menu database according to a priority or weight previously given to each subscriber's personal information and each information included in common information; And and (f) transmitting the determined food menu to the subscriber terminal. The method of claim 10, wherein the food menu determination information is A method of providing food information in a mobile communication network, comprising any one of a meal place, a meal purpose, a meal partner, and a meal time. The method of claim 10, wherein the food information providing method (g) extracting restaurant information related to the determined food menu from a predetermined restaurant information database based on the dining place; And and (h) transmitting the extracted restaurant information to the subscriber station. The method of claim 12, wherein the determined food menu and the extracted restaurant information is The food information providing method in a mobile communication network, characterized in that transmitted to the subscriber terminal using a wireless Internet service. The method of claim 10, wherein the food information providing method (i) transmitting food information from the location of the subscriber terminal to the restaurant to the subscriber; and providing food information in the mobile communication network. The method of claim 10, wherein the food information providing method in the mobile communication network (j) receiving and storing a food menu consumed by the subscriber; And and (k) analyzing the stored food menu of the subscriber at predetermined intervals and providing the analyzed food information to the subscriber terminal. In a system for providing food information in a mobile communication network that provides food information to a subscriber using a mobile communication network, A database comprising a food menu database in which the plurality of food menus are classified as preferred foods and avoided foods for any of constitutions and diseases, and a subscriber information information database including subscriber identification information; And A part of the subscriber station's location information, the subscriber's personal information and the common information, wherein the common information includes at least one of a specific day, season and weather information; Food information for determining one or more food menus from the food menu database according to the priorities or weights previously assigned to each information included in the subscriber's location information, the subscriber's personal information, and the common information, and transmitting the food information to the subscriber terminal. Food information providing system in a mobile communication network including a providing server. The method of claim 16, wherein the food information providing server Receiving automatic notification information from the subscriber and stored in the database, and the food information providing system in a mobile communication network, characterized in that for transmitting the determined food menu according to the automatic notification information. The method of claim 16, wherein the food information providing server And receiving and storing the food menu ingested by the subscriber in the database, and analyzing the food menu ingested by the subscriber and providing the analyzed food information to the subscriber.

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