KR100645828B1

KR100645828B1 - Method and apparatus for providing traffic news service using cell broadcasting method

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Publication number: KR100645828B1
Application number: KR1020040070592A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 장규상
Original assignee: 주식회사 케이티프리텔
Priority date: 2004-09-04
Filing date: 2004-09-04
Publication date: 2006-11-15
Also published as: KR20060021727A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system. A method for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method in a traffic information service server coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a cell broadcast server and a traffic information database through a mobile communication network, Extracting traffic information corresponding to the mobile terminal of the at least one mobile terminal, wherein the traffic information is provided in advance in the traffic information database corresponding to a cell including at least one mobile terminal, Generating a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the traffic information transmitted from the cell broadcasting server, and transmitting a traffic information message transmission request signal to the cell broadcasting server, wherein the cell broadcasting server transmits a traffic information message transmission request signal through the mobile communication network A traffic information message generated by the traffic information to at least one mobile terminal included in the cell.

Cell, broadcasting, traffic information

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system,

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system.

3 is a view schematically showing information included in a traffic information database according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view schematically showing information included in a traffic information database according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a traffic information service server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram schematically showing a module configuration of a traffic information service server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

8 is a view illustrating a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a step of transmitting a message using a cell broadcasting method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a view schematically showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal providing a traffic information service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a view schematically showing a traffic information service providing screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a view schematically showing a traffic information service providing screen according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

101: Traffic information service server 103: Traffic information database

110: cell 1 114: mobile terminal 1

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system.

Conventional traffic information services have been provided in the form of broadcasting and communication. First, the broadcasting type service broadcasts traffic information of the whole country through radio or TV. On the other hand, the communication type service allows a user to access a traffic information server and select a menu at various stages to obtain necessary traffic information.

However, since the conventional broadcast type service provides the same traffic information to all the users, the user must continuously receive unnecessary information until he / she obtains the necessary information.

In addition, the communication type service is very inconvenient and time-consuming because the user accesses the traffic information server in order to obtain the necessary traffic information and selects a menu at various stages.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method of transmitting traffic information to mobile terminal users in a manner that broadcasts only specialized traffic information in units of cells through a mobile communication network. Also, the mobile terminal needs to select and store only necessary information among the received traffic information.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a traffic information service providing method and apparatus for simultaneously transmitting traffic information corresponding to each cell to a mobile terminal included in each cell by using a cell broadcasting method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for a mobile terminal receiving traffic information to selectively output only required traffic information among received traffic information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method in a traffic information service server coupled with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network, The method includes generating a traffic information database including traffic information corresponding to each cell, extracting traffic information corresponding to a specific cell from the traffic information database, Generating a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the traffic information and transmitting the extracted traffic information and the traffic information message transmission request signal to the cell broadcasting server, And transmits a traffic information message to at least one mobile terminal included in the specific cell. And is transmitted simultaneously by a cell broadcasting service (CBS).

In a preferred embodiment, the traffic information database includes traffic volume information, traffic accident information, and surrounding situation information corresponding to at least one cell included in a mobile communication network. The environment information includes at least one of weather information, progress direction information, progress direction road information, road situation information, gas station information, rest area information, large building information, and special event information. In addition, the traffic information included in the traffic information database is updated in real time.

At least one mobile terminal receiving the traffic information message outputs the traffic information message through a speaker or a display unit.
The at least one mobile terminal receiving the traffic information message may selectively receive or store the received traffic information message based on a global positioning system (GPS). In addition, the selected traffic information message is output through any one of a speaker and a display unit.

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According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traffic information service server for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method by combining with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network, Means for generating a traffic information database including corresponding traffic information, means for extracting traffic information corresponding to a specific cell from the traffic information database, and means for generating a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the extracted traffic information And a means for transmitting the extracted traffic information and the traffic information message transmission request signal to the cell broadcasting server, wherein the cell broadcasting server transmits a traffic information message including the transmitted traffic information to the cell (CBS) to at least one mobile terminal included in the mobile terminal And transmits the same at the same time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system, the system being coupled with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network, Wherein the processor is configured to generate a traffic information database including traffic information corresponding to each cell by the program and to transmit the traffic information from the traffic information database to a specific cell cell to generate a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the extracted traffic information and transmit the extracted traffic information and the traffic information message transmission request signal to the cell broadcasting server, The cell broadcasting server transmits a traffic information message including the transmitted traffic information And simultaneously transmits the message to at least one mobile terminal included in the specific cell by a cell broadcasting service (CBS).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a system for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a traffic information service providing system using a cell broadcasting system includes a traffic information service server 101, a traffic information database 103, an exchange 107, and a control station 109. Meanwhile, a traffic information service providing system using a cell broadcasting system includes a cell ce 110 (110, 120) including at least one mobile terminal.

Here, the traffic information database 103 stores traffic information corresponding to each of the cell 1 110 and the cell 2 120 including at least one mobile terminal. Also, the traffic information service server 101 extracts traffic information corresponding to each cell from the traffic information database, and simultaneously transmits the extracted traffic information to at least one mobile terminal included in each cell through a mobile communication network.

A method of providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting system according to the present invention will now be described with reference to the above configuration.

The traffic information service server 101 can collect traffic information corresponding to each cell 110, 120 of the mobile communication network in conjunction with the traffic information database 103. [ Thereafter, the traffic information service server 101 may request the exchange 107 to transmit traffic information corresponding to each cell through the mobile communication network 105. [ Accordingly, the switching center 107 can request the control station 109 to transmit traffic information corresponding to each cell.

Thereafter, in cell 1 110, traffic information 1 corresponding to cell 1 may be transmitted to at least one mobile terminal 114 included in cell 1 through base station 1 112. Meanwhile, traffic information 2 corresponding to cell 2 can be transmitted to at least one mobile terminal 2 (124) included in cell 2 through the second base station 122 in cell 2 (120).

2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the traffic information service server may transmit a traffic information request to a traffic information database (step 201). Accordingly, the traffic information database can transmit the traffic information corresponding to each cell to the traffic information service server (step 203). Thereafter, the traffic information service server generates a traffic information message transmission request based on the transmitted traffic information and transmits the generated traffic information message transmission request to the cell broadcasting server (step 205).

Thereafter, the cell broadcasting server may transmit a traffic information message generated based on the traffic information message transmission request signal to at least one mobile terminal included in a cell corresponding to the traffic information through the mobile communication network Step 207).

Referring to FIG. 3, the traffic information database 301 may include cell information, time information corresponding to each cell, traffic volume information corresponding to each cell, traffic accident information corresponding to each cell, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 4, the traffic information database 401 includes cell information, time information corresponding to each cell, traffic volume information corresponding to each cell, traffic accident information corresponding to each cell, weather information corresponding to each cell, And may include surrounding state information corresponding to the cell.

5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a traffic information service server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5, a traffic information service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a memory system 550 and at least one central processing unit (CPU) 560 connected to the memory system 550 and performing a high- , An input device 570, and a communication device 580. [

The central processing unit 560 includes an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) 562 for performing calculations, a register 564 for temporary storage of data and instructions, and a controller 566 for controlling the operation of the traffic information service server . The central processing unit 560 includes MIPS of Digital Alpha, MIPS technology, NEC, IDT, Siemens, Intel, Cyrix, AMD, and Nexgen. And x86 of a company that has a variety of architectures such as IBM and Motorola's PowerPC. The memory system 550 generally includes a high speed main memory 552 in the form of a storage medium such as a random access memory (RAM) and a read only memory (ROM), and a high speed main memory 552 such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape, a CD- An auxiliary memory 554 in the form of a long-term storage medium, and an apparatus for storing data using electrical, magnetic, optical or other storage media. The main memory 552 may also include a video display memory for displaying an image through a display device.

In addition, the input device 570 may include a keyboard, a mouse, a physical transducer, such as a touch screen or a microphone, and the like. The communication device 580 may be an apparatus for communicating with a mobile communication network by a traffic information service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6, a traffic information service server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a transmission / reception processing module 662 for processing communication with a mobile communication network, A traffic information extraction module 664 for extracting traffic information, and a traffic information transmission request module 666 for requesting traffic information transmission to the cell broadcasting server.

The overall configuration of the traffic information service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the application module.

The traffic information service server can use various operating systems (OS) as the OS of the system. The OS provides high-level commands to the application program interface (API) 602 to control the operation of each application module 660.

The traffic information service server includes a high level command processing unit 604 for identifying each corresponding application module 660 according to the high level command provided from the API 602, decoding the high level command and providing it to the corresponding place do. The application module control unit 650 controls the operation of the application module 660 according to a command provided from the high-level command processing unit 604. That is, the high-level command processing unit 604 identifies whether the corresponding application module 660 exists according to the high-level command provided through the API 602, and when the corresponding application module 660 exists, And decodes it into a command recognizable by the application module 660 and transmits the decoded command to the corresponding mapping unit. Accordingly, the application module control unit 650 controls the mapping units 651, 653, and 655 for the transmission / reception processing module 662, the traffic information extraction module 664, and the traffic information transmission request module 666 and the interface units 652 and 654 , 656, respectively.

The transmission / reception processing module mapping unit 651 receives high-level commands for performing communication with the mobile communication network from the high-level command processing unit 604 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, 662, and provides it to the transmission / reception processing module 662 through the transmission / reception processing module interface unit 652. The transmission /

The traffic information extraction module mapping unit 653 and the traffic information extraction module interface unit 654 are parts for extracting traffic information corresponding to each cell in cooperation with the traffic information database. That is, the traffic information extraction module mapping unit 653 receives a high-level command for using the traffic information extraction module 664 from the high-level command processing unit 604, maps the high-level command to a device level command, And provides it to the traffic information extraction module 664 through the interface unit 654.

The traffic information transmission request module 666 requests traffic information transmission to the cell broadcasting server. The traffic information transmission request module mapping unit 655 receives the high level command through the high level command processing unit 604 and maps the received high level command to a device level command recognizable by the traffic information transmission request module 666. The device level commands are provided to the traffic information transmission request module 666 through the traffic information transmission request module interface 656. [

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

7, a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system includes a traffic information service server 701, a cell broadcasting server 703, an exchange 705, a short message service center (SMSC) 707 ), A base station 709, and at least one mobile terminal 711.

The traffic information service server 701 may collect traffic information corresponding to each cell of the mobile communication network and request traffic information to the cell broadcasting server 703.

Thereafter, the cell broadcasting server 703 can request the exchange 705 to transmit traffic information corresponding to each cell. Accordingly, the exchange 705 can transmit the traffic information message generated in conjunction with the SMSC 707 to the BS 709. Then, the base station 709 corresponding to each cell can simultaneously transmit traffic information corresponding to each cell to at least one mobile terminal 711 included in each cell.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, a traffic information providing system using a cell broadcasting system includes a network operating unit 801, a cell broadcasting server 803, a short message service center (SMSC) 805, a traffic information service server 807, an exchange 811, a control station 813, a control station management unit 815, a base station 817 and at least one mobile terminal 819.

The traffic information service server 807 collects traffic information corresponding to each cell of the mobile communication network and can request traffic information transmission to the cell broadcasting server 803.

Thereafter, the cell broadcasting server 803 can request the exchange 811 to transmit the traffic information corresponding to each cell through the NO. 7 network 809. [ Accordingly, the exchange 811 can transmit a traffic information message corresponding to the traffic information transmission request to the base station 817 through the control station 813. [ Then, the base station 817 corresponding to each cell can simultaneously transmit traffic information corresponding to each cell to at least one mobile terminal 819 included in each cell.

Referring to FIG. 9, a procedure for transmitting a traffic information message corresponding to each cell to each cell included in the mobile communication network is as follows.

The cell broadcast server may transmit the broadcast request to the dialogue processing function application unit within the exchange (step 901). Thereafter, the intra-exchange dialogue processing function application unit can request the TC by the map handling interface (step 903). The map handling interface may then decode the broadcast request message and send it to the hair handling controller (step 905). The exchange may then return the result for the broadcast request to the cell broadcast server (step 907). The hair handling controller may then decode the broadcast request message to transmit to the hair signaling access block for the base station format (step 909). The hair signaling access block may then send a broadcast request message to the control station (step 911). Thereafter, the control station can transmit the received broadcast request message to the base station (step 913). Accordingly, the base station can transmit the transmitted broadcast request message to at least one mobile terminal (step 915).

FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal providing a traffic information service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

10, a mobile terminal includes an RF module 1001, a baseband processing unit 1003, a keypad 1005, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 1007, a memory 1009, a display device 1011, 1013).

The mobile terminal receiving the traffic information message can select and store necessary information among the received traffic information messages based on the global positioning system. Accordingly, the mobile terminal can output the selected traffic information message through the display device 1011.

Referring to FIG. 11, the traffic information service providing screen 1100 may display traffic volume information, traffic accident information, and the like corresponding to the current position of the mobile terminal.

For example, in the traffic information service providing screen 1100, the contents of the "direction of the Kangnam station" corresponding to the current location of the mobile terminal, "vehicle flow smooth" corresponding to the traffic volume information, "no traffic accident" May be displayed.

12, the traffic information service providing screen 1200 displays "Hanam Daegyo direction" corresponding to the current location of the mobile terminal, "vehicle flow smooth" corresponding to the traffic volume information, "traffic accident "," Hanam Bridge construction under construction "corresponding to the surrounding situation information, and" Sunny / temperature 25 ㅀ "corresponding to the weather information may be displayed.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and many modifications may be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention can provide a traffic information service providing method and apparatus for simultaneously transmitting traffic information corresponding to each cell to a mobile terminal included in each cell by using a cell broadcasting scheme.

In addition, according to the present invention, a mobile terminal receiving traffic information can provide a method of selectively outputting only necessary information among received traffic information.

Claims

A method of providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method in a traffic information service server coupled with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network,

Generating a traffic information database including traffic information corresponding to each cell on a cell-by-cell basis;

Extracting traffic information corresponding to a specific cell from the traffic information database generated for each cell; And

Generating a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the traffic information extracted corresponding to the specific cell and transmitting the traffic information and the traffic information message transmission request signal extracted corresponding to the specific cell to the cell broadcasting server

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The cell broadcasting server simultaneously transmits a traffic information message including the transmitted traffic information to at least one mobile terminal included in the specific cell by a cell broadcasting service (CBS) Wherein at least one mobile terminal included in the cell selectively receives or stores the traffic information message based on the location information of the mobile terminal.

The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the traffic information database includes traffic volume information, traffic accident information, and surrounding environment information corresponding to at least one cell included in a mobile communication network.

3. The method of claim 2,

Wherein the surrounding situation information includes at least one of weather information, progress direction information, progress direction road information, road situation information, gas station information, rest area information, large building information, and special event information. Information service delivery method.

The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the traffic information included in the traffic information database is updated in real time.

The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the at least one mobile terminal receiving the traffic information message outputs the traffic information message through a speaker or a display unit.

The method according to claim 1,

Wherein at least one mobile terminal included in the specific cell selectively receives or stores the traffic information message based on its location information by a global positioning system. A method of providing traffic information service.

The method according to claim 6,

Wherein the selected traffic information message is output through one of a speaker and a display unit.

1. A traffic information service server for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting method, the traffic information service being combined with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network,

Means for generating a traffic information database for each cell, the traffic information database including traffic information corresponding to each cell;

Means for extracting traffic information corresponding to a specific cell from the traffic information database generated on a cell-by-cell basis; And

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1. A system for providing a traffic information service using a cell broadcasting scheme, the system being combined with at least one mobile terminal and a cell broadcasting server through a mobile communication network,

A memory in which a program is stored;

And a processor coupled to the memory to execute the program,

The processor, by means of the program,

A traffic information database including traffic information corresponding to each cell is generated for each cell and traffic information corresponding to a specific cell is extracted from the traffic information database generated for each cell, Generating a traffic information message transmission request signal based on the traffic information extracted corresponding to the specific cell and transmitting the traffic information and the traffic information message transmission request signal extracted corresponding to the specific cell to the cell broadcasting server, The cell broadcasting server simultaneously transmits a traffic information message including the transmitted traffic information to at least one mobile terminal included in the specific cell by a cell broadcasting service (CBS) At least one mobile terminal included in the mobile terminal selects the traffic information message based on its location information, Traffic information service system using a cell broadcasting system characterized in that the storage.